Vladimir Ashkenazy Interview

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Vladimir Ashkenazy reflects on his career, discusses forthcoming season-opening concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra and future concert plans including conducting the music of Edward Elgar.

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  • Can someone please post the title of the pieces he's conducting?  Thank you VERY much.

  • @pauldomineske It's the Scherzo from Schumann's Symphony No. 2. Enjoy!

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  • Vladimir looks like Ron Paul

  • @ipublica ????

    Have you heard his Shostakovitch's symphonies? Prokoviev's Romeo & Juliet? Sibelius' symphonies? Scriabin's final mystery (Nemtin)? The list goes on!

    Not saying that everything he conducts corresponds to my liking, but he is often cited as one of the best conductors by the musicians of the orchestras he conducts themselves!

  • @sstuddert Rachmaninov 4th with Alexander Ghindin, Helsinki Philarmonic, while he himself played this concerto wonderfully many years ago under Bernard Haitink. However, he's strong at bringing out novel works where he can play and conduct at the same time, such as Rautavaara's Piano Concerto (1998) and Autumn Gardens (1999). He interviewed the composer as well which is published on the CD, a very good recording.

  • @ipublica which compositions?

  • He is amazing!

  • No comments yet ... well ... Ashkenazy is one of the rare pianists who became famous conductors. Don't ask me what i think about his conducting. I could give comments on his early years as a pianist, very positive and enthusiastic comments, indeed.

    But I was very very disappointed how, as conductor, he massacred several compositions, and even the pianists he conducted.

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