Aaron Kurz performs Rag Infernal by William Bolcom

This William Bolcom composed piece, " Rag Infernal," is from a collection of pieces entitled "12 New Etudes" which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Aaron performed this piece on February 14, 2010 in a concert which also featured 2009 Cliburn International Piano Competition competitor, Victor Stanislavsky.

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[gwen101131]

It's great! Real oomph! Looking forward to seeing more of your videos! :]

p.s. I subscribed! :D

[tbkurz]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, gwen101131l, and thanks for subscribing!

Sincerely,

Aaron

[stephencraigen]

Awesome. You're a seriously talented dude and best of luck in the future. I just have one request...

Ligeti Etudes? :-P

[tbkurz]

Dear stephencraigen,

Thank you so much for your great compliments! I would love to play the Ligeti Etudes and post them, but I currently have a very full repertoire due to my preparing for multiple international competitions.

Sincerely,

Aaron

[rodneyjayl]

Wonderful performance. Too bad about the video quality and angle.

[tbkurz]

Thank you so much, pragmaticus1! I really appreciate your compliments.

Sincerely,

Aaron

[stilsonkidd]

@pragmaticus1 "beast" as in killer, as in he killed it. it's a compliment :)

[pragmaticus1]

@stilsonkidd: I don't quite get what you mean by "beastly performance". I wouldn't rate it as beastly at all. While this style of play is not my personal favorite, I have sincere appreciation for the complexity of the piece and thus an appreciation for the hard work that Aaron put into this performance.

Kudos Aaron!!

[tbkurz]

Thank you so much, stilsonkidd! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Sincerely,

Aaron

[stilsonkidd]

such polite applause for such a beastly performance! lol bravo all the same!