3/23, Saturday, 8pm. Simon Trpčeski Plays Tchaikovsky
Donghoon Shin Of Rats and Men Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 6Conducted by Osmo Vänskä. I like him. Not exaggerating. Good presence.
The highlight this evening is, of course, the well known and well loved piano concerto of Tchaikovsky.
Simon Trpčeski is a treat to watch.
Powerful + delicate.
He has a bit too much body motion when he's not playing.
He sways left and right sometimes, once he leaned so much, that I was afraid he'd fall off his bench.
I decided not to look at him when piano is not playing.
We also enjoyed his short Mecedonia tune (very fast) and a trio with violin and cello as an encore (beautiful).
A very gracious artist. Thank you.
I really don't care for Shin's new work. Prokofiev's sounds too dissonant, at least powerful (5 people on percussion alone, and a harp). Even after attending the pre-performance lecture by Dr. Claudia Jensen, I still couldn't catch the phrases she mentioned in Prokofiev's symphony. It was a good lecture, like always.
