alexander malofeev

AB

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Feb 2, 2019, 9:29:43 PM2/2/19

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listen to this guy...... huge talent. Saint-Saens PC 2 with Gergiev, Tchaikovsky PC at 14 and more.

all on youtube

AB

Herman

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Feb 3, 2019, 3:44:17 AM2/3/19

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Why don't we wait and see when he's all growed up?

HT

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Feb 3, 2019, 8:13:33 AM2/3/19

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Op zondag 3 februari 2019 03:29:43 UTC+1 schreef AB:

> listen to this guy...... huge talent. Saint-Saens PC 2 with Gergiev, Tchaikovsky PC at 14 and more.
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> all on youtube
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> AB

Agreed!

Henk

AB

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Feb 3, 2019, 10:04:12 AM2/3/19

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On Sunday, 3 February 2019 03:44:17 UTC-5, Herman wrote:
> Why don't we wait and see when he's all growed up?

we are still waiting for you to 'growed up':-))

AB

Bozo

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Feb 3, 2019, 1:03:32 PM2/3/19

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>On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 8:29:43 PM UTC-6, AB wrote:
> listen to this guy...... huge talent.

Thanks,AB !

Well, here he is grown up to age 17 , about a month ago in Moscow , playing the Rach 3 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHg9tup9NA

S.Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30. Soloist Alexandеr Malofeev (17 y.o.). Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Dimitris Botinis. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 30/12/2018

Excellent, as was the orchestra,conductor, good quality video. I was not keen on hearing another Rach 3, but glad I did . Think you will want to hear this one,also.

Thought he might have dropped a few in the first mov. big cadenza, but with score in hand a couple times thru concluded not , to the extent my ears would ever hear. First mov. cadenza did not sound too big in his hands,nice interplay in the orchestral part of the cadenza. Fine slow mov., a real test of his maturity to date. Non-flamboyant platform manner. Despite YT sound, seemed good sonority , bright sound but good tone,too,no banging. Yamaha grand. Lots of nice touches throughout the work ; seemed to be having fun ; not sure he broke a sweat.

Video on this one not very good , but watched him having fun playing the Prokofieff Toccata – at age 12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e2ljLh6bVI

Bozo

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Feb 3, 2019, 4:15:32 PM2/3/19

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>On Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 12:03:32 PM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> Well, here he is grown up to age 17 , about a month ago in Moscow , playing the Rach 3 :

> Excellent..

To my ears ,not as successful in this Chopin "Funeral March " Sonata earlier in 2018 in Germany :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvoujYlKw7E

Bozo

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Feb 4, 2019, 2:38:19 PM2/4/19

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Another excellent performance from 2018 , good quality video:

S.Rachmaninoff. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ор.43. Soloist Alexandеr Malofeev (16 y.o.). Conductor Myung-Whun Chung. Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino. Italy. Auditorium RAI Arturo Toscanini -- May 30, 2018.

In Var.8-10 perhaps some ensemble strain, but a reminder what a bear this work is for all concerned .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp2o1a5ja7A

Bozo

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Jun 20, 2019, 3:57:01 PM6/20/19

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Must-see TV for pianophiles, Malofeev today ( June 20 ) at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow ; holy cow :

https://tch16.medici.tv/en/replay/first-round-with-alexander-malofeev-/

Bach, WTC Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in A minor,BWV 889
Beethoven, “ Appassionata” Sonata
Tchaikovsky, “Dumka” , Op.59
Chopin, Op.25, # 11, "Winter Wind "
Liszt, TE # 4, “Mazeppa”

Diabolical,even the Bach, but musical, some original ideas.

Bozo

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Jun 20, 2019, 4:01:30 PM6/20/19

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BIt more :

Poulenc’s great 2-Piano Concerto, with Alexander Malofeev and Sandro Nebieridze , pianists , with Svetlanov Orchestra,Sladkovsky ; and then same pianists play Lutoslawski’s Paganini Variations for Two Pianos ( first time I think I've actually liked the work ):

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/grand-piano-competition-2018-grand-opening/

Frank Lekens

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Jun 22, 2019, 8:16:23 AM6/22/19

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Op 20-6-2019 om 21:56 schreef Bozo:

Yes, nice.

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Frank Lekens

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Jun 22, 2019, 8:57:33 AM6/22/19

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Op 22-6-2019 om 14:16 schreef Frank Lekens:

> Op 20-6-2019 om 21:56 schreef Bozo:
>> Must-see TV for pianophiles, Malofeev today ( June 20 ) at the
>> Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow ; holy cow :
>>
>> https://tch16.medici.tv/en/replay/first-round-with-alexander-malofeev-/
>>
>> Bach, WTC Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in A minor,BWV 889
>> Beethoven, “ Appassionata” Sonata
>> Tchaikovsky, “Dumka” , Op.59
>> Chopin, Op.25, # 11, "Winter Wind "
>> Liszt, TE # 4, “Mazeppa”
>>
>> Diabolical,even the Bach, but musical, some original ideas.
>>
> Yes, nice.
>

Yet not through to the next round, I take it.

Bozo

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Jun 22, 2019, 8:52:28 PM6/22/19

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>On Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 7:57:33 AM UTC-5, Frank Lekens wrote:
>Yet not through to the next round, I take it.

Correct, Malofeev did not advance. The Finals ( 7 pianists ) , starts Tuesday.