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Gorgeous Russian Pianist-Lola Astanova

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#1 ·
I've recently heard such a wonderful piano recital! Rarely you get to hear such passion and emotion combined with fiery energy! I could not be indifferent and had to share with fellow music lovers! I really love Romantic music and the way she played Chopin and Scriabin really touched me! I am definitely going to be on a look out for more shows by this artist!
 
#5 ·
:D Well, don't let her looks mislead you. I think she is an incredibly profound artist. Knowing how things are in the classical music, looking young and pretty can actually be a disadvantage for an up and coming musician. I think if she keeps up the good work she is going to become what Anna Netrebko is in the Opera world.
 
#8 ·
With the pace with which she plays, her violin might be. :D

(My comment's basis lies in a sample clip I heard, which made me rip my headphones off of my head. It was Bach's violin concerto)
 
#10 ·
Rip your headphones off your head? Was it too fast?
Fast, soulless/emotionless... Bach's first violin concerto was something I loved when I started listening to classical music. And while sampling CD's at amazon, I came across Hahn's disk. After hearing Perlman play, Hahn certainly made me take the headphones off.
 
#12 ·
Wow, I read today that Lola Astanova and Valery Gergiev are performing a Tchaikowsky concerto No. 1 as a part of the Fantasy Gift that will cost $1,590,000!!! I should start saving haha! I finally found her records on Itunes though! I knew she is really going to make it big! Bravo Lola!!!
 
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#14 ·
Frederik,

One item that matters that's not on your list (musicality, interpretations and skill), repertoire.

Monica Timofticiuc is also young, also pretty, also plays Mozart and Beethoven and Chopin.

But Monica plays music by people who are still alive, too, like Iancu Dumitrescu. (And she scores very high on your three items, too.)

Michael

(http://festivalspectrum21.tripod.com/monica.timofticiuc.html) This is not a very good picture of her, and her repertoire is much broader (and more current) than the list on this page. I think she's just being diffident.
 
#15 ·
Frederik,

But Monica plays music by people who are still alive, too, like Iancu Dumitrescu.
Hallelujah! Finally, my prayers have been answered and no longer do I have to live in misery without being able to find a pianist who would play the music of Iancu Dumitrescu! So all those letters I wrote to Santa since early childhood begging him to supply me with this music actually got to him! I think I know what I am going to find under my X-mas tree this year!
LOL....
 
#17 ·
Guilty as charged, nop Some, I haven't. Don't mean to be rude but you must admit this joke was so natural in this particular case.
Btw, I happened to be in NY when Kirov/Gergiev performed at Carnegie Hall, the concert was great and I think I saw Lola Astanova there too, gosh she is so striking! Knowing the story of Anna Netrebko I immediately thought Did Gergiev find another Netrebko?:rolleyes:
 
#21 ·
You mean is Some Guy's name Iancu Dimitrescu? If you read my perfectly natural comment you'd see that I was the one to make fun of this composer. But yeah, I am rather funny, that's what my mom thinks anyway...:D
Ok, Some guy if you agree with me on the subject of Netrebko/Astanova hotness I am going to go to youtube and try to listen to something.
 
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#22 ·
Glad,

Unfortunately, the web has not picked up on Iancu much, yet.

Partly that's my fault. Eventually my site will have dozens of clips of his and Ana-Maria Avram's music. But not yet.

So far, I have only a two minute clip (it looks like it's four, but it's only two) of the same thing you can find on Amazon.

So go to Amazon for one minute, or Asymmetry Music Magazine for two minutes. That's all I know about after about ten minutes of searching.

Michael
 
#23 ·
Hi Michael, It took me a while to get to it. His music is not very generic asymmetric music. I found things I liked, but in general it's not the music that I would frequently listen.
I saw a recent Steinway magazine, did you know Steinway apparently makes watches? Not sure when they started, I guess it makes sense. Fascinating articles and profiles on young and established people, in particular interesting article about Leon Fleischer, I love his Beethoven interpretations and, of course, they did a profile on Lola. I am more and more intrigued by her:rolleyes:
 
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