Enjoy performances from Igor Levit, Yaron Kohlberg, George X. Fu & Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Jason Lux and Tiffany Poon
Igor Levit
#igorpianist - Eric Satie Vexations Live https://t.co/pVF9Jg8le1
— Igor Levit (@igorpianist) May 30, 2020
Where else to start? On 30 May, Igor Levit gave an incredible 16-HOUR performance of Erik Satie's 'Vexations'. The energy needed to complete such a task can only be mustered up by the best, and Igor is certainly up there.
What a stunning feat.
Yaron Kohlberg
The Lang Lang International Music Foundation have been hosting live-stream concerts on social media every Friday. The latest performance saw Yaron Kohlberg perform two Lyric pieces by Grieg.
As well as being a pianist, Kohlberg is President of Piano Cleveland who present the popular Cleveland International Piano Competition.
George X. Fu & Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Pianist George X. Fu was joined by violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen for a performance of three pieces; a Debussy Violin Sonata, a Ravel Violin Sonata, and a piece titled Sardine composed by Freya Waley-Cohen.
The duo performed as part of the Living Room Live series, which is a platform hosting live performances from musicians' living rooms.
Jason Lux
Pianist Jason Lux graced us with a little bit of Jazz last week on his YouTube page. Lux is known for his re-interpretation of Jazz and Pop songs.
In this live-stream he played a variety of pieces requested by his live online audience.
Tiffany Poon
This is a heartwarming story.
The pianist gave a recital last week with the hope of raising at least $10,000 for Direct Relief – a non-profit organisation that provides medical equipment such as masks to frontline workers to fight Covid-19.
Not only did she hit the target, but she also surpassed it. The total currently stands at $18,522.
Tiffany performed a selection of pieces including Scarlatti's Sonata in E K.380, Chopin's Nocturne No 20 in C# minor, and Ravel's La Valse amongst others.