Schumann & Grieg: Piano Concertos
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Concerto
Leonskaja’s live performances of the Schumann and Grieg piano concertos have been cause for wonder...There are other ways of performing these works, but these interpretations are utterly consistent...
Schumann & Grieg: Piano Concertos
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Concerto
Leonskaja’s live performances of the Schumann and Grieg piano concertos have been cause for wonder...There are other ways of performing these works, but these interpretations are utterly consistent...
About
• A true living legend - inheritor of the great Soviet/Russian tradition, mentored by Sviatoslav Richter.
• A classic coupling echoing the legendary 1975 Richter album with Matačić.
• A musician who belongs among the most celebrated pianists of our time, who follows in the footsteps of the great Russian musicians of the Soviet era, such as David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, and Emil Gilels.
• She has won the prestigious Enescu, Marguerite Long, and Queen Elizabeth international piano competitions and been awarded prizes such OPUS KLASSIK Instrumentalist of the Year in 2020, the Caecilia Prize, and the Diapason d’Or.
• Her third Warner release (after critically acclaimed albums of the complete Schubert sonatas and Beethoven piano concerti) features Grieg’s and Schumann’s piano concerti.
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Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineFebruary 2024Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards2025Nominated - Concertos
February 2024
Leonskaja’s live performances of the Schumann and Grieg piano concertos have been cause for wonder...There are other ways of performing these works, but these interpretations are utterly consistent and totally enlightening.
February 2024
In Leonskaja’s favour, no one could accuse her of being fussy, preening or over-calculated, and there are times when she communicates a sure sense of the music’s direction.
