by Jure Smirnov | Apr 16, 2024 | News
“Morgen” by Richard Strauss was included in the encore during the recent recital with Nikola Hillebrand at Teatro San Felice in Genoa on March 25, 2024. The evening’s repertoire also featured pieces by Liszt, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. Programme:...
by Jure Smirnov | Feb 12, 2024 | News
Photographs captured during the “Piano in Lieder Repertoire” masterclass held at the Pollini Conservatory in Padova, Italy, on February 7th, 2024.
by Jure Smirnov | Dec 15, 2023 | News
‘Julius Drake is not just a pianist. He’s a specialist pianist. His great achievement is his work with singers and as a chamber musician. Talking to him about how he ended up as a professional pianist, he makes it sound as if it was something that just happened...
by Jure Smirnov | Jun 7, 2023 | News
‘Could, would, should Alice Coote give a Tina Turner encore at the end of this recital? It wasn’t a totally ridiculous idea. The magnificently mercurial British mezzo had already stood and delivered Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, and Elvis Costello and Burt...
by Aileen Morrison | Dec 23, 2022 | News
Last night in the Recital Hall the British pianist & song accompanist Julius Drake received the Concertgebouw Medal at a concert with mezzo-soprano Feride Büyükdenktas. The presentation came as a complete surprise. At the close of his concert, this medal was...
