In January 2020, just before the pandemic started, I had the pleasure of touring India for the first time. I was delighted to be invited by the wonderful Symphony Orchestra of India Chamber Orchestra and…
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Recital 2022/2023: What makes a pianist choose a recital program?
R. Schumann: Papillons Op. 2 R. Schumann: Kreisleriana Op. 16 —Intermission— J. Brahms: Six Pieces for Piano Op. 118 L. v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23, “Appassionata” Op 57 A concert pianist works usually on…
Article: Yossi Reshef plays Schumann
Robert Schumann’s piano pieces have been to me like a travel into the world of human imagination. The music is full of fantasy, emotion, riddles, rhythmic and harmonic sophistication and it explores the instrument in…
Article: Yossi Reshef and Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata
Carl Czerny, who studied this sonata with Beethoven, wrote that the idea for the last movement came to him, when he improvised watching a horse ride outside this window. So often we hear performances that…
Article: Yossi Reshef and Beethoven’s 3rd Piano concerto Op. 37
The Beethoven third piano concerto holds a special place for me, for many reasons: it is one of the first piano concertos i ever learned and probably more importantly, it embodies a scope of emotions…