Pianist you'd most like to hear live

[Holden]

Let's say that your local city/town is holding a classical piano music festival and by some miracle, all the top pianists (in your opinion) are there. Unfortunately, you can only go to one recital. Whose recital would you go to and why? This applies only to currently living and performing artists.

[Todd]

Russell Sherman, because I doubt I'd hear anything like it again.

[Josquin des Prez]

Emil Gilels... performing Beethoven's Op. 111 

[jjfan]

Martha Argerich, playing Rach3. 

[Todd]

Emil Gilels... performing Beethoven's Op. 111

Gilels is still alive?

[orbital]

Sokolov, whatever the program.

[Josquin des Prez]

Gilels is still alive?

Ho, missed that part. 

Feltsman playing Bach's Well Tempered Clavier then.

[Drasko]

Pogorelich, same reason Todd gave for Sherman.
Second choice would be Moravec, haven't heard him live so far and he ain't getting any younger.

[rockerreds]

Helene Grimaud

[MichaelRabin]

Helene Grimaud & Arcadi Volodos

[Guarnerius]

Sokolov, whatever the program.

Well, must say, U R talking the real thing! Sokolov is just awesome, brilliant technique and big heart, soulful playing. Luckily he is starring on tour in various countries to bring great joy of wonderful music to many people. 0:)

[orbital]

Well, must say, U R talking the real thing! Sokolov is just awesome, brilliant technique and big heart, soulful playing. Luckily he is starring on tour in various countries to bring great joy of wonderful music to many people. 0:)

yep, except to the US  .

[Mark]

Lang Lang.











Only kidding. Probably Richard Goode, but in some Mozart Piano Sonatas rather than the same from Beethoven. I hugely admire his traversal of Ludwig's 32, but I'd like to see (or should that be 'hear'?) what he does with Wolfgang's works.

[BachQ]

Zimerman or Argerich

[Josquin des Prez]

Zimerman or Argerich

Putting those two in the same sentence, just, wow. 

[Don]

Burkard Schliessmann playing Bach's WTC.

[PSmith08]

Mikhail Pletnev. I don't always agree with how he approaches the scores, for example, his reading of KV 331 still perplexes me, but he is interesting enough to make me want to hear him live.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Wojciech Kocyan.

[springrite]

Kissin: Because I dislike most of the recordings I have of his, but many people tell me he is amazing LIVE. So I'd like to give it a try.

Hamelin: Virtuosity and rare repertoire.

Sokolov: Nough said.

Aimard: Only if he plays only 20th century stuff.

(I did not include people I have heard LIVE, but would like to hear again, including Argerich, Pogo, Nojima, Oppens, etc.)

[MISHUGINA]

Zimerman plays Chopin. I had wonderful oppurtunity hearing him plays live. Also Aimard, Argerich and Pollini.