Monday, 19 June 2023

Pollini is back




Maurizio Pollini at Vienna’s Musikverein, 2023. Photo: Musikverein Wien/©Julia Wesely

by Norman Lebrecht

The venerable Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini has given his first public recital since collapsing with heart disease at the Salzburg Festival last summer.

Pollini, 81, appeared at Vienna’s Musikverein on Thursday night. He played Schoenberg’s uncompromising six pieces opus 19, Schumann’s C-major Fantasie and a second half of works by Chopin.

First published at Slippedisc, June 18, 2023


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