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PUBLIC TALK: AN AUDIENCE WITH EVGENY KISSIN
Took place on November 21, 2011 Time:
18:30 - 19:30 Venue: William MW Mong Building, HKU Sassoon Road Campus
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A dialogue with
Evgeny Kissin
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posted on November 21, 2011 by "Maryandmusic" |
I was lucky to have won a free ticket for the concert: Kissin plays Liszt. Today I attended a public
dialogue with Kissin at The University of Hong Kong.
Kissin
was easygoing and friendly. He talked slowly and tried his best to answer every question. He is a child prodigy, but not as
proud as some others.
"I think I play
better over the years, as I hear more in music, and I want more of myself. " Life is indeed a journey of exploring oneself,
and follow one’s heart to wherever it goes.
In
the Q&A session, a lady talked about human’s unrestricted potentials intellectually, and asked him if he had any
plans about composition or conducting. Kissin was frank enough to say that he didn’t have any time for those. "We
only have one lifetime. So I choose the things I’m best at." He said. He further said that living in the world
created by those great composers, he didn’t even want to compose any works himself.
"How many books can one read in one’s whole life?" He asked the insightful
question. Well, if we suppose that one reads two books per week, and round up the number, one would be able to read 5,000
books in 50 years. It’s just a tip of the iceberg. Therefore, as Kissin put it, "it is a luxury to read all books
one can get hold of." This applies to virtually everything in life.
A very important part of growing up is to learn to make decisions, and to give up things that
you are not too passionate about or you’re not too good at. I look forward to his performance on the day after tomorrow.
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Synesthetic (in
harmony with Scriabin) 
2012
Season : Barber's Sonata & Scriabin's Concerto
Prerequisite listening
Kissin Recommends:
- Barber's Sonata - Vladimir Horowitz
- Scriabin's Concerto - Heinrich Neuhaus
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Listen to Evgeny playing "Widmung"
("Dedication") as a first encore at the Barbican, London 13th February 2011 . . . simply divine!
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Evgeny Kissin Tour Schedule
Date | Country | City | State | Venue | Repertoire | Feb 4 & 6 &
7 2012 | Italy | Rome | - | Academia Santa Cecilia | Grieg's Piano Concerto with Vladimir Jurovsky | Feb 12
2012 | Portugal | Lisbon | - | The Gulbenkian Foundation | Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin:
Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata No. 3. | Feb 16, 2012 | Switzerland | Zurich | - | Tonhalle | Beethoven: Moonlight
Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata No. 3. | Feb 22
2012 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | - | Grote Zaal | Beethoven: Moonlight
Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata No. 3. | Feb 26
2012 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | - | Concertgebouw | Beethoven: Moonlight
Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata No. 3. | Mar 2
2012 | United Kingdom | London | - | Barbican | Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and
Sonata No. 3. | Mar 9 2012 | France | Paris | - | La Salle
Pleyel | Scriabin's
and Chopin's Concertos No. 1. with Myung Whun Chung | Mar 23 2012 | Germany | Munich | - | Philharmonie | Beethoven: Moonlight
Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata No. 3. | Mar 27
2012 | Austria | Vienna | - | Musikverein | Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and
Sonata No. 3. | Mar 31 2012 | Germany | Freiburg | - | Hochschule
für Musik | Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata
No. 3. | Apr 22 2012 | USA | Chicago | IL | Symphony
Center | Beethoven:
Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata No. 3. | Apr 26
2012 | Canada | Montreal | - | OSM Hall | Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and
Sonata No. 3. | Apr 29 2012 | Canada | Quebec | - | Grand
Théâtre de Québec | Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and
Sonata No. 3. | May 3 2012 | USA | New York | NY | Carnegie
Hall | Beethoven:
Moonlight Sonata, Barber: Sonata,
Chopin: Nocturne As-Dur opus 32 No. 2 and Sonata No. 3. | May 17
& 19 2012 | Canada | Toronto | | Roy Thomson Hall | Grieg's Piano Concerto with Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis | May 23
2012 | USA | New York | NY | Avery Fisher Hall | Grieg's and Scriabin's Concertos with New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert | June 1
2012 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | - | - | Solo recital | June 4
2012 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | - | - | Solo recital | June 8
2012 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | - | - | Solo recital | June 12
2012 | Chile | Santiago | - | - | Solo recital | June 15
2012 | Uruguay | Montevideo | - | - | Solo recital | June 23
2012 | Colombia | Bogota | - | - | Solo recital | June 27 2012 | Brazil | Sao Paulo | - | - | Solo recital | July 2
2012 | Peru | Lima | - | - | Solo recital | July 6 2012 | Ecuador | Guayaquil | - | - | Solo recital | July 10
2012 | Ecuador | Quito | - | - | Solo recital | Sep 8 2012 | Russia | Moscow | - | - | Chopin. Concerto
No 1. The New Russia Orchestra/Yuri Bashmet. | Sep 27 2012 | Armenia | Yerevan | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 4
2012 | Georgia | Tbilisi | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 15 2012 | Greece | Athens | - | Megaron
Concert Hall | Solo recital | Oct 18 2012 | Portugal | Lisbon | - | The Gulbenkian
Foundation | Solo recital | Oct 22 2012 | Spain | Madrid | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 26
2012 | Italy | Milan | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 29 2012 | Italy | Bologna | - | - | Solo recital | Nov 1
2012 | Italy | Rome | - | - | Solo recital | Nov 11 2012 | Ireland | Dublin | - | - | Solo recital | Nov 15
2012 | United Kingdom | Birmingham | - | - | Solo recital | Nov 20
2012 | United Kingdom | London | - | Barbican | Solo recital | Dec 2 2012 | Monaco | Monte
Carlo | - | - | Grieg's Concerto. Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo and Kent Nagano | Dec 5
& 6 2012 | France | Paris | - | - | Grieg's Concerto. Orchestre de Paris and Andris Nelsons | Dec 12
2012 | France | Strasbourg | - | - | Grieg's Concerto. Orchestre Philharmonique
de Strasbourg and Jan Latham-Koenig | Feb 17 2013 | Switzerland | Zurich | - | - | Solo recital | Feb 21
2013 | Switzerland | Geneva | - | Victoria Hall | Solo recital | Feb 25 2013 | Switzerland | Basel | - | | Solo recital | Mar 2
2013 | France | Paris | - | Salle Pleyel | Solo recital | Mar 7 2013 | Austria | Vienna | - | Musikverein | Solo recital | Mar 11
2013 | Germany | Munich | - | Philharmonie | Solo recital | Mar 14 2013 | Germany | Hamburg | - | Laeiszhalle | Solo recital | Mar 18
2013 | Germany | Berlin | - | Philharmonie | Solo recital | Mar 24 & 31 2013 | Austria | Salzburg | - | - | Chopin's Concerto
No. 1. with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Myung-Whun Chung | May 19 2013 | USA | New York | NY | Carnegie
Hall | the
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and James Levine (repertoire TBC) | Jul 5 2013 | France | Colmar | - | - | Solo recital | Jul 11
2013 | France | Vichy | - | - | Chamber music concert with Silvia Marcovici and Alexander Kniazev. Brahms. Trio # 1. Rachmaninoff.
Trio G-moll. Schubert. Trio # 2. | Jul 20 2013 | France | Montpellier | - | - | Chamber music concert
with Silvia Marcovici and Alexander Kniazev. Brahms. Trio # 1. Rachmaninoff. Trio G-moll. Schubert. Trio # 2. | Jul 26
2013 | Switzerland | Verbier | - | Salle des Combins | Solo recital | Jul 31 2013 | Switzerland | Verbier | - | Salle
des Combins | Chamber music concert. | Sep 12 2013 | Czech Republic | Prague | - | - | Solo recital | Sep 16
2013 | Hungary | Budapest | - | - | Solo recital | Sep 19 2013 | Croatia | Zagreb | - | - | Solo recital | Sep 23
2013 | Romania | Bucharest | - | - | Solo recital | Sep 26
2013 | Romania | Bucharest | - | - | Chamber music concert | Sep 30
2013 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 3
2013 | Serbia | Belgrade | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 16 2013 | France | Aix-en-Provence | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 20
2013 | France | Paris | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 24 2013 | France | Montpellier | - | - | Solo recital | Nov 16
2013 | Switzerland | Lucerne | - | Lucerne Concert Hall | Solo recital | Nov 20 2013 | Switzerland | Lucerne | - | Lucerne
Concert Hall | Orchestral concert | Nov 24 2013 | Switzerland | Lucerne | - | Lucerne
Concert Hall | Chamber music concert | Dec 4 2013 | Italy | Milan | - | - | Solo recital | Jan 16
2014 | Austria | Vienna | - | Musikverein | Solo recital | Jan 19 2014 | Germany | Munich | - | Philharmonie | Solo recital | Jan 24
2014 | Germany | Frankfurt | - | - | Solo recital | Jan 27
2014 | Germany | Berlin | - | Philharmonie | Solo recital | Sep 28 2014 | Iceland | Reykjavík | - | - | Solo recital | Oct 2
2014 | Iceland | Reykjavík | - | - | Concert with
the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy |
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