Didaktik mit Charme |
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Eine Rarität im Konzertsaal ist die Fantasie über Flamenco-Rhythmen von Frank Martin. Die Klangsprache des Badura-Skoda gewidmeten Werkes ist vom nahen Tod des Komponisten geprägt und vereint trotzige Vitalität und abgründige Trauer, die der Widmungsträger mustergültig zum Ausdruck brachte... |
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 05.02.2007, Nr. 29, S. 32 |
Buenos Aires, 10 VII 2007 |
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Paul Badura-Skoda aún maravilla ! |
La Prensa, Julio 12 - 2007 |
New York, January and February 2005 |
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"Most concerts are enjoyable, some are memorable.
This one was quite simply a true privilege. "
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01/28/2005 |
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"Alas, our new century has no Schnabel, Kempff or Fischer to keep this particular torch lit. Badura-Skoda, just past his 75th birthday, may very
well be the last in line...
About midway through, I realized that what was absent was the sum total of all of the bad habits of that horde of pianists spawned after 1950. The Schubert A Minor Sonata D845 is played in a totally Classical manner,
somew... |
01/03/2005, Frederick L. Kirshnit, concerto.com |
Badura-Skoda\'s Mozart: past perfect |
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Of all the tributes to Mozart for the 250th anniversary of his birth, none could be more exciting and deeply, seriously satisfying than Tuesday's recital by Paul Badura-Skoda.
That's not just because the Viennese pianist, a star steadily since his 1949 debut, is well-known as a Mozart scholar. It's not only because Badura-Skoda performed the final concert of Central Florida Cultural Endeavors' ... |
LAURA STEWART, Daytona Beach News |
Mozart Authority performed classic works of Mozart (16.Oct.06) |
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Last night renowned pianist, Paul Badura-Skoda, made a great appearance in the Poly Theatre as part of the Beijing Music Festival concerts commemorating Mozart’s 250 birthday. Hailed as the “Mozart Authority”, the 80-year-old pianist not only conquered the hearts of the audience with his transcendental technique and unique understanding of Mozart’s music; he also appealed to them with his gentle... |
Beijing Times, Liu Zhi-Long |
Washington, a bravura performance |
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...in a bravura performance Sunday at the National Gallery of Art's West Garden Court, Badura-Skoda seemed to shrug off the decades, playing with power, remarkable fluidity and the unerring musicianship for which he's become famous... Beethoven's Sonata No. 21 in C (the"Waldstein")...the pianist brought it off with near-total command; a riveting, even exalting performance... |
Washington Post, November 13, 2007 |