Musicon / Saint Saens / Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Saint-Saens is great fun!

Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Saint-Saens is great fun!

Posted on the October 31st, 2009 under Saint Saens

“I actually regard playing a concerto almost like it’s chamber music. That’s why I enjoy it so much,” pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet says. As a concerto soloist, “I don’t feel I’m playing and not listening to the orchestra while they follow me. Music is ::More

Musicon / News / Alicia de Larrocha passes away

Alicia de Larrocha passes away

Posted on the September 28th, 2009 under News

Alicia de Larrocha died in September 25 at a hospital in Barcelona. She was 86 years old, in failing health since breaking her hip two years ago. de Larrocha brought an elegant restraint to her interpretations of composers as diverse as Johann Sebastian Bach and Manuel de Falla. She appeared with ::More