Tag: Goldberg Variations
The pianist Víkingur Ólafsson: Poetry – culture begins behind mathematics
In the darkened concert hall of Elmau Castle, Johann Sebastian Bach’s legendary Goldberg Variations – a cycle of 30 variations on an “Aria” – sound as if from very far…
The pianist Lang Lang plays Bach and Schumann culture in Munich
Of course he is also a great show talent. The Chinese-American pianist Lang Lang not only inspires a younger audience worldwide, but also very solid classical music fans of the…