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Maurizio Pollini (5 January 1942 – 23 March 2024) was an Italian pianist and conductor. He was known for performances of Beethoven , Chopin , Debussy , and the Second Viennese School , among others.
Mar 24, 2024 · Maurizio Pollini obituary. Pianist who won the Chopin competition at 19 and who had an intellectual approach to art and life. Barry Millington. Sun 24 Mar 2024 08.34 EDT. Last modified on Sun 24 ...
Mar 23, 2024 · Maurizio Pollini was born in Milan on Jan. 5, 1942. His family cultivated intellectual curiosity, especially about novel trends in the arts. His father, ...
Mar 23, 2024 · The great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini has died in his home-city of Milan. While his repertoire centred on the great Austro-German Romantic piano literature – Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann – and Chopin, he was a noted champion of modern music, often performing the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, Gianluca Cascioli, Giacomo Manzoni, George Benjamin and ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Pollini’s astonishing technique left you in awe. He was an architect in sound who made sonic edifices of a Beethoven sonata, or a Boulez one, that left you in awe. The speed, the direction, the ...
