Valentina Lisitsa, piano - Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op. 23

Valentina Lisitsa live, performing in Seoul. (encore #3). *** Described by critics as “[a] bona fide angel playing“ and an “electrifying pianist“, the Ukrainian-born Valentina Lisitsa has been receiving rave reviews since making her Mostly Mozart Fesival debut at Lincoln Centers Avery Fisher Hall. With her multi-faceted playing described as “dazzling“, Valentina is at ease in a vast repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein. Her orchestral repertory alone includes more than forty concerts, all of which have been performed. She admits to having a special affinity for the music of Rachmaninoff and Beethoven and continues to add to her vast repertory each season. In 2010 she will perform Rachmaninoff’s New 5th Concerto in her debut with the Rotterdam Symphony. She is embarking on an ambitious project of recording all of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas - often a lifelong task achieved by very few artists. With her hi