Concert Review: Niklas Sivelöv, September 18, 2022 By Paul Baker For his September 18 concert, Swedish virtuoso Niklas Sivelöv strode out in long tails and gray ascot looking not a little like a clean-shaven Beethoven. As he sat at the vintage Mason & Hamlin 1906 model AA piano I appreciated that nod to sartorial tradition.…
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BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 and 2 • Niklas Sivelöv (pn) • HVB 1501 (4 CDs: 246:32) It is no trifling thing for a keyboard artist to perform and record the 48, both books of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier in their entirety. There’s more to it than conquering the technical difficulties, which are formidable in themselves. A sense of awe must fill the…
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An inspiring meeting today with the great Danish composer Per Nørgård!
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“I can also report that fans of Sviatoslav Richter’s “live” 1975 London “Hammerklavier” will find a kindred spirit in Sivelöv. His tempos, timings, and “Romantic” approach are quite similar to Richter’s.”.. Jerry Dubins Fanfare Magazine 2018
Niklas Sivelöv, Pianist and Composer BY MARTIN ANDERSON A century ago one could find a plethora of musicians like Niklas Sivelöv, where one couldn’t draw a line between composer and executant: Rachmaninoff is the example we remember today, but there were dozens, even hundreds, of composers who made their living on the concert platform and…
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London: (Barbican Hall) “ a pianist of utmost sensational quality” Geneve: (Prokofiev 3) “ Niklas Sivelov est un pianiste dont l’intelligenc e sait explorer toutes les ressources de son instrument…et avec un virtuosité pe ́tillante.” Copenhagen: (Tivoli) “With an intense brilliance, a finely controlled touch, exquisitely formed detail and an impeccable sense of style” Aalborg…
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