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Exceptional young pianists on the Verbier Festival: why such an explosion?

Madly young, madly gifted. Their names are starting to be known to music lovers despite their short career. In their countries, they are stars. They are asked everywhere, from New York to Tokyo. Yunchan Lim The Korean, Mao Fujita Japanese are two stars at the firmament of exceptional pianists. Very present at the Verbier Festival, they will have played alone in recital, in chamber music, with orchestra. So many triumphs. “Two extraterrestrials, comments the director of the Verbier Festival, Martin Engstroem. They are young, but their souls come from far away. It’s extremely rare. “

Mao Fujita stood out here 4 years ago with an integral of Sonatas by Mozart breathtaking, confirming his first prize in the Clara Haskil competition. He was 17 years old then. Today he has 24. In the meantime, he pocketed the silver medal in the Tchaikovski international competition and gave his first recital to the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Grail of the classical planet. Mao Fujita is water and light. Childish silhouette, which looks like mounted on springs: a cartoon character. But a touch that makes you melt, an incredible legato, a poet’s sound. He knows how to roar of course, as he will have demonstrated in a recital aligning the 24 preludes of Scriabine and those of Chopin.

juniper.blair
juniper.blair
Juniper’s Seat-Geek side gig feeds her stadium-tour blog, which rates venues by bathroom-line math.
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