doesn't shy away from musical confrontations. He challenges listeners, not only drawing them into angst-laden romanticism from eastern Europe, but posturing views of Chopin and Schubert that may not ...

Acclaimed for a level of virtuosity that borders on athleticism, yet consistently praised for his penetrating lucidity as an interpreter of Romantic repertoire, the Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky ...

A pianist of Nikolai Lugansky's caliber, approaching the height of his technical and expressive powers, is likely more accustomed to playing full houses in Europe than in Alabama, but the 36-year-old ...

An evening shared between Chopin and Liszt is sure to test anyone’s pianism. On Tuesday in Meany Hall, Nikolai Lugansky showed himself able to realize even the most taxing works on his well-planned ...

Immaculate technique trumped charm in the pianist’s reading of Tchaikovsky’s musical year, though the second-half Chopin shone Selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons crop up regularly in recitals, ...

Comparisons between Nikolai Lugansky's accounts of the two Chopin concertos here and Ingrid Fliter's fine pairing of them that appeared on Linn a few months ago are inevitable, and not all to the ...

Lugansky returns for a not-to-miss recital Tuesday night, Aug. 12, which will include 13 preludes by Rachmaninoff as well as works by Chopin, Franck and Prokofiev. Phillips and bass Eric Owens share a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Allan Kozinn The Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky has a formidable technique, and when he puts a bit of muscle behind it, he produces ...