"The things that are most important to me in such a project are perfectionism and truth. Truth of interpretation, trut…"

"Herz, Thalberg, Heller, Felicien David and others were great virtuosos of their time, more famous than Chopin himself…"

"Chopin’s biography remains obscure. He withheld himself all his life, in diametrical contrast to the openness and acc…"

"To approach Chopin, you have to separate him completely from Schumann. Schumann admired Chopin very much and saw him …"

"The Goldberg Variations have always enjoyed a special status, with pianists regarding them as a touchstone of their t…"

"The trends that produced Schumann’s early piano works started out not so much from Weber’s refined brilliance as from…"

"Undoubtedly the best language for the expression of this ‘unfathomable’ quality was music. The infinity of musical sp…"

"This is an absolute deep contrast to Chopin, who found himself favoring a classical form of musical essence. He needs…"

"Schumann’s Kreisleriana: No other cycle among Schumann’s great works so perfectly expresses the sensation of dark noc…"

"My priority has been to bring out Chopin as an aspect of human realism ..."