Yevgeny Sudbin Piano Recital A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The name of Yevgeny Sudbin, the 34-year-old Russian-born artist resident in London, is not well known to Hungarian audiences. However, he enjoys considerable recognition in Germany, the UK and USA. Many critics consider him as following in the footsteps of the great Russian school of pianists, but he himself, who was just ten when his parents emigrated to Germany, and was sixteen when he moved on his own to London, does not believe in national categories: he holds a cosmopolitan outlook on life. His taste in music is broad and the programme assembled for Budapest shows to advantage his range of technique. He is attracted to eccentric geniuses such as Domenico Scarlatti from the 18th century and Alexander Scriabin from the early 20th century, as well as atypical works like Beethoven’s enigmatic Six Bagatelles. Of his generation, he is considered to be one of the greatest exponents of Chopin; although he doesn’t deny his influences (Evgeny Kissin and Grigori Sokolov are his two role models). Closing the concert, he’ll play the Prokofiev sonata, and this is certain to be a revelation.