Talk:Evgeny Kissin

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Where that the information about his musicality (questioned musicality) comes from? I'd rather say that he is one of the most musical pianists of our time.Mdv137 21:07, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Some attribution(s) to replace these Weasel words would definitely be appreciated. --Sketchee 23:25, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)
I haven't heard much criticism of Kissin that I can recall in this regard. (Lang Lang OTOH, I have heard very few good things despite his glowing article.) I'm no expert however :) --Sketchee 23:32, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)
I support that. Some find him to be overdoing his dramatic and romantic effects, such as rubato and so on. I don't think that has to be contrary to musicality (however one defines that :-P), though. Personally, I think Kissin is great. (And yeah, Lang Lang is much more controversial.) — Pladask 06:41, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kissin's Patronymic

Does anybody know his patronymic? I've searched in vain for it. JackofOz 02:00, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Check the Russian translation of this page. Seems to be Igorevich.

Thanks. That never occurred to me. -- JackofOz (talk) 23:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] One of the Greatest Pianists? Perfectly Nuanced?

I'd never heard of Evgeny Kissin until today, when I found a recording of him playing a favourite of mine - Prokofiev's Etude Opus 2 No. 3. I wouldn't say his performance of it was "perfectly nuanced". I'd really like to see some sources cited to justify these outrageous claims. In the mean time, I'm removing them.

61.9.204.168 07:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fact Check

Other bios/interviews say he began studying piano when he was only 5... not 6...

One of his early teachers was a professor at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow, a music college for over-18s. "But it didn't work because, as he admitted, he was used to teaching older people, not little children. I was five." http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/0,3605,269289,00.html

Age 6 was when he started with Anna Pavlanova Kantor at the Gnessin Institute. But, contrary to the hype, she isn't his "only" teacher. Kissin himself speaks of the short/abortive lessons with another professor before Kantor.

Why is nothing said about his marriage to Kantor?

What about his disappearance from the concert stage after her gothic death in his arms?

What about his current return to concertizing?

Very, very incomplete... Sorry I can't find link to article about it that I read, but I'll keep looking... Emyth 19:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Kissin has never been married and his only teacher is alive and well, living with his family.--SimulacrumDP 01:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
YOu may be confusing Kissing with Ivo Pogorelich. Grover cleveland 03:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)