Daniel Propper, pianiste - Press reviews
Nice-Matin - 21 décembre 2005 By Andre Peyregne- Concert given in The Hotel Westminster Le Piano de Propper “…Grieg‟s Lyrical Pieces were a poetic delight, but when his hands took flight, twirled and fluttered over the virtuoso passages of two of Liszt‟s Hungarian Rhapsodies, the pianist suddenly turned into a magician.There is something of Harry Potter in Monsieur Propper. The whole audience gave him a standing ovation.” Charente libre -17 November 2005 Concert given at Barbezieux Piano en Valois delights music lovers “Almost four hundred music lovers were enthralled by the exceptional performance of the young Swedish pianist Daniel Propper on Tuesday evening in Saint Mathias‟church, under the auspices of „The Piano en Valois Festival‟. For nearly two hours, and with three curtain calls, Daniel Propper charmed the audience, made up not only of music lovers but also people who were curious and happy to discover a genius of the keyboard. This performance will remain firmly in the memories of all those who had the privilege of being present.” La Montagne - 4 June 2005. By Roland Duclos—Concert given at the Riom festival Piano at Riom, an exoctic recital in four responses Propper, the unconventional, calls in and plays “…Propper muses with his hands open, anticipating the arrival of a waking dream,set free from chromatic protocol..Propper subjects piano works to his own visionary interpretation and exhibits them in their authentic state of plurality and motion, never entirely submissive to outside pressure. Who is there nowadays who is able to approach Grieg‟s Lyrical Pieces as closely and as honestly as this, without burning his fingers or compromising himself? Propper creates the illusion of keeping his distance, as a mark of deference, at the same time as he literally vampirises these pages, resistant as they are to all attempts at intrusion and blandishment alike…”
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