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Emmanuel Ax  belongs to the category of the great performers with a glorious career behind him. Although he has not had such a “glamorous” career as others, he has always provided performances of great class characterized by a total respect for the style of the composer, performed with an elegant and clean technique, ranging over the entire “classical” repertoire, without episodes – at least to my knowledge – with the most modern masters of the piano scene.  We had already had the opportunity to listen to him a few years ago in Bologna, while – as far as I remember – he has never given a solo concert, as is regularly the case, for example, at the quartetto in Milan. A pity given the quality of the performer (but Bologna and its musical institutions never “venture” solo concerts that are not by well-known names – not necessarily the best of concert music – and with mostly very traditional programs. A city certainly not at the top of the Italian music scene in all its articulations). However, certainly the choice of Ax was in a certain sense necessary and the performer did not betray expectations to a large extent. But age is unforgiving (except for exceptional cases such as the case of Rubinstein, still perfect at 90!) and – as was the case with Radu Lupu – the “experience” in many cases prevails. Proof of this was the first movement of Beethoven’s concerto, in which an excessive slowing down of the rythms characterized the performance, partially reducing its value. Nothing to complain about at the interpretative level (Ax must have performed the concerto hundreds of times,  intorjecting its meaning like Argerich in the first concert of the Bonn’s composer) but the overall result was not up to expectations. The second half was much more quality and especially the third in which the brilliant setting was fully enhanced. A performance of “lights and shadows” crowned by a single encore, a transcription of a famous Lied by Schubert. On the other hand, total applause for Vladimir Jurowksy who in the great symphonic piece of the evening – the Schumannian symphony – brought the Bavarian orchestra to a level of great value. Jurowksy has a dazzling approach to direct pieces, enhancing the individual sections without losing he overall meaning of the whole. For example, he gave great prominence to the winds, sometimes to the detriment of the strings, but always respecting the style, that is, choosing an interpretation of great effect. A performance rightly applauded by the audience who received in return the performance of a Mozart piece as an encore. Certainly a quality evening.

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