In the podcast, pianist Kirill Gerstein talks to Ulrike Thiele about why focusing on musical craftsmanship is more important today than ever before, about his close relationship with Creative Chair Thomas Adès – and about the piano concerto he commissioned from him.
Why did the work become an ‘instant classic’? How does it affect a performance whether he played Beethoven or something contemporary at the recital? Why did his love of the piano develop rather late in life? And why is it impossible to ‘fake it’ when playing in a duo? Find out in the new episode of our podcast ‘Intro’.
Intro in German
00:00 Zurich debut as the international opener
02:15 Advice for my 21-year-old self?
03:20 Focus on musical substance
05:30 No routine
06:20 Music and friendship
07:00 A new piano concerto by Thomas Adès
09:00 No longer alone
10:30 Eighty times round the world
12:00 A multi-faceted portrait
14:30 The One Key Passage
15:40 You feel welcome in the world of sound
16:25 Related to Ravel
17:00 The Adventure of the Piano Duo
21:00 A cosmopolitan in life and music
23:35 The path to the piano
24:50 A pianist without technique is like a tourist without money
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