MySecretGardenmdp's video: Valentina Lisitsa piano - Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op 23

Valentina Lisitsa live, performing in Seoul. (encore ). *** Described by critics as "[a] bona fide angel playing" and an "electrifying pianist", the Ukrainian-born Valentina Lisitsa has been receiving rave reviews since making her Mostly Mozart Fesival debut at Lincoln Centers Avery Fisher Hall. With her multi-faceted playing described as "dazzling", Valentina is at ease in a vast repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein. Her orchestral repertory alone includes more than forty concerts, all of which have been performed. She admits to having a special affinity for the music of Rachmaninoff and Beethoven and continues to add to her vast repertory each season. In 2010 she will perform Rachmaninoff's New 5th Concerto in her debut with the Rotterdam Symphony. She is embarking on an ambitious project of recording all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas - often a lifelong task achieved by very few artists. With her highly individual and fearless approach to every work she performs, she has been greeted by enthusiastic audiences throughout the world. Her 2008 recital debut in Vienna's Musikverein Golden Hall received multiple standing ovations from the highly discerning Viennese audience. Valentina Lisitsa's 2008-09 season spanned more than 80 performance world-wide, including a debut with the Chicago Symphony (replacing Hélène Grimaud on Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5), her second appearance with the Festival International de Lanaudière, and a recital tour of California. *** Lisitsa impressed with an unerring dynamic sense. Soft passages were so delicate, you were afraid to breathe, while Rachmaninoff's chords thundered effortlessly from Lisitsa's fingers. (Chicago Sun Times) *** To put it simply, Lisitsa is a gigantic talent. She has infallible fingers, imagination and a control of dynamics from the softest to the loudest sounds little short of electrifying. (Baltimore Sun) *** (no copyright infringement intended)