Sentence examples for commanding pianist from inspiring English sources

On Sunday the commanding pianist Garrick Ohlsson gives the last of three recitals of his stimulating series called "Busoni at the Keyboard".

The musicians are Mr. Heath, a veteran bebop drummer; Mr. Iverson, a scholarly and commanding pianist; and Mr. Street, a strong and supple bassist.

May 23 2014 The commanding pianist is so intrepid in his work for contemporary music that it's (almost) possible to forget that he remains one of the most exciting proponents of the standard repertory.

The Brazilian-born Mr. Freire, who maintained a low profile for a decade or two except in collaborations with his fellow South American Martha Argerich, has become more active in recent years and remains a commanding pianist.

Christoph von Dohnanyi conducted the Cleveland Orchestra in this unwieldy beast (five movements, complete with male chorus in the finale) with Garrick Ohlsson as the commanding pianist in 1989, when Mr. Morris was the orchestra's executive director (and I was its program annotator and editor), and they also recorded it for Telarc.

One can hardly blame the commanding pianist for indulging in an all-Beethoven program; this one traces the course of the composer's career, including the Sonatas in B-Flat Major, Op. 22, in F Minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"), and in A Major, Op. 101.

It's a useful disclaimer given the album's subject, the mercurial, commanding singer and pianist Nina Simone, who died in 2003 and has since had her music appropriated by ad agencies, club remixers, Kanye West and assorted other cultural properties, including a biopic reported to be starting production soon, with Zoe Saldana in the title role.

On Saturday he leads his Essential Orchestra in the premiere of a piece dedicated to Cecil Taylor; in the ranks are commanding improvisers like the pianist Dave Burrell, the trumpeter Roy Campbell and the alto saxophonist Darius Jones.

Even more powerful than the conductors were the soloists: legendary pianists such as Vladimir Horowitz, commanding staggering fees and performing the same repertoire of works on endless tours, basked in the kind of réclame bestowed on film stars.

The pianist Imogen Cooper, by contrast, exudes leadership skills: an imposing physical presence, confident and regal, instinctively commanding while proudly feminine.

Throughout his recital, Watts achieved a level of authority and command seldom heard from a pianist of any age.