Where is Arcadi Volodos!
Arguably the greatest living pianist, Arcadi Volodos, is missing in action; at least from American concert halls. One is compelled to ask, “What happened?” “Why doesn’t Sony Classical promote Volodos or even list his concert dates (albeit in Europe and the Far East) on their website?”
Thankfully “You Tube” has some videos of this master at work (but for how long?) Here is a link to an interesting video of Volodos in a private home playing Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.
Are we to waste away on a watery broth of Andre Watts and Earl Wild? Are we doomed to be force-fed the faddish cLang cLang and Yundi Li (the Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan of the classical world) as they ride the same hyped up train to nowhere that inflicted Helfgott’s bizarre resurrection on the world? Deliver us Arcadi Volodos!
If anyone has any information about Arcadi Volodos, please let it be known. If anyone knows Mr. Volodos and can get a message to him; please tell him this: “Your fans wither for want of a glimpse of the gift you possess. Please come to the United States. We can bare this deprivation no longer!”
January 8th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I completely agree with you about Lang Lang. I saw him in concert in NYC and I could not believe my eyes and ears. It was a total sham; all show and no substance.
By the way, you have a great blog.
February 7th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
http://www.amazon.de/Volodos-Plays-Liszt-Arcadi/dp/B000MGB0JW
and you’ll find volodos…. He gave concerts but Sony didn’t put them on the site. I contacted them but apperently they “had better things to do”
October 1st, 2009 at 6:11 am
Hey everyone!
Where is he!!!!
January 1st, 2010 at 12:14 am
Volodos’ concert schedule can be obtained on the internet through sony classical.
www.sonyclassical.de/arcadivolodos/tour_.html
January 1st, 2010 at 12:25 am
For me Volodos is the greatest living pianist in every category of pianistic achievement since Vladimir Horowitz. It’s as though some musical force of nature could not bear Horowitz’s loss and immediately passed his phenomenal legacy with some extra juice thrown in (Check out Etincelles by Moskowski) to the brain and hands of super pianistic genius Volodos
January 1st, 2010 at 12:30 am
Thank you for the opportunity to express my feelings about Volodos. He is the Man.