Reviews

Andrzej Chylewski, Głos Wielkopolski, Feb. 5, 2007

(...)The youthful Poznań pianist Joanna Marcinkowska provided further evidence of the continuous development of her unique talent in her performance of the 1st Piano Concerto by Brahms. In ongoing interaction with the conductor Marek Pijarowski, with an impressive sensibility and musicality she presented the narrative to the audience, alternating firm sound with tempered whisper. Fulfilling the composer’s wishes, rather than emphasizing the leading part of the piano, she merely concurred in the fashioning of a thrilling whole with a symphonic expression. Conversely, her encore, the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (arranged by Mikhail Pletnev) amazed by its fabulous delicacy and the pianist’s sense of the humorous mood.

Andrzej Chylewski
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