Emanuil Ivanov at the Royal Academy of Music, London
Astonishment and enlightenment of a master musician
Bulgarian pianist Emanuil Ivanov attracted international attention at the age of 21 after receiving the first prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Italy. This achievement was followed by concert engagements in some of the world’s most prestigious halls, including Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Herkulessaal in Munich. For his Advanced Diploma Recital, he offers a performance of Charles Ives’ second Piano Sonata.
Each of the movements in this work represent figures associated with transcendentalism and the village of Concord, Massachusetts: Emerson, Hawthorne, Bronson and Louisa May Alcott, Thoreau. Emanuil Ivanov with more sensational playing this time of Ives Concord Sonata.
Winner of the Busoni competition some years ago and in many ways a Busonian figure he has gone on to give astonishing performances of the monumental piano concerto and his recording of the Rzewski variations ,that took the Wigmore Hall by storm earlier this season, has been recorded by the Royal Academy for release in December.
I cannot wait for him to record this ‘Concord’ after his monumental performance this morning.
