Latest News: Classical, Víkingur Ólafsson (Piano)
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Recording of the Week,
A slow-brewed Goldberg Variations from Víkingur Ólafsson 6th October 2023The Icelandic pianist presents the results of twenty-five years of thoughtful preparation, in a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations that combines control and spontaneity, limpid gentleness and furious virtuosic energy.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on From Afar 13th October 2022The Icelandic pianist recounts how meeting 'living legend' György Kurtág in Budapest last summer inspired his latest album - part 'fan-letter' to the composer himself and part musical autobiography...
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries 9th September 2021The Icelandic pianist talks to Katherine about his new album exploring 'one of the most incredible decades in any composer's life', and his mission to 'get rid of some my own preconceptions about Mozart by finding out more about the music of his day'.
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Recording of the Week,
Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Mozart and contemporaries 3rd September 2021For his fourth album on Deutsche Grammophon, the Icelandic pianist presents a sublime, intelligent programme of works by Mozart alongside pieces by Haydn, Galuppi, Cimarosa, and CPE Bach.
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Recording of the Week,
Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Debussy and Rameau 27th March 2020The Icelandic pianist releases his third album on Deutsche Grammophon: an exquisitely-performed programme of music by Debussy and Rameau.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Debussy and Rameau 23rd March 2020James talks to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson about his latest album on Deutsche Grammophon: a fascinating pairing of music by Debussy and Jean Philippe Rameau.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Philip Glass 16th February 2017James talks to Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson about his debut album on Deutsche Grammophon of music by Philip Glass.