Sergey Babayan’s recital at the Tokyo Spring Festival
I went to Sergey Babayan’s recital at the Tokyo Spring Festival @ Ueno Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall on March 29, 2022. The program was full of a heavyweight of pianistic works of the Romantic era, including Bach (arranged by Busoni) and Schubert (arranged by Liszt). The performance seemed to me to focus on the romantic feeling by, among others, emphasizing low and dark tones. All of the performances were very interesting and persuasive, but it was Rachmaninoff that was the...
