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Soaring MelodiesOlga Kern on the rich, pianistic legacy of Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, the Kern Family and Billy Joel.
Olga Kern on the rich, pianistic legacy of Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, the Kern Family and Billy Joel.
Kern was in gold-medal form, if not better; her technique diamond sharp. She squeezed every ounce of emotion and melodic beauty to express the concerto’s various journeys, from darkness to light, failure to success and sickness to health.
The old saying that “the apple does not fall far from the tree” is certainly true in the case of pianist Olga Kern.
Russian pianist and Cliburn competition gold medalist Olga Kern, her outsize talent matched only by her exuberant personality, returns to St. Louis this weekend for her first local recital.