THE EVENING POST 98
THE EVENING POST May 29, 1998 RUSSIAN PIANIST FORMIDABLE TALENT What: Oleg Marshev (piano), Prelude in G minor (Bach/Ziloti), Polonaise in C sharp minor Op 26 No 1, Barcarolle Op 60 (Chopin), Petrarch Sonnet No 104 and Study in F minor (Liszt), Sonata No 2 Op 36 (Rachmaninov) Where: St Andrew's On The Terrace, Wednesday lunchtime Oleg Marshev is a formidable talent. Trained at the Gnessin School in Moscow Marshev is also an all-round disarmingly nice person. Responding to a standing ovation from the audience, he played Shchedrin's A la Albeniz as the first encore, and then with a wry gesture, he sat down and played another finger-smashing piece – Prokofiev’s Suggestion Diabolique. (more…)