THE SACRAMENTO BEE August 16, 2000 Rachmaninoff rendered enrapturing by Marshev It’s an annual date that seems to be becoming a relationship: before scattering to their various hometowns across the country, the musicians of the Bear Valley Festival Orchestra drive to Sacramento’s Community Center Theater for one more concert in the hometown of their boss, Carter Nice. In their fourth visit Monday night, the players were greeted more warmly than ever. As before, the solid professionalism of the playing and the dynamism of the conducting clearly earned the ovations. But the soloist, pianist Oleg Marshev, just as clearly raised the pitch of the excitement to a higher level with a fiercely performance of Sergei Rachmaninov masterpiece, the “Rhapsody on a...

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L'ECO DI BERGAMO February 1998 Oleg Marshev, virtuosismo con rigore Il pianista suona per il Quartetto, convince con la sua abilità tecnica ma colpisce soprattutto per la lucida capacità di dominio del suono. Per Oleg Marshev la musica eseguita sembra davvero essere una continua, fantastica rincorsa verso il limite. Un limite che egli pone bene in alto, quando lo si valuti semplicemente dalle scelte e dall'articolazione del suo programma, interamente giocato, nella fattispecie, su compositori più o meno famosi aventi come centro di riferimento Franz Liszt. (more…)

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L'ECO DI BERGAMO November 13, 1993 Through Marshev's imaginative approach, Prokofiev becomes formidable. He explores this complex and demanding oeuvre with the conviction, impetus, imagination and sophistication necessary to do full justice to the quality of the composer's inspiration. A quite exceptional talent. Con l'estro di Oleg Marshev Prokofiev diventa... immenso Grazie alla sensibilità dell'interprete emerge non soltanto l'aspetto spettacolare del pianismo del compositore ucraino ma anche quello meno facile (more…)

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FREIES WORT February 1996 The conductor Oleg Caetani and pianists Konstantin Scherbakov and Oleg Marshev are on the same spiritual wavelength.. Their respective biographies make impresseive reading, raising expectations which are not disappointed in their performances. It was thanks to the two world-class pianists Konstantin Scherbakov and Oleg Marshev that the audience enjoyed the Poulenc concerto so much. They fully exploited the possibilities given them by the composer, playing with virtuosity, wit, temperament, elegance and imagination…Despite their highly contrasting physical approaches at the keyboard - one concentrated and introspective, the other showing his emotions more readile - their ensemble never faltered. Russische “Troika” und exzellente philharmonie Suhler Publikum feierte Solisten und Orchester Manchmal führt den Zufall eine glückliche Hand, Jene...

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CORRIERE DI NOVARA March 26, 1998 Il gran temperamento di Oleg Marshev "Impressionante" e "affascinante" sono stati due tra i più ripetuti aggettivi ascoltati tra il pubblico domenica pomeriggio al termine del recital di Oleg Marshev, pianista russo dal "forte temperamento" come è stato sottolineato spesso dalla critica. (more…)

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