Полина Осетинская

Mit ihrem luftig-spaßigen Bach-Spiel holte die Pianistin Polina Osetinskaya die ganze leichte Energie dieser Musik aus den Tasten und brachte Orchester wie Publikum mächtig in Zugaben-Stimmung. So viel Barock-Begeisterung gab es in Hamburg schon lange nicht mehr zu hören!

" It is strange to reason - "appropriate" or "inappropriate". Music is not to blame for anything at all. Especially music written 100 years ago and in quite similar historical moments. Shostakovich, for example, waited for his arrest and sat at night, for several months, with a packed suitcase by the elevator, so that when they came for him, his family would not be woken up. This is the reality that many people live in now. Or Rachmaninoff, who was forced to leave Russia because of the revolution. But at the same time, the function of music as a great comforter remains. What else can people need in a state of such turmoil, confusion and enormous stress that they have been living in lately?"

The powerhouse duo of violinist Maxim Vengerov and pianist Polina Osetinskaya checked their most formidable chops at the door in Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, inviting listeners instead to an intimate celebration of love and friendship.