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\nHelene Grimaud<\/strong> – will rue the day<\/em>
\nPhoto: Mat Hennek\/DG<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nValentina Lisitsa<\/strong> – saved the day<\/em>
\nPhoto: Iran Issa-Khan
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Pianist Helene Grimaud spaced out and learned the wrong Beethoven concerto for her planned CSO appearances this weekend, and Portland favorite Valentina Lisitsa was called in to pinch hit for the Beethoven Emperor<\/em> Concerto.\u00c2\u00a0 Grimaud recently recorded the piece, so I cannot understand how she could possibly think she was playing something else (or have it so out of her fingers that she couldn’t quickly get it into performance shape).\u00c2\u00a0 The performances were led by recent OSO guest conductor James Gaffigan.<\/p>\n

Here’s an excerpt from the Chicago Sun-Times review<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lisitsa is known for her manual dexterity and an ability to delineate individual notes in even the most torrential runs. And her filigrees hold our attention. She did not disappoint Saturday night. But she also seemed to take Beethoven’s majesty down a notch so that the elegant slow movement became the work’s musical as well as literal center.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope we get Valentina back for some non-Russian repertoire soon, she’s great in the Rachmaninoff\/Tchaikovsky rep. with which she’s made her reputation, but I’d love to hear her play Beethoven, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Helene Grimaud – will rue the day Photo: Mat Hennek\/DG Valentina Lisitsa – saved the day Photo: Iran Issa-Khan Pianist Helene Grimaud spaced out and learned the wrong Beethoven concerto for her planned CSO appearances this weekend, and Portland favorite Valentina Lisitsa was called in to pinch hit for the Beethoven Emperor Concerto.\u00c2\u00a0 Grimaud recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[148,225,136,299,115,1,1027,135,2],"tags":[501,1305,396],"class_list":["post-2147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciations","category-bloggers","category-chamber-music","category-conducting","category-music","category-news","category-piano-music","category-soloists-recitals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-beethoven","tag-james-gaffigan","tag-valentina-lisitsa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-yD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":691,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/23\/valentina-lisitsa-recital\/","url_meta":{"origin":2147,"position":0},"title":"valentina lisitsa recital","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00c2\u00a0 Photo credit: Alexei Kuznetsoff Courtesy of Columbia Artists Managment James Bash reviews the recital of Valentina Lisitsa, who is now best known around Portland as the last-minute reliever who saves the day when artists cancel or have visa problems (as with Rachel Cheung, whose problems with an artist visa\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"281_052406_01.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/281_052406_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3811,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/15\/hilary-hahn-plays-the-tonight-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":2147,"position":1},"title":"hilary hahn plays the tonight show","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"And recognize that pianist? 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