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....His talent was amazing and he seemed to extract every nuance of feeling from music of that greatest of piano composers. Chopin stole the music of the spheres and played it on the piano. He
took the soul of the piano and merged it with the soul of Poland, expressing with his music all his country's pride and sorrows. Drzewiecki must be one of the great interpreters, and his playing contained everything that one might have expected in a performance of Chopin's music- in no way was I disappointed. I sat and listened awe-struck.... With judgment honed by my long experience as a music critic for the Los Angeles Times, I can unequivocally state that Stanislaw Drzewiecki is one of the most talented and accomplished artists we have presented. He attracted a larger than usual audience and was an enthusiastic success. [...] Drzewiecki is the romantic artist, more poet than craftsman.[...] At the moment, Drzewiecki’s talent seems boundless. […] The main point of interest on Sunday, in a program including Lutoslawski's, Tchaikovsky's, was a performance of Chopin's First Piano Concerto with the 17-year-old Stanislaw Drzewiecki as soloist. […] Mr. Drzewiecki proved remarkably assured and in complete command of the piece: its pensive and lyrical passages as well as its digital acrobatics. The performance of the marvellous pianist Stanislaw Drzewiecki and the Chamber Orchestra “I
Palpiti” conducted by Eduard Schmieder crowned the ending of the VII International Festival of Laureates on August 1 2004 in the new
sanctuary of music in Los Angeles - at Disney Concert Hall. Count upon Poland to brings us the prodigies ! From the land that gave us both Josef Hoffman and
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, a new and young man beckons. His name is Stanislaw Drzewiecki, and at the age of fifteen, he was presented is his Carnegie
Hall debut recital.(...) Devoting the first half of the program to Schubert, the artist greeted his hushed audience with the Impromptu in G-flat
Major Op.90. Drzewiecki kept the soulful melody aloft the interior murmurs with absolute poise and total lack of mannerism. It was the perfect
opening piece for him to feel out the hall and draw his listeners close. He followed this with the more outspoken Impromptu in B-flat Major
Op.142. It was clear that this youngster has the genuine feeling, unfettered yet simple, to bring the basic gift of song to life at the
instrument. The variations that sprout like blooms all over the keyboard flowered on vines both luxuriant and tensile.(...) Finally, with both the
audience and himself warmed to the ready, Mr.Drzewiecki launched into the Wandererfantasie Op.15. This was glorious playing throughout, big and
bold when called for, awash in moonlight and stars when Schubert dreams, and full of grit and growl as the notes run black with bile. Sound
tapered as the face of the music drained pale, and careful pedaling brought rouge back to the cheeks. It was a grand journey, plotted no less by
incisive musical skills than by an inherent gift for music that beats soundly in this youngster’s breast. (...) As though refreshed by the
audience’s tumultuous reception of the Chopin group, Mr.Drzewiecki brought down the house with Liszt’s Six Grand Etudes Apres Paganini.
Violinists, eat your hearts out ! The concert came to an end with a lot of good cheer, some encores eagerly soaked up, and the kind of wild
applause that befits such a wonderfully auspicious debut. Rather the one and only Drzewiecki Stanislaw Drzewiecki is a 14-year-old focused and clever musician with an extraordinary gift for
interpreting music; the gift that is so precious and fragile that should be carefully guarded. And yet the greatest of the whole Thursday’s evening was Chopin’s piano concerto no.1
performed by a 14-year-old Pole (which seems incredible), Stanislaw Drzewiecki, who made his debut five years ago and who is a last year’s
EBU Eurovision Contest winner in Grieg Hall. „The exceptionality of Stanislaw Drzewiecki’s talent, the uniqueness of his piano and
artistic accomplishments (...) are an absolute rarity. Our country has not had such musical and piano talent for very long.” "The little genius revealed his technical precision, remarkable musicianship, perfect sense of
Chopin's rubato and original solutions of the ornaments. (...) The finale was brilliant - light and full of finesse, with clear articulation and
accents - just model. I will buy a CD". "I listened breathlessly to Staś Drzewiecki playing. Although Chopin's Concerto in E minor
belongs to the pieces that are very frequently performed and even the most accomplished pianists do not always succeed in making the audience
absorbed all the time, nothing managed to distract my attention even for a little moment while listening to Staś Drzewiecki. "Stanisław Drzewiecki represents an exceptional talent. Despite his young age he is a
remarkably interesting musician with perfect piano technique." "The release of such a young artist's recording is a world sensation. The young pianist's
interpretations amaze everyone with their maturity. The technical ease with which the pianists handles the most difficult fragments of solo parts
produces magnificent results. The piano sounds light, fanciful and jocular [...] This is an excellent record capable of pleasing every music lover. "A marvel of nature", said one of the professor at the famous Moscow Conservatory about
Stanislaw Drzewiecki performing at the Royal Palace in Warsaw. And he did not exaggerate [...] As I was listening to Beethoven's Piano Concerto in
B flat major: the final Rondo or the cadence from Allegro con brio, played by the 11-year-old artist, I could hardly believe that they were being
performed by the pianist, who was hardly to be seen behind the piano. However that was the case." "An extraordinary talent has come to light in Poland - the extremely young pianist Stanislaw
Drzewiecki. He lives and studies in Warsaw but is already known to audiences in London, Moscow, Osaka, Porto, Vienna and Vancouver [...] His
interpretations are remarkable for their sense of internal order and clarity of musical conception, an inborn emotional flair, technical ease and
a deep understanding of the composer's intentions [...] Stanislaw Drzewiecki is also a composer, whose pieces go a long way to show that he is
facing great prospects in this line of artistic activity as well [...] A meeting with Stanislaw Drzewiecki and his music is an encounter with one
of the marvels of nature." "19 April 1998 saw a North American debut by the young pianist and composer Stanislaw
Drzewiecki whose staggering career should be followed with utmost attention [...] "Not a single place remained free when the concert of the 'Regio Basiliensis' Orchestra under
Albert F. Kaiser began, with a 20-minute delay, in the Grand Hall of the Music Academy in Basel [...] The audience waited with eager anticipation
for the young soloist from Poland, the 10 year-old Stanislaw Drzewiecki. Reality surpassed our expectations. The young artist is more than well
prepared for a career of a virtuoso pianist [...] The joyful character of Mozart's Concerto in A corresponded to the soloist's interpretation,
full of temperament and charm and bringing out many of the work's attractive nuances. The young talent from Poland stunned the audience with the
beautiful sound and the fine drawing of the melodic line, in a word confirming the high calibre of his pianistic craft." |
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