An evening shared between Chopin and Liszt is sure to test anyone’s pianism. On Tuesday in Meany Hall, Nikolai Lugansky showed himself able to realize even the most taxing works on his well-planned ...

doesn't shy away from musical confrontations. He challenges listeners, not only drawing them into angst-laden romanticism from eastern Europe, but posturing views of Chopin and Schubert that may not ...

Acclaimed for a level of virtuosity that borders on athleticism, yet consistently praised for his penetrating lucidity as an interpreter of Romantic repertoire, the Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky ...

Music by Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Wagner in the recital by Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, expected in Naples, on Thursday, November 20 (8:30 PM) at Teatro Sannazaro, for the music season ...

The long, unbroken chain of grand Russian pianists never seems to end. And you can count the Moscow-born Nikolai Lugansky as a significant new link — especially after listening to this recital at the ...

Neither the Grieg Concerto nor Prokofiev’s Third is exactly a stranger to the catalogue, but Nikolai Lugansky’s collaboration here with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester refreshes, rejuvenates and, in ...

Pianist Nikolai Lugansky is a bit of a conundrum. There's a curiously self-effacing quality to his artistry. He has pin-up looks yet avoids conscious glamour. There are no platform histrionics and ...

Nikolai Lugansky is a pianist with everything impressively under his command. His dazzling technique is exceptionally secure, balanced and beautifully articulated. The direction and structure of his ...

Nikolai Lugansky is a product of the grand Russian school of piano-playing — perhaps one of the last, given that such things as national “schools” barely exist any more — and it seemed somehow right ...

Hear an outstanding Russian pianist play Chopin and rarely heard Rachmaninov in recital. Nikolai Lugansky's Power And Repose The long, unbroken chain of grand Russian pianists never seems to end. And ...