REMINISCENCE

Born in 2000, Simon B�rki has won many international competitions and is currently studying at the Juilliard School, New York, with Sergei Babayan. His d�but recording features works by Rachmaninov - 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth - and Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Schumann. The program confirms Simon B�rki's affinities, with some of Rachmaninov's sombre �tudes-Tableaux and Pr�ludes, together with two �tudes by Scriabin, and a selection of transcriptions and short pieces. In these (post-)Romantic miniatures, the young pianist demonstrates his outstanding virtuosity and sober elegance, as well as the exciting flamboyancy and intensity of his playing.