Ian Hobson Robert Schumann Cycle: Schumann for Three, Four, and Five
Schumann for Three, Four, and Five | Friday evening, May 10, 2024 | 7 p.m., Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke, Op. 88
Jun Iwasaki, violin; Ko Iwasaki, cello; Ian Hobson, piano
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Andres Cardenes, violin; Csaba Erdelyi, viola; Ko Iwasaki, cello; Ian Hobson, piano
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Andres Cardenes, violin; Jun Iwasaki, violin; Csaba Erdelyi, viola; Ko Iwasaki, cello; Ian Hobson, piano
Pianist and conductor Ian Hobson—called “powerful and persuasive” by The New York Times— is recognized internationally for his command of an extraordinarily comprehensive repertoire, his consummate performances of the Romantic masters, his deft and idiomatic readings of neglected piano music old and new, and his assured conducting from both the piano and the podium. As of September 2023, Maestro Hobson has been appointed Guest Conductor of the esteemed Sinfonia Varsovia.
In addition to being a celebrated performer, Mr. Hobson is a dedicated scholar and educator who has pioneered renewed interest in the music of such lesser-known masters as Ignaz Moscheles, Johann Hummel, and Richard Stöhr. He has also been an effective advocate of works written expressly for him by a number of today’s noted composers, including Robert Chumbley, Benjamin Lees, John Gardner, David Liptak, Alan Ridout, and Yehudi Wyner.
Mr. Hobson is known for artfully programming recital series showcasing the complete piano works of noted composers, matching the subtleties of the composer’s works for each concert. He has currently embarked on an all-Schumann cycle. Reviewing the third recital in the December 17, 2022 edition of New York Classical Review, David Wright had this to say:
The variations movement swelled with Schumann’s love for Clara, and Hobson let it unfold broadly, with natural accelerations and pullbacks as feelings dictated. The amorous meaning of the impassioned dialogue between the hands in the final variation was unmistakable. The whirling finale, marked Prestissimo possible, was a model of clearly etched themes in a bracingly fast yet transparent texture.
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