Russian Pianist Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin, 42, played a program featuring Schubert and Scriabin at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Evgeny Kissin shows why he may well be the greatest native Russian pianist of our day, says Times Music Critic Mark Swed. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Evgeny Kissin threw his body along with his soul into the piano. It was a physical thing as well as a musical one. His quest was to make a modern concert grand resonate in ways Schubert could have only dreamed. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Evgeny Kissin played Scriabin’s etudes masterfully, happy to oblige with keyboard thrills. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)