MASSIMO GON PLAYS CHOPIN - Gon

MASSIMO GON PLAYS CHOPIN ( CVLD271 )

Author : Chopin
Performer : Massimo Gon

Tracks

01 - Nocturne in C Minor op.48, n.1 - 6:28
02 - Fantasie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, op.66 - 5:21
03 - Impromptu in A Flat Major, op.29 - 4:08
04 - Impromptu in F Sharp Major, op.36 - 5:29
05 - Impromptu in G Flat Major, op.51 - 5:49
06 - Ballade n.1 in G Minor, op.23 - 8:44
07 - Ballade n.2 in F Major, op.38 - 7:46
08 - Ballade n.3 in A Flat Major, op.47 - 7:05
09 - Ballade n.4 in F Minor, op.52 - 11:23
10 - Polonaise in A Flat Major, "Heroic", op.53 - 7:24
Total Time: 69:41

Notes

Today, the great technological evolution allows us to produce practically perfect albums, free from any technical error. This important turning point implies that musicians are also inclined to favor the coldness of technically perfect interpretations, but inevitably impoverished of a more unitary and broad vision of the composition, which represents the very essence of the author's musical message.
A great aesthete and critic, Walter Benjamin, in his “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, limits himself to underlining the loss of the “hic et nunc” (transl.: here and now) that is, the unpredictability of the performance, which happens only once, with all the unknown aspects, which however take us directly to the very essence of the heart of Art.
As for Chopin, I have always been fascinated and influenced by the engravings of the early twentieth century (Friedman, Hofmann, Moiseiwitsch and Cortot), still linked to an almost “handmade” engraving; technology.
In those performances one can clearly perceive the sense of immediacy, urgency and “precariousness”, all expressions of a reality tied to an instant and not willing to represent reference standards.
On an interpretative level, all this is expressed with a continuous surprise, with sudden movements, lightning and falls, and with a particular attention given to the sound, always “speaking”; and capable of revealing the elusive secret of these masterpieces.
I tried to privilege the more lyrical, intimate and captivating aspect, even to the detriment of the more audacious and exquisitely virtuoso aspect, which is also present but is not the most important element.
I therefore hope that this CD can communicate to the listener the wealth of musical insights and compositional ideas, as well as the variety of moods and emotions with which these pieces are elaborated.

MAXIMUM GON
Massimo Gon started playing the piano at the age of 5.
He studied at the "Giuseppe Tartini" Music Academy in Trieste with Luciano Gante. After graduating, for which he received a special mention, he studied with Vincenzo Vitale in Naples for a short period and subsequently attended Nikita Magaloff's summer courses. in Geneva. Following a series of appreciated performances in national and international competitions (Premio Venezia, Cata Monti of Trieste, La Spezia, Osimo and Stresa and "Viotti"), he was invited to perform in some of the most important Italian concert venues (Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Regio in Turin, La Fenice in Venice, Filarmonica Romana, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Teatro Massimo in Palermo), in various European capitals (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Lyubyana, Brussels), in the USA and in South America. He has participated in several international festivals. He has recorded for the Brussels label Empire Master Sound and has released a CD for Velut Luna with the complete cycle of the 12 Grand Etudes by Liszt and for Rainbow Classic Records.
He teaches at the “Giuseppe Tartini” Music Academy in Trieste and is regularly invited to hold Master Classes (Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Moscow and Liszt Academy in Budapest).