The article assesses the musical-critical activity of the prominent Soviet pianist, researcher, teacher, famous critic G. Kogan. The article is based on Kogan’s reviews of piano music concerts in late 1920s — early 1930s of the last century. The authors
consider features of the performing style of both Russian and foreign artist s — H. Neuhaus, K. Igumnov, V. Cliburn, And B. Michelangelo etc. It is proved that many ideas expressed in the reviews of Kogan were prophetic and were confi rmed in further
development of the piano-performing art.
Keywords: musician, critic, epoch, pianist, piano, concert, style, pianism, interpretation,
perception, judgment, listener, stage, rhythm, sound, success
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