Olafsson, Vikingur

John Adams and Vikingur Olafsson Join Forces for ”After the Fall’

After the pianist, Vikingur Olafsson, asked for a concerto over beers, the composer, John Adams, wrote “After the Fall,” which will now travel the world.

By Joshua Barone

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Review: Philharmonic Returns to Classics, at Its Own Expense

Led by Manfred Honeck, the orchestra all too quickly revisited Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and, with Vikingur Olafsson, Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

By Zachary Woolfe

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Review: Vikingur Olafsson’s ‘Goldbergs’ Mesmerize Carnegie Hall

In his debut on the main Carnegie stage, Olafsson gave a spectacular reading of Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations.

By Oussama Zahr

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The Pianist Vikingur Olafsson on ‘History’s Greatest Keyboard Work’

Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, which Olafsson recorded for Deutsche Grammophon and is touring this season, is “like a life cycle.”

By David Allen

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