Setting Precedents - Anna Fedorova and Rune Bergmann with the Franz Schubert Philharmonic at the Palau de la Música, performing works by Rachmaninoff and Sibelius

"Fedorova delivered a Rachmaninoff Second Concerto that sets a precedent at the Palau. She calmed the roar of the crowd with two encores: Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 by the same composer and an inspired performance of Fallas Ritual Fire Dance"

"The Ukrainian pianist immersed herself in a score that she had fully internalized, something already perceptible in her control of the introductory crescendo of chords, and unfolded a discourse of broad romantic scope that explored every facet of a poetic and passionate work"

"Fedorova was deeply emotionally involved without ever losing her concentration, delivering an absolutely memorable second movement that benefited from Bergmann's complicity"

"The pianistic adrenaline surged through the hall once more with the arrival of the whirlwind of techniques in the third movement, in which Fedorova scherzed the Russian master's material with graceful ease"

Carlos García Reche, Nov 30, 2025, Platea Magazine

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