The Warmth of Midwinter

The world’s most beautiful piano concerto? Many would say so. Rachmaninoff’s work was completed as if by a miracle following the composer’s years of deep depression and a hiatus from composition. From the depths of utter despair emerged one of the world’s most beloved concertos, whose melody has also been borrowed for the pop ballad ‘All By Myself’. The soloist is Yoav Levanon, who is building an international career and has been praised for his tone, virtuosity and strong inner confidence. Tchaikovsky’s own life was also marked by drama due to a failed marriage around the time of his Fourth Symphony, yet the composer considered the work, once completed, to be one of his greatest successes. The symphony speaks of a fate that stands in the way of perfect happiness.