Evgeni Koroliov, Klavier

Anyone would be delighted to receive praise such as this: ‘If I could only take one piece of music with me to a desert island, it would be Koroliov's Bach, because I would listen to this recording until my last breath, even if I were starving and dying of thirst.’ György Ligeti said this about the pianist's interpretation of 'The Art of Fugue', praising his ability to penetrate Bach's piano works and present them with unparalleled clarity. However, Evgeni Koroliov, who lives in Hamburg, also has a very special relationship with the music of Franz Schubert. Nevertheless, he is often referred to as a Bach specialist and considered a real insider tip, a label that doesn't bother him in the least. "I feel very comfortable with that. If people call me a Bach player, I don't mind, even if it's not entirely true. It's a nice label.”