Hobbies
Classical Music
At the piano since I was six, and a classical music fan ever since. My taste runs to the Romantic era, and to Rachmaninoff above all.
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.”
My Rachmaninoff favorites
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30
- Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27
Beethoven
The bridge between the Classical and Romantic eras, and the other composer I keep returning to.
- Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92
- Symphony No. 9 “Choral” in D minor Op. 125
- Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” in E-flat major Op. 73
On the shelf
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Richter · Warsaw Philharmonic · Wisłocki, 1959 
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Trifonov · Philadelphia Orchestra · Nézet-Séguin, 2019 
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic · Petrenko, 2012 
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Berlin Philharmonic · Abbado, 2000 
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Berlin Philharmonic · Karajan, 1963 
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Zimerman · Vienna Philharmonic · Bernstein, 1989
