Russell Sherman

Great artists give free concerts at New England Conservatory—simply because they teach here.

Russell Sherman, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at New England Conservatory,  whose playing has been called "profound and profoundly original" by Lloyd Schwartz of The Boston Phoenix, returns to Jordan Hall.

As a pianist, "Sherman's goal is not to serve as a self-negating conduit to the music but rather to refract its light through his own imagination, his life experiences, and his own stunningly wide palette of colors. The spiritual intensity of the playing can be an overpowering force." writes Jeremy Eichler in an article for The Boston Globe.This intensity, when brought to bear on pieces like tonight's program, that are fully representational of the Romantic Movement, cannot help but to illuminate the emotional range of the music, bringing to life all it's cleverness, grace and lyricism.

The program:

Beethoven: "Pathetique" Sonata
Beethoven: "Waldstein" Sonata
Liszt: Nuages gris
Liszt: Sonata in B minor