Stephen Kovacevich – a pianist who risked oblivion to know what it’s like out on the edge
The death of Stephen Kovacevich, aged 86, was announced yesterday. Tom Service pays tribute to a pianist whose performances were full of beauty, clarity – and dangerAnd, here, in a piece published on Kovacevich’s 75th birthday, Andrew Clements picks his favourite recordings.It was just a couple of weeks ago that Stephen Kovacevich and I were last in contact. He was…
The death of Stephen Kovacevich, aged 86, was announced yesterday. Tom Service pays tribute to a pianist whose performances were full of beauty, clarity – and dangerAnd, here, in a piece published on Kovacevich’s 75th birthday, Andrew Clements picks his favourite recordings.It was just a couple of weeks ago that Stephen Kovacevich and I were last in contact. He was…
