Trouw – 13 maart 2012
by Christo Lelie
Photo: Dennis Sies. Arthur and Lucas Jussen, Alexander Gavrilyuk, Severin von Eckardstein

Nine master pianists together on stage at one single evening to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Master Pianists series in the Main Hall of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw last Sunday evening. In this quarter of a century, the organiser Marco Riaskoff has developed his piano series into the largest and qualitatively most interesting of the Netherlands. The international radiance of the series was reflected in the participation to the jubilee concert by world famous stars. The presence of her Majesty the Queen gave the evening even more splendour. (…)
After the first break a second grand piano appeared on the stage. Now it was the young Dutch piano brothers’ turn. Arthur and Lucas Jussen, who already debuted during the concert in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of Riaskoff’s series as substitutes for Martha Argerich in 2007. As duo pianists, they held their ground among their much more famous and older colleagues. They played an adaptation of Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice by heart and with understanding of the original orchestration.
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