Javier Perianes substitutes for Krystian Zimerman

     Javier Perianes makes a last-minute substitution for pianist Krystian Zimerman at the September 6th and 7th concerts of the Orquesta Sinfónica Académica Metropolitana held at the Centro Cultural de Belém and the Casa da Música, performing Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 under the direction of Maestro Pedro Neves.

Javier Perianes debuts at the Quincena Musical Donostiarra

     On September 1st, the pianist Javier Perianias debuts at the 69th annual Quincena Musical Donostiarra. Javier Perianes will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s celebrated Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Basque National Orchestra and Maestro Andrey Boreyko at the Kursaal Auditórium. 

Classic and Romantic. Impromptus op. 90, Allegretto D. 915 y Tres Klavierstücke. (Exceptional CD, Scherzo Magazine, March 2008)

     Perianes presents himself as an authentic poet who interprets another poet, and he does it with intensity and passion, with agitation if necessary, and always with lyricism, admirably controlling dynamics, with an intelligent use of pedal that encircles a clarity almost classical and dependent on every moment on the expression; how a Schubert should be. Technically it’s evident that he’s superb, but it’s in the artistic realm of his performance where he toasts us with the authentic and essential Schubert, classic and romantic. A lovely disc that definitely highlights Perianes as one of the most prominent pianists of the moment. 

March 2008

Scherzo Magazine, Joseph Pascual

Schubert. Impromptus op. 90. 3 Klavierstücke

     Javier Perianes glances at Schubert to recognize his special sincerity and charm. Through Perianes’ performance, Schubert is perceived as delicate, prudent in the tenuous contrasts and subtle inflections. With Perianes as the communicator the vigor of the rhythm is never exceeded, nor is the melodic sense exaggerated; the form grows convincingly by development rather than by opposition between the sections. But none of this can be appreciated if one does not assume a listening of this recording from a point of departure that seems very far from our time as is a prolonged degustation, a state of daydreaming and time without a schedule. 

March 2008

ABCD de las Artes, Alberto G. Lapuente

Schubert. Impromptus, Allegretto

     This young Spanish proves himself a natural Schubertian in the Impromptus. He is beautifully recorded so that the nuances of his playing can be fully appreciated. Perianes´s playing captures its magic to perfection. 

February  2008

Sunday Telegraph, Michael Kennedy

Schubert, Impromptus op. 90, Allegretto D. 915 and 3 Klavierstücke D. 946

     A truly sublime disc, one of the great classical recordings so far this year….. we have these seven impromptus and an allegretto by Schubert whose lyricism occupies a musical Olympus. It indicates conclusively that this is a pianist of such sensitivity and sensibility that he is already one of the greatest of this generation. 

February  2008

Buffalo News, Jeff Simon

Schubert Impromptus op. 90 and Drei Klavierstücke

     This disc of Schubert solo piano works reveals some of the most selflessly probing performances of this composer since the legendary Sviatoslav Richter…. The disc´s real prize is Schubert´s late-period Klavierstücke, which are often so harrowingly spare that you can´t imagine a performance without Perianes´s incredibly precise, sensitive touch. This may be one of the piano-disc gems of the still-young year. 

February  2008

Philadelphia Inquirer, David Patrick Stearns

Perianes Bares Schubert

     The premature maturity of a pianist who has not yet reached 30 years is unveiled in a work such as this one, faced with a overwhelming personality to these authentic, intimate confessions of the Viennese genius… Perianes astounds with his capacity to travel through this universe with as much elegance as depth… The performance is full of ideas, nuances, expressive content. A profound sense of the internal breath of the music, of its essence, of its affecting emotive force, puts the composer and performer in an intimate connection. Schubert is Perianes and Perianes is and will always be Schubert.

February  2008

Diario de Sevilla, Pablo Vayón

Four Impromptus op. 90, Allegretto D. 915, Tres Klavierstücke

     The young Spanish pianist Javier Perianes skillfully enters [the Impromptus Op. 90] with a sweet and melancholy intimacy. At first it may seem a bit severe; however, it achieves a difficult reconciliation between romanticism and austerity. Everything remains like a long poem that one recites to oneself: the tone is one of introspection; the nuances, so minute; the phrasings, captivating.

February  2008

Le Monde de la Musique, Jérémie Szpirglas

Javier Perianes debuts at the Vancouver Recital Society (Canada)

Javier Perianes will perform in Canada at the prestigious Vancouver Recital Society on March 16 at the Vancouver Playhouse. The program will include works by Blasco de Nebra, Schubert, Haydn, Debussy and Falla.

Javier Perianes and the National Orchestra of Spain (Madrid)

Javier Perianes substitutes pianist Fazil Say at the last minute in the March 7, 8 and 9 concerts of the National Orchestra of Spain at the Auditorio Nacional de Música of Madrid with Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C major KV 467 under the direction of Maestro Howard Griffiths.

Javier Perianes and the Borodin Quartet in the Canary Isles Festival

    After performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in Madrid on February 2 with Gordan Nikolich’s chamber orchestra BandArt, Javier Perianes joins the Borodin Quartet in the Festival de Música de Canarias for performances of Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor in Gran Canaria and Tenerife on 15 and 17 February.

Javier Perianes at Les Follés Journées of Nantes (France)

    Javier Perianes returns to the 14th annual festival of Les Folles Journées of Nantes on January 30 and 31, 2008 held at the Cité de Congrès of Nantes. This year the prestigious festival is dedicated to “Schubert in all his states”. The performance will also involve the presentation in France of Javier Perianes’ second work for Harmonía Mundi, devoted to the Viennese composer Franz Schubert.