Chicago’s superb classical radio station, WFMT, just broadcast my new Godowsky CD as part of their weekly show “New Releases”.
Many thanks to host Lisa Flynn for her continued support.
I was just interviewed on Serbian National Radio, RTS2, about the Godowsky CD. The interview will be broadcast today at 4pm.
Many thanks to the charming Bojana Žižić.
HRT Radio 3 broadcast
The Croatian interview, on HRT Radio 3, will broadcast on January 16th 2012.
My Debussy CD was featured on Chicago’s top classical music station, WFMT, recently. Thanks to Lisa Flynn.
My CD ‘Piano Masterworks’ (Debussy, Brahms, Händel, Chopin/Godowsky) is currently being broadcast on Radio Filarmonia, the major classical music radio station in Peru. I like hearing the host pronounce my name and then say stuff like ‘gran pianista’. It sounds so elegant in Spanish.
The Debussy CD was recently broadcast on ABC Classic FM across Australia.
The Debussy CD will be broadcast on March 1st at 2:06 pm on Latvian Radio 3’s new CDs programme.
"Le pianiste américain Ivan Ilić nous donne une version remarquable de ces Préludes qui brisaient l’ordre tonal sans renier les principes essentiels de la tonalité. On se rend compte aujourd’hui combien ces accords incomplets, ces rythmes complexes nous sont familiers, nous paraissent évidents."
— Prestige Audio Vidéo, Paris
Novembre-Décembre 2008
I’ve just received confirmation that my Canadian début recital will be supported by the French consulate in Toronto.
![“[Debussy’s] aural explorations gave rise to two of his most important works, the two books of piano preludes that are the subject of the new album by young pianist Ivan Ilić. Ilić, an American based in Paris, has a deftness of touch that allows him control over both Debussy’s exuberant climaxes and his quiet, subtle moments. The sound is rich and clear, with a broad range of dynamics but a solid rhythmic pulse, without which Debussy’s misty soundscapes would descend into mush…This album might be the ideal introduction for listeners who are just beginning to discover the charms of the greatest exponents of French quirkiness and colour.”
Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg
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“[Debussy’s] aural explorations gave rise to two of his most important works, the two books of piano preludes that are the subject of the new album by young pianist Ivan Ilić. Ilić, an American based in Paris, has a deftness of touch that allows him control over both Debussy’s exuberant climaxes and his quiet, subtle moments. The sound is rich and clear, with a broad range of dynamics but a solid rhythmic pulse, without which Debussy’s misty soundscapes would descend into mush…This album might be the ideal introduction for listeners who are just beginning to discover the charms of the greatest exponents of French quirkiness and colour.”
Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg
November 24th 2008
Starting today, I’m the pianist of the month on pianobleu.com.
The Debussy CD has been chosen as the CD of the month as well, a double coup.
Considering pianobleu’s statistics, at 5 million page-views per annum, this is great news.
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Je suis le pianiste du mois pour le mois d’octobre sur pianobleu.com.
Le disque Debussy est également le disque du moment.
"Son jeu se caractérise par sa clarté, sa vivacité, et son sens des systèmes…ce pianiste, doté une réelle personnalité, s’écoute toujours avec interêt et son nom est du ceux qu’il faut retenir."
— Jean Roy
Le Monde de la Musique
October 2008 issue
"Ivan Ilic’s approach is intimate and poetic without being over-indulgent; clearly this is spirited and yet very carefully distilled playing, and I especially admire the pianist’s straightforward manned in ‘La Cathédrale engloutie’ and ‘Feux d’artifice’, which brews up huge intensity while allowing in the finer needles of light. Ilic’s ‘La terasse de audiences du clair de lune’ is pedalled robustly and he is suitably irrerevent in ‘Hommage à S Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.’, but the most interesting playing comes in ‘Les tierces alternées,’ a perpetuum mobile of considerable flightiness."
— Mark Tanner
International Record Review
October 2008 issue
