This thread is for one-hit wonders who surfaced then disappeared.
I’m listening to a Supraphon LP rip released by the Prague Spring Competition of 18 year old Bulgarian Rumiana Atanasova (Roumiana Atanassova) who won First Prize in 1963. Recording isn’t special IMO given what we’re used to, but what can you say about an 18 year old playing these works except well done?
One that I often think of is Dagmar Baloghova. Her Prok 2 with Ancerl is quite good, but I’ve never seen anything else of hers out there. Certainly there’s nothing else available on CD.
I enjoyed her Prok 2 as well. No idea what happened to her.
Speaking of those who played Prok 2, Mark Zeltser, who studied with Yakov Flier, is another who kind of disappeared. He did more than one thing–with one LP linked below–but little more.
Thor (Anton Salnikov)
Possibly in an existential crisis.
He has a youtube channel with random video game uploads and two months ago he uploaded a remix of some shitty electro pop song:
Yes but he’s only playing in western Tanzania
There’s good news though, he’s recently switched to Sokolov’s manager which I hope means we can now finally get him to Duckburg. He can’t hide forever!!
Well, he plays a lot in spain, I bet there are direct flights from Duckburg to spain if you’re desperate enough
Let me know if he comes to Duckburg cuz then I’m coming 2.
Yeah, my impression is that German pianists don’t play much in France and vice versa.
While both countries’ pianists play every year in places like Belgium and the Netherlands.
Not sure why.