{"product_id":"memoirs-and-reflections-evgeny-kissin-9781474603102","title":"Memoirs and Reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvgeny   Igorevitch Kissin is a Russian-British-Israeli classical pianist. He first   came to international fame as a child prodigy. He has been a British citizen   since 2002 and an Israeli citizen since 2013. He has a wide repertoire and is   especially known for his interpretations of the works of the Romantic era,   particularly those of Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Franz Liszt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first   two parts describe Kissin's childhood in Russia and his family's decision to   live abroad after the attempted putsch at the Moscow White House. The third   part consists mostly of his views of other pianists and conductors, as well   as memories of people he met during his early years and career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKissin writes about his parents, his sister, his grandparents and his teachers with tender affection and touching detail that gives his memoirs the transparency of water. Here are the things and the people and events that formed him, nurtured and challenged him, and the individuals who made him feel gratitude, amazement and awe. And, of course, it is infused with his lifelong engagement with making music, an obsessive love that captured him when he was young.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book   throws a good deal of light on the life and attitudes of the mainly Russian   Jewish intelligentsia, the problems of visas to America, Britain and other   countries, and his views on performance of music, his own compositions in   music and verse, and his personal approach to concerts. It also offers Kissin's   philosophy of life and his understanding of human nature derived from   meetings with learned people, books and his own day-to-day experience. He   does not indulge in false modesty, but takes a realistic view of who he is in   the eyes of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evgeny Kissin","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":47746376433907,"sku":"7770002839467","price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781474603102.jpg?v=1759089959","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/memoirs-and-reflections-evgeny-kissin-9781474603102","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}