Controversy has seemed to follow pianist Ivo Pogorelich at every move, even from the beginning. In 1980, when the 22-year-old whiz kid from Yugoslavia failed to reach the final round of the ...

The young Yugoslavian pianist Ivo Pogorelich, born in 1958, has been a stormy petrel on the international music scene since his succès de scandale at the 1980 Chopin contest in Warsaw. There, though ...

After a difficult period in his life, the return of the Croatian pianist was not of a standard that should be expected in an international piano series This was, apparently, Ivo Pogorelich’s first ...

Since his controversial elimination in the third round of the International Chopin Competition in 1980, Ivo Pogorelich has been branded an "original," i.e. a pianist who believes strongly that if an ...

2 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 3 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities Pianist Ivo Pogorelich has graciously agreed to appear as soloist with Chief Conductor ...

Pogorelich is a great believer of putting his money squarely where his mouth is: “Picasso, for instance, produced works of great genius, and people wondered where he got his inspiration. He’d tell ...

Ivo Pogorelich returned to the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday night (February 24) Credit: Photo: Alfonso Batalla Never far from controversy at any stage of his career, Ivo Pogorelich hit the headlines ...

One of the most interesting musical events this fall should be the return to Seattle, after an absence of a dozen years, of Yugoslavia-born pianist Ivo Pogorelich Wednesday night at Benaroya Hall, as ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When the young Croatian pianist Ivo Pogorelich first burst on to the scene in the early 1980s he was marketed as the ...

Given that the themes of this year's international festival are homecoming and return, the inclusion of a recital by Ivo Pogorelich seemed appropriate. This was the reclusive Croatian pianist's ...