Esther Budiardjo
Esther Budiardjo (born September 24, 1972) is an Indonesian pianist. Esther Budiardjo was born on September 24, 1972 in Jakarta. At age fourteen, she sent an audition tape to the New England Conservatory in Boston, but due to her age they felt she should first attend The Walnut Hill School in Natick, where she graduated in 1990. At the New England Conservatory she studied under Wha Kyung Byun. Early career honors include winning first prize at the 1996 William Kapell International Piano Competition, where she performed Balakirev's Islamey, Beethoven's 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, and Chopin's E minor Concerto. She was also a finalist at the 1999 Queen Elisabeth Competition. Her debut album was a collection of pieces by Felix Mendelssohn. In the American Record Guide, Alexander Morin wrote "Her approach is vigorous and zestful; her technique is impressive." Her rendition of Fantasia on The Last Rose of Summer from the album was one of the many recordings fraudulently released on CD under the name Joyce Hatto. Regarding her recording Leopold Godowsky's Java Suite, Harold C. Schonberg wrote in ARG, "Budiardjo is a powerful pianist who employs her superb technique with taste. She is completely on top of the music, playing with strong rhythm and assured technique."
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Top Tracks
- Prelude - Live
- Etude in F minor
- Three Etudes, Op. 104, Part II: No. 3 in A minor: Allegro Vivace
- Three Etudes, Op. 104, Part II: No. 2 in F major: Allegro con moto
- Three Etudes, Op. 104, Part II: No. 1 in B-flat minor: Presto
- Six Songs Without Words (Book V), Op. 62: No. 6 in A major: Allegretto grazioso (Spring Song)
- Six Songs Without Words (Book V), Op. 62: No. 5 in A minor: Andante con moto (Venetian Gondola Song)
- Six Songs Without Words (Book V), Op. 62: No. 4 in G major: Allegro con anima
- Six Songs Without Words (Book V), Op. 62: No. 3 in E minor: Andante maestoso (Funeral March)
- Six Songs Without Words (Book V), Op. 62: No. 2 in B-flat major: Allegro con fuoco
- Six Songs Without Words (Book V), Op. 62: No. 1 in G major: Andante espressivo
- Six Songs Without Words (Book II), Op. 30: No. 6 in F-sharp minor: Allegro tranquillo (Venetian Gondola Song)
- Six Songs Without Words (Book II), Op. 30: No. 5 in D major: Andante grazioso
- Six Songs Without Words (Book II), Op. 30: No. 4 in B minor: Agitato e con fuoco
- Six Songs Without Words (Book II), Op. 30: No. 3 in E major: Adagio non troppo
- Six Songs Without Words (Book II), Op. 30: No. 2 in B-flat minor: Allegro di molto
- Six Songs Without Words (Book II), Op. 30: No. 1 in E-flat major: Andante espressivo
- Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28: III. Presto
- Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28: II. Allegro con moto
- Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28: I. Con moto agitato - Andante
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