Vladimir Samoylovych Horowitz (1 October 1903 – 5 November 1989) was an American classical pianist of Ukrainian birth. In his prime, he was considered one of the most brilliant pianists of his time. His use of tone color, technique and the excitement of his playing are thought by many to be unrivalled, and his performances of works as diverse as those of Domenico Scarlatti and Alexander Scriabin were equally legendary.

Critics claim that his performance style is overly mannered (termed Horowitzian), and often too much so to be true to the composer's intentions. He has a huge and passionate following and is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th Century.

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Since you sheeple tools decided to front page that piece of crap video from the Horowitz, right-wing noise machine (http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=12491) I thought I'd at least let you see this video. Yes, the Pope believes the Bible does not condone violence, hence the jihad comment.

I respect your opinion, chrismear. And its true that he can be at times distractingly expressive with the rest of his body. However, this is Horowitz 'show-off' transcription of Franz Liszt's already virtuoso-level piece... a work that practically beats you over the head with its incredibly massive, exaggerated mood changes. Lang Lang was a technical perfectionist at age 15, and now the only direction for him to go is the direction that he feels the music speak.

When I saw him, he played a number of more subtle, less flashy pieces, but was sure to include pieces that the crowd knew and pieces like this that were full of virtuoso flourish. If you get the chance to see him, you have to have a pretty big stick up your ass not to enjoy yourself.

That said, one member of my group when I saw Lang Lang was a visiting scholar of Debussy, and he wondered when he'll stop exploring his own ideas enough to play Debussy and Rachmoninov like everyone else...