Bruno Leonardo Gelber

Bruno Leonardo Gelber - definitely one of the top ten pianists alive. He may bear a certain resemblance to the late Michael Jackson, but sadly Gelber suffered from polio as a child. However, he plays the piano like a classical piano God. If you have not heard him before, please listen to him on YouTube playing Chopin Sonata 2, or on the videos performing Rachmaninoff concerto 3 (which I heard him perform in London around 1980). Soul, passion and technical wizardry - awe-inspiring. His nearest comparisons would be the late Roberto Szidon, or Nelson Freire, or Martha Argerich, all also from South America, but perhaps overall out of the four my money would be on Bruno. He lives in Monte Carlo and judging from his photos has a taste for very natty shirts. Bruno - please come to perform in Taiwan! 10/10

Today's top 3 pianists

Enthusiasts of Golden Age pianism are perhaps at a disadvantage when it comes to listening to modern day pianists - there has been such a large change of taste, parallelled by the large change in the world's culture and society over the past half century. But there are many many wonderful pianists out there, not all of them in the limelight. Here are three first class living pianists on the stage- may they live long and prosper!:

Grigory Sokolov
plays wonderful Baroque (among other wonderful things).

Radu Lupu
In recent recitals Mr Lupu looks every bit the reincarnation of Brahms.
Not much out therre in the way of interviews, but there is a good interview in "Great pianists and Pedagogues (interviews with Carola Grindea)" published by EPTA
If you click here you should get Schubert's Fantasia for two pianos, performed by Lupu with Murray Perahia

Nelson Freire plays Saint Saens concerto 2.
What wonderful flexibility, lightness, relaxation during a live performance! Hat's off!