Busoni

[ byoo-soh-nee; Italian boo-zaw-nee ]

noun

1. Fer·ruc·cio (Ben·ve·nu·to) [fe, r, -, root, -chaw ben-ve-, noo, -taw], 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.

Example Sentences

A Busoni aficionado, Levit brings tautness without rigidity to tame the sprawling, potentially meandering, Bach-loving “Fantasia Contrappuntistica,” before closing with Busoni’s “Nuit de Noël,” another chromatic fantasia, gently snowy.

From New York Times

Busoni’s flabbergasting Piano Concerto, led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and serving as a showcase for Igor Levit as a superhuman soloist, was the full program.

From Los Angeles Times

In a prophetic letter written on a concert tour of the U.S. in 1893, Busoni warned that in America, “the average is better than elsewhere, but along with that there is much more average than elsewhere, and as far as I can see, it will soon be all average.”

From Los Angeles Times

In it, Busoni looks back to the 19th century for inspiration and ahead to the modernist promise of the 20th.

From Los Angeles Times

It goes without saying that Busoni’s concerto conspicuously goes where none had before, and none have dared since.

From Los Angeles Times