In an interviewed with Israeli conductor Arik Vardi, the acclaimed piano virtuoso discusses growing up as a prodigy in the Soviet Union and playing soccer. . .

In standing with and for Israel, the virtuoso Evgeny Kissin has not only defied the anti-Zionists but exposed the shallow pretense of artistic “neutrality.”

In a revelatory and defiant performance, the pianist Evgeny Kissin has evoked, through music and Yiddish verse, the modern ordeal of the Jewish people. 

“How to answer the thugs, physical and intellectual, who single out Jews for attack?” Evgeny Kissin has shown the way.

Explaining his decision to take Israeli citizenship, the piano virtuoso Evgeny Kissin states: “I do not want to be spared the troubles which Israeli musicians. . .