Precise and articulate, Soheil Nasseri plays the piano with first-class technique. His Haydn is lucid; his Liebermann passionate; his Scriabin perfectly evocative - quiet passages alternating with agitated ones well-played. (Yet, here, as in the Haydn, there are unwritten emphases, not to be found in the score, which my ear kept searching for, which only a few pianists detect, and Mr. Nasseri sometimes did.)

After intermission, his Bach sparkled (its precise counterpoint building an intense sense of joy); his Lev Zhurbin (NY Premiere of "Sicilienne") playful and joyful (with its shifting rhythms and attractive melodies); and his Brahms (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel), simply splendid. Lowell Liebermann's Nocturne No. 6 (1998) and Lev Zhurbin's "Sicilienne" (2002) for solo piano fit in well with the 'old masters'. I enjoyed this afternoon's recital a lot. Bravo!