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Evgeny Kissin (my absolute favorite)
Martha Argerich (another absolute favorite)
Aimi Kobayashi (a wonderful budding talent)
Daniil Trifonov (an extraordinary artist)
Valentina Lisitsa (a true inspiration)
Wibi Soerjadi (my favorite since age 10 and a severely underrated pianist IMO)
Khatia Buniatshivelli (poetry+fireworks=Magic)
Yuja Wang (great fireworks!)
Vladimir Horowitz (somebody better get working on that time machine lol)
Sara Chang (I couldn't think of anymore pianists)
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Sokolov
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"If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him." (John Holt) www.pianoped.comwww.youtube.com/user/UIPianoPed
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Sokolov, or possibly Yuja Wang.
All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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Hamelin, Libetta, Kun-Woo Paik, Zimerman, Sokolov, Anton Nel
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Oh yeah, i forgot! I'd like to see Hamelin too!
All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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Vladimir Horowitz (somebody better get working on that time machine lol)
If you can get that time machine to work, may I borrow it for: Ferruccio Busoni Sergei Rachmaninov Anton Rubinstein Eugen d'Albert Bela Bartok Teresa Carreño Josef Hofmann Karl Tausig 
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some of these pianists I do not know but will definitely investigate.
Well, there's no Lang Lang so far, which is interesting -
My list:
Yeol Eum Son
D.Trifonov
Kissin
Argerich
Ashkenazy
Hamelin
Lisitsa
Kapustin (play his own works)
Kobayashi
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Vladimir Horowitz (somebody better get working on that time machine lol)
If you can get that time machine to work, may I borrow it for: Ferruccio Busoni Sergei Rachmaninov Anton Rubinstein Eugen d'Albert Bela Bartok Teresa Carreño Josef Hofmann Karl Tausig A time machine and you don't have Liszt in your list? Unbelievable! My List: Marc Hamelin Cyprien Katsaris Yuja Wang Arcadi Volodos Valentina Igoshina Polina Leschenko Mikhail Pletnev Gerhard Oppitz Zoltan Kocsis Leif Ove Andsnes My time machine list: Liszt Friedman Rubinstein (Artur) Brahms Beethoven Chopin Mendelssohn Backhaus Kapell Ogdon
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20th Century Time-Machine Liszt:
- Evgeny Kissin
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Martha Argerich
- Sviatoslav Richter
- Vladimir Horowitz
- William Kapell
- Sergei Rachmaninov
- Emil Gilels
- Glenn Gould
- Georges Cziffra
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This is a fun question. My list, without regard to whether they're still with us:
Artur Rubinstein
Grigory Sokolov
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sviatoslav Richter
Vladimir Horowitz
Emil Gilels
Nelson Freire
Martha Argerich
Horacio Gutierrez
Van Cliburn (in his salad days)
Phil Bjorlo
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A time machine and you don't have Liszt in your list? Unbelievable!
Well I figured that was a 'given'. A little too obvious to mention, eh?  I was lucky to see Argerich several times in the UK, but I unfortunately missed Ogdon. Reading the bio by Brenda Lucas, I was surprised at the amount of standard rep that Ogdon so often played. (Ogdon in the Grieg or Schumann would be like using a Porsche to drive to the local taco stand.) But Ogdon -with a musical appetite only matched by his gastric appetite- was truly adventurous in 20th century music, and what I would have given to hear him playing works which few but he could ever do justice to.
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And here's a postscript, with my "Tier 2" list:
Franz Liszt
William Kapell
Jorge Bolet
John Browning
Leif Ove Andsnes
Sergio Fiorentino
Earl Wild
Krystian Zimerman
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Ivan Moravec
Chico Marx
Phil Bjorlo
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Time machine list:
Bach. Mozart. Beethoven. Chopin. Liszt. Neuhaus. Horowitz. Gilels. Richter. Gould.
More realistic list:
Sokolov. Lisitsa. Andsnes. Yuja Yang. Kemal Gekic. And my favorite pianist on Pianoworld.
Have not decided on the rest yet.
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Oh yeah, i forgot! I'd like to see Hamelin too! I saw Hamelin last year  It was incredible. I'm seeing Kissin in September so that should be good... The guy I'd love to hear the most would be Zimerman, and Barenboim. (Well, Liszt actually, but yeah :p)
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"I am Emanuel Ravelli!" -- Say, I used to know a guy named Emanuel Ravelli who looked just like you! " I am Emanuel Ravelli!" -- No wonder you look like him. But I still insist there is a resemblance. "Heh heh, he thinks I look alike."
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Cliburn (even if he hasn't been practicing) Lupu (WHERE is he on anyone else's list???) Argerich Richard Goode (surprised he hasn't been mentioned either, and he doesn't get discussed enough here) Sokolov Kissin Ashkenazy Kocsis Lisitsa (partly for the 'visual aspect' -- sorry)  Andre-Michel Schub
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OH MY GOSH... LUPU, yes!!!!!!!! Also, Cliburn, YES!!! And I've seen Andre-Michel Schub! It wasn't a full length recital, but it was a lecture on Schubert where he played the Wanderer Fantasy (not a fan of that piece but it was a fantastic performance), and the Schubert Op. 90 No. 3 (huge fan of that piece, but it was a very fast performance...), and he also taught a master class the next day. Richard Goode is very excellent with Mozart, right?
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Haven't heard in person, but need to:
Argerich
Sokolov
Lugansky
Bronfman
Hamelin
Orange Soda King
Angelina Pogorelich
Heard in person, but need to again:
Jeremy Denk
Joyce Yang
Yeol Eum Son
Lydia Artymiw - didn't hear her nearly enough while I was at Minnesota. Fascinating and commanding performer.
Need a time machine for:
Hofmann
Sofronitsky
Young Horowitz
Young Gilels
Young Ashkenazy
Premiere of Beethoven's 9th (Beethoven was a pianist afterall)
-Daniel
Currently working on:
-Poulenc Trois pièces
-Liszt Harmonies du Soir
-Bach/Brahms Chaconne for Left Hand
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