From the first few notes of J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 14 from "The Well-Tempered Clavier", it was apparent that Yoan Ganev values a forceful style. It's a really nice, melodious sound, he has a good flow in his music and he seemed very confident talking to the crowd (which had almost filled the concert hall for the last piece of the day). In the Beethoven Sonata No. 3, he seemed very comfortable with the really fast, complex stuff, and had a bold, commanding sound.
Ganev's Chopin Nocturne was equally fast and equally hard. Ganev was able to turn that tendency into an asset, particularly when playing the complex cascades of notes that filled his chosen Chopin. The piece also incorporates plenty of crossovers, which he was quite able to pull off. The Samuel Barber sonata that followed was rich in volume, speed and commanding sound.
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