Favorite Pianists


I've recently become obsessed with great piano music. Not necessarily classical, just great. Like the thread I started regarding acoustic guitar, this follows the same lines. Who is your favorite? It doesn't have to be based on the ability to play fast or on the technical ability side of it. It just needs to be moving. Needs to be able to pull you in and tell a story of your past. I guess the best term to describe this is simply beautiful music.

As of right now, Ludovico Einaudi is my absolute favorite. I've listened to quite a bit of this genre lately and George Winston, Peter Kater and Kevin Kern all get high marks from me. But none of them move me like Ludovico Einaudi.

If you have an absolute favorite, just one that hits you like no other, post it. If you have several, list them.

Thanks!
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The giants such as Richter, Gould, Monk, Jarrett et al. were mentioned, I believe, a few others that are worthy of (much) attention:
classical: Alice Sarah Ott (breathtaking Liszt), Andreas Staier (Schumann as it was meant to be), Markus Schirmer, Evgeni Koroliov and, yep I do think so, Katia & Marielle Labèque (very fine Satie performance)
jazz: Red Garland, Esbjörn Svensson (such a great loss...), Marc Copland, Jürgen Friedrich, Kris Defoort and I don't think I saw McCoy Tyner before...
rock, broadly speaking: Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Mike Ratledge