Many tours have been disrupted by the pandemic, forcing organizers to do some gymnastics with their schedule. The famous Hungarian pianist Sir András Schiff resumes his tour with the Cappella Andrea Barca, which he has chosen personally. After the complete Mozart piano concertos, it is now the turn of the Bach concertos BWV 1052, 1053, […]
Seong-Jin Cho, one more year Laureate ! The world famous Chopin Piano Competition is postponed till 2021. Seong-Jin remains the winner of the last competition one more year ! Photo : Seong-Jin Cho © Harald Hoffmann / DG
Piano recitals can be watched also through virtual webcast. The Gilmore Piano Festival, canceled this season like so many others, schedules two very interesting performances to discover two of the most promising pianists of the new generation. Seong-Jin Cho performs Chopin’s Preludes on May 1, 2020 and Igor Levit, Beethoven’s sonatas, on the 5th on […]
As part of the brilliant serie « Les Grands Interprètes », on May 7, 2020, famous pianist Hélène Grimaud performs in Toulouse an exceptional recital with works by Schumann, Satie, Debussy, Chopin and also Silvestrov. Book your tickets here. Photo : HELENE GRIMAUD © Mat Hennek
At 82, grand pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy announced his retirement from public performances. Vladimir Ashkenazy was scheduled to conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in May 2020. The orchestra just announced the name of the new conductors. Carlos Miguel Prieto and Nicholas Carter conducts the concerts originally scheduled from 21 to 30 may, as part […]
Great pianist Murray Perahia had to withdraw from his upcoming recital at Carnegie Hall on 25 March 2020 due to medical reasons. Young and talented 22 years old pianist Alexandre Kantorow, recent gold medal and Grand Prix winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, replaces by performing works by Brahms, Liszt, Fauré, and Stravinsky. Book your […]
Pianist Maurizio Pollini just announced the programme of his next recital at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 28 April 2020. The 78 years old legendary pianist will perform as usual a mixed programme with pre-romantic and romantic composers such as Beethoven and Brahms but also avant-garde with Schoenberg’s piano works. A rare moment, it is […]
Unfortunatly! Pianist Nelson Freire who was supposed to perform a piano recital at the Philharmonie de Paris on February 10, 2020 is forced to cancel for health reasons. The concert is maintained thanks to the great pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja who replaces him. She will perform works by Beethoven, Schumann and Schubert. Infos & tickets HERE. […]
The 2019 Long Thibaud Crespin Piano Competition, starring Martha Argerich as President of the Jury and Bertrand Chamayou, honoured Japan by awarding Kenji Miura, first prize and Keigo Mukawa, second prize. The third prize goes to Zhora Sargsyan from Armenia. Jean-Baptiste Doulcet, Alexandra Stychkina and Clément Lefebvre received also an award. Congratulations to the happy […]
The brilliant pianist Daniil Trifonov captivates the audience every time he performs. While in residency with the New York Philharmonic, the artist fortunatly performs in Europe where in a piano recital on October 31, 2019 at the London Royal Festival Hall, November 3, 2019 at the Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw or on November 7, 2019 at the […]
