Pierre Laurent Aimard, piano
30.07..21:30 - 23:00
A brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary, as the Wall Street Journal calls him, Pierre-Laurent Aimard is widely acclaimed as an authority in music of our time while recognised also for shedding fresh light on music of the past. His international schedule of creatively conceived concerts, broadcasts and recordings is complemented by a career-long commitment to teaching, giving concert lectures and workshops worldwide. Aimard is the recipient of many prizes, receiving the prestigious International Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2017 in recognition of a life devoted to the service of music and the Leonie Sonning Music Prize, Denmark’s most prominent music award in 2022.
PROGRAMME:
Johannes Brahms:
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118: Nos. 1, 2, 4
Robert Schumann:
Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133
Arnold Schönberg:
Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 33a & 33b
Alexander Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, ”Black Mass Sonata”
Olivier Messiaen:
Catalogue d’oiseaux, I/42: No. 3
Le merle bleu (The Blue Rock Thrush)
Maurice Ravel:
Le Tombeau de Couperin, M68
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Photo (c) Julia Wesely
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