Alexandre Kantorow plays Bartók, Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Bach
Date & Time
Sun, Jun 2, 2024, 20:00The press has hailed Alexandre Kantorow as “the reincarnated Liszt” because of his ability to make even the most fiendishly difficult of pieces come across as though tossed off lightly. In 2019, he became the first French pianist to win the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition, and that launched a meteoric international career. For his debut in our Piano series, the inclusion of Franz Liszt’s hyper-virtuosic music seemed imperative. He’ll also perform Bartók’s Rhapsody – at times passionate, at others exuberant –... Read full text
Musicians
Alexandre Kantorow | Piano |
Program
Rhapsody in B minor, op. 79 No. 1 | Johannes Brahms |
Études d’exécution transcendante: No. 12 Chasse-neige | Franz Liszt |
Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année, Suisse: No. 6 Vallée d'Obermann | Franz Liszt |
Rhapsody for piano, Sz 26 | Béla Bartók |
Piano Sonata No. 1, op. 28 | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Partita in D minor, BWV 1004: 5th Movement Chaconne (arr. for piano left hand by Brahms) | Johann Sebastian Bach |