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Lukas Geniušas / Piano Recital

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Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 19:30
With virtuosic aplomb and an unusually broad repertoire, the Lithuanian Lukas Geniušas is making his mark as an exceptional young pianist. Geniušas combines Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor, a familiar milestone of the piano repertoire despite its many difficulties, with an exciting and rarely performed work by Frederic Rzewski, in which Geniušas takes on the role of speaking pianist. Frederic Rzewski’s »De profundis« (From the Depths) refers to a letter written by Oscar Wilde. Wilde wrote this forbidden love... Read full text

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Lukas GeniušasPiano

Program

Sonata in B minor, S 178Franz Liszt
De profundisFrederic Rzewski
Ländler h-Moll D 145/6Franz Schubert
Songs of BukovinaLeonid Desjatnikow
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