Alexandre Kantorow / Piano Recital

• Classical Music

A highly desirable piano recital: the young star pianist Alexandre Kantorow presents an atmospheric and varied programme from Bach to Bartók – with music to amaze and melt the audience’s heart.
The Telegraph calls him a »poet at the piano«, in the Austrian press he is considered »one of the best pianists in the world«, and the New York Times reports that he far exceeds all high expectations: Alexandre Kantorow is a true rising star of the piano world. As Artist in Residence at the Elbphilharmonie, the Frenchman is organising a whole series of concerts, of which his solo evening in the Grand Hall is a particular highlight.

The programme includes music from the Baroque to the 20th century: virtuoso works with a Hungarian flavour by Béla Bartók and Franz Liszt as well as Sergei Rachmaninov’s rarely heard First Sonata – a powerful and highly emotional work that seems to push the expressive possibilities of late Romanticism to their limits.

Brahms, with whose music Alexandre Kantorow has been making a name for himself for some time, provides the framework for the evening. As part of his Elbphilharmonie residency, Kantorow will also be focussing on the great Romantic composer: he performs Brahms’ piano quartets in a high-calibre four-piece ensemble and presents his Second Piano Concerto in the Grand Hall. And for his solo recital, he not only has a lively and lyrical rhapsody in store, but also Brahms’ arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Chaconne for solo violin, which the piano composer realised in a sophisticated way for the left hand on the piano.

The Telegraph calls him a »poet of the piano«, in the Austrian press he is rated as »one of the best pianists in the world« and the New York Times reports that he has surpassed all great expectations: Alexandre Kantorow is a real shooting star in the piano world. As artist in residence, the Frenchman is organising a whole series of concerts at the Elbphilharmonie, of which his solo evening in the Recital Hall will be a special highlight.

The programme includes music from the Baroque to the 20th century: virtuoso works by Béla Bartók and Franz Liszt as well as Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Chaconne for solo violin in Brahm’s remarkable arrangement for left hand on the piano. After the interval, Sergey Rachmaninov’s rarely heard Sonata No. 1 is a particular highlight – a powerful and highly emotional work that seems to take the expressive possibilities of the late Romantic period to its limits.

PERFORMERS

Alexandre Kantorow piano

PROGRAM

Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79/1

Franz Liszt
Étude in B-flat minor, »Chasse neige«

Franz Liszt
Vallée d’Obermann

Béla Bartók
Rhapsody, Op. 1

- Interval -

Sergej Rachmaninow
Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28

Johann Sebastian Bach / Johannes Brahms
Chaconne für die linke Hand