Kirill Gerstein is a showman, a philosopher, poet of the piano. He grew up playing jazz, switched to classical and won the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at just 22. Since then he has carved out a formidable reputation as a fearless artist who makes the impossible sound easy. For his Canberra concert, he is scaling new heights of virtuosity: Liszt’s power Polonaise in E and Schumann’s Viennese romp, Carnival of Vienna. In the same program, he dives deep into the profundity of Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie, and gives the world premiere of Transcendental Etude, a new commission from Australian Liza Lim. Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849) Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 (1846) 14 min Brad MEHLDAU (b 1970) Après Fauré No. 3: Nocturne (2024) 3 min Gabriel FAURÉ (1845–1924) Nocturne No. 13 in B minor, Op. 119 (1922) 8 min Francis POULENC (1899–1963) Three Intermezzi, FP71/118 9 min I No. 1 in C major II No. 2 in D-flat major III No. 3 in A-flat major Franz LISZT (1811–1886) Polonaise in E major, S. 223 No. 2 (1850-1) ` 9 min – INTERVAL – Frédéric CHOPIN Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 (1841) 14 min Liza LIM (b 1966) Transcendental Étude (2023)* 8 min Robert SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Carnival of Vienna, Op. 26 (1839) 22 min *World premiere performances. Commissioned by Musica Viva Australia with funds from the Hildegard Project, championing the work of female composers.
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Venue: Llewellyn Hall, ACT
Date: Thu 13 Jun 2024 7:00PM
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