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43 years for 88 keys

The International Piano Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron reaches number 43 this season. 43th edition and as usual, the great keyboard stars and also the young artists of tomorrow are programmed. On the programme from 20 July to 20 August 2023, the different piano schools are represented with Mao Fujita for Japan, Maria João Pires […]

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Khatia breaks hearts

It is now official, the flamboyant pianist Khatia Buniatishvili is expecting a happy event. The many fans she did not choose to be the father of her child will undoubtedly be heartbroken, as will the audience at Carnegie Hall where she was expected to perform on 11 May 2023. Rest assured, the concert has been […]

András Schiff’s Bachs in Paris at last

Many tours have been disrupted by the pandemic, forcing organizers to do some gymnastics with their schedule. The famous Hungarian pianist Sir András Schiff resumes his tour with the Cappella Andrea Barca, which he has chosen personally. After the complete Mozart piano concertos, it is now the turn of the Bach concertos BWV 1052, 1053, […]

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Piano recitals highlighted on streaming with the Gilmore Piano Festival

Piano recitals can be watched also through virtual webcast. The Gilmore Piano Festival, canceled this season like so many others, schedules two very interesting performances to discover two of the most promising pianists of the new generation. Seong-Jin Cho performs Chopin’s Preludes on May 1, 2020 and Igor Levit, Beethoven’s sonatas, on the 5th on […]

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Famous pianist Hélène Grimaud will perform in Toulouse

As part of the brilliant serie « Les Grands Interprètes », on May 7, 2020, famous pianist Hélène Grimaud performs in Toulouse an exceptional recital with works by Schumann, Satie, Debussy, Chopin and also Silvestrov. Book your tickets here.   Photo : HELENE GRIMAUD © Mat Hennek

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Grand pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy announced his retirement from public performances

At 82, grand pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy announced his retirement from public performances. Vladimir Ashkenazy was scheduled to conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in May 2020. The orchestra just announced the name of the new conductors. Carlos Miguel Prieto and Nicholas Carter conducts the concerts originally scheduled from 21 to 30 may, as part […]

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Pianist Maurizio Pollini at the London’s Royal Festival Hall

Pianist Maurizio Pollini just announced the programme of his next recital at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 28 April 2020. The 78 years old legendary pianist will perform as usual a mixed programme with pre-romantic and romantic composers such as Beethoven and Brahms but also avant-garde with Schoenberg’s piano works. A rare moment, it is […]