Event overview
Leading contemporary pianist Andrew Zolinsky presents an evening recital with works by Scriabin, Messiaen, Liszt and Beethoven.
Programme:
Scriabin: Two Preludes Op.27.
Scriabin: Etude in F sharp major Op.42 No.4.
Scriabin: Five Preludes Op.74.
Messiaen: Premiere communion de la vierge (No.11 from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus).
Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (From Années de Pèlerinage).
Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp Minor Op.27 No.1 (Moonlight).
Andrew Zolinsky is one of the most distinctive musical voices of his generation. His unique style of programming and his individual interpretations have secured performances at many prestigious venues and festivals. His work with living composers brings a vivid freshness, energy and passion to his interpretations of music from previous eras.
Though a noted performer of contemporary repertoire, Andrew has performed many of the standard concertos, Beethoven, Chopin, Greig, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin and Barber with major orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lorraine, and has worked under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Stefan Asbury, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Martyn Brabbins, Nicholas Cleobury, Thierry Fischer, Charles Hazlewood, Owain Arwel Hughes, Grant Llewellyn, Diego Masson, Andre De Ridder, David Robertson, Pascal Rophe and Baldur Bronnimann.
In the contemporary field, he is closely associated with the music of Unsuk Chin, James Clarke, Laurence Crane, Michael Finnissy, David Lang, Michael Zev Gordon and Valentin Silvestrov.
Andrew is also very closely associated with the music of Unsuk Chin. He has performed her complete Etudes for solo piano on many occasions, including the French, London and Italian premieres. Andrew also gave the London première of her Piano Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. As part of the BBC’s ‘Total immersion’ series in 2011, Andrew gave the UK premiere of the Double Concerto with percussionist Owen Gunnell and the London Sinfonietta conducted by Stefan Asbury at the Barbican Centre. At Unsuk Chin’s request, he was invited to perform her Piano Concerto and a recital that included her Six Etudes alongside music by Debussy, Chopin and Ligeti at the prestigious French festival, Acanthes.
Andrew has recorded for Cantaloupe, Guild and NMC. Paul Driver in the Sunday Times chose Andrew’s recording of solo piano music by Michael Zev Gordon (NMC), as one of the TOP TEN CONTEMPORARY CD’S OF 2009. His disc of David Lang’s piano music on the Cantaloupe label was released in November 2011.
More recently, Andrew has performed in Lithuania, Spain and Taiwan. Earlier in 2017, Andrew performed a two-concert series to mark the centenary of the start of the Russian revolution, which included music by Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Ustvolskaya, Valentin Silvestrov and Alexander Knaifel.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 3 Oct 2017 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
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