Alexandre Tharaud has distinguished himself as one of France's leading pianists. Recognized on the international stage as an artist of unique vision and originality, Alexandre is heralded for his brilliantly-conceived programs and bestselling recordings that range from Bach, Chopin, Rameau, and Ravel to music inspired by Paris cabaret of the 1920's.
This season's highlights in North America include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Most, and his return to the Montreal Symphony. His recent recitals in the US include his return to Carnegie Hall, and recitals in Washington, DC, Boston, Montreal, and Chicago Symphony Hall. Other recent highlights in North America include appearances at Boston Symphony Hall and at Walt Disney Hall. Alexandre has enjoyed working with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Bernard Labadie, Daniele Gatti, Lionel Bringuier, Stephane Deneve, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin, among others.
Tharaud's San Francisco recital program will be the Bach Goldberg Variations.
"In the decades since Glenn Gould's revolutionary 1955 recording, Bach's Goldberg Variations have gone from an esoteric object of specialist interest to a ubiquitous rite of passage. Pianists today seemingly take on this monumental set of keyboard variations for the same reason George Mallory professed that he climbed Mount Everest: because it's there.
But in a crowded field, the intelligent French pianist Alexandre Tharaud stands out. He has something to say in this music, and in an engrossing Washington Performing Arts recital on Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, Tharaud offered a set of Goldbergs on a remarkably intimate and human scale." - Washington Post
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This season's highlights in North America include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Most, and his return to the Montreal Symphony. His recent recitals in the US include his return to Carnegie Hall, and recitals in Washington, DC, Boston, Montreal, and Chicago Symphony Hall. Other recent highlights in North America include appearances at Boston Symphony Hall and at Walt Disney Hall. Alexandre has enjoyed working with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Bernard Labadie, Daniele Gatti, Lionel Bringuier, Stephane Deneve, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin, among others.
Tharaud's San Francisco recital program will be the Bach Goldberg Variations.
"In the decades since Glenn Gould's revolutionary 1955 recording, Bach's Goldberg Variations have gone from an esoteric object of specialist interest to a ubiquitous rite of passage. Pianists today seemingly take on this monumental set of keyboard variations for the same reason George Mallory professed that he climbed Mount Everest: because it's there.
But in a crowded field, the intelligent French pianist Alexandre Tharaud stands out. He has something to say in this music, and in an engrossing Washington Performing Arts recital on Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, Tharaud offered a set of Goldbergs on a remarkably intimate and human scale." - Washington Post
Alexandre Tharaud has distinguished himself as one of France's leading pianists. Recognized on the international stage as an artist of unique vision and originality, Alexandre is heralded for his brilliantly-conceived programs and bestselling recordings that range from Bach, Chopin, Rameau, and Ravel to music inspired by Paris cabaret of the 1920's.
This season's highlights in North America include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Most, and his return to the Montreal Symphony. His recent recitals in the US include his return to Carnegie Hall, and recitals in Washington, DC, Boston, Montreal, and Chicago Symphony Hall. Other recent highlights in North America include appearances at Boston Symphony Hall and at Walt Disney Hall. Alexandre has enjoyed working with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Bernard Labadie, Daniele Gatti, Lionel Bringuier, Stephane Deneve, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin, among others.
Tharaud's San Francisco recital program will be the Bach Goldberg Variations.
"In the decades since Glenn Gould's revolutionary 1955 recording, Bach's Goldberg Variations have gone from an esoteric object of specialist interest to a ubiquitous rite of passage. Pianists today seemingly take on this monumental set of keyboard variations for the same reason George Mallory professed that he climbed Mount Everest: because it's there.
But in a crowded field, the intelligent French pianist Alexandre Tharaud stands out. He has something to say in this music, and in an engrossing Washington Performing Arts recital on Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, Tharaud offered a set of Goldbergs on a remarkably intimate and human scale." - Washington Post
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This season's highlights in North America include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Most, and his return to the Montreal Symphony. His recent recitals in the US include his return to Carnegie Hall, and recitals in Washington, DC, Boston, Montreal, and Chicago Symphony Hall. Other recent highlights in North America include appearances at Boston Symphony Hall and at Walt Disney Hall. Alexandre has enjoyed working with such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Bernard Labadie, Daniele Gatti, Lionel Bringuier, Stephane Deneve, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin, among others.
Tharaud's San Francisco recital program will be the Bach Goldberg Variations.
"In the decades since Glenn Gould's revolutionary 1955 recording, Bach's Goldberg Variations have gone from an esoteric object of specialist interest to a ubiquitous rite of passage. Pianists today seemingly take on this monumental set of keyboard variations for the same reason George Mallory professed that he climbed Mount Everest: because it's there.
But in a crowded field, the intelligent French pianist Alexandre Tharaud stands out. He has something to say in this music, and in an engrossing Washington Performing Arts recital on Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, Tharaud offered a set of Goldbergs on a remarkably intimate and human scale." - Washington Post
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