"A brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary" is how The Wall Street Journal describes Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Throughout a remarkable career, Aimard has been the pianist of choice of leading composers as collaborator and interpreter. His approach to classical and Romantic music is often to discover what made historic creators mavericks and innovators of their time.
Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has had close collaborations with many leading composers including Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Pierre Boulez, and Oliver Messiaen.
In his chamber projects, highlights include collaborations with Tamara Stefanovich for Visions de l'Amen at the Boulez Saal and continued partnerships with Mark Simpson and Jean-Guihen Queyras for trio recitals including works by Lachenmann in Luxembourg and Vienna. Together with Isabelle Faust and Jorg Widmann, Aimard joins Queryas for Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps touring the work across Spain in the Autumn. Through his professorship at the Hochschule Koln as well as numerous series of concert lectures and workshops worldwide, Aimard sheds an inspiring light on music of all periods.
The program will include:
MOZART: Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475
C.P.E. BACH: Fantasy in C Major, H. 284
BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
CARTER: Night-Fantasies
SWEELINCK: Echo Fantasia, No. 4, SwWV 261
IVES: The Celestial Railroad, "Phantasy" for solo piano
$80/70/60.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has had close collaborations with many leading composers including Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Pierre Boulez, and Oliver Messiaen.
In his chamber projects, highlights include collaborations with Tamara Stefanovich for Visions de l'Amen at the Boulez Saal and continued partnerships with Mark Simpson and Jean-Guihen Queyras for trio recitals including works by Lachenmann in Luxembourg and Vienna. Together with Isabelle Faust and Jorg Widmann, Aimard joins Queryas for Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps touring the work across Spain in the Autumn. Through his professorship at the Hochschule Koln as well as numerous series of concert lectures and workshops worldwide, Aimard sheds an inspiring light on music of all periods.
The program will include:
MOZART: Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475
C.P.E. BACH: Fantasy in C Major, H. 284
BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
CARTER: Night-Fantasies
SWEELINCK: Echo Fantasia, No. 4, SwWV 261
IVES: The Celestial Railroad, "Phantasy" for solo piano
$80/70/60.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
"A brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary" is how The Wall Street Journal describes Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Throughout a remarkable career, Aimard has been the pianist of choice of leading composers as collaborator and interpreter. His approach to classical and Romantic music is often to discover what made historic creators mavericks and innovators of their time.
Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has had close collaborations with many leading composers including Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Pierre Boulez, and Oliver Messiaen.
In his chamber projects, highlights include collaborations with Tamara Stefanovich for Visions de l'Amen at the Boulez Saal and continued partnerships with Mark Simpson and Jean-Guihen Queyras for trio recitals including works by Lachenmann in Luxembourg and Vienna. Together with Isabelle Faust and Jorg Widmann, Aimard joins Queryas for Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps touring the work across Spain in the Autumn. Through his professorship at the Hochschule Koln as well as numerous series of concert lectures and workshops worldwide, Aimard sheds an inspiring light on music of all periods.
The program will include:
MOZART: Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475
C.P.E. BACH: Fantasy in C Major, H. 284
BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
CARTER: Night-Fantasies
SWEELINCK: Echo Fantasia, No. 4, SwWV 261
IVES: The Celestial Railroad, "Phantasy" for solo piano
$80/70/60.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
read more
Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has had close collaborations with many leading composers including Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Pierre Boulez, and Oliver Messiaen.
In his chamber projects, highlights include collaborations with Tamara Stefanovich for Visions de l'Amen at the Boulez Saal and continued partnerships with Mark Simpson and Jean-Guihen Queyras for trio recitals including works by Lachenmann in Luxembourg and Vienna. Together with Isabelle Faust and Jorg Widmann, Aimard joins Queryas for Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps touring the work across Spain in the Autumn. Through his professorship at the Hochschule Koln as well as numerous series of concert lectures and workshops worldwide, Aimard sheds an inspiring light on music of all periods.
The program will include:
MOZART: Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475
C.P.E. BACH: Fantasy in C Major, H. 284
BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
CARTER: Night-Fantasies
SWEELINCK: Echo Fantasia, No. 4, SwWV 261
IVES: The Celestial Railroad, "Phantasy" for solo piano
$80/70/60.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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