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Konstantin Lifschitz Piano Recital
May 2 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
“To say that Mr. Lifschitz made his playing look easy would not be quite accurate. What he offered was a performance of such poetry that the question of whether executing it was difficult hardly came to mind.”
– New York Times
“Lifschitz maximised the instrument’s potential for colour and tonal variety…the gentle, unshowy authority of his stage manner, that he was most persuasive, emphasising the work’s qualities as living music as opposed to historic monument.”
– The Guardian
“This was due to Lifschitz’s sovereign technique. Variations of touch, tone and pedalling were not only sensitive, with bell-like upper lines and beautifully weighted chordal sonorities, but almost invariably functional, highlighting structural change. It was the most magical moment in a deeply satisfying evening.”
– The Independent
Konstantin Lifschitz has established a worldwide reputation for performing extraordinary feats of endurance with honesty and persuasive beauty. He is giving recitals and playing concertos in the world’s leading concert halls and orchestras, besides being an active recording artist. His performance was praised as “the most magical moment” and “deeply satisfying” by The Independent, and “naturally expressive and gripping” by the New York Times.
Born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1976, at the age of five, Konstantin Lifschitz was enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow as a pupil of Tatiana Zelikman. After graduating he continued his studies in Russia, England and Italy where his teachers included Alfred Brendel, Leon Fleisher, Theodor Gutmann, Hamish Milne, Charles Rosen, Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, Vladimir Tropp, Fou T’song, and Rosalyn Tureck, mostly at the Lieven International Piano Foundation.
In the season 2022-23 highlight includes his return to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Tchaikovsky Hall and Moscow Concert Hall “Zaryadye” for solo recitals, Bach Cycles in Kaohsiung and Taipei (total 9 concerts), play and lead concerts with the Chamber Orchestra “Musica Viva” and collaboration with the New Opera Orchestra (Moscow). He appears festivals such as Festival VERÃO CLÁSSICO, Festival Les Nuits Pianistiques Aix-en-Provence and Würzburger Bachtage.
Konstantin Lifschitz is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London and has been appointed a professor of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts since 2008.
Programme
Frederic Chopin
Mazurkas
- Fis Moll Op. 6 Nr. 1
- F Moll Op. 7 Nr. 3
- A Moll Op. 17 Nr. 4
- C Dur Op. 24 Nr. 2
- B Moll Op. 24 Nr. 4
- As Dur Op. 41 Nr. 4
- C Dur Op. 56 Nr. 2
- C Moll Op. 56 Nr. 3
- Fis Moll Op. 59 Nr. 3
– Intermission –
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor Op.35
*Program is subject to change
Notice
Date: Thursday, 2nd May @ 20:00
Price: 180/280/380
Duration: About 90 mins, includes an intermission.
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