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Maiko Mori in Recital
20th August 2019 | 7:30 pm
Rugby | Online
Japanese concert pianist Maiko Mori opens her recital with Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata, written in 1798, at a time when Beethoven was becoming gradually aware of his encroaching deafness and yet was leading a relatively contented domestic life. Unlike most of the nicknames given to Beethoven’s works, Pathétique is believed to have been picked by the composer himself to convey the romantic and even sorrowful mood of the sonata. This is followed by British composer Graham Fitkin’s Frank and Fervent, a…
Find out more »Samantha Ward & Maciej Raginia: Works For Four Hands
21st August 2019 | 7:30 pm
Rugby | Online
In an eclectic programme of repertoire for four hands, festival directors Samantha Ward and Maciej Raginia combine famous works by Fauré and Debussy with new piano transcriptions of some of the most iconic compositions by the Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla. Opening with a suite of six short pieces, which Fauré wrote for Hélène Bardac (the title Dolly), Samantha and Maciej take the listeners on the journey through the composer’s whimsical titles behind which lies a vivid…
Find out more »Roberto Russo: Keyboard Synapses
22nd August 2019 | 7:30 pm
Rugby | Online
Italian concert pianist and composer Roberto Russo presents an unusual recital entitled Keyboard Synapses. Although the programme is mainly based around the music of Domenico Scarlatti, Roberto combines eight of his keyboard sonatas with the same number of piano pieces written by various composers of the 20th and 21st century. All of the paired compositions not only share a close tonal relationship, but there are many other reasons supporting their juxtapositions: melodic or rhythmical affinities and sometimes a complete contrast…
Find out more »Shelley Levy & Samantha Ward: Chamber Music
23rd August 2019 | 7:30 pm
Rugby | Online
The festival director Samantha Ward joins forces with clarinettist Shelley Levy for tonight's recital, opening with the Duo in E flat Major for clarinet and piano by Burgmüller. The work is formed of three contrasting sections, all of which are beautifully lyrical as well as passionate in parts, ending with a dramatic flourish in both instruments, bringing the piece to a brilliant finale. Schumann's Drei Fantasiestücke Op. 73 follow on next in the programme, demonstrating the composer's immense poetry and…
Find out more »International Festival & Summer School – 2nd Online Edition
14th December 2020 - 19th December 2020
Online Edition
The second edition of the internationally acclaimed online summer school combines the unrivalled content of PIANO WEEK’s bespoke programmes for pianists of any age and ability with the latest technology. With its performance-based approach, hours of one-to-one tuition, classes held in small groups and faculty recitals streamed live from around the world, this six-day long course really takes some beating.
Find out more »International Festival & Summer School – London (Week I)
26th July 2021 - 31st July 2021
London | UK
The much-anticipated PIANO WEEK London residency has its debut this July and August, offering participants of any age and ability unparalleled performance opportunities throughout the week at the stunning Freemasons’ Hall, the 1901 Arts Club and the October Gallery with master classes, individual lessons and faculty concerts taking place in Schott Music’s headquarters in Soho. The festival is thrilled to welcome back the eminent pianist Leslie Howard as its guest artist in Week I, who will perform the closing recital…
Find out more »Leslie Howard, Samantha Ward & Maciej Raginia (Guest Artist Series)
31st July 2021 | 7:00 pm
London | UK
The inaugural week of the international festival and summer school PIANO WEEK’s much-anticipated residency in London will be brought to a close on Saturday night with a recital by the world-renowned pianist Leslie Howard. Revered worldwide as the only musician to have recorded Liszt’s complete oeuvre for solo piano, Professor Howard joins forces with festival directors Samantha Ward and Maciej Raginia in a rare programme celebrating works for two pianos and six hands by Australian composer Percy Grainger.
Find out more »International Festival & Summer School
10th July 2022 - 17th July 2022
Banbury | UK
PIANO WEEK is proud to announce an exciting addition to its much-loved list of rural residencies, combining the charm of the English countryside in Oxfordshire with our friendly and relaxing summer school open to pianists of any age and ability. In Banbury, residential participants will benefit from a holistic programme of one-to-one piano tuition, general musicianship classes and seminars, multiple performance opportunities and more, whilst enjoying a morning swim on campus or a peaceful walk through the field to the…
Find out more »International Festival & Summer School
17th July 2022 - 24th July 2022
London | Online
PIANO WEEK returns to Rugby School for the third time in the summer of 2022. Based at the modern and brilliantly equipped music department, the festival offers residential and non-residential participants an opportunity to study with a distinguished faculty of concert artists, pedagogues and educators in the most stimulating environment. Evening recitals held in the stunning Memorial Chapel will accompany the course, which is open to pianists of any age and ability.
Find out more »Maya Irgalina in Recital
18th July 2022 | 7:00 pm
Rugby | Online
PERFORMER MAYA IRGALINA Programme Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) / Wilhelm Kempff (1895 – 1991) Sonata in E flat Major BWV 1031 II. Siciliano Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) / Ferruccio Busoni (1866 – 1924) Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV1004 V. Chaconne Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849) Barcarolle in F sharp Major Op. 60 Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise in E flat Major Op. 22 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) / Arcadi Volodos (1972 –…
Find out more »Ed Rice in Recital
19th July 2022 | 7:00 pm
Rugby | Online
Ed Rice presents a recital of compositions all by the Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim. Inspired by a range of influential recordings and arrangements from Brazil and further afield, this recital aims to showcase the breadth of influences in Jobim’s writing, including Brazilian bossa nova and samba, North American jazz and the western classical tradition.
Find out more »Mihai Ritivoiu in Recital
21st July 2022 | 7:00 pm
Rugby | Online
PERFORMER MIHAI RITIVOIU Programme Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) Fantasiestücke Op. 12 Des Abends Aufschwung Warum? Grillen In der Nacht Fabel Traumes Wirren Ende vom Lied Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Suite bergamasque L75 Prélude Menuet Clair de lune Passepied Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924) Ballade Op. 19 Duration This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval. Mihai Ritivoiu presents a recital featuring some of the most well-known and loved compositions in the solo piano repertoire. Schumann’s…
Find out more »David Malusà in Recital
22nd July 2022 | 7:00 pm
Rugby | Online
PERFORMER DAVID MALUSÀ Programme Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) / Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Op. 67 (S 464) I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Scherzo: Allegro IV. Allegro - Presto Duration This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval. For his performance in Rugby, David Malusà has chosen one of the most technically and musically demanding pieces written in solo piano literature; Liszt’s transcription of Beethoven’s…
Find out more »Guest Artist Series: Leslie Howard
23rd July 2022 | 7:00 pm
Rugby | Online
PERFORMER LESLIE HOWARD Programme Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Sonata No. 13 in E flat Major Op. 27 No. 1 I. Andante – Allegro – Andante II. Allegro molto e vivace III. Adagio con espressione IV. Allegro vivace Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) / Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) Variations on a motif of Bach’s cantata ‘Weinen, Klagen’ S180 Anton Rubinstein (1829 – 1894) Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 12 I. Allegro appassionato II. Andante…
Find out more »International Festival & Summer School
25th July 2022 - 30th July 2022
Online Edition
The fifth edition of the internationally acclaimed online summer school combines the unrivalled content of PIANO WEEK’s bespoke programmes for pianists of any age and ability with the latest technology. Available worldwide in all time zones, the schedule is carefully prepared taking into consideration where participants are joining us from. With classes held in small groups, plenty of individual tuition, performance opportunities and faculty recitals streamed from around the world, this six-day long course really takes some beating.
Find out more »John Paul Ekins in Recital
25th July 2022 | 7:00 pm
London | Online
John Paul Ekins opens his recital with Chopin’s first Nocturne in C sharp minor from Opus 27, a famously haunting and tempestuous work. Veering between the key of C sharp Major and minor, with bold use of forte fortissimo and complex chromatic lines in the middle section, the piece is underpinned by a sense of urgency and drama. Debussy’s Clair de lune, written in the same key as the second nocturne from Chopin’s Op. 27, offers the listeners an opportunity…
Find out more »David Malusà in Recital
26th July 2022 | 12:15 pm
London | Online
For his performance in London, David Malusà has chosen one of the most technically and musically demanding pieces written in solo piano literature; Liszt’s transcription of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. Perhaps the biggest praise for this work came from Vladimir Horowitz when he admitted: ‘I deeply regret never having played Liszt's arrangements of the Beethoven symphonies in public – these are the greatest works for the piano – tremendous works – every note of the symphonies is…
Find out more »Janneke Brits in Recital
26th July 2022 | 7:00 pm
London | Online
Janneke Brits performs Schubert’s penultimate Sonata in A Major D959. Alongside the neighbouring D958 and D960, all completed only a few months before the composer’s death in 1828, these works are often described by musicologists as examples of his late style. What characterises the sunny-natured Sonata in A Major are not just the life-affirming themes and the joyous feel throughout, in stark contrast to the composer’s declining health, but also the intricate use and development of his compositional methods and…
Find out more »Mihai Ritivoiu in Recital
27th July 2022 | 7:00 pm
London | Online
Mihai Ritivoiu presents a recital featuring some of the most well-known and loved compositions in the solo piano repertoire. Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 12, a set of eight character pieces written when the composer was in his twenties, was inspired by writings of the German author E. T. A. Hoffmann. Schumann’s dual personality permeates the music with his imaginary characters of introvert Eusebius and fiery Florestan taking turns in each movement. Debussy’s Suite bergamasque which also has literary roots, the last…
Find out more »Ed Rice in Recital
28th July 2022 | 7:00 pm
London | Online
PERFORMER ED RICE Programme Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927 – 1994) A Felicidade Double Rainbow O Grande Amor Insensatez Fotografia Luiza Ela é Carioca Brigas Nunca Mais Você vai Ver Chega de Saudade Duration This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval. Ed Rice presents a recital of compositions all by the Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim. Inspired by a range of influential recordings and arrangements from Brazil and further afield, this recital aims to showcase the breadth…
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