DACAMERA presents Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Location
Wortham Theater Center
501 Texas Avenue
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Details
GOLD MEDAL AND GRAND PRIZE – TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION | 2024 GILMORE ARTIST AWARD
The winner of the coveted 2024 Gilmore Artist Award, the youngest pianist ever to receive this prestigious accolade, makes his first Houston appearance. At the age of 22, Alexandre Kantorow was the first French pianist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, also receiving the Grand Prix, previously awarded only three times in the competition’s history.
In this virtuosic recital, Kantorow presents works by and inspired by Liszt, a thrilling program of Romantic transformations.
Program:
Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79: No. 1
Liszt: Transcendental Étude No.12 in B-flat Minor, S. 139, ‘Chasse-Neige’,
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage: Première année: Suisse, S.160: 6. Vallée d’Obermann
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28
J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV. 1004: 5. Ciaccona (arr. Brahms for Piano Left-Hand)
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