Monthly Archives: February 2020

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PressGürzenich O Köln/Roth review – inventive and compelling Beethoven tribute

“Part of the Moonlight Sonata, first heard as an offstage recording and then taken over by Aimard, began the second half. It launched a sequence that took in Helmut Lachenmann’s Tableau, the first movement of Beethoven’s First Symphony, the allegretto from the Seventh, and then the finale of the last piano sonata Op 111, breaking off before its final ecstatic trills to lead into BA Zimmermann’s Photoptosis, which quotes Beethoven as well as Scriabin, Wagner, Bach and Tchaikovsky. Impressively well played, with visual choreography and lighting effects too, it was all weirdly compelling, though in a ‘what’s going to happen next?’ way rather than a genuinely revelatory one.” –The Guardian

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PressGürzenich Orchestra/Roth review — mingling Beethoven’s music with the avant-garde

“At times while Aimard was playing all the orchestral musicians bowed their heads as if in prayer. Or else several would rise to their feet, as if saluting a flag. At one point everyone on stage started swaying slowly, as if caught in a collective trance. Dramatic lighting intensified the feeling of a ritual.” –The Times UK

24.Feb.2020

Recitals in Boston and New York

This spring, Pierre-Laurent brings a pair of adventurous recital programs exploring the works of Schoenberg, Beethoven, Stockhausen, and more in Boston and New York. First up, Pierre-Laurent performs two recitals …

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04.Feb.2020

Philharmonia with George Benjamin

This March, Pierre-Laurent travels to London, where he joins the Philharmonia Orchestra in a concert celebrating composer George Benjamin’s 60th birthday. Benjamin guest conducts this performance, which features two of …

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04.Feb.2020

All-Beethoven Recital in Rotterdam

On March 3, Pierre-Laurent plays an all-Beethoven recital in celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday at De Doelen in Rotterdam. Pierre-Laurent performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas no. 7 and 32, before taking on …

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