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Southbank Centre Ligeti Festival 2018
This May 11-13, Artist-in-Residence Pierre-Laurent Aimard returns to London for the Southbank Centre’s 2018 Ligeti Festival. On May 11, Pierre-Laurent joins Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Marie-Luise Neunecker to perform Ligeti’s Trio for violin, horn and piano. The dynamic program also hears Ligeti’s Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes …
Elliott Carter: Late Works recording wins BBC Music Magazine Jury Award
Out now: Messiaen’s Catalogue D’oiseaux
Available now: Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s album of Messiaen’s complete Catalogue d’Oiseaux as his first album with PENTATONE. Listen today on Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon.
#OneBirdADay with Apple Music & PENTATONE
Discover Pierre-Laurent’s #OneBirdADay campaign from March 18-30 on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, leading up to the release of his album of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux on PENTATONE. Listen now, only on Apple Music. Due to its radical naturalism, the Catalogue d’Oiseaux is …
US Recital Tour in March
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Releases Catalogue d’Oiseaux with PENTATONE on March 30
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, recently signed to PENTATONE , releases Messiaen’s complete Catalogue d’Oiseaux on March 30 as his first album with the label. The pianist had intimate ties to the composer himself and his …
Pierre-Laurent continues Southbank residency, performs at Royal Festival Hall
Since his naming as the Southbank Centre’s artist-in-residence last fall, Pierre-Laurent Aimard continues his residency this January in London. He performs at the Royal Festival Hall on January 21, reuniting with the Philharmonia Orchestra in a program of the great French impressionists, Debussy and Ravel. Aimard performs Ravel’s jazz-steeped Piano Concerto in G Major, in an evening that also hears the composer’s Ma mère l’oye Suite, …
Commencing 2018 with Bartók, Beethoven, Ravel, and Carter
To kick off the new year, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs the Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth. They perform January 11-13. As Visiting Professor of Music at …
Pierre-Laurent Performs in China, Japan, and Russia
To conclude 2017, Pierre-Laurent performs in China, Japan, and Russia. On November 30, Pierre-Laurent presents selections from Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux and the Chopin Nocturnes, along with the Beethoven “Hammerklavier” Sonata at the National …