Despite cancellations of many events due to Covid-19, Pierre Laurent Aimard continues to present live-streamed recitals and concerts. Check back often for updates! March 21, Casa da Música Free rebroadcast from the …
This winter, Pierre-Laurent Aimard Performs concerts in Luxembourg, Paris, and Berlin. Starting off in Luxembourg, PLA joins the Philharmonie Luxembourg and conductor Kazuki Yamada for two same-day concerts on January …
All items denoted with * are still available for viewing in 2021. December 17, Virtual Circle Regionally-ticketed piano recital recorded for The Gilmore Festival from Teldex Studio in Berlin featuring the music …
On December 17, Pierre-Laurent Aimard presents a program titled “Beethoven and the Avant-Garde” in his inaugural performance at Harrison Parrott’s Virtual Circle. Recorded for The Gilmore at the Teldex Studio …
The program felt, in these surroundings, appropriately nocturnal, the park’s forested paths a mirror of the moody depths and wary, milky, moonlit glints of Messiaen’s “L’Alouette Lulu” (“The Woodlark”), from his “Catalogue d’Oiseaux” (“Catalog of Birds”). From the beginning, Mr. Aimard’s playing was a study in reverberation; it was perceptible even through slipping headphones how the music expanded in space and time. I only regret that, just as he moved from “L’Alouette Lulu” into the classic, slowly unwinding first bars of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, I accidentally turned off my phone.
Despite that unwelcome pause, Mr. Aimard’s point was clear: Messiaen’s forlorn yet slyly confident sounds were Beethoven’s, too. The transitions were crucial in this presentation; I think that by paying close attention to those, I experienced much of what Mr. Aimard wanted me to, even if I lost other aspects of the performance while trying to keep a halfway decent running pace. –The New York Times