Evgeny Kissin & Sir András Schiff
Program
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major KV 448 (375a)
- Robert Schumann: Andante and Variations in B flat major Op. 46
- Robert Schumann: Pictures from the East Op. 66
- Bedřich Smetana: The Moldau
- Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 and 77 (excerpts)
Interpreti
- Evgeny Kissin – piano
- Sir András Schiff – piano
An opportunity that may come only once in a lifetime. Such will be the opening concert of the 14th Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival, at which Evgeny Kissin and Sir András Schiff will appear together on one stage, each at his own piano. The festive evening in the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum will open with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major. The programme will then continue with two beautiful yet rarely performed works by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann – the Andante and Variations in B-flat major for Two Pianos and Pictures from the East for Piano Four Hands, inspired by the poet Friedrich Rückert’s translations of Arabic poetry. The second half of the evening will be illuminated by Bedřich Smetana’s beloved Vltava, and the concert will culminate in Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances.
“Without question he is a phenomenal pianist, a deeply intuitive and sensitive musician,” wrote The New York Times of Kissin. An artist who first captured international attention at the age of twelve, he is admired by audiences and critics alike for his impeccable technique and profound insight into the repertoire. He has collaborated with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, including the Berlin Philharmonic with Herbert von Karajan and the New York Philharmonic, to which he returns this April under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. Highlights of his career include his debut at the BBC Proms in 1990, opening Carnegie Hall’s centenary season, and regular appearances at the Salzburg Festival.
Born in Budapest, Sir András Schiff rightly enjoys a reputation as one of the most distinguished musicians of our time. His remarkable career as pianist and conductor has included a residency with the New York Philharmonic, regular appearances at the BBC Proms and the Salzburg Festival, and a number of extraordinary projects, among them performances of all Beethoven’s piano sonatas and the complete piano works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert and Béla Bartók. “He cast a spell from which one could sense the entire hall subsequently awaken,” wrote the British newspaper The Independent about the atmosphere of his concerts.
How will these two powerful musical personalities – artists we most often encounter as soloists – combine their artistry and guide us through the music of the 18th and 19th centuries? The answer awaits on 3 November at the Rudolfinum.
Jak tyto dvě výrazné osobnosti, které známe ze sólových vystoupení, dokážou splynout v jednu uměleckou bytost a provést nás hudbou 18. a 19. století? Odpověď na vás čeká 3. listopadu v Rudolfinu.
