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Maria João Pires

May 28, 2023
Overview Program Performers

Overview

Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires has been hailed as “an elegant technician and probing interpreter” (The New York Times), whose playing is “modest in scale, gloriously immodest in its beauty” (Financial Times). Acclaimed for her recordings of music by Mozart, Chopin and Schubert, Pires makes a rare Chicago recital appearance.

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Program
Beethoven

Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique)

Schumann

Kinderszenen

Schumann

Arabeske, Op. 18

Beethoven

Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

Beethoven

Bagatelle No. 5 in G Major, Op. 126 [Encore]

Beethoven

Rondo: Allegro from Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) [Encore]

Performers
Maria João Pires
Piano
Sponsors

This performance is made possible in part by a generous endowment gift from the estate of Halina J. Presley.

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