Alexandre Kantorow

Feb 2, 2025
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Overview

Experience the passion of Alexandre Kantorow, “a fire-breathing virtuoso with a poetic charm and innate stylistic mastery” (Gramophone). Winner of the prestigious 2024 Gilmore Artist Award and the Gold Medal at the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition, the French pianist dazzles and enchants with a program that includes Rachmaninov’s whirlwind piano sonata and Liszt’s storm-tossed landscapes.

Schedule
Program
Brahms

Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1

Liszt

Transcendental Etude No. 12 in B Minor (Chasse-neige)

Liszt

Vallée d'Obermann from Années de pèlerinage, Première année, Suisse

Bartók

Rhapsody, Op. 1

Rachmaninov

Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28

Bach (arr. Brahms)

Chaconne in D Minor for the Left Hand

Performers

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Postconcert CD Signing

Please join us for a postconcert CD signing with Alexandre Kantorow. The signing will take place in Grainger Ballroom and is open to all ticketholders. Merchandise will be available at the Symphony Store preconcert and Grainger Ballroom at intermission and postconcert.

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