Menahem Pressler / Piano Recital

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

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Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler © Courtesy of Indiana University
  • Doors open 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • End ca. 22:05

Description

16 December 1923 – the date of Menahem Pressler’s birth. When you start counting, you can’t quite believe it … but it’s true: the legendary pianist and co-founder of the Beaux Arts Trio will be just a few months away from celebrating his 95th birthday when he graces the stage of the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall for a solo evening in August. Born in Magdeburg, Pressler and his family fled the Nazis to Palestine in 1939, and he has been living in the USA since 1955. Best known for decades as a chamber musician and great teacher, Pressler reinvented himself at a grand old age. He performed a Mozart concerto in a brilliant debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2014, and he has been in such demand as a soloist since then that his diary is now full until 2019.

Performers

Menahem Pressler piano

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasie c-Moll KV 475
Sonata for Piano in C minor, K. 457

Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Claude Debussy
Douze Préludes / 1. Buch (Auswahl)
La plus que lente
Rêverie

Frédéric Chopin
Ausgewählte Mazurken

Festival

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Promoter: Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

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Elbphilharmonie Plaza

A public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie

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