Pianomania: Alexander Krichel

Chopin

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Alexander Krichel
Alexander Krichel © Uwe Arens
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Start 19:30

  • End ca. 21:30

Description

From Hamburg to the international stage of classical music stars: raised and educated in Hamburg and London, Alexander Krichel – who is still not yet 30 years old – already has several CD recordings and concert performances across the globe to his name. His debut album even won him an ECHO Klassik award as ‘Newcomer of the Year’. For his performance at the Elbphilharmonie he presents a programme of Romantic pieces.

Frédéric Chopin’s Études Op. 10 are regarded as classics of the form. They are not practice works for budding pianists but suspenseful character pieces, with the famous »Revolutionary Étude« representing the climax of the cycle.

Schumann’s »Symphonic Études« were written just a few years later and they played a key role in his personal life. The composer’s great love, Clara, performed the piece publicly in 1837 as a sign of her affection, emboldening Schumann to enter into a secret engagement with her.

Performers

Alexander Krichel piano

Programme

Frédéric Chopin
Études op. 10

Supporting programme

Wed, 3 May 2017 18:00
Talk in the Kulturcafé, Elbphilharmonie Kulturcafé

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Pianomania

Promoter: HamburgMusik / NDR

Supported by the Cyril & Jutta A. Palmer Stiftung

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