Nikolaï Lugansky piano

Liszt, Wagner and Rachmaninov

Date:
27 February 2012 - 1:00pm

Ticket Prices:
£12 concs £10

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Performers

Nikolaï Lugansky

piano

Programme

Liszt

Sposalizio from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161 No. 1

Wagner/Liszt

Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Rachmaninov

Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28

About this concert

With Tatiana Nikolayeva as his mentor and inspiration, Nikolaï Lugansky can trace his pedigree in Russian Romantic repertoire back to Rachmaninov’s teacher Alexander Siloti and Tchaikovsky’s close friend Nikolai Rubinstein.

The Moscow-born pianist’s artistry is closely bound to his deep study of symphonic and operatic works, a private passion fostered during early concert tours to the West in the final years of the Soviet Union. Liszt’s Sposalizio, with its cumulative power, and his spell-binding transcription of the Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde call on the performer to summon orchestral sonorities and dexterous tonal contrasts from the keyboard.