Aimard's performance was alert, sharply etched, and remarkably virtuosic.

—Boston Globe

Pierre-laurent Aimard: bach

Program

KURTÁG: Selections from Játékok (Games)
SCHUMANN: Selections from Bunte Blätter
KURTÁG: Splinters
LISZT: Unstern! Sinistre; Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
DEBUSSY: Preludes Book II

About This Performance

From Bach to Bartók, Classical to contemporary, Pierre-Laurent Aimard transcends tradition and inspires listeners through sheer great artistry. He brings an unflagging inventiveness to programming, “but no one has taken this kind of exploration to the exhilarating extremes of the brilliant French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard” (New York Times).

Artist Biography

Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and as a uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age, Pierre-Laurent Aimard enjoys an internationally celebrated career which transcends traditional boundaries. Performing throughout the world each season with the most significant orchestras and conductors, Aimard has in recent seasons been invited by Carnegie Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus and Cité de la Musique to devise and perform in groundbreaking residencies.

Highlights of the 2010–11 season included solo recitals in Berlin, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Vienna. He will reappear with The Cleveland Orchestra in a three-week tour in the United States under Franz Welser-Möst, and give concerts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Filarmonica della Scala, NHK Symphony, New York Philharmonic and Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

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