“Chopin’s music is so rich and moves me deeply. I simply love it,” says Yulianna Avdeeva. Her close connection to the composer comes as no surprise – after all, the pianist won the legendary Warsaw Chopin Competition in 2010, the first woman to do so since Martha Argerich. She impressed the jury with her sensitive and poetic playing. In this concert, Yulianna Avdeeva combines some of Chopin’s most beloved pieces – among them the poignantly beautiful Fantaisie in F minor and the brilliant Grande Polonaise – with music by Władysław Szpilman. The composer and pianist, whose life story became widely known through the film The Pianist, draws heavily on Chopin’s musical language in his own works.

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Yulianna Avdeeva Performs Chopin and Szpilman

Berliner Philharmonie

The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm made 1924 an epic year for music along with Rhapsody in Blue and Pines of Rome. Toes will tap and spirits will soar when jazz legend Roger Kellaway performs his suite from Visions of America featuring images by photo historian Joseph Sohm and songs by Grammy and Academy Award winning lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Fascinating Rhythms

Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center

Kavli Theatre Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Beautiful music by Fryderyk Chopin and composers who survived the Holocaust in tribute to people who performed extraordinary acts of courage in defense of human dignity during World War II and Holocaust. The evening will begin with an exhibition, followed by a film with historical footage and a concert featuring outstanding artists from Canada, Poland and Ukraine.

Władysław Szpilman

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Jun 17, 2026

Yulianna Avdeeva Performs Chopin and Szpilman · Berliner Philharmoniker

27 - 28 Jan, 2024

Fascinating Rhythms · New West Symphony

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