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Kristian Bezuidenhout talks about the Fortepiano

It wouldn’t be a season-opening concert without our very own Royal Northern Sinfonia, Chorus and Principal Conductor Dinis Sousa. They’re joined by special guest, pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, who returns after his incredible BBC Prom with us last summer.

Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

It's exceptional, in the world-renowned quality, ambition and variety of its live and recorded output; unique, in the zeal of its players for working and performing together; unwavering, in its desire to connect with its audience throughout the world.

The English Concert

St John's Church Buxton

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Bach and Sons OSL Bach Festival 2024

Carnegie Hall

Bringing this year’s Bach Festival to a close, Kristian Bezuidenhout makes his Orchestra of St. Luke’s debut as both conductor and fortepiano soloist in a program that outlines the metamorphosis of musical styles from the late Baroque into the Classical era.

Bach and Sons

Juilliard LIVE was launched in 2021 under the leadership of President Damian Woetzel, dramatically expanding access for audiences around the world to Juilliard performances through livestreams and on-demand video. Juilliard LIVE streams nearly 700 performances each year, with new on-demand programs regularly added to the accessible library of content. 

Juilliard415 With Kristian Bezuidenhout

Lincoln Center

Led by Kristian Bezuidenhout at the fortepiano, Juilliard415 will perform music from the Classical period: Kraus Overture to Olympie, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major (Kristian Bezuidenhout, soloist), J.C. Bach Symphony in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, and Mozart Symphony No. 27 in G Major. The concert will also be live streamed free via the link below.


Juilliard415

There are some works that never fail to send a shiver down one’s spine, no matter how familiar you are with them—and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 is one such piece, balancing fragility and limpid beauty with muscularity and depth. These performances add a layer of intrigue with the delicate voice of the fortepiano, in the hands of a wizard of this instrument—Kristian Bezuidenhout.
The concerts are concluded with one of Mozart’s positively sparkling Symphony No. 33, a piece full of light, air and transparency—think of it as a glass of champagne to contrast with the rich ruby port of the earlier piano concerto.
Interspersing Mozart is an overture from Joseph Martin Kraus, nick-named the ‘Swedish Mozart’ and known for sudden twists and turns in the harmony of his music, plus a work that had great influence on the young Mozart—J.C. Bach’s innovative and appealing Symphony in G minor.

A Glassful of Mozart

First Congregational Church

First United Methodist Church

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter is universally recognized for her versatility and superlative skill at conveying a work’s textual meaning through her insightful musical interpretation.

Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, and Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano

New England Conservatory

Among the most esteemed and sought-after keyboard artists on today’s concert stages, Kristian Bezuidenhout is known for making centuries-old music sparkle and dance as if freshly conceived. The South African-born London-based artist takes Cal Performances audiences on a special journey through his instrument’s evolution. Moving from the harpsichord to the fortepiano—the gloriously idiosyncratic ancestor of the modern piano—Bezuidenhout performs a sequence of carefully chosen works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Mendelssohn. “The listener is drawn in by the myriad subtleties of Bezuidenhout’s playing and by the glorious sounds he draws from his instrument” (Gramophone).