Composer

An encounter with the great Romantic spirit: Under the baton of 21-year-old Maximilian Haberstock, founder of the Young Philharmonic Orchestra of Munich, outstanding young musicians from more than twenty-five nations come together – a new generation of excellence. Together with the exceptional American pianist Maxim Lando, they perform Wagner’s Prelude to „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 – three milestones of Romantic passion and symphonic power. Youthful energy, precision, and remarkable artistic maturity combine in a concert that vividly reveals what the future of orchestral music-making can sound like.

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Munich Young Philharmonic Orchestra

Alte Oper

Liszt’s piano concertos challenge even the most virtuosic pianists, and his passionate Second is no exception, traversing the keyboard with knuckle-cramping, breakneck passages that render the player’s hands a blur. Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin, a “marvelous, moving” artist (The New York Times) whose “technical finesse borders on the supernatural” (The Seattle Times), is more than equal to the challenge. Buckle up for a wild ride in this virtuoso display! 

Liszt’s Piano Fireworks

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Kevin John Edusei returns to conduct a program celebrating the flamboyance and wit of two great Hungarian composers, Liszt and Kodály, beginning with Liszt’s symphonic poem, Les Préludes. Liszt wrote this dramatic piece based on poems depicting the heavens, stormy winds and pastoral scenes. Guest soloist Haochen Zhang performs Liszt’s high-spirited First Piano Concerto, which was criticized by his contemporaries for pushing the bounds of taste, but was later embraced by composers like Béla Bartók. Kodály’s Suite from the opera Háry János draws on his deep knowledge of Hungarian folk melodies to depict the tall tales of an imaginative veteran. The orchestra also presents Richard Strauss’ tone poem, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, and breathes life into the roguish German folk hero for which it's named.

Liszt & Kodály

Benaroya Hall

Franz Welser-Möst & Julian Prégardien

Munich Residence

A powerful and intense pianist, Lise de la Salle has boldly maintained a youthful fire in the course of a fast-paced 20-year career. This seemingly boundless energy and drive are burnished with maturity and focus that make her a compelling interpreter worth hearing again and again. “For much of the concert, the audience had to remember to breathe…the exhilaration didn’t let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard” (Washington Post).

Lise de la Salle (Piano/Herbst)

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Austrian conductor Christoph Koncz invites us to a festival of orchestral images. We begin with the overture to Wagner's Meistersinger , which foreshadows all the opera's themes. With its romantic flair and majesty, it celebrates the artist's freedom from established rules. Wagner's father-in-law, Liszt, and his First Concerto allow American pianist Michelle Cann—a Grammy winner in February 2025—to dazzle us with a dazzling display of virtuosity. The score's evocative and emotional richness also gives a universal dimension to this pillar of the piano repertoire.

Stravinsky's The Firebird

Grand Théâtre de Québec

Staatskapelle on tour

Elbphilharmonie

Pianist Zee Zee (Zhang Zuo) gives a recital inspired by myths, fairy tales, and Romantic literature. On the first half is Ravel’s grim and virtuosic tryptic Gaspard de la nuit, as well as Ma mère l’Oye, a suite as simple and precious as a book of nursery rhymes. On the second half, Zee Zee plays selections from Liszt’s musical travelogues Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage), featured on her recent Decca Classics album.

Zee Zee

Stanford University

The programme starts from highly complex works through more sparse, but not less quizzical music, and ends with Bach's Fugues.

Tamara Stefanovich in Recital

Milton Court Concert Hall

Rockwood Piano Competition

Longmire Alumni Building

In her solo career she has performed regularly across the UK and internationally. In addition to her solo career, Ruifan is a passionate collaborative pianist. Since 2022, she has held an official position at Royal Holloway, University of London, working closely with students in performance.

Ruifan Xuan

Leeds Conservatoire

Immerse yourself in this eclectic and captivating program, led by Sora Elisabeth Lee, a Korean conductor who trained in Berlin and Vienna and worked under the direction of Christian Thielemann and Neeme Järvi.

Romance under the stars

Opéra Comédie

Whether Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, or Romeo and Juliet – many of the most beautiful and well-known melodies were written for ballet. The grace and elegance of the dancers inspired the composers to achieve peak creative achievements – time to devote a detailed attention to the resulting music. This evening, it's not just the bows that dance on the strings; some animals are also said to be doing a few pirouettes...

Pirouettes and pliés

Prinzregententheater

The young Chinese Canadian pianist Bruce Liu has caught the attention of listeners worldwide, praised for “playing of breathtaking beauty” (BBC Music Magazine) and an “effortless virtuosity [that] consistently oozes charisma” (Classics Today). Ever since taking first prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2021, Liu’s star has been on the rise, with warmly received recitals on many of the world’s most prestigious concert stages.

Bruce Liu, piano

Cal Performances

Jason Hardink, Piano

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

It’s always a treat when Lise de Salle returns to the RWCMD – after, all, this is a pianist whom Gramophone described as “a talent in a million”! Today, she whirls us from Cardiff to Paris, travelling in the footsteps of Mozart, Liszt and Ravel in a concert inspired by the mystery, the brilliance and the sheer romance of the City of Light.

Steinway International Piano Series: Lise de la Salle

Bute Park

Slade Trammell, pianist, M.M., has been heard in concert across the U.S. and in Europe, including local performances with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Roane Choral Society, and appearances in Salzburg, Paris, and Toronto. He studied under pianists Earl Wild, Ruth Slenczynska, and David Brunell. Also a conductor, with many years of study under Serge Fournier, he is a graduate in conducting (with distinction in score reading) of the European American Musical Alliance Summer Institute in Paris. Since 2012, Mr. Trammell has served as pianist for Roane Choral Society. He also serves on faculty at Hiwasee College.

Cathedral Concert Series: Slade Trammell, Pianist

Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Step onto the dramatic stage with Liszt’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2 and Totentanz, featuring piano soloist Bryan Wallick, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, and a world premiere from our composer competition. This concert blends powerful performances with thrilling narratives, showcasing the drama of American music.

Spotlights: in Drama and Virtuosity

The Lincoln Center

Friendly introductions from presenter Rachel Leach will guide you through the concert, and there is a chance to ask your own burning questions in the Q&A session.

LSO Free Friday Lunchtime Concert: Keyboard

LSO St Luke's

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Dearborn Symphony invites you to an evening of music made for falling in love—with rhythm, with movement, and maybe even with each other. Shall We Dance is a romantic, high-spirited night out designed for couples, friends, and anyone looking to celebrate the joy of connection through music and motion.

The concert itself flows with the charm and energy of a night on the town. Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz brings smoldering passion and drama, while Strauss’s Voices of Spring waltz enchants with its elegance—performed live with dancers from Downriver Dance Academy, under the artistic direction of Genrich. Later, tango-inspired rhythms and Latin flair take center stage in Piazzolla’s Libertango, performed in collaboration with the Dearborn Youth Symphony, adding a fresh, youthful spark to the evening.

Shall We Dance?

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

Join us at The Wertheim for an extraordinary evening of piano artistry as duo pianists Meeyoun Park & Matthew Gianforte, professors of piano at Murray State University, perform a riveting program for piano four-hands and two pianos on concert Steinways.

FIU Piano Recital Series: Meeyoun Park & Matthew Gianforte

Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center

In its program, the Amatis Trio follows in the footsteps of Voltaire's Candide, who discovers the complexity of human existence on his travels. Mozart's K. 502 reflects the initial lightness of the literary masterpiece, while subtle harmonic shifts already hint at deeper complexities beneath the surface. The blend of struggle and spiritual triumph in Mendelssohn's Second Piano Trio seems like a metaphor for Candide's path to resilience and enlightenment. Liszt's Tristia, in turn, moves the listener to reflect on their own search for fulfillment in an imperfect world.

Amati's Trio: Voltaire's Candide

Mozarteum Foundation

Almost exactly nine years ago, the Elbphilharmonie organ was played for the first time in a solo concert. Since then, titular organist Iveta Apkalna, who was also at the console back then, has presented ever-expanding organ repertoire with exciting programs—this time including minimal music by Philip Glass and music by organ favorites Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, and Pēteris Vasks.

Iveta Apkalna, Orgel

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Noon Concert: Piano Recital

UC Berkeley Department of Music

It was conductor Mariss Jansons who asked Jörg Widmann to compose a concert overture for the performance of Beethoven's 7th and 8th Symphonies. So Widmann wrote for a similar ensemble to Beethoven's at the time, drawing on the timbres and explosiveness of the 7th Symphony. However, the musical elements here appear torn apart – a Beethoven from the shredder. To recall the Seventh's original shock effect, Widmann also includes avant-garde scratching and crackling sounds. This "crazy overture" is great fun.

With momentum

Bochumer Symphoniker

The organ world of this concert offers a wealth of evocative colors and magical impressions – and even a few mythical figures play their games. Johannes Skoog, born in Stockholm in 1992, will bring them musically to life on the keys and pedals: He won First Prize at the Canadian International Organ Competition in 2024 and was recently appointed organist to the Swedish royal court. He opens his Bamberg program with Prokofiev's Toccata of 1912, a "devilishly witty" virtuoso piece of classical modernism. Debussy's sensuously shimmering composition, written in 1894, is characterized by an arabesque-like main theme: A faun revels in intoxicating memories of beautiful nymphs on a summer afternoon.

Organ concert: Johannes Skoog

Bamberger Symphoniker

Join pianist and polymath Kirill Gerstein for a program exploring Liszt and Brahms, two Romantic-era luminaries. Celebrated for his “insightful, boldly projected playing” (Chicago Classical Review), Gerstein opens with Liszt’s gem-like Three Petrarch Sonnets and fantastical Dante Sonata. The second half features Brahms’ youthful and impetuous Scherzo and the majestic warmth of his Sonata No. 3.

Kirill Gerstein

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colburn’s Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies, the Colburn Orchestra brings to life Bruckner’s sweeping “Romantic” Symphony: a vivid narrative of medieval knights, the enchantment of nature, and the thrilling drama of forest hunts. Joining Esa-Pekka on the program are Salonen Conducting Fellows Aleksandra Melaniuk and Mert Yalniz, with Yalniz conducting the world premiere of his own orchestral composition. Lizst’s bold and playful symphonic poem Les Préludes opens the concert.

Romantic Realms: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Bruckner

University of California, Los Angeles

Frizza/Colli

San Carlo Theatre

Trio Seoul was founded in 2022 by Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho, pianist Kyu Yeon Kim, and cellist and Bienen alumnus Brannon Cho. All three are top prize winners and laureates of prestigious international competitions including the Concours musical international de Montréal, the Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth Competition. The trio regularly collaborates with artists in multiple fields, including composers, choreographers, writers, and visual artists, and its members have appeared as soloists with celebrated orchestras throughout the world. The city of Seoul serves as a dynamic symbol of the ensemble’s cultural roots and artistic intensity.

Trio Seoul

Northwestern University

The American premiere of the MacDowell Piano Concerto No. 2 took place in New York on March 5, 1889, with the composer as the soloist. The same concert also included the American premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. The New York Tribune wrote, “It is a splendid composition, so full of poetry, so full of vigor…” In Europe, however, critics complained that the work was, “too Lisztian.” Liszt had been the composer’s friend and a strong promoter of his music. Michael Stephen Brown champions the work with ardor and appropriate virtuosity.

Petals of Beauty

Southern Oregon University

Grants Pass High School

Sukyeon Kim is one of the most promising pianists of the younger generation: her playing is characterised by stupendous technique and great expressiveness. She won numerous competitions at a young age. Her broad repertoire includes works from the baroque to the modern era. For her piano recital at the Elbphilharmonie, she will present a varied programme of well-known composers – an unforgettable evening full of musical masterpieces and impressive sounds.

Sukyeon Kim / Piano evening

Enjoy a wonderful brunch plate in the Foyer of the Music House while you are entertained by classical musicians on the Café Stage.

Classical Mornings

Musikhuset Aarhus

Described by the Guardian as 'a top-ranking virtuoso', Volodos opens this performance with Schubert’s Sonata in A major D959, written during the last months of the composer’s life. He follows this with Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, whose theme is based on a mazurka by Clara Wieck – the composer whom he would eventually marry. Lastly, Volodos will perform his own arrangement of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No 13.

Arcadi Volodos in Recital

Barbican Centre

The British press once described him as an "incomparable keyboard poet": Arcadi Volodos has been considered one of the world's finest pianists since his sensational New York debut in 1996. His repertoire encompasses the most important works of piano literature, from Beethoven to Prokofiev, but he also devotes himself to less frequently performed pieces by Mompou, Lecuona, and de Falla. Recitals by this piano giant are events that audiences eagerly anticipate.

Piano recital Arcadi Volodos

Blaibach Concert Hall

2025 December Concert

University of New Orleans

Acclaimed British pianist Paul Lewis takes centre stage in this programme of Romantic classics. One of the world’s greatest interpreters of the central European classical repertoire, he’s particularly famed for his performances of Beethoven, notably his landmark recordings of the composer’s piano sonatas. He’s the ideal soloist, then for Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto, written when his star was rising rapidly and whose passion and grandeur announced it as the first of his mature concertos.

Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Usher Hall

With Liszt and Bruckner, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra unites two titans of Romanticism. Franz Liszt revolutionized piano playing, dazzling audiences with his virtuosity and sparking ‘Lisztomania.’ The brilliant Lise de la Salle, known for her technical mastery and fiery temperament, is the perfect interpreter of his works. Anton Bruckner expanded the symphony orchestra’s horizons, crafting harmonically rich and grandiose compositions. His Fourth Symphony, the ‘Romantic,’ evokes medieval chivalry, complete with forest hunts and gallant knights. Under the baton of Eliahu Inbal, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra brings these romantic masterpieces to life in all their splendor.

Inbal dirigeert Bruckner 4

Queen Elisabeth Hall

TivoliVredenburg

They’re the most famous four notes in history. “This is how Fate knocks at the door!” is how Beethoven described the opening of his Fifth Symphony, but if that’s all you know of this game-changing masterpiece, you’re in for a wonderful discovery, as conductor András Keller and the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra unleash the full, electrifying power of Beethoven at the absolute top of his game.

Cadogan Hall 

»Just before ten to eleven I saw sixteen swans. One of the greatest experiences of my life. Oh God, what beauty; they circled above me for a long time. Disappeared into the veiled sun like a glittering silver ribbon. Their calls had the same woodwind sound as the cranes, but without the tremolo. The mystery of nature, the melancholy of life! The final theme of the fifth symphony.«

4th Symphony Concert

Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle

“To hear Cho breathe tenderness and freedom into this music while giving it a sturdy rhythmic profile was a striking thing.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Cho’s mix of imagination, pacing, balance and control produced moments of spellbinding sonic art.” (The Artsdesk)

Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won the First Prze at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. This “Chopin Competition winner can stand proud next to the likes of such illustrious past winners as Pollini, Argerich, and Zimerman,” said the Pianist. 

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Canadian pianist Tony Siqi Yun, Gold Medalist at the First China International Music Competition, performs works by Bach, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms at his Koerner Hall debut.

Mr. Yun has been hailed as a “poet of the keyboard” (Pianist Magazine) and The Philadelphia Inquirer noted his thrilling performance and “interpretive flashes that point to an emergent big personality: moments of grandness or deep expressivity.” He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2023-24 under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Orchestre Métropolitain, following his 2022-23 debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Yun has appeared recently with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Hamilton (ON) Philharmonic, and Rhode Island Philharmonic; outside North America, he has recently appeared with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Tony Siqi Yun, piano

Resonant Beginnings

Woodstock Playhouse

Experience the power and passion of Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony with your Austin Symphony Orchestra. From its unmistakable opening motif to its triumphant finale, this masterpiece embodies resilience and revolution, cementing its place as one of the most celebrated works in classical music. The program also explores rhapsodic brilliance, beginning with Franz Liszt's fiery Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, followed by Debussy’s Première rapsodie, a dazzling showcase for clarinetist Stephen Girko. Pianist Alex Maynegre-Torra then brings to life Gershwin’s electrifying Second Rhapsody. The evening also features Enescu’s vibrant Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, making for a night of unforgettable musical storytelling.

Beethoven's 5th

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

When Yuja Wang and Teddy Abrams last shared the stage in Louisville, it led to a Grammy win. Now, the longtime collaborators reunite for a night of electrifying virtuosity, diving into the bold sounds of Hungary.

Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 kicks things off with a whirlwind of fire and flair, followed by Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, a dazzling, shape-shifting masterwork that Wang navigates with “sly, jazzy exuberance” (Gramophone). Closing the program is Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, a tour-de-force that spotlights every section of the orchestra in a vibrant, folk-infused celebration.

Yuja Wang & Teddy Abrams Return

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

Prodigious personalities and virtuosic variety characterise an evening of world premieres from RWCMD composers, and Concerto Competition winner Jason Sones performing Liszt’s precocious piano concerto.

RWCMD Symphony Orchestra: Prodigy

Hyeyeon Seok – DMA Recital

Hamel Music Center

For the Lied Concert series, pianist Magnus Svensson invites an exclusive group of artists from the world’s opera and concert stages, offering audiences the opportunity to experience their vocal artistry in the intimate setting of the Grünewald Hall. In this concert, we hear British tenor Robin Tritschler, admired for his radiant, clear voice and his ability to illuminate the meaning of the texts he performs.

Lied Concert with Robin Tritschler

Stockholm Concert Hall

Experience a sublime Five Variations of Dives and Lazarus by Vaughan Williams, take a tour of the Isle of the Dead with Rachmaninoff and hear skeletons perform the Danse Macabre with Saint-Saëns. Music of the Macabre

Hidden Creek Community Center

The Syracuse Orchestra presents an evening of animal-themed music! We begin with Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals and 14 animals represented through the performance of pianists Aaron Wunsch and Giancarlo Llerena. Explore the Secret of the Wind and Birds from Tan Dun, who also composed the Academy Award-winning music for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. In Elgar’s Enigma Variations, listen for musical references that communicate personality traits of 14 of his friends (with a special musical homage to a friend’s beloved bulldog!)

Elgar’s Enigma Variations

The Oncenter Civic Center Theaters

Bachauer Gold Medalist and renowned pedagogue Arthur Greene returns with a deeply expressive program featuring Chopin’s “Funeral March” Sonata, Liszt’s luminous Bénédiction, and Beethoven’s introspective Op. 110 Sonata.

Arthur Greene in Concert

Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

Maestro Fawzi Haimor begins the festivities with a thrilling work by New Zealand-Greek composer John Psathas. Marin Symphony Principal Pianist John Wilson returns with two Liszt blockbusters, and we close with Brahms’s immortal Second Symphony.

Masterworks 1: Liszt & Brahms

College of Marin

St Giles Orchestra November 2025 Concert

St Andrew's Church

The young, likeable and down-to-earth German-Italian pianist Sophie Pacini has already performed on stage with Andrea Bocelli and Martha Argerich, has received numerous awards, and, according to her own statement, can smell, taste, and see sounds in color. With her wide-ranging program, with which she opens this season's "Pianomania" series, not only she herself but also the audience will experience a true explosion of the senses.

Sophie Pacini / Piano Recital

Place shapes us – through their landscapes, architecture, and atmosphere, and sometimes, through a single moment of light or sound. Songs About Place invites us to hear how a setting is transformed into sound, and how a place, in all its forms, becomes a unique experience.

Songs About Place

Pasadena Conservatory of Music

To celebrate Halloween, step into the surreal atmosphere of Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead, accompanied by van Woerkum’s film of the same name, where the realms of fantasy and fear intertwine. The wild virtuosity of Liszt’s Totentanz (Dance of the Dead), performed by Goodwin Friesen, winner of the 2022 OSM Competition, captures the chilling battle between life and death. Prepare for an evening of spine-tingling mystery and excitement, capped off with festivities at the Maison Symphonique.

Isle of the Dead at the OSM

Place des Arts

Violins whisper like the wind on a stormy night, the brass section pierces through the orchestra like flashes of lightning, and cellos and basses tremble, spreading unease… In just a few bars, certain pieces conjure an atmosphere perfectly suited to a time of year when terror and death are embraced rather than feared. Under the baton of Naomi Woo, Liszt’s diabolical Mephisto Waltz, Mussorgsky’s haunting Night on Bald Mountain, Verdi’s enchanting Witches’ Dance from Macbeth and Augusta Holmès’s epic Andromeda bring timeless stories and legends to life.

Symphonic Spells

Mercier Public Library

Paroisse Notre Dame de l'Annonciation

Paroisse St-Joachim de Pointe-Claire

The satirical epic poem "La Divina Commedia" ("The Divine Comedy") is considered one of the most important works of world literature and served as a source of inspiration for Liszt's symphony. Dante Alighieri's journey through hell and purgatory tells of good and evil, of corrupt politicians and dishonorable popes, and shows us Franz Liszt as an incredibly modern and forward-looking composer. Fifteen years ago, with the recording and release of the Dante Symphony, Martin Haselböck and his Vienna Academy embarked on an epochal undertaking: recording all of Franz Liszt's orchestral works in the so-called "Sound of Weimar" on period instruments in Raiding. The project has been completed, and the international press response has been enormous and overwhelming. Together with the Vienna Chormädchen, this performance promises to be a unique experience.

Liszt Festival: Vienna Academy Orchestra · Vienna Choral Girls · Haselböck

Liszthaus Raiding

Berlioz’s utterly spectacular Symphonie fantastique is not to be missed — a gripping masterpiece of nightmares and satanic rituals which shocked audiences at its premiere. New Zealand composer Louise Webster, meanwhile, meditates on the gruesome ‘tests’ used in historical trials for witchcraft.

Fantastique!

Auckland Town Hall

The folk songs that Franz Liszt heard during his childhood in Raiding, then part of Hungary, remained with him throughout his life. They also provided the melodic material for the Hungarian Melodies and the "Magyar Rhapsodiak" for piano, which he composed during a brief return to Pest in the winter of 1839/40. It was only 13 years later that he published 19 of the results of these national studies in what he himself called "a handsomely comprehensive volume of Hungarian rhapsodies." The composer, flautist, and conductor Franz Doppler, whom Liszt had met in Weimar in 1854, arranged six of these rhapsodies for orchestra, and Martin Haselböck, with his Vienna Academy, would bring all the colors of this dazzling orchestration to life. In his Hungarian Rhapsodies, Liszt created a stirring monument to the Hungarian people's longing for freedom. Like the Roma of Hungary, he saw himself as a homeless person, but at the same time as a European who intervened, commented critically, and simultaneously moved and built new things. As sharp-tongued as ever, Heinrich Heine remarked: "It goes without saying that such a restless mind, driven into confusion by all the needs and doctrines of the age, that feels the need to concern itself with all the needs of humanity and likes to poke its nose into all the pots in which God is cooking up the future, that Franz Liszt cannot be a quiet pianist for quiet citizens and comfortable sleepyheads."

Liszt Festival Raiding: Hungarian Rhapsodies in dazzling orchestral colors

Lisztzentrum Raiding

Rachel Cheung opens our new Sunday Piano Series with a programme of imagination, dramatic contrasts and virtuosity. The opening of Beethoven’s Moonlight sonata is probably the most famous single movement he ever wrote, and the sonata itself is a masterpiece, described by Beethoven as ‘like a fantasy’, with the contrasting movements ending in a fast and furious presto. Schumann’s eight characterful pieces alternate between his vying personas, the dreamy and romantic Florestan and the active and passionate Eusebius. Finally, Liszt’s showpiece was based on Gounod’s opera and combines his fascination with the Faust legend with a way to include the latest operatic news in his flamboyant recitals.

Sunday Piano Series: Rachel Cheung

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

Opening Night: The Witching Hour

University of Kentucky

The concert launches with John Adams in a whirlwind of "minimal music" where electrifying pulses and orchestral colors propel you at full speed. A lightning-fast, virtuoso and jubilant work, to open the season with a bang! Then, it's time for the poetry and bravery of Franz Liszt: between diabolical flashes and captivating cantabile, Piano Concerto No. 1 reveals the full extent of Liszt's genius, magnified by the simultaneously scintillating and pearly touch of the immense Bertrand Chamayou. Finally, the brutal harmonies and primitive force of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring always give us an inevitable shock. Prepare yourself for a powerful, virtuoso and unforgettable orchestral experience!

The Rite of Spring

Opéra Berlioz

Pia Segerstam, principal cellist of the Montpellier National Orchestra, and Héloïse Dautry, concert pianist and harp professor at the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Regional Conservatory, take us on a musical journey, a mixture of fantasy, meditation, and reverie.

Cello/harp duo

On Saturday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Old Cabell Hall, the Charlottesville Symphony will present the first concert of the season entitled Respighi Fountains of Rome.

Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia - Respighi Fountains of Rome

Charlottesville High School

University of Virginia

Heroic Journeys

Broome County Forum Theatre

Fate & Fury: Beethoven’s Fifth

Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

First Prize winner at the ARD Competition in Munich in 2022 and Rising Star of the European Concert Halls (ECHO) in 2024-2025, Viennese pianist Lukas Sternath highlights the perfection of proportions in Schubert's penultimate sonata, the spiritual depth of Liszt's Funérailles , honoring three martyrs of the Hungarian Revolution (1849), and the rich writing of Prokofiev's 8th Sonata (1943), the last of the three "war sonatas." Exceptionally dense, this work presents itself somewhat "like a tree bending under the weight of its fruit ." (Sviatoslav Richter)

Lukas Sternath

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

The 106th Holiday Afternoon Concert

Tokyo Opera City Tower

Joined by leading musicians, the Kanneh-Masons share with you some of their favourite chamber works including Schubert’s much-loved “Trout” quintet and Isata Kanneh-Mason’s beautiful love song to Wales, Hiraeth. In the second half, the family reprises its 2021 BBC Proms performance of Camille Saint-Saëns’ whimsical much-loved suite, Carnival of the Animals, narrated by award-winning author Michael Morpurgo.

The Kanneh-Masons and Friends

"More light!" – these were supposedly the last words of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, on whose two-part tragedy Faust Franz Liszt's Faust Symphony , premiered in 1857 on the occasion of the erection of the Goethe-Schiller Monument in Weimar , is based. The three character portraits of the composition for orchestra, tenor, and male choir are each dedicated to one of the drama's three main characters: Faust, Gretchen, and Mephistopheles.

Haselböck, Nakayama & Vienna Academy Orchestra

Brucknerhaus Linz

Alexander Ullman, who won first prizes in the world’s foremost Liszt competitions in Budapest and in Utrecht, makes his Tippet Rise debut in a program which pays homage to pianists who arranged orchestral works – including those by Liszt, Wagner, and Ullman’s own arrangement of Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite.

Composer

Franz Liszt

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 22, 2026

Piano recital Yulianna Avdeeva · Konzerthaus Blaibach

26 - 27 Mar, 2026

Easter concert with the DR Vocal Ensemble · DR Vocal Ensemble

Mar 28, 2026

Seraph Brass · Coastal Concerts

Mar 29, 2026

Steinway International Piano Series: Alim Beisembayev · Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Mar 31, 2026

Evgeny Kissin in Recital · Barbican Centre

Past events

Mar 18, 2026

Munich Young Philharmonic Orchestra · Alte Oper Frankfurt

12 - 14 Mar, 2026

Liszt’s Piano Fireworks · Philadelphia Orchestra

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