Composer

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.

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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

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

2025 December Concert

University of New Orleans

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

Bute Park

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

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

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

"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

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

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.

Alexander Ullman, piano

Tippet Rise Art Center

Already awarded several international prizes and celebrated for his "revolutionary, extraordinary, and unpredictable" interpretations, Georgijs Osokins has been shaking up the piano scene for several years. The Latvian has long since established himself on the international stage and is a guest at the idyllic Kotelow Hunting Lodge as part of the "Young Elite" program. He brings a diverse program with works spanning the history of music, from Johann Sebastian Bach to Arvo Pärt and other composers.

YOUNG ELITE Georgijs Osokins

Kotelow Hunting Lodge - Dipl.-Kfm. Jochen Heins

Alexander Malofeev captivates audiences worldwide with his exceptional piano playing, strong expression, and technical brilliance. His interpretations of the classical and romantic repertoire are internationally celebrated, as reflected in his numerous awards and guest appearances with renowned orchestras, as well as invitations to the world's most prestigious concert halls. Last year, he thrilled audiences in the Prince von Metternich Hall of Johannisberg Castle with an impressive piano recital full of sonic intensity, receiving a standing ovation. That's why we insisted on inviting the winner of the 2014 International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians to the Rheingau again this year, performing a virtuoso program with works by Schubert, Liszt, Scriabin, and others.

Alexander Malofeev, piano

Schloss Johannisberg

The Wartburg Castle's ballroom, with its romantic decor and unique acoustics, is the perfect setting for this piano evening. With Franz Liszt's paraphrase of "Tannhäuser," the French-Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin makes direct reference to Wagner's opera, which is performed here several times a year at the authentic venue. Alongside other works by the Romantic composer, who lived for a long time in nearby Weimar, the program includes Franz Schubert's penultimate piano sonata, one of the most important works of the genre—it places enormous demands on the soloist's creative power and virtuosity. Experience the perfect symbiosis of music and space on this evening.

Legendary: Marc-André Hamelin

Wartburg

This programme has it all! Istanbul-born pianist Hüseyin Sermet not only plays Franz Liszt’s demanding B minor Sonata at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, but also the »Petites Fantaisies« by French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan. His ludicrously virtuosic works even frightened Liszt, the lion of the keyboard, but Sermet can confidently go the whole hog – after all, he has won several awards for his recordings of compositions by Liszt and Alkan.

Hüseyin Sermet / Piano Recital

The myth of Prometheus, who brings freedom with fire, is the theme of the show "Freedom Unbound ," which features a medley of songs sung by Thomas Hampson . Pieces by composers such as Beethoven and Schubert will be performed by the Vienna Academic Orchestra under the baton of Ilia Korol . The show features the renowned Hamburg Ballet, with choreography by Edvin Revazov .

Thomas Hampson & Hamburg Ballet

Teatro Cultura Artística

Pianist Sophia Agranovich plays Schumann, Chopin, Liszt

Bargemusic

Between Wednesday 13 – Saturday 23 August, Chetham’s International Piano Summer School brings world class and legendary musicians to a vibrant, supportive community in central Manchester. Alongside lectures, open lessons and opportunities to develop new skills, you can discover a daily programme of recitals from world-class performers.

Chetham’s International Piano Summer School 2025 – Day Nine

The Stoller Hall

To kick off the season, the hr Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the European Central Bank, invites you to the Europa Open Air concert series. In the unique atmosphere on the banks of the Main River in Frankfurt, you can expect another captivating summer concert evening with chief conductor Alain Altinoglu. Up to 20,000 visitors regularly enjoy the hr Symphony Orchestra's summer concerts on the banks of the Main. As always, supported by the Elisabethen Quelle Foundation, this year's program features popular orchestral works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Aram Khachaturian, and Gustav Holst, which have also enjoyed worldwide success in film. In addition, a rousing concerto for two pianos by Francis Poulenc and the renowned "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" by Franz Liszt will be performed. Earlier in the evening, the hr Big Band, featuring Wolfgang Haffner and special guest Shantel, will provide the first musical highlights and create a lively atmosphere on the banks of the Main. In keeping with tradition, gastronomic offerings round off the Europa Open Air concert of the hr-Sinfonieorchester and the European Central Bank, to which all music lovers are once again very warmly welcomed.

Europa Open Air

Wesel shipyard

Sibelius and Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 with Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Tanglewood Music Center

Keyboard Friends

Garth Newel Music Center

His career began as a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir, but his love of the piano won out: After successfully completing his studies and winning first prize at the prestigious ARD Music Competition in 2022, he was named an ECHO Rising Star for the 2024/25 season in spring 2023, including a recital tour throughout Europe – Lukas Sternath has what it takes for a great career. The young pianist has chosen none other than Igor Levit as his mentor, who will support him with advice and support throughout his pianistic career. Following his successful debut at the Rheingau Music Festival 2023, the Austrian will once again honor us with a special concert evening, presenting a selection of virtuoso works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Liszt. Just like the specialist press, we agree: the young pianist is capable of bringing a passion and freshness to his interpretations that you should experience for yourself.

Lukas Sternath, piano

Chetham’s International Piano Summer School 2025 – Day Four

Tradition and Innovation – Inner Emigration III

Saanen Church

Chetham’s International Piano Summer School 2025 – Day Two

Soloist Concert Volodos

Great Festival House

Recital Khatia Buniatishvili

Festival-Zelt Gstaad

98th annual 'Les Préludes' performance featuring the World Youth Wind Symphony conducted by Steven D. Davis. Experience a powerful, 98-year-old tradition as the students of Interlochen Arts Camp stage the perennial end-of-summer celebration, “Les Préludes.” Students from all three of the Camp’s high school instrumental ensembles—the World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen Philharmonic, and World Youth Wind Symphony—unite with the Interlochen Summer Dance Ensemble for a poignant multidisciplinary performance of Franz Liszt’s evocative tone poem, “Les Préludes.”

98th annual 'Les Préludes' performance featuring the World Youth Wind Symphony

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Brahms took over 20 years to complete his First Symphony, a monumental statement that opens with swirling storm clouds and ends with a jubilant hymn of gratitude. Conductor Daniele Rustioni brings his expertise as an operatic conductor to this program that also highlights Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture and Liszt’s fiendishly difficult First Piano Concerto, performed by the remarkable Alessio Bax in his Cleveland Orchestra debut.

Brahms & Liszt

Blossom Music Center

Three Hungarian composers meet in this kaleidoscopic program led by conductor Christoph Koncz. Liszt’s poetic Les préludes is followed by a delightful work by Ernst von Dohnányi, the grandfather of Music Director Laureate Christoph von Dohnányi. Capping the evening is Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, a symphonic tour-de-force that gives every section of The Cleveland Orchestra a chance to shine.

Liszt & Bartók

Severance Music Center

Expect to hear the piano ‘sparkle’ with ‘moments of tender poetry’ in renowned pianist, composer and writer Sir Stephen Hough’s performance of three pieces by Cécile Chaminade, a composer for whom he describes himself as having a lifelong love (The Guardian). Hough crafts a compelling, varied programme, pairing Chaminade’s works with that of two giants of the romantic era, Schumann and Liszt, and closing with his own arrangement of songs from the well-loved musical, Mary Poppins.

Sir Stephen Hough

Christ Church Cathedral of Oxford

Nikolai Lugansky invites you on a journey through the evocative and emotional landscapes of Beethoven, Schumann, Wagner and Liszt in this extraordinary programme. Beginning with Beethoven’s stormy ‘Tempest’ sonata, we are then whirled into the charming and whimsical world of 19th century Vienna through Schumann’s Carnaval Scenes from Vienna. Then, Wagner’s iconic operatic themes come to life, with stirring arrangements of the Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre and the luminous Transformation Music & Finale from Parsifal. Finally, Liszt’s Legend No. 2 brings a dramatic and spiritual flair, depicting a saint's miraculous journey across the sea.

Nikolai Lugansky

Merton College

When in Rome, do as the Romans do! Italian conductor Daniele Rustioni makes his LA Phil debut in an evening of Roman delights and more. Berlioz’s dashing overture kicks off the festivities with an airy fluttering of strings and charming English horn melodies, while Respighi’s colorful Pines of Rome offers the sounds of children frolicking in the groves, Gregorian chants echoing through the catacombs, and nightingales singing to the moon. As peaceful as it may sound, the Pines nonetheless is a grand and fast-paced flight, bookended by glistening brass fanfares that leave audiences awestruck.

Mendelssohn & Pines of Rome

Hollywood Bowl

‘Combining fearless virtuosity with a wonderful gift for cantabile’ (prestomusic), Sophie Pacini presents a captivating programme. Her performance will span a breadth of human emotion and musical expression, featuring the tender lyricism of Chaminade’s Romance No. 1 in B minor, the elegance of Schubert’s Impromptu in A flat major, the drama of Mozart’s Fantasia in D minor and a dazzling display of power and virtuosity in Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat major.

Sophie Pacini

Wadham College

Extraordinary alumni and faculty from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music perform audience favorites – from beloved melodies from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Benjamin Britten’s Cabaret Songs to pieces by Brahms, Liszt, and Schumann. Don’t miss these thrilling performances by current and future leading artists – mezzo-soprano Katie Trigg, violinist Elissa Lee Koljonen, pianist Hanchien Lee, and Curtis President and violist Roberto Díaz.

Music of Gershwin, Britten, and more

Beebe Woods

Songs From Home – Origin III

Evangelical Reformed Church

We're delighted to have Dmitry Yudin at The New School for a recital as part of the Mannes Summer Piano Festival!

Dmitry Yudin Piano Concert

The New School University Center

St. Paul’s Church of Nantucket

Schubert, who died young, had no idea while composing this sonata that it would be his penultimate piano sonata. Yet the A major sonata stands out for its poetic – some say prescient – ​​otherness. The piano recital begins accordingly lyrically and sensitively. Schumann's impetuous and sensitive Davidsbündlertänze glide and leap across the keyboard in rich contrast, ultimately evolving into exuberant Lisztian virtuosity. The Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos presents his three-part recital in the Forum am Schlosspark, with which he recently thrilled the Salzburg Festival audience, with a consummate performance. "Volodos wouldn't be Volodos if Liszt's sinfully difficult musical text weren't too easy for him. He needs his own, even more difficult version," says BR-Klassik, describing the keyboardist. In addition to his technical brilliance, for which he has been celebrated since the early 1990s, he also knows how to sensitively bring out the romantic nuances.

Arcadi Volodos

Forum at the Castle Park

It is safe to say that Constantinos Carydis has secured a distinguished place among the constellation of Europe’s leading conductors. A true musical visionary, the Greek maestro—who has previously led the Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, the Münchner Philharmoniker, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared at the Edinburgh and Salzburg Festivals, the BBC Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Covent Garden Royal Opera House in London, and the Vienna State Opera—fascinates both audiences and the musicians he conducts from the podium. His performances always bear the unmistakable imprint of his artistic personality: unexpected without being self-conscious, modern without overstating their sophistication, and profoundly musical, they accommodate a bold approach to programming that fearlessly bridges British baroque, French Romanticism, and contemporary Greek music. While they may surprise audiences upon first contact, they ultimately leave them enthralled.

Chamber Orchestra of Europe – Constantinos Carydis – Francesco Piemontesi

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

The star organist is artist in residence at the Neubrandenburg Concert Church and is enthusiastic about the concert organ built by the companies Johannes Klais and Karl Schuke, which she inaugurated in 2017.

Iveta Apkalna solo

Marienkirche, Neubrandenburg

With »AnnyTime StoryTime«, the internationally acclaimed pianist Anny Hwang invites the audience to a captivating musical storytelling experience. Each work in her programme unfolds its own story – sometimes full of passion, sometimes with gentle poetry, always imbued with depth and expressiveness. Ballads already existed in literature, but Chopin set himself the task of realising them in classical music. To celebrate this kind of narrative, the programme opens with Chopin’s lyrical Ballade No. 2, followed by Beethoven’s dramatic Appassionata Sonata, which is one of the most impressive works of piano literature in terms of its intensity.

Anny Hwang / Piano Recital

Yokohama-born Sachiko Furuhata made her debut in 2017 at Carnegie Hall New York to standing ovations. Since then, she has made guest appearances at various major concert halls such as the San Francisco Herbst Theatre, the Edinburgh Usher Hall, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Berlin Philharmonie and the Hamburg Laeiszhalle. As a soloist she has played with orchestras such as the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra or the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sachiko Furuhata / Piano Recital

Fantastic dances, distant waltzes and visions of a dream of Spain. For French composers like Ravel and Chaminade, Spain was a wonderland of the imagination – but for a Spaniard like Manel de Falla, it was something altogether wilder and more real. Charles Owen – a born storyteller at the piano – takes us south, for a concert filled with both shadows and sunshine.

Steinway International Piano Series: Charles Owen

A visit by the most talented young artists from Georgia has long been a regular feature of the festival's summer program. This year, the renowned Paliashvili Music School in Tbilisi is sending two of its very young talents to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania—Miriam Narimanidze and Avtandil Vartagava—to demonstrate their piano skills. They will present a colorful and diverse program, both solo and duet, at the Nakenstorf Art Barn.

YOUNG ELITE from Georgia

Seehotel am Neuklostersee

Italian and American pianist Giulia Contaldo came to international attention when she stepped in for Elisso Virsaladze to play Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Omer Meir Wellber at the Bridgewater Hall (Manchester) live broadcasted by BBC Radio3.

Giulia Contaldo - Piano

Clonter Opera Theatre

Our summer concert will take place at Bramshaw Village Hall, Lyndhurst. Conducted by Simon Wilkins, the orchestra will be playing a selection of music from the arts.

At this concert we are delighted to be supporting local children’s charity Honeypot. Since 1996 Honeypot has been working to enhance the lives of young carers aged 5-12 years by providing respite breaks and a holistic range of services. In the UK nationwide, they give young carers a break from demanding and stressful responsibilities at home and provide a safe, nurturing environment where children at risk can develop their full potential.

Summer Concert: Music & The Arts

Bramshaw Village Hall

Anna Geniushene / Piano Recital

Franz Liszt – as a sound magician, he opens the gates to a transcendental world in which the soul can wander through landscapes. In Liszt's creations, the search for the absolute, a striving for divine harmony that exceeds human experience, becomes apparent. His music is a reflection of life itself, with all its ups and downs, its dreams and tragedies. Through the keyboard of his compositions, Liszt expresses the entire spectrum of human emotions: from ecstatic joy to dark melancholy. The fascination and mystery of Franz Liszt manifests itself in his compositional as well as personal extravagance and excess. The aesthetic romanticism and the expressive revolt of his piano and orchestral works are fed by his (life) experiences as a citizen of the world, fantasist and visionary. As a 13-year-old he impressed with the one-act opera "Don Sanche ou Le château d'amour", in which he took up the then popular fashion of French compositions by Meyerbeer or those of Italian ones by Rossini. As a piano virtuoso he broke the boundaries of pianistic conventions and set new standards, especially with his piano and orchestral transcriptions. These paraphrases take up a large space in Liszt's oeuvre, as he not only transcribes them one-to-one, but transforms them into romantic sound paintings. His favourite composers were Richard Wagner, Frédéric Chopin and Ludwig van Beethoven. In the festival play "The Ruins of Athens" op. 113, Beethoven celebrates the resurrection of Hellenistic culture in a Greece occupied by the Ottomans - Liszt used this to create a fantasy based on motifs from Beethoven's original for piano and orchestra. The year 1847 marked a decisive turning point in Franz Liszt's life. Up until then he had travelled to every musically important corner of Europe as a piano virtuoso, but now he began a second career as a composer and created a new musical genre with the "symphonic poem". His twelfth, "The Ideals" - based on a poem by Schiller - can be seen as a kind of meditation on the nature of art and the role of the artist in society. Liszt saw himself as a mediator between the earthly and the divine, between the visible and the invisible. May one feel the longing for the infinite in Liszt's tones and recognise the power in music that connects us all.  

8.SiKo Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven – Landscapes of the Soul

State Theatre Eisenach

Franz Liszt once described the Loh Orchestra, which had always remained loyal to him, as a "great miracle, locked up in a small town" . It is therefore only logical that the Thuringian Liszt Biennale will also stop in Sonderhausen in 2025, this year under the motto "Landscapes of the Soul". Liszt's E-flat major concerto provides insights into such an inner landscape, as it occupied the composer for more than 20 years. The framework is made up of works by Liszt's son-in-law Richard Wagner and Ferruccio Busoni, who followed in Liszt's footsteps as a pianist and lecturer. His "Berceuse élégiaque" is a son's touching farewell to his deceased mother.

Composer

Franz Liszt

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 14, 2025

Classical Mornings · Musikhuset Aarhus

Dec 28, 2025

Sukyeon Kim / Piano evening · Elbphilharmonie

9 - 11 Jan, 2026

Petals of Beauty · Rogue Valley Symphony

Jan 24, 2026

Romantic Realms: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Bruckner · Colburn School

Jan 24, 2026

Frizza/Colli · Teatro di San Carlo

Past events

Dec 12, 2025

Arcadi Volodos in Recital · Barbican Centre

Dec 8, 2025

Piano recital Arcadi Volodos · Konzerthaus Blaibach

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