Name: Grigory Sokolov, piano
Start: 2025-07-06T19:00:00
Location: Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal

Grigory Sokolov

Rheingau Musik Festival

For Grigory Sokolov, "art is a parallel universe to reality," and this exceptional pianist repeatedly transports his audience to this very universe with his precise and incredibly detailed piano playing. When he touches the keys, everything around him becomes unimportant, and once immersed in this very special world, Grigory Sokolov lets time and space disappear, allowing the audience to participate in an extraordinary piano recital. There are few pianists who select their programs with such artistic sensitivity and prepare and perform the selected works with such fascinating meticulousness as Grigory Sokolov. This year, he presents works by William Byrd and Johannes Brahms, spanning the spectrum from the English late Renaissance to German Romanticism. And it should be no secret by now that the pianist enjoys playing the occasional encore...