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Víkingur Ólafsson

Name: Víkingur Ólafsson
Start: 2026-05-16T18:30:00
Location: KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne Festival

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Víkingur Ólafsson believes that Ludwig van Beethoven reinvented himself with the Sonata in E major, Op. 109, while at the same time paying homage to one of his great inspirations: Johann Sebastian Bach, who served as Beethoven’s “compass” for this venture into the unknown, as he puts it. The last movement of Op. 109 is a theme and variations that reveals “striking connections with the Goldberg Variations,” according to Víkingur. “Both are built o...

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita in E minor

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata in E major

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata in E Minor

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude in E Major

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Víkingur Ólafsson

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Lucerne Festival

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1 dates (16 May - 16 May)

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6:30 pm

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne, Switzerland

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