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Hope and resignation, sorrow and joy, detachment from the world and a zest for life – in his final three piano sonatas, Franz Schubert weaves together stark contrasts into a deeply moving musical cosmos. These works are at the heart of a recital by the legendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja, who appears in our piano series. Her recording of Schubert’s late sonatas was hailed by the press as a revelation. The magazine Rondo wrote: “Elisabeth Leonskaja takes such a surprisingly and overwhelmingly commanding place at the forefront of the discography of these works in recent decades that one can hardly believe one’s eyes.”
Artists
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
Programme
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in A major, D 959
Interval
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960
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Duration ca. 2 hours (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Chamber Music Hall
17 to 40 €
Series U: Piano
Remaining tickets are available by telephone via +49 30 254 88-999 or at the box office.
Biography
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Rapture, profundity, farewell, and transcendence: for decades, Elisabeth Leonskaja has been one of the most acclaimed pianists of our time, repeatedly devoting herself to music concerned with “last things”—for instance, Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas, which she often performs without a break, or Schubert’s last sonatas, which she unfolds in an astonishingly narrative flow, like a grand novel in three volumes. She made her debut as a soloist at the age of eleven in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto, and as a student she won prizes at the Enescu Competition, the Marguerite Long Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth Competition. At the Moscow Conservatory, Sviatoslav Richter recognised her exceptional talent and championed her—a development that marked the beginning of a close musical collaboration and deep artistic friendship. In 1978 she left the Soviet Union and made Vienna her adopted home. Since then, she has appeared with all the leading orchestras around the world and with a wide-ranging repertoire, extending from the concertos of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev to those of Chopin, Mendelssohn, and many others. As a chamber musician, Elisabeth Leonskaja performs regularly at the festivals in Vienna, Schleswig-Holstein, Schwarzenberg, and Hohenems, and gives recitals in the major piano series of the world’s musical centres—from Paris to Vienna and Berlin to Tokyo.
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