According to the press, his playing is “filled with an almost magical inner power”. And the conductor Antonio Pappano said: «This pianist sings at the piano. And in his playing he has a wonderful combination of rigor and freedom, of head and heart». We are talking about Francesco Piemontesi, born in Locarno in 1983. He is considered one of the most interesting and imaginative pianists of our time. He plays with the world's most renowned orchestras from all continents such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Symphony and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and is a guest at the Salzburg Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Musk Festival and the BBC Proms. In addition, since 2012 he has been the artistic director of the "Settimane Musicali di Ascona". Francesco Piemontesi is a guest at the Engadin Festival Piano Days with a Mostly Schubert program - a composer who is particularly close to his heart.

program

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Préludes deuxième livre (1912/13) 40'

1. Brouillards (Fog): Modéré

2. Feuilles mortes (Withered leaves): Lent et mélancolique

3. La Puerta del Vino (The Gate of Wine): Mouvement de Habanera

4. Les Fées sont d'exquises danseuses (The fairies are excellent dancers): Rapide et légèr

5. Bruyères (heath): Calme

6. Général Lavine - excentrique (General Lavine - eccentric): Dans le style et le mouvement d'un Cakewalk

7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (The Terrace of the Moonlight Audiences): Lent

8. Ondine (Undine): Scherzando

9. Homage to S. Pickwick Esq. PPMPC: Grave

10. Canope (Canope): Très calme et doucement triste

11. Les tierces alternées (The Alternating Thirds): Modérément animé

12. Feux d'artifice (Fireworks): Modérément animé

Break

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major D 960 (1828) 43'

Molto moderato 

Andante sostenuto 

Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza 

Allegretto ma non troppo

                              

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