Mariam Batsashvili performs Liszt
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This event took place on Friday 30 November 2018.
- Friday 30 November 2018
Mariam Batsashvili performs Liszt
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Need to know
Repertoire
- Kodály Dances of Galanta
- Liszt Piano Concerto No.1
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
Features
- Alexander Shelley Conductor
- Mariam Batsashvili Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
In 2014 Mariam Batsashvili became the first female in history to win the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition and it’s the dazzling virtuosity of Liszt’s glittering first concerto that she brings to this concert.
The RPO’s Principal Associate Conductor Alexander Shelley opens the concert with Kodály’s five-movement suite, full of Hungarian folk tunes and robust rhythms. The performance climaxes with Tchaikovsky’s anguished Symphony No. 4, written during a time of turbulence for the composer, its warring emotions veering from fateful fanfares to poignant melancholy, before hurtling through a whirlwind finale.
Arrive early from 6:45pm to meet the musicians in the Corn Exchange Lobby.