Piano Festival Concerts
Sunday 1 August 2010
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, 8pm
Lecture Recital by Malcolm Troup
- Paul Ben-HaimPiano Sonata (1954)
- Malcolm Troup Piano
Israel, World Pianism's New Frontier:
from Paul Ben-Haim's Sonata to Andre Hajdu's ‘Noir sur Blanc’
Programme to include: Paul Ben-Haim Piano Sonata (1954)
Monday 2 August 2010
University Church of St Mary The Virgin, 8pm
Olli Mustonen Piano Recital
- TchaikovskyThe Seasons, Op. 37a
- MustonenJehkin Iivana, Sonata for piano
- ScriabinEtudes, Op. 8
- Olli Mustonen Piano
Olli Mustonen is a world renowned Finnish pianist, conductor and composer with an impressive recording catalogue. His brilliant technique and startling interpretations have challenged and fascinated audiences throughout Europe and America.
Tuesday 3 August 2010
University Church of St Mary The Virgin, 8pm
- Beethoven6 Bagatelles, Op. 126
- HaydnSonata in C Hob. 48
- ChopinImpromptu No. 1 in A flat, Op. 29Nocturne in F, Op. 15 No. 1Fantasie - Impromptu in C minor, Op. 66 posth.Waltz in G flat, Op. 70 No. 1
- SchumannFantasy in C, Op. 17
- Michael Roll Piano
Michael Roll is widely considered one of Britain’s most distinguished pianists and has established a career as a deeply probing and expressive artist. “The fact is that Roll remains one of the most perceptive and intelligent pianists this country can claim.” The Independent
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Holywell Music Room, 8pm
Fou Ts'ong Piano Recital
- Fou Ts'ong Piano
SOLD OUT
An all-Chopin recital to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Hailed as 'the greatest Chinese musician alive today' Fou Ts’ong returns to the festival after his spellbinding Haydnrecital in 2009. Dubbed ‘The poet of the piano’, Fou Ts’ong is famous for his deeply spiritual interpretations of works by Chopin, Schubert and Mozart. This year he presents a Chopin recital to celebrate the composer’s 200th anniversary.
Thursday 5 August 2010
Oxford Town Hall, 8pm
- ChopinPiano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
- BeethovenSymphony No. 3 in E flat, ‘Eroica’
- Cristina Ortiz Piano
- Marios Papadopoulos Conductor
It is the passion, spontaneity and allure so characteristic of Cristina Ortiz’s Brazilian cultural heritage, which are central to her music-making. She returns for the fourth time to the festival to appear as soloist with Oxford Philomusica in Chopin’s unmistakably romantic Piano Concerto No. 2.
Friday 6 August 2010
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, 8pm
- Festival Participants Piano
Oxford Philomusica International Piano Festival welcomes every year many extraordinarily talented pianists from all over the world. In this recital by Festival Participants, you will witness exceptional playing by pianists on the verge
of international careers.
Saturday 7 August 2010
Christ Church Cathedral, 8pm
András Schiff Piano Recital
- BeethovenSonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2, ‘Moonlight’Sonata No. 21, Op. 53, ‘Waldstein’
- SchumannSonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11Davidsbündlertanze, Op. 6
- András Schiff Piano
Festival President and world-acclaimed pianist, András Schiff makes a welcomed return to the stunning setting of Christ Church Cathedral. The Hungarian-born pianist’s thoughtful and fresh performances challenge traditional interpretations while critics claim, ‘There is nothing more reliable in the world of classical music today.’