Wednesday 8 May 2019, 7:30pm
Peterhouse Theatre

PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI, piano

Please note a further change of programme, as of 3 May.

Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 876
Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude and Fugue in A-flat, BWV 886
Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
Schumann
Sieben Klavierstücke in Fughettenform, Op. 126
Beethoven
Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

Piotr Anderszewski is widely regarded as one of the very greatest pianists performing today. In recent seasons he has given recitals at London’s Barbican Centre and Royal Festival Hall, the Wiener Konzerthaus, Carnegie Hall New York and the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St Petersburg. His collaborations with orchestra have included appearances with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Royal Concertgebouw.

Piotr Anderszewski has been an exclusive artist with Warner Classics-Erato (previously Virgin Classics) since 2000. His first recording for the label was Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, which went on to receive a number of prizes including a Choc du Monde de la Musique and an ECHO Klassik award. He has also recorded a Grammy-nominated CD of Bach’s Partitas 1, 3 and 6 and a critically-acclaimed disc of works by Chopin. His affinity with the music of his compatriot Szymanowski is captured in a highly-praised recording of the composer’s solo piano works, which received the Classic FM Gramophone Award in 2006 for best instrumental disc. His recording devoted to solo works by Robert Schumann received an ECHO Klassik Award in 2011 and two BBC Music Magazine awards in 2012, including Recording of the Year. Anderszewski’s latest disc of Bach’s English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 5 was released in November 2014, going on to win both a Gramophone award and an ECHO Klassik Award in 2015. 

Recognized for the intensity and originality of his interpretations, Piotr Anderszewski has been singled out for several high-profile awards throughout his career, including the prestigious Gilmore Award, given every four years to a pianist of exceptional talent. Recent appearances include a highly regarded performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto in C, K. 503, with the Vienna Philharmonic at the 2018 Salzburg Mozart Week, and recordings of this concerto and the Piano Concerto in B-flat, K. 595, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, which was named as an ‘Editor’s Choice’ in The Gramophone magazine.