Archived Event

Chopin, Gabriela Montero and Stravinsky
Gabriela Montero piano
Date
Mon 09 May 2022, 1.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Summer 2022 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Download the PDF programme here. Reproduction and distribution is strictly prohibited.

Artists

  • Gabriela Monteropiano

Programme

      • Nocturne in D flat Op. 27 No. 2
      • Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat Op. 61

Encore

Improvisations based on themes from the audience

Overview

Admired not only for her outstanding gifts as an improviser, but also as a champion of human rights, the Venezuelan pianist is, according to ConcertoNet, one of those artists ‘about whom it can truly be said that their talent borders on genius.’ For The New York Times, meanwhile, her playing has everything: ‘crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power in climactic moments, soulful lyricism in the ruminative passages and, best of all, unsentimental expressivity.’

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