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

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Both profound thinkers and virtuosi – something that can also be said of the Russian-American pianist – Liszt and Busoni admired one another and fit together perfectly into one programme. BBC Music Magazine praised Gerstein’s recording of Liszt’s Transcendental Studies for its ‘amazing keyboard dexterity’ and ‘ultra-clear articulation,’ while of a previous Busoni venture, the gargantuan Piano Concerto, International Piano wrote that ‘Gerstein manifestly has the measure of the solo part.’