Gabriela Montero
Pianomania!
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Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPricing
50% – Under 30 years old
15% – Over 65 years old
For the Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, the first great challenge came at the age of eight when she performed Haydn’s Piano Concerto with the Simón Bolívar Youth Symphonic Band. So auspicious was the occasion that she was given a scholarship to study in the USA, and her meteoric rise was crowned with an invitation to perform at Barack Obama’s swearing in ceremony in 2009. In The New York Times, Anthony Tommasini gushed about the mastery of Montero’s performance, remarking that she had everything: “crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power … soulful lyricism … unsentimental expressivity.”
Performers
- Gabriela Montero Piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferrucio Busoni
Chaconne from Partita for Violin n.º 2, in D minor, BWV 1004
Fryderyk Chopin
Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat major, op. 61
Sergei Prokofiev
Sarcasms op. 17
1. Tempestoso
2. Allegro rubato
3. Allegro precipitato
4. Smanioso
5. Precipitosissimo
— INTERMISSION 20 min —
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana op. 16
1. Äußerst bewegt
2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
Intermezzo I: Sehr lebhaft
Erstes Tempo
Intermezzo II: Etwas bewegter
Erstes Tempo
3. Sehr aufgeregt (Muito agitado) – Etwas langsamer
Erstes Tempo (Tempo I) – Noch schneller
4. Sehr langsam
5. Sehr lebhaft
6. Sehr langsam
7. Sehr rasch
8. Schnell und spielend
Main Sponsor Gulbenkian Music
Piano Series Sponsor
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