After eight recitals in eight consecutive seasons, the appearance of Grigory Sokolov in the Gulbenkian Grand Auditorium has already become one of the best annual traditions, and he has established a close relationship with the Gulbenkian Music audience in recent years. Sokolov’s extraordinary artistic career gives him a status reserved only for the greatest figures. “Listening to Sokolov,” Geoffrey Norris writes in The Telegraph, “you know unequivocally you are in the presence of someone extraordinary.” Someone capable of articulating, clarifying and communing with music so that each performance is an act of wonder.

Grigory Sokolov Piano

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 32, in G minor, Hob.XVI:44
Piano Sonata No. 47, in B minor, Hob.XVI:32
Piano Sonata No. 49, in C-sharp minor, Hob.XVI:36

Franz Schubert
Impromptus D. 935