Krzysztof Urbański began as a conductor, as a result of trying to present, at the age of 15, his own compositions in the small town where he lived. After realising that his talent was mainly in orchestral conducting, Urbański made it his career, understanding what kind of personality he wanted to take to the stage. “As a conductor,” he says, “I try to put my ego aside and play the music as it is written.” Not least because a work like Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “is so perfect, I wouldn’t change a single note”. In the first part he directs and promotes the young Canadian pianist Jean Lisiecki in his debut in Gulbenkian Music.

Gulbenkian Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbański Conductor
Jan Lisiecki Piano

Fryderyk Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1, in E minor, op. 11

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9, in E minor, op. 95, “From the New World”

 Pre-Concert Talk

1 December 2018, 18:00 – Congress Area
By Sérgio Azevedo