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Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series 2024 (Concert 3) - The Beethoven Sonatas
St Giles Cathedral plays host to the inaugural Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series
Part of the Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series 2024
Add to my Calendar 22-04-2024 18:30 22-04-2024 20:30 36 Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series 2024 (Concert 3) - The Beethoven Sonatas St Giles Cathedral plays host to the inaugural Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series. This exciting and prestigious new concert series will feature all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas throughout the 2024 season. Featuring exceptional performances from leading UK and international pianists, these concerts will be an unrivalled opportunity to enjoy some of the world's greatest piano repertoire, as curated by our guest performers. Set in the stunning candlelit venue of St Giles Cathedral, with it's newly installed Steinway Grand Piano, this will be a musical experience to remember! St Giles is situated in the heart of the Royal Mile with many bars and restaurants nearby to complete your evening.Julian Trevelyan is a British pianist and performs regularly throughout Europe and the UK. In the current season he has given five performances of Bartók’s 1st piano concerto with Musikkollegium Winterthur, and two performances of Lutosławski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini for piano and orchestra with I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan. Solo recitals have included performances of Beethoven’s Diabelli variations in Festivals in London, Cambridge, Munich, Paris, Switzerland and Vienna.His recording of Mozart’s piano concertos 23 and 24 with ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, directed by Christian Zacharias was released by Alpha Classics in October 2022. From 2016 to 2022, Julian studied piano with Rena Shereshevskaya at the Ėcole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. In 2023, Julian returned to the Ėcole Normale to take part in the Elite program, to prepare for competitions and to develop various other musical projects. He is composer and conductor with Ensemble Dynamique, and an experienced chamber musician on piano, violin and viola. St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Giles' Cathedral
High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1RE
Scotland
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.16 in G major, Op.31 no.1
Claude Debussy – 12 Etudes, L.136: no.8, 'Pour les agrements'
Johannes Brahms – 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119
Performers
Julian Trevelyan – piano
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Programme Note
St Giles Cathedral plays host to the inaugural Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series. This exciting and prestigious new concert series will feature all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas throughout the 2024 season. Featuring exceptional performances from leading UK and international pianists, these concerts will be an unrivalled opportunity to enjoy some of the world's greatest piano repertoire, as curated by our guest performers. Set in the stunning candlelit venue of St Giles Cathedral, with it's newly installed Steinway Grand Piano, this will be a musical experience to remember! St Giles is situated in the heart of the Royal Mile with many bars and restaurants nearby to complete your evening.
Julian Trevelyan is a British pianist and performs regularly throughout Europe and the UK. In the current season he has given five performances of Bartók’s 1st piano concerto with Musikkollegium Winterthur, and two performances of Lutosławski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini for piano and orchestra with I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan. Solo recitals have included performances of Beethoven’s Diabelli variations in Festivals in London, Cambridge, Munich, Paris, Switzerland and Vienna.
His recording of Mozart’s piano concertos 23 and 24 with ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, directed by Christian Zacharias was released by Alpha Classics in October 2022. From 2016 to 2022, Julian studied piano with Rena Shereshevskaya at the Ėcole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. In 2023, Julian returned to the Ėcole Normale to take part in the Elite program, to prepare for competitions and to develop various other musical projects. He is composer and conductor with Ensemble Dynamique, and an experienced chamber musician on piano, violin and viola.
