Chester Music Society: Alessandro Taverna at St Mary's Creative Space, Chester on Wednesday 8th February 2017

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Chester Music Society

Alessandro Taverna

Part of the Chester Music Society 2016-2017 Season

Add to my Calendar 08-02-2017 19:30 08-02-2017 21:30 36 Chester Music Society A first vist to Chester Celebrity Concerts for Alessandro Taverna who will give a recital of piano solos by Ravel, Chopin and Gershwin. Hailed by the British music critics, Alessandro Taverna’s “music making stimulates the senses as does a visit to his native Venice”, and gives “rise to a feeling of wonderment”. When he reached the final and performed Chopin’s First Piano Concerto at the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition The Independent said “the world was suddenly suffused with grave beauty: flawless minutes of poetry”. Since then, Alessandro Taverna has shown a most remarkable, constant development that makes him one of the most interesting, musical pianists of his generation, being in worldwide demand. Alessandro Taverna has won numerous awards in national and international competitions: among them the international piano competitions of Leeds, London, Hamamatsu, Minneapolis/St Paul, the Casella Prize in Venice, the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, the Scriabin Prize in Grosseto and Premio Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Eppan. St Mary's Creative Space, Chester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary's Creative Space
St Mary's Hill
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DW
England

Wednesday 8th February 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Frédéric Chopin – Four Ballades
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Farrington)
Maurice Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit

Performers

Alessandro Taverna – piano

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Programme Note

A first vist to Chester Celebrity Concerts for Alessandro Taverna who will give a recital of piano solos by Ravel, Chopin and Gershwin.

Hailed by the British music critics, Alessandro Taverna’s “music making stimulates the senses as does a visit to his native Venice”, and gives “rise to a feeling of wonderment”. When he reached the final and performed Chopin’s First Piano Concerto at the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition The Independent said “the world was suddenly suffused with grave beauty: flawless minutes of poetry”. Since then, Alessandro Taverna has shown a most remarkable, constant development that makes him one of the most interesting, musical pianists of his generation, being in worldwide demand.

Alessandro Taverna has won numerous awards in national and international competitions: among them the international piano competitions of Leeds, London, Hamamatsu, Minneapolis/St Paul, the Casella Prize in Venice, the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, the Scriabin Prize in Grosseto and Premio Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Eppan.

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