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Conrad Tao, piano
Bach, Beethoven, Conrad Tao and more
Part of the Wigmore Hall Summer Concerts 2022 Series
Add to my Calendar 13-07-2022 19:30 13-07-2022 21:30 36 Conrad Tao, piano The young American pianist/composer has been praised for his exceptional virtuosity and range as a performer – something exhibited in a programme which contains four major keyboard classics but which in addition highlights Conrad Tao’s own compositional creativity, alongside works by jazz pianist Fred Hersch (from his 2011 album Alone at the Vanguard) and Jason Eckardt – the latter piece written for tonight’s soloist in 2020. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Conrad Tao – Improvisation
John Adams – China Gates
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903
Jason Eckardt – A Compendium of Catskill Native Botanicals, Book 2: Antennaria plantaginifolia: 'Pussytoes'
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen, Op.15
~ Interval ~
Fred Hersch – Pastorale
Conrad Tao – Keyed In
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.31 in A flat major, Op.110
Performers
Conrad Tao – piano
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Programme Note
The young American pianist/composer has been praised for his exceptional virtuosity and range as a performer – something exhibited in a programme which contains four major keyboard classics but which in addition highlights Conrad Tao’s own compositional creativity, alongside works by jazz pianist Fred Hersch (from his 2011 album Alone at the Vanguard) and Jason Eckardt – the latter piece written for tonight’s soloist in 2020.
