In our latest collaboration with theKeyboard Trust (UK), we are thrilled to present the brilliant young Danish/Polish pianist Filip Michalak in concert in the Library, with a delightfully diverse repertoire:

PROGRAMME: 

Domenico Scarlatti (Napoli, 1685-Madrid, 1757):

Sonate K 213 in D minor , K 38O in E major, K 466 in F minor

Fryderyk Chopin (Żelazowa Wola, 1810-Paris, 1849):

4 Mazurkas  Op. 30

n.1 in C minor,n.2 in B minor,n.3 in D flat ,n.4 in C sharp minor 

César Franck (Liegi, 1822-Paris, 1890): 

Prélude,Choral et Fugue  M 21

Franz Schubert (Vienna, 1797-Vienna, 1828) transcribed by Franz Liszt (Raiding, 1811-Bayreuth, 1886)

Ständchen (Serenade)

Sergej Rachmaninov  (Onega, Velikij Novgorod, 1873-Beverly Hills, 1943) transcribed by Vyacheslav Gryaznov (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Unione Sovietica, 1982)

Vocalise Op 34 n. 14

Astor Piazzolla (Mar del Plata,  1921-Buenos Aires, 1992):  Oblivion

Libertango.

Filip Michalak is one of the leading pianists in Scandinavia and has performed across Europe, USA and Middle East.  He has signed a contract with Orpheus Classical Label to record a CD with works by Szymanowski, Bacewicz and Chopin. Recently he performed Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto with a string orchestra in Poland and is going to tour in USA in March 2024, performing solo recitals and Brahms’ 1st Piano Concerto with the Manchester Symphony Orchestra.   In September 2024 he will be the guest artistic director of the Aalborg Chamber Music Festival.  

In partnership with Keyboard Trust London

If you would like to attend the concert at the British Institute Library, please register here or write an email to bif@britishinstitute.it  

This is an in person-only event.