Maurizio Pollini, piano

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)	3 Pieces for piano, Op.11
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)	Six Little Piano Pieces Op.19
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor "Pathétique", Op.13
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor "Appassionata", Op.57
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Piano Sonata no. 24 in F sharp major "A Thérèse", Op.78
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	6 Bagatelles for piano, Op.126 (Selection)

Performers

Maurizio Pollini

Piano

This is the second of two Royal Festival Hall recitals from the great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini.

He is regarded by many as 'indisputably one of the greatest pianists of our time' (The Guardian).

Catapulted to fame upon winning the International Chopin Competition in 1960, Pollini soon developed a career featuring a vast breadth of repertoire – from Bach to the music of his own contemporaries such as Luigi Nono and Pierre Boulez – and seeming equally at home in most composers along the way.

Hear this grand maestro of the piano in a venue where his perennial presence seems more welcome every time.

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Passion and commitment: Maurizio Pollini

Frances Wilson, 14th March

Maurizio Pollini demonstrated why people still flock to hear him perform in sonatas by Beethoven and miniatures by Schoenberg.

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