Vanessa Wagner

Anyone who thinks Philip Glass’s piano études are purely minimalist will be surprised. In the hands of French pianist Vanessa Wagner, they become simultaneously tender and radical, repetitive yet profoundly lyrical. Her years of immersion in romanticism, impressionism, and contemporary music colour every passage, causing rhythms and repetitions to breathe, pulse, and reveal new meanings.

Her recent recording of the complete cycle was unanimously praised as 'hypnotic and intensely poetic,' and celebrated for her 'exceptional sensitivity to sound and colour.' Live in the Blue Hall, this approach gains even greater intensity. Each Étude unfolds with its own breath and tension, every repetition feels like a discovery, and the music opens up in ways no recording can capture.

A concert that is both a love letter to Philip Glass ,and an invitation to experience his Études as one continuous, extraordinary whole.

Tickets: € 10 - € 40