Performer: Danny Driver

Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver were in tune with each other in every way in this fascinating and entertaining programme inspired by Marcel Proust.

Still only in its second year, the London Piano Festival has already established itself as a major player in the capital’s music scene.

Tout ce que la musique russe peut évoquer de force et de fermeté, de passion sourde et d’intensité, Danny Driver l’a livré mercredi soir à la Salle Bourgie. Dans le cadre de la série « Complètement piano » de la Fondation Arte Musica, durant laquelle les compositeurs russes sont mis à l’honneur, le pianiste proposait un récital autour de Bach, Schumann, Balakirev, Rachmaninov et Prokofiev.

Ahead of his debut recital at Carnegie Hall, the British pianist talks about finding common connections in a breadth of repertoire – from Handel to Schumann and Ligeti to Gabriela Lena Frank.