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Sensibilität und Virtuosität: Francesco Piemontesi beim Gstaad Menuhin Festival

Francesco Piemontesi
© Gstaad Menuhin Festival
Francesco Piemontesi
© Gstaad Menuhin Festival
By Thomas Schacher, 18 July 2023
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Reviewed at Zweisimmen Church, Zweisimmen on 16 July 2023
Programme
Bach, Prelude
Bach, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - chorale prelude in E Flat Major, BWV645 (arr. Wilhelm Kempff)
Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - chorale prelude in G Minor, BWV659 (arr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Debussy, Préludes: Book 2
Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960
Performers
Francesco Piemontesi, Piano
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Thomas Schacher
Thomas Schacher

Thomas Schacher hat an den Universitäten Zürich und Hamburg Musikwissenschaft und Germanistik studiert. Seine Dissertation behandelt die Idee des Dramatischen bei Hector Berlioz. Zudem absolvierte er an der Musikhochschule Zürich eine Ausbildung in Orgel, Klavier und Chorleitung. Er hat im künstlerischen, wissenschaftlichen, journalistischen und pädagogischen Sektor gearbeitet. Während sieben Jahren war er Assistent am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Uni Bern. Während 25 Jahren, bis zum Sommer 2022, hat er als freier journalistischer Mitarbeiter für das Feuilleton der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung geschrieben. Parallel dazu kam die Arbeit mit einem Kirchen- und einem Konzertchor.