Virtuosi old and new: Daniil Trifonov at the Berlin Philharmonie

By Sam Johnstone, 21 June 2019

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“harmonically rich, full of brooding dark timbres and knotty instrumental writing”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 20 June 2019

Scriabin, Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op.20

Scriabin, Prelude for the Left Hand, Op.9

Shostakovich, Symphony no. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905", Op.103

Daniil Trifonov, Piano

Berliner Philharmoniker

Andris Nelsons, Conductor

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Robertson conducts the German premiere of Srnka's Superorganisms

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Sam Johnstone

Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone

Virtuosi old and new: Daniil Trifonov plays Scriabin at the Berlin Philharmonie