Brahms' Ballades the highlight of Chiara Opalio's Gstaad recital

By Edward Sava-Segal, 21 July 2021

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Reviewed at Saanen Church, Saanen on 19 July 2021

Beethoven, 10 Variations for piano on "La stessa, la stessissima", WoO 73

Schubert, Impromptu no. 2 in E flat major, D.899

Bach C.P.E., Keyboard Sonata in A major, H.186

Brahms, 4 Ballades for piano, Op.10

Schubert, Impromptu no. 4 in A flat major, D.899

Chiara Opalio, Piano

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If ever there were an original programme at one of Switzerland’s esteemed summer festivals, this Festivalwanderung was it.

*****

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The annual Davos Festival offers a platform to gifted young musicians from around the world to explore and exchange musical genres in a stellar alpine landscape.

****1

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****1

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.