Pierre-Laurent Aimard impeccable and bold in online recital

By Chris Garlick, 18 December 2020

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“Aimard is... perhaps the most innately idiomatic exponent of Messiaen alive today”

Reviewed at Teldex Studio, Berlin on 17 December 2020

Kurtág, Le Chien (world premiere)

Messiaen, Catalogue d'oiseaux: L'alouette-lulu, no.6

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight", Op.27 no.2

Messiaen, Catalogue d'oiseaux: La Chouette hulotte, no.5

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor "Appassionata", Op.57

Stockhausen, Klavierstück IX

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Salonen leads an electrifying Boulez tribute in New York

Susan Stempleski, 3rd October

The Philharmonic continues its celebration of the composer-conductor’s centennial with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard as soloist in an innovative program juxtaposing selections by the modernist maestro with pieces by Debussy.

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Reflections on Ravel: a three-course piano feast in Ciboure

Mark Pullinger, 2nd September

At the Festival Ravel, Bertrand Chamayou, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Hyunji Kim perform all the solo piano works at the Église Saint-Vincent, a stone’s throw from the house where Ravel was born.

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A novel take on a familiar tune: Tianyi Lu conducts Tchaikovsky 5

Ian Cochrane, 12th March

Tianyi Lu triumphs in her return to Montreal with a distinctive approach to Tchaikovsky's Fifth. Pierre-Laurent Aimard gives a spirited performance of Bartók's Third Piano Concerto.

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Dazzlingly dexterous Ravel from Aimard and Vӓnskӓ in Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 7th March

The Philadelphia Orchestra's concert also served as a tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas, who was to have conducted the performance before withdrawing for cancer treatment.

****1

Passion and precision: Aimard plays Schoenberg and Ives

David Grundy, 2nd September

Revolutionary music, a century on: Pierre-Laurent Aimard excels in Schoenberg and Ives.

****1

Elim Chan and the RSNO thrill in three-concerto programme

David Smythe, 18th August

At the Edinburgh International Festival, Alison Balsom plays Wynton Marsalis's Trumpet Concerto, Pierre-Laurent plays Schoenberg's Piano Concerto before the RSNO plays Lutosławski's lively Concerto for Orchestra to finish.

****1

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Chris Garlick

Chris Garlick is the co-founder of Signal Gallery in Hoxton. His first degree was in music, training as a classical composer. Chris has written about art frequently in Art of England magazine, Artist and Illustrator for online blogs.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard impeccable and bold in Beethoven, Messaien and Stockhausen