Piano magician Mikhail Pletnev returns to Belgium after five years for a solo recital on 11 October at deSingel Antwerp.

Maria João Pires will perform a duo recital with Ignasi Cambra on February 4 at Amare in The Hague as part of her farewell recital tour. The Portuguese master pianist has decided to bring along her good friend and respected colleague, the Spanish pianist Ignasi Cambra, to perform two remarkable compositions by Schubert and Mozart together. In addition they will both perform an important work for solo piano. A perfect opportunity for all piano enthusiasts to admire the much-loved piano poet Maria João Pires one last time in a unique concert.

Recitals by Arcadi Volodos will follow on 24 March at La Salle Philharmonique Liege, 12 June at Flagey Brussels and 14 June at Amare The Hague. This genius magician makes his performance an intense musical experience to remember. This genius magician makes his performance an intense musical experience to remember.

On 4 June at Amare The Hague and on 6 June at deSingel Antwerp, Grigory Sokolov, the absolute ‘grandmaster’ beyond virtuosity, will shine.

Four magisterial representatives from the top end of the world of piano music. In their own inimitable way, they create a musical cosmos of poetry, melancholy and passion in which all dynamic extremes are explored. In their own inimitable way, they create a musical cosmos of poetry, melancholy and passion in which all dynamic extremes are explored.

In short: experience the magic of the master pianist!

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  • Maria João Pires

    'Piano poetess' Maria João Pires is widely regarded as the world’s foremost interpreter of Mozart and Beethoven. Her performances are sophisticated and spiritual. She is often referred to as a musical medium.

  • Grigory Sokolov

    Grigory Sokolov is undoubtedly one of the most impressive living pianists. Performances of this Russian master are so convincing in their conception that they sound both natural and new.

  • Arcadi Volodos

    Volodos possesses everything—imagination, passion, and phenomenal technique—to bring his ideas to life on the piano. His unprecedented virtuosity, combined with a unique sense of rhythm, color and poetry, make Volodos an powerful, free and uninhibited, storyteller.

  • Mikhail Pletnev

    The brilliant pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev, winner of the 1978 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, is not only one of the best representatives of the Russian piano tradition, but is also a stunning and idiosyncratic interpreter of the standard repertoire.

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