For decades, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin has made a hallmark of championing idiosyncratic pianist-composers who pushed the boundaries of their instrument. For this opening concert of the Flagey Piano Days, the Canadian virtuoso presents a programme devoted to three such musical innovators, each drawing a uniquely personal sound world from the piano.
\nIn his Piano Sonata No. 5, Mieczys\u0142aw Weinberg fuses old and new influences into a highly personal musical language, while Claude Debussy expands the piano\u2019s sonic palette in Images, drawing inspiration from the sound of bells and the gamelan traditions of Southeast Asia. And where better to end than with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin, the composer who, more than any other, entrusted the full breadth of his sonic imagination to the keyboard? His Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor explores every expressive register of the instrument, from unbridled virtuosity to the profound sorrow of the famous Funeral March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For decades, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin has made a hallmark of championing idiosyncratic pianist-composers who pushed the boundaries of their instrument. For this opening concert of the Flagey Piano Days, the Canadian virtuoso presents a programme devoted to three such musical innovators, each drawing a uniquely personal sound world from the piano. In his Piano Sonata No. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1973012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n