Emmanuel Despax, piano

Friday 28 July, 7.30pm
£20 Adults; £0 Under 26Programme:
Unfortunately Anna Tsybuleva is not able to attend due to illness. Emmanuel Despax, Piano, will now perform on Friday evening. Rest assured it will be a brilliant concert but if you would prefer a refund, this can be arranged. Please contact us to let us know. If you are happy to come along you don’t need to do anything except turn up on Friday at Easterbrook Hall.

Programme:
Liszt, Aprés une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161, No. 7, from Années de pèlegrinage II, Deuxème année – Italie
Ravel, Gaspard de la nuitInterval

Liszt Funerailles
Liszt Sonata in B minor

Emmanuel Despax has gained worldwide recognition as a singular artist, whose interpretations bring a rare sincerity and imagination to the music.

A remarkable performer of romantic and post-romantic music, he has been invited to give recital performances in the UK (Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Chipping Campden and Petworth Festivals, and the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, where he was appointed artistic director in 2020 of a complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle); in France (Louvre Auditorium, Salle Cortot, Salle Gaveau, International Festival Les Nuits Pianistiques in Aix-en- Provence, L’été Musical au Poujoula, and Les Nuits du Château de la Moutte in Saint Tropez); Benelux (Amsterdam, The Hague and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels); Cyprus (Pharos Arts Foundation); Italy (Fazioli auditorium); and in South America.

Born in Paris and now based in London, Emmanuel Despax started playing the piano in Aix-en-Provence before joining the Yehudi Menuhin School, then the Royal College of Music in London, studying with Ruth Nye, one of Claudio Arrau’s star students. He won numerous awards during his studies (Chappell Medal, Tagore Gold Medal), and benefited from the advice of Nikolai Demidenko, Leon Fleisher, Yehudi Menuhin, Dominique Merlet, Mstislav Rostropovich, Murray Perahia and András Schiff.