Daniil Trifonov Plays Beethoven and Prokofiev

One of the most inspired pianists of his generation, the dazzling Daniil Trifonov makes a return performance to the delight of music lovers in Montreal. A true phenomenon of the keyboard, Trifonov sets works by Beethoven and Schumann in dialogue with the Eighth Sonata of Prokofiev, that enfant terrible of Russian music.

Grammy Award winning Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov – winner of Musical America’s 2019 Artist of the Year award – has made a spectacular ascent of the classical music world as a solo artist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer. Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, his performances are a perpetual source of awe. “He has everything and more … tenderness and also the demonic element. I never heard anything like that,” marveled pianist Martha Argerich. Trifonov recently added a first Grammy Award to his already considerable string of honors, winning Best Instrumental Solo Album of 2018 with Transcendental, a Liszt collection that marked his third title as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist. As The Times of London notes, he is “without question the most astounding pianist of our age.”

Program
Scriabine, 8 Études op. 42
Scriabine, Sonata no. 9 in F major, op. 68
Beethoven, Sonata no. 31, in A-flat major, op. 110
Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 8 in B-flat major, op. 84

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 2:30pm
Duration: 1h40

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