Pažaislio muzikos festivalis - CAN ÇAKMUR: the pianist who makes music speak

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2024 y. June 12 d. 18:00 Kaunas Philharmonic Hall

CAN ÇAKMUR: the pianist who makes music speak

Performers:

CAN ÇAKMUR (piano, Turkey)

Programme:
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Robert Schumann – Papillions, Op. 2
Frédéric Chopin – Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Op. 18; Four Mazurkas, Op. 24; Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Tickets
Ticket prices: Ticket price 13 Eur. Seniors (with IDs) get a 30% discount on 1 ticket. Disabled persons (with IDs) get 50% discount on 1-2 tickets. Young people (7-25 years old) get a 30% discount on 1 ticket. No discounts on the day of the event.
Ticket prices on the day of the event: 15 Eur. Discounts are not available on the day of the concert.

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The pianist is currently working on a series of 11 albums, in which BIS Records will release all the major works inspired by Franz Schubert and the composer. The albums will be released between 2022 and 2028, the 200th anniversary of Schubert’s death.

He has performed in concert halls around the world, including London’s Wigmore Hall, the Glasgow Concert Hall, Eindhoven’s Muziekgebouw, the Tokyo Opera House, Suntory Hall, the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and in the most prestigious concert halls of his native Turkey.

Highlights of his career in recent years include the Japanese premiere of Thomas Adès’ In Seven Days at Suntory Hall with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra conducted by Masato Suzuki, the closing concert of the Festa Musica MUZA Kawasaki with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tadaaki Otaka, and the acclaimed recital debut of his recital at the Foundation Louis Vuitton. Çakmur’ s concerts have been recorded and broadcast by BBC 3, Radio Musique France, Arte, NHK, Turkish National Radio and Television, Deutschlandfunk and Classic FM.