The young German pianist Anton Gerzenberg stars in the second concert of the 2023 Chopin Festival with this concert in which he performs works by György Ligeti, Carme Fernández Vidal, Sergei Rachmaninov and Frédéric Chopin.
This year's edition of the Festival Chopin de Valldemossa is subsidized by the Department of Culture of the Consell de Mallorca, the Institut d'Estudis Balearics of the Government of the Balearic Islands and the European Union with Next Generation funds.
Anton Gerzenberg (Hamburg, 1996) began his international career in 2021, by winning First Prize at the 15th Géza Anda Competition in Zurich. He has performed on numerous major stages around the world such as the Tonhalle in Zurich, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, KKL in Lucerne, the Wiener Konzerthaus, Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore, National Concert Hall in Taiwan, and with major orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Wiener Symphoniker.
Next season he will be pianist-in-residence at the Vienna Konzerthaus, where he will perform in five concerts, as well as appear as soloist with the Wiener KammerOrchester and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He will make his conducting debut with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and will tour South Korea, Taiwan and Mexico. He will also tour Germany and Austria with the entire Ligeti Studios, on the occasion of the centenary of the composer's birth.
Program:
Studies (selection), by György Ligeti
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Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
L'escalier du diable
Preludi 5 (premiere), by Carme Fernández Vidal
Preludi 6, by Carme Fernández Vidal
Variations on a Theme by Chopin op. 22, by Sergei Rachmaninov
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Prelude 1. Epiphrasis to Chopin's thirteenth prelude, by Carme Fernández Vidal
24 Preludes op. 28, by Frederic Chopin
Since the creation of the Pro Chopin Committee in 1930 by the composer Joan Maria Thomàs, in addition to paying permanent tribute to Chopin's work, one of the objectives has been the recovery and dissemination of the island's musical heritage and the best contemporary music made in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century.
Following this line of recovery and dissemination, this year's Chopin Festival wanted to keep in mind three very significant island musicians: Antoni Lliteres i Carrió (Artà, 1673 – Madrid, 1747), Miquel Capllonch (Pollença, 1861 – 1935) and Carme Fernández Vidal (Palma, 1970).
The four concerts of the Chopin Festival 2023 are held in the Cloister of the Cartuja de Valldemossa from August 6 to 27. In the Chapter House you can see the Ñaco Fabré exhibition Dar a ver.
