Javier Perianes

The Pharos Arts Foundation continues its Concert & Recital Series with a recital by pianist Javier Perianes, regarded nowadays as one of the most enthralling young pianists on the European classical music scene. The recital, which will include works by Schubert, Debussy and Chopin, will take place on Wednesday 9 November 2011, at The Shoe Factory / 8.30pm.

Javier Perianes / piano
This Lucerne debut was a revelation. Perianes' touch is incredibly gentle and sensitive. This confers on the music clarity and intimacy without any loss of expressive power. Perianes is not a virtuoso full of vigor: he is instead a poet at the keyboard Neue Luzerner Zeitung

Javier Perianes has all the requisite qualities for stardom... Everywhere he performs he surpasses all expectations Scherzo Magazine

The acclaim accorded to the pianist Javier Perianes by audiences and critics alike confirms his status as one of Spain’s most exciting new artists. Hugely popular with Spanish audiences, he has a growing international reputation.

A familiar and sought-after participant at many renowned festivals within Spain, he will be Artist in Residence at the Granada Festival in 2012. He has performed in distinguished concert series throughout the world, having made notable appearances in New York’s Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, London, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, the Shanghai Conservatory, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, recitals at the Ravinia and Gilmore International Festivals in Chicago, Le festival de La Roqued'Anthéron, France and the Konzerthaus, Berlin.

Javier Perianes has worked with leading conductors including Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jesús López Cobos, Antoni Wit, Daniel Harding and Vassily Petrenko. Recent and forthcoming highlights include appearances with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, including a performance at the Lucerne Festival, the New World Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson-Thomas, the London Philharmonic and Sao Paulo Symphony with Eduardo Portal, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra with Hiroshi Kodama, Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Claus Peter Flor as well as recitals in Tokyo, Madrid’s Scherzo series, the Zurich Tonhalle and at the Moscow December Nights Festival.

Perianes has received critical acclaim for his recordings on Harmonia Mundi of Schubert’s Impromptus and Klavierstücke, Manuel Blasco de Nebra’s keyboard sonatas and Mompou’s Música Callada. In September 2011 he released a disc devoted to the music for piano by Manuel de Falla, including a live recording of Nights in the Gardens of Spain with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Josep Pons. The CD has already received enthusiastic reviews from the critics and the audience alike.

Programme:

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Allegretto in C minor , D.915 (1827)
Piano Sonata No. 21, in B flat major, D.960 (1828)

interval

Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Selection from Preludes Book 1 (1910)
La sérénade interrompue / Le vent dans la plaine / La cathédrale engloutie / Minstrels

Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Selection of Mazurkas
A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 / C major, Op. 24, No. 2 / C sharp minor, Op. 63, No. 3 / A minor, Op. 67, No. 4
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (1842)

Tickets:
Adults: EUR22
Friends and Supporters of the Pharos Arts Foundation / Concessions: EUR17

Box Office: Tel: 7000 9304 / www.pharostickets.org