Vyacheslav Gryaznov

The first Lilacs. All transcriptions and arrangements.

1. Mozart — 9 Variations on “Lison dormait”, K. 264/315d
2. Mahler — Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (arr. left hand, Gryaznov)
3. Liszt — Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254
4. Monteverdi — Si dolce è’l tormento (arr. Gryaznov)
5. Bach — Organ Fantasia in G major, BWV 572 (arr. Gryaznov)
6. Debussy — Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Gryaznov)
7. Ravel — La valse (arr. Gryaznov)

first of 3 appearances

Martin James Bartlett

BBC Young Musician of the Year, 2014.

1. Bach (arr. Busoni) — Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
2. Bach (arr. Hess) — Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
3. Rameau — Suite in A minor, RCT 5: Gavotte et six doubles
4. Haydn — Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46
5. Liszt–Wagner — “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde
6. Julian Anderson — She Hears
7. Rachmaninoff (arr. Wild) — “Where Beauty Dwells”, Op. 21 No. 7
8. Rachmaninoff (arr. Wild) — “Vocalise”, Op. 34 No. 14
9. Rachmaninoff — Polka de W.R.
10. Ravel — La valse

Albert Cano Smit

A program traced through the sound of Spain.

1. Bach — English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806
2. Albéniz — Iberia, Book I: “Evocación”, “El Puerto”
3. Ravel — Pavane pour une infante défunte
4. Scriabin — Poème, Op. 32 No. 1; Étude, Op. 2 No. 1
5. Ginastera — Danzas argentinas, Op. 2

first of 3 appearances

Rachel Breen

A suite of fourteen miniatures, played without pause, linked by key.

1. Bach — French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
2. A Suite of Short Pieces — Kurtág, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Chopin, Berio, Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Desyatnikov, Mendelssohn, Bach, Debussy, Kreisler–Rachmaninoff
3. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Vyacheslav Gryaznov & Konstantin Soukhovetski

Two pianos in a living room.

1. Rameau — Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin: four pieces from the Suite in A minor
2. Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 (arr. two pianos by the composer)

Mackenzie Melemed

Days after performing with his mentor Emanuel Ax at Tanglewood.

1. Bach (arr. Rachmaninoff) — Suite from the Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
2. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28
3. Janáček — 1. X. 1905
4. Sibelius — Finlandia, Op. 26 (arr. the composer)

Anna Han

Days before the Lucerne Festival.

1. Kurtág — Acht Klavierstücke, Op. 3
2. Ravel — Gaspard de la nuit
3. Berg (arr. the pianist) — three songs from Sieben frühe Lieder
4. Schumann — Fantasy in C major, Op. 17

Sara Daneshpour

1. Selected études by Chopin and Ligeti

Fei-Fei

1. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
2. Debussy — Suite bergamasque, L. 75
3. Rachmaninoff — Moments musicaux, Op. 16

Chaeyoung Park

1. Schumann — Arabeske in C major, Op. 18
2. Unsuk Chin — Étude No. 1 “In C”; Étude No. 5 “Toccata”
3. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)

Mikhail Voskresensky

His first Lilacs, months after leaving Russia in protest.

1. Mozart — Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310
2. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
3. Chopin — two Polonaises from Op. 40; two Valses from Op. 69; three Études from Op. 25
4. Prokofiev — Visions fugitives, Op. 22; March from The Love for Three Oranges

first of 4 appearances

Maxim Lando

The complete Transcendental Études — Schumann thought only ten or twelve pianists in the world could play them.

1. Liszt — Transcendental Études, S. 139 (complete)

Sergey Belyavsky

Booked after Jen heard him open Liszt en Provence.

1. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
2. Schumann — Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
3. Rosenthal — Carnaval de Vienne
4. Liszt — Valses oubliées Nos. 1 and 2; “Tarantella” from Venezia e Napoli

Zitong Wang

1. Chopin — Mazurkas, Op. 50
2. Janáček — In the Mists
3. Chopin — Polonaise-fantaisie, Op. 61
4. Liszt — Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178

Anthony Ratinov

1. Albéniz — Iberia, Book 4: “Málaga”
2. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
3. Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
4. Benzecry — Toccata Néwen
5. Bach–Busoni — Chorale Preludes Nos. 4 and 5
6. Schubert — “Wanderer” Fantasy in C major, D. 760

first of 2 appearances

Albert Cano Smit

Bach and Granados interleaved.

1. Bach — Well-Tempered Clavier: Preludes and Fugues, BWV 846, 876, 867, 880, 885
2. Granados — from Goyescas: “Los requiebros”, “Coloquio en la reja”, “El amor y la muerte”
3. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

second of 3 appearances

Mikhail Voskresensky

1. Haydn — Piano Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI:34
2. Mozart — Rondo in A minor, K. 511
3. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 (“Moonlight”)
4. Scriabin — Prelude and Nocturne for the left hand, Op. 9
5. Prokofiev — Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84

second of 4 appearances

Vyacheslav Gryaznov

An entire recital of orchestral music rewritten for one piano.

1. Selected piano transcriptions by Liszt, Pletnev and Gryaznov

second of 3 appearances

Nicolas Namoradze

Booked long before he stepped in for Bronfman and Babayan within a single month.

1. Bach — Contrapunctus VI from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
2. Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
3. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)

Han Chen

Four works written in 2023, paired against Ligeti.

1. Ligeti — Étude No. 15 “White on White” · Vivian Fung — White on Black (2023)
2. Ligeti — Étude No. 2 “Cordes à vide” · Jihyun Kim — A leaf falls, the water ripples… (2023)
3. Shiuan Chang — Digital Chants (2023) · Ligeti — Étude No. 10 “Der Zauberlehrling”
4. Nina Young — it is within you that the ghosts acquire voices (2023) · Ligeti — Étude No. 6 “Automne à Varsovie”
5. Liszt — Impromptu “Nocturne”, S. 191; three Petrarch Sonnets, S. 161; Funérailles, S. 173

Adam Golka

All Brahms, including a Gavotte the pianist completed himself.

1. Brahms — Variations on a Hungarian Song in D major, Op. 21 No. 2
2. Brahms — Sarabande and Gigue in B minor, WoO 5 No. 2 / WoO 4 No. 2
3. Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9
4. Brahms — Sarabande in A minor, WoO 5 No. 1; Gavotte in A minor, WoO 3 (completed by Adam Golka); Gigue in A minor, WoO 3 No. 1
5. Brahms — Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1

Mikhail Voskresensky

1. Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
2. Mozart — Fantasia in C minor, K. 396
3. Grieg — Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7
4. Scriabin — Deux poèmes, Op. 32
5. Chopin — Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

third of 4 appearances

Anna Fedorova

For the foundation the pianist runs in The Hague with her husband, the double bassist Nicholas Schwartz.

1. Ravel — Gaspard de la nuit
2. Chopin — Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
3. Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition

in support of the Davidsbündler Foundation

Sophia Liu

Sixteen years old, a student of Dang Thai Son.

1. Liszt — Sonetto 123 del Petrarca, S. 161 No. 6; Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394
2. Chopin — Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
3. Chopin — Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23; Nocturne in G major, Op. 37 No. 2
4. Chopin — Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2

Henry Kramer

1. Schubert — Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664
2. Liszt — Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
3. Debussy — L’isle joyeuse, L. 106

Ying Li

1. Schumann — Arabeske in C major, Op. 18; Symphonic Études, Op. 13
2. Albéniz — “Evocación” and “Triana” from Iberia
3. Ravel — La valse, M. 72

Anthony Ratinov

Chopin and Scriabin alternating, tracing one composer’s hold on the other.

1. Chopin — Waltz, Op. 42 · Scriabin — Preludes, Op. 13 Nos. 1–2
2. Chopin — Nocturne, Op. 62 No. 1 · Scriabin — Preludes, Op. 16 No. 1, Op. 15 No. 4
3. Chopin — Polonaise, Op. 44 · Scriabin — Prelude, Op. 27 No. 2
4. Chopin — Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39; Prelude, Op. 28 No. 15 · Scriabin — Prelude, Op. 31 No. 1
5. Chopin — Ballade No. 3, Op. 47 · Scriabin — Prelude, Op. 51 No. 2
6. Chopin — Polonaise-fantaisie, Op. 61

second of 2 appearances · in support of The Scriabin Society of America

Kiron Atom Tellian

Weeks before his Carnegie Hall debut. Scriabin and Chopin études woven into one cycle.

1. Scriabin — Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 (Sonata-Fantasy)
2. Chopin and Scriabin — Études from Opp. 25, 42, 8 and 65, interleaved
3. J. Strauss (arr. Schulz-Evler) — Arabesques on “The Beautiful Blue Danube”

Mikhail Voskresensky

All Chopin, at ninety.

1. Chopin — Two Polonaises, Op. 26
2. Chopin — Nocturnes, Op. 15 Nos. 1–2 and Op. 27 No. 1
3. Chopin — Four Mazurkas, Op. 24; Four Mazurkas, Op. 17
4. Chopin — Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
5. Chopin — Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7; Three Waltzes, Op. 64
6. Chopin — Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

fourth of 4 appearances

Simon Bürki

Included Rachmaninoff’s “Siren” — Lilacs — the song this series is named for.

1. Schumann — Novellette, Op. 21 No. 8
2. Granados — El fandango de candil
3. Liszt — Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 (“Carnival in Pest”)
4. Rachmaninoff — Preludes, Op. 23 Nos. 4, 5, 8 and Op. 32 No. 13
5. Rachmaninoff — “Zdes’ khorosho” (arr. Volodos); “Siren” (Lilacs)
6. Rachmaninoff — Études-tableaux, Op. 39 Nos. 2 and 5

Albert Cano Smit

The Art of Fugue, broken open and threaded with Fauré, Liszt and Granados.

1. Bach — The Art of Fugue (selections, in three groups)
2. Fauré — Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 63; Ballade in F-sharp major, Op. 19
3. Liszt — Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171
4. Granados — from Goyescas: “Quejas, o la maja y el ruiseñor”, “El pelele”

third of 3 appearances

Gabriele Strata

1. Chopin — Valses, Op. 70 No. 2, Op. 64 No. 3, Op. 34 No. 1
2. Chopin — Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
3. Schubert — Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959

Alexandra Dovgan

Eighteen years old. The largest audience in the series’ history.

1. Chopin — Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
2. Chopin — Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
3. Franck — Prélude, choral et fugue
4. Prokofiev — Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14

Jack Gao

1. Schubert — Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, D. 571
2. Bartók — Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 (BB 88)
3. Rachmaninoff — Moments musicaux, Op. 16

Illia Ovcharenko

1. Bortkiewicz — “Lied ohne Worte” and “Etude” from Op. 65; “Prelude” from Op. 6; Étude No. 3 “La brune”, Op. 29
2. Beethoven / Liszt — Symphony No. 7, second movement
3. Schumann — Études in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31
4. Scarlatti — Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K. 87
5. Liszt — Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178