Alexandre Kantorow with the KSO
event_note Wednesday - February 05, 2025 | 7:30 PM
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Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo
Concert Sponsor
Susan and David Thoms in tribute to the French American Foundation
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Julian Kuerti, Conductor
Alexandre Kantorow, Piano
Named a Gilmore Artist in 2024, French pianist Alexandre Kantorow has been enjoying a career of meteoric acceleration. He returns to Kalamazoo to perform what has been called the “Mount Everest of concertos” – Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto. The evening begins with Kantorow tackling Rachmaninoff’s rarely performed First Piano Sonata. He was the first French pianist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition along with the Grand Prix – awarded together only three times in competition history.
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. with Dr. Zaide Pixley in Room 130
About This Event
Genre
Piano with Orchestra
Parking
Parking Lot, Street Parking
Duration
90 min plus 15 min intermission = 105 min total
Intermission
Coffee and Cookies at Intermission
Event Categories:
Program
S. RACHMANINOFF
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28
: INTERMISSION :
J. BRAHMS
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83