ART OF THE PIANO:
Alexandre Kantorow, piano

LISZT: Variations on a Motive by Bach
MEDTNER: Sonata Op. 5
CHOPIN: Prelude Op. 45
SCRIABIN: Sonata Op. 70
BEETHOVEN: Sonata Op. 111

Acclaimed French pianist Alexandre Kantorow makes his debut with The Friends in a program that blends profound Romanticism with visionary modernism. Hailed as a “fire-breathing virtuoso with a poetic charm,” Kantorow offers a fascinating journey through some of the piano repertoire’s most expressive works. The recital opens with Liszt’s majestic Variations on a Motive by Bach, followed by Medtner’s expansive early Sonata Op. 5. The journey continues through the lyricism of Chopin and the mysticism of Scriabin, culminating in the autumnal transcendence of Beethoven’s Op. 111.