Camerata Musica Cambridge Concert Series 2018/19: ARCADI VOLODOS, piano

Tue 5 March 2019

West Road Concert Hall

Schubert, Moments musicaux, D. 780
Schubert, Sonata in E, D. 157

Rachmaninov
Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2; Prelude in G-flat, Op. 23 No. 10; Prelude in B-flat minor, Op. 32 No. 10; Romance, Op. 21 No. 7 (arr. Volodos); Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5; Étude-tableaux in C minor, Op. 33 No. 3

Scriabin
Mazurka, Op. 25 No. 3; Caresse dansée, Op. 57 No. 2; Enigme, Op. 52 No. 2; Deux danses, Op. 73; Vers la flamme, Op. 72

Born in St Petersburg in 1972, Arcadi Volodos is amongst the most sought-after pianists of our day. Since making his New York debut in 1996, Volodos has performed throughout the world in recital and with the most eminent orchestras and conductors. Since his Gramophone Award-winning debut recital at New York’s Carnegie Hall, released by Sony Classical in 1999, Arcadi Volodos has recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums. These include revelatory interpretations of Schubert sonatas and Rachmaninov solo pieces, and live performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, conducted by James Levine, and Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. His Vienna Musikverein recital from 2010 was released on CD and DVD to rapturous international critical acclaim. Volodos Plays Brahms, released in April 2017 – an album of thirteen piano pieces by Johannes Brahms, including Opus 117 and 118 and a selection of Op. 76 – was immediately considered a landmark on the music scene, and has since been awarded the Edison Classical Award and the Diapason d’Or.

Cost: £15-35, concs £10-30, students £10