PrintKrystian Zimerman - Chopin Birthday Concert 1
22 February 2010, 7:30pm
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London, SE1 8XX
Ever since winning the 1975 Chopin Competition in Warsaw aged only 18, the great Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman has held a special place among the world's finest interpreters of Chopin. Tonight, the first of two special Chopin birthday concerts, provides a rare opportunity to hear this revered and dazzling artist play the composer's Funeral March Sonata in B flat minor and the mighty Third Sonata in B minor side by side.
Programme includes:
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funebre)
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
Level 5 Function Room at 6.15pm - The Classical Romantic, a pre-concert talk by John Rink. Admission free.