WHO: Steinway Society – The Bay Area presents
WHAT: Nicolas Namoradze
WHEN: Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 2:30 pm
WHERE: Montgomery Theater, 271 S. Market St., San Jose. Live and LIVE STREAMED
MORE INFO: https://steinwaysociety.com/
Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze came to international attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada—among the largest prizes in classical music. His recitals around the globe have been met with universal critical praise, and recent album releases have received extraordinary accolades, including the Choc de Classica, Record of the Month in Limelight, Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, Editor’s Choice in Presto Classical and Critics’ Choice in International Piano.
Among the most critically acclaimed musicians of his generation, Namoradze was bestowed the 2020 & 2021 Young Pianist Award by the UK Critics’ Circle, which called him “very much more than a top-flight pianist.” Recent highlights include recitals at concert halls including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin and the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; festival appearances at Tanglewood, Banff, Gstaad, Santa Fe and more; and performances with orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Sinfonieorchester Basel.
Namoradze earned his master’s at The Juilliard School and his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in neuropsychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College, London, where his research interests include the effects of mental practice and mindfulness on musical performance. Namoradze is the author of the book “Ligeti’s Macroharmonies,” published by Springer in the Computational Music Science series, and his compositions are published by Muse Press.
”Set to become one of the truly important artists of his generation.”
–American classical pianist Emanual Ax
THE PROGRAM:
Bach-Busoni, “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr” BWV 639
Bach, French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Minuet
5. Gigue
Bach, The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
1. Contrapunctus VI
2. Contrapunctus VII
Fauré, Preludes Op. 103
1. No. 3 in G minor
2. No. 6 in E-flat minor
3. No. 9 in E minor
Ligeti, Etudes
1. 1. No. 11, “En suspens”
2. 2. No. 13, “L’escalier du diable”
3. 3. No. 16, “Pour Irina”
INTERMISSION
Nicolas Namoradze, Memories of Rachmaninoff’s “Georgian Song”
Pärt, Für Alina
Pärt, Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka
Rachmaninoff-Namoradze, Adagio from Symphony No. 2, Op. 27
Scriabin, Sonata No. 4 Op. 30
TICKETS:
Single Tickets: $45 to $70
General Admission: $70/$60/$50
Senior & student: $65/$55/$45
Livestream online: $25 per household / live + unlimited listens for 48 hours
Purchase Tickets: https://steinwaysociety.com/
Box Office: 408.300.5635
Email: office@steinwaysociety.com
