Sun, 26.04.2026
Trip to Paris: Piemontesi at the piano
Concert title
Trip to Paris: Piemontesi at the piano
Date
Sun 26.04.2026
Start of the concert
18:30
Contributors
Name of the ensemble
Festival Strings Lucerne
Line
Daniel Dodds conducting & violin
Soloists
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
program
Works by Prokofiev, Ravel, and Gershwin. With the Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds, and Francesco Piemontesi.
Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major combines virtuosity with jazzy touches and Mediterranean lightness. Francesco Piemontesi, from Ticino, has matured into a world-class pianist sought after by orchestras worldwide. With his crystalline sonic refinement rooted in the French piano tradition, he is one of the leading Ravel interpreters of our time. With George Gershwin's "An American in Paris," the Festival Strings Lucerne transport the audience to the vibrant Paris of the early 20th century – a captivating sonic journey between classical elegance and American swing.
Program:
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34a;
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major;
Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Cinq Pièces Enfantines, Orchestral Suite;
George Gershwin: An American in Paris, arr. for chamber orchestra by I. Farrington
Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major combines virtuosity with jazzy touches and Mediterranean lightness. Francesco Piemontesi, from Ticino, has matured into a world-class pianist sought after by orchestras worldwide. With his crystalline sonic refinement rooted in the French piano tradition, he is one of the leading Ravel interpreters of our time. With George Gershwin's "An American in Paris," the Festival Strings Lucerne transport the audience to the vibrant Paris of the early 20th century – a captivating sonic journey between classical elegance and American swing.
Program:
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34a;
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major;
Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Cinq Pièces Enfantines, Orchestral Suite;
George Gershwin: An American in Paris, arr. for chamber orchestra by I. Farrington
address
address
Europaplatz, 1
ZIP / City
6005 Lucerne
country
Switzerland
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