August 2, 2010

Beatrice Berrut is a young talented pianist from Switzerland. She was born in Geneva; studied in Zurich with Ester Yellin at the Heinrich Neuhaus Foundation, and then at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin, with Galina Iwanzowa. Since then Beatrice has developed an active career, playing numerous concerts throughout Europe and the US. In addition to giving solo performances, she enjoys collaborating with other musicians. Gidon Kremer, who calls her “a wonderfully talented and musical pianist,” invited her to play several concerts at his festival in Basel. She also often plays with the violinist Viviane Hagner. We’ll hear two large, technically challenging and very different works: Franz Liszt’s Après une Lecture de Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata) and Robert Schumann’s Piano Sonata, Op.11. We think you’ll enjoy them. We also have the recording of Brahms’ Klavierstücke op.118 and Rachmaninov’s Etude-Tableau op.39 no. 2. To listen to Liszt and Schumann, click here.

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