The International Piano Series features performances by some of today's greatest pianists.

» 2 October 2011, 3pm / Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich
Boulez Piano Sonata No.3
Boulez Incises
Boulez Une page d'ephéméride

» 2 October 2011, 4.30pm / Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich
Boulez Structures Book 2

» 5 October 2011 / Steven Osbourne
Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia - Moonlight)
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Prokofiev Excerpts from Visions fugitives, Op.22
Rachmaninov Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 (revised Horowitz)

» 23 October 2011 / Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI/20
Debussy Hommage à Haydn
Debussy Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)
Debussy Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fût (Images Book II)
Debussy Jeux (arr. Bavouzet)
Bartók Sostenuto, rubato (No.7 of 8 Improvisations of Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz.74)
Bartók 3 Studies, Sz.72
Debussy 7 Etudes

» 8 November 2011 / Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Liszt Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage)
Bartók Nénie, Op.9 No.4
Liszt St François d'Assise (La prédication aux oiseaux) (Légende, S.175 No.1)
Stroppa Tangata manu (from Miniature estrose)
Liszt Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage)
Ravel Jeux d'eau
Messiaen Le Traquet stapazin (Catalogue d'oiseaux)
Liszt Vallée d'Obermann (Années de pèlerinage)

» 22 November 2011 / Alice Sara Ott
Mozart Variations in D on a minuet by Duport, K.573
Beethoven Sonata in C, Op.2 No.3
Chopin Waltzes Op.34 & Op.64 Nos. 1 & 2
Liszt Etudes d'exécution transecendent, S.139: No.11 (Harmonies du soir), No.12 (Chasse-neige)
Liszt Concert paraphrase on Verdi's Rigoletto

» 7 December 2011 / Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Liszt La lugubre gondola No.1
Wagner Sonata in A flat 'Für das Album von Frau MW'
Berg Sonata, Op.1
Liszt Unstern! sinistre, disastro, S.208
Scriabin Sonata No.9 in F, Op.68 (Black Mass)
Liszt Sonata in B minor

» 17 January 2012 / Jonathan Biss
Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op.10 No.1
Janáček In the Mists (v mlhách)
Chopin Nocturne in F, Op.62 No.2
Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie, Op.61
Janáček Sonata I.X1905 (From the street)
Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.81a (Les Adieux)

» 31 January 2012 / Peter Jablonski
Liszt Ballade No.2 in B minor
Grieg Ballade in G minor, Op.24
Gershwin 3 Preludes
Gershwin Embraceable You (from Girl Crazy) (arr. Wilde)
Copland Muted and sensuous (from 4 Blues for piano)
Barber Sonata in E flat minor, Op.26

» 12 February 2012 / Richard Goode
Schumann Kinderszenen, Op.15
Schumann Kreisleriana, Op.16
Chopin Nocturne in E, Op.62 No.2
Chopin Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58

» 18 February 2012, 4pm & 7pm / Piano Takeover
This event follows the May 2011 performance by 100 young pianists alongside Lang Lang at Royal Festival Hall in Lang Lang Inspires. Now, some of those young people take over the Purcell Room, curating and performing in two exciting concerts.

» 28 February 2012 / Peter Donohoe
Debussy Estampes
Liszt Années de pèlerinage (Première année-Suisse, S.160)
Brahms 6 Pieces, Op.118
Bartók Sonata, Sz.80

» 6 March 2012 / Maurizio Pollini
Programme to be announced.

» 20 March 2012 / François-Frédéric Guy
Beethoven Sonata in D, Op.28 (Pastoral)
Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2
Beethoven Sonata in B flat, Op.106 (Hammerklavier)

» 29 March 2012 / Leif Ove Andsnes
Chopin Nocturne in B, Op.62 No.1
Debussy Estampes
Chopin Nocturne in E, Op.62 No.2
Debussy Images, Book 1
Chopin Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Chopin Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38
Chopin Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
Chopin Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52

» 23 April 2012 / Mitsuko Uchida
Schubert Sonata in C minor, D.958
Schubert Sonata in A, D.959
Schubert Sonata in B flat, D.960

» 1 May 2012/ Yuja Wang
Programme to be announced.

» 15 May 2012 / Lars Vogt
Haydn Sonata in C, Hob.XVI/50
Larcher Poems
Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op.35 No.1
Chopin Berceuse in D flat, Op.57
Chopin Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (Marche funèbre)

» 22 May 2012 / Arcadi Volodos
Schubert Sonata in A minor, D.784
Brahms 3 Intermezzi, Op.117
Liszt Sonata in B minor

» 13 June 2012 / Alexei Volodin
Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.31 No.3
Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op.13 (Pathétique)
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite (arr. Pletnev)
Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka

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