Considered a “brilliant musician and an extraordinary visionary” (The Wall Street Journal), French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard enjoys an internationally celebrated career. As a master performer of Beethoven, Aimard recorded Beethoven’s entire catalogue of piano concertos and both the “Hammerklavier” Sonata and “Eroica Variations.” He is widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and has had close collaborations with many leading composers including György Ligeti, whose complete works for piano he has recorded. Praised by The Guardian as “one of the best Messiaen interpreters around,” Aimard has had a close association to the composer himself and with Yvonne Loriod, with whom he studied at the Paris Conservatoire.

Program: Ludwig van Beethoven: 7 Bagatelles, op. 33

Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, op. 119

Pierre Boulez: Notations

Arnold Schoenberg: Six Little Piano Pieces, op.19

Anton Webern: Variations for Piano, op. 27

Pierre Boulez: Sonata for Piano No. 1

Claude Debussy: Études, L. 136

      3. Pour les quartes

      7. Pour les degrés chromatiques

      11. Pour les arpéges composés

Pierre Boulez: Sonata for Piano No. 3