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Masters of the Keyboard: Rafal Blechacz

92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York City

One of today's most celebrated young pianists--Rafal Blechacz, the most recent winner of the quadrennial Gilmore Artist Award and first-prize winner at the Chopin International Competition--marks his 92Y debut with a program featuring Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. Praised by the great pianist Martha Argerich as "a very honest, extraordinary and sensitive artist," he's only the second Polish artist to be…

$55

Concert: Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven’s Pupil and Patron

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York

Ignat Solzhenitsyn, piano, Korbinian Altenberger, violin, Na-Young Baek, cello. Illustrated talk by Ignat Solzhenitsyn. The most significant of Beethoven’s noble patrons during his years in Vienna was Archduke Rudolph of Austria, youngest brother of the Emperor Franz. Beethoven began teaching Rudolph piano in around 1803–04, and the archduke later became his sole composition student. He was also the only one…

Beethoven Perspectives: the works for cello and piano, plus three world premieres

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City

Francesco Dillon (cello) and Emanuele Torquati (piano) "The two performers succeed masterfully" —Il Corriere Musicale "Dillon and Torquati gave a warm and fluent performance... perfect balance of delicacy and momentum." —Il Giornale della Musica Anticipating the 250th anniversary of his birth, the Italian Academy presents Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano performed by two of Italy's finest musicians, cellist…