• Brahms, Schubert and Franck
• Liszt, Schumann and KnussenGroßer Lindensaal
Recital
In the Press
Gerstein / Oramo / BBC Symphony Orchestra
“[Gerstein] is one of the hottest guns in the game, and here he was superb. Gradually asserting his dominance, he extracted fire and thunder from [Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto] first movement, and in the second sent his audience into the ‘Brief Encounter’ dream they had come for…”
- The Independent, Michael Church, 19 July 2012
Kirill Gerstein to Play “Symphony Center Presents” Piano Recital on May 13
April 3rd, 2012Kirill has added a date to his North American tour, performing at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall on May 13th as part of the Chicago Symphony’s Symphony Center Presents piano series. He will be replacing pianist Maurizio Pollini, who has had to cancel his US appearances for health reasons. The program will include Brad Mehldau’s Variations on a Melancholy Theme, a piece specially
commissioned by Kirill, and Schumann’s Carnaval, Op. 9.
Tickets previously issued for this date will be honored, and they can be purchased at cso.org or by calling 800-223-7114.