In the Press

Gerstein / Cleveland Orchestra

“Kirill Gerstein, in his debut with the [Cleveland] Orchestra, proved to be a bold, sensitive soloist [in the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3], with an ability to send piano sound vibrantly into the summer night. … [He] made the lyrical material sing, and his fingers appeared to be unstoppable amid Rachmaninoff’s torrent of notes.”
The Plain Dealer, July 2008 [Donald Rosenberg]


Concert dates 2010

January 6, 2010
Recital with Steven Isserlis
Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON, DC

Programme:
Schumann: Sonata No.3;
Britten: Cello Sonata;
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata

January 8, 2010
Recital with Steven Isserlis
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA

Programme:
Schumann: Sonata No.3;
Britten: Cello Sonata;
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata

January 9, 2010
Recital with Steven Isserlis
Maestro Foundation
Santa Monica,CA

Programme:
Schumann: Sonata No.3;
Britten: Cello Sonata;
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata

January 10, 2010
Recital with Steven Isserlis
San Francisco Performances
San Francisco, CA

Programme:
Schumann: Sonata No.3;
Britten: Cello Sonata;
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata

January 11, 2010
Napa Valley Chamber Music
Napa, CA

Programme:
Schumann: Sonata No.3; Britten: Cello Sonata; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata

January 15, 2010 – January 17, 2010
Houston Symphony / Hans Graf
Houston, TX

Programme:
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (original version);
Ravel: Piano Concerto

January 21, 2010
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Charles Dutoit
La Coruna, Spain

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

January 22, 2010
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Charles Dutoit
Vigo, Spain

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

January 24, 2010
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/ Semyon Bychkov
St. Pölten, Austria

Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Concert Nr. 1 g-moll for piano and orchestra, op. 25

January 25, 2010
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/ Semyon Bychkov
Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

Programme:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Concert Nr. 1 g-moll for piano and orchestra, op. 25

January 29, 2010
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Walter Weller
Gstaad, Switzerland

Programme:
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto no.1

February 6, 2010 – February 7, 2010
Memphis Symphony / Thomas Wilkins
Memphis, TN

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Debut]

February 11, 2010 – February 12, 2010
Brno State Philharmonic / Christoph-Mathias Mueller
Brno, Czech Republic

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

February 19, 2010
Göttinger Symphonie-Orchester / Christoph-Mathias Mueller
Göttingen, Germany

Programme:
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2

February 22, 2010
Recital
Freiburg, Germany

Programme:
Bach: English Suite in A minor;
Busoni: Sonatina in signo Joannis Sebastiani magni; Toccata;
Schumann: Toccata;
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor

February 26, 2010
Recital
Mainz, Germany

Programme:
Bach: English Suite in A minor;
Busoni: Sonatina in signo;
Joannis Sebastiani magni;
Schumann: Toccata;
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor

March 4, 2010 – March 6, 2010
Chicago Symphony / Charles Dutoit
Chicago, IL

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Debut]

March 11, 2010 – March 13, 2010
Atlanta Symphony / Vassily Sinaisky
Atlanta, GA

Programme:
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Debut]

March 20, 2010
Toledo Symphony / Julian Wachner
Toledo, OH

Programme:
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue;
Rachmaninoff: “Paganini Variations”

March 26, 2010
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin / Ingo Metzmacher
Warsaw, Poland

Programme:
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

March 28, 2010
Recital with Tabea Zimmerman
Hamburg, Germany

Programme:
Brahms; Schumann;
Stravinsky; Shostakovich: works for viola & piano

April 8, 2010
Rochester Philharmonic / James Gaffigan
Rochester, NY

Programme:
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 for Piano & Orchestra, “Age of Anxiety” [Debut]

April 10, 2010
Rochester Philharmonic / James Gaffigan
Rochester, NY

Programme:
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 for Piano & Orchestra, “Age of Anxiety” [Debut]

April 15, 2010
Recital with Clemens Hagen, cello
Lustenau, Austria

Programme:
C.Debussy Cellosonate Nr. 1 d-Moll
L. Janacek Drei Märchen, Pohádka
Antonin Dvorak Rondo g-Moll, op. 94
L. v. Beethoven Variationen für Cello und Klavier „Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen“ WoO 46
J. Brahms Sonate Nr. 2 F-Dur, op. 99

April 16, 2010
Recital with Clemens Hagen, cello
Salzburg, Austria

Programme: see previous

April 18, 2010
Recital with Clemens Hagen, cello
Copenhagen, Denmark

Programme: see previous

April 24, 2010
State Academic Symphony Orchestra / Mark Gorenstein
St. Gallen, Switzerland

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

April 26, 2010
State Academic Symphony Orchestra / Mark Gorenstein
Zurich, Switzerland

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

April 27, 2010
State Academic Symphony Orchestra / Mark Gorenstein
Bern, Switzerland

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

April 29, 2010
State Academic Symphony Orchestra / Mark Gorenstein
Visp, Switzerland

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

April 30, 2010
State Academic Symphony Orchestra / Mark Gorenstein
Geneva, Switzerland

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

May 3, 2010
Recital / The Gilmore Keyboard Festival
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Programme:

Busoni Sonatina no. 5 brevis ‘in signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni’
Oliver Knussen Ophelia’s Last Dance, op. 32
Commissioned by the Gilmore Keyboard Festival; first performance.
Schumann: Humoreske, Op. 20
Busoni Sonatina no. 6 super Carmen (Carmen Fantasy)
Knussen Ophelia’s Last Dance (reprise)
Liszt:  Sonata in B Minor

May 8, 2010
Recital / The Gilmore Keyboard Festival
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Programme:
Smetana: Sarka, from My Fatherland
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Milhaud: Creation of the World
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

May 9, 2010
Recital / Town Hall, New York
New York

Programme:
Busoni Sonatina no. 5 brevis ‘in signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni’
Oliver Knussen Ophelia’s Last Dance, op. 32
Commissioned by the Gilmore Keyboard Festival; first performance.
Schumann: Humoreske, Op. 20
Busoni Sonatina no. 6 super Carmen (Carmen Fantasy)
Knussen Ophelia’s Last Dance (reprise)
Liszt: Sonata in B Minor

May 16, 2010
Stuttgart Staatsorchester
Michael Schoenwandt, conductor
STUTTGART, Germany

Programme:
Brahms Concerto no. 1, op. 15

May 17, 2010
Stuttgart Staatsorchester
Michael Schoenwandt, conductor
STUTTGART, Germany

Programme:
Brahms Concerto no. 1, op. 15

May 27, 2010
Recital
NEUMARKT, Germany

Programme:
Schumann, Knussen and Liszt

June 1, 2010
Recital
NEUMARKT, Germany

Programme:
Schumann, Knussen and Liszt

June 8 – 11, 2010
Loviisa Sibelius Chamber Music Festival
LOVIISA, Finland

Programme:
Schumann Humoresque op 20
Schumann Piano Quartet op. 47
Schumann Violin Sonata no. 2, op. 121 and other works

June 16, 2010
Festival Internazionale Quartetto d’Archi
Teatro Cavallerizza
Kuss String Quartet
Sylvia Schwartz, soprano
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy

Programme:
Works by F. Mendelssohn, R. Schumann, J. Brahms, C. Wieck Schumann

June 17, 2010
Teatro della Cavallerizza
With Kuss Spring Quartet
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy

Programme:
Bach: English Suite in A minor, No. 2
Schumann: Humoreske in B flat major, Op. 20
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44

June 18, 2010
Teatro della Cavallerizza
With Kuss String Quartet and Miklos Perenyi, cello
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy

Programme:
Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston for cello and piano, Op. 102
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

June 20, 2010
Mercator-Halle
DUISBURG, Germany

Programme:
Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

June 27, 2010
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
CORK, Ireland

Programme:
Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, “Trout”

June 30, 2010
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
CORK, Ireland

Programme:
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60

July 1, 2010
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
CORK, Ireland

Programme:
Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 30

July 3, 2010
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
CORK, Ireland

Programme:
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

July 19, 2010
Verbier Festival and Academy
VERBIER, Switzerland

Programme:
Brahms: Liebesliederwaltzer, Op. 52
Other Works by Brahms and Schubert

July 24, 2010
Recital with Yuri Bashmet
Verbier Festival and Academy
VERBIER, Switzerland

Programme:
Beethoven: Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major, Op. 42
Schubert: Sonata in A minor
Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147

July 26, 2010
Verbier Festival and Academy
VERBIER, Switzerland

Programme:
Pfitzner: Sextet in G minor, Op. 55

July 29, 2010
Masterclass for Boston University Tanglewood Institute
BOSTON, MA

Programme:
TBA

July 30, 2010
Tanglewood
Boston Symphony
Charles Dutoit, conductor
LENOX, MA

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

July 31, 2010
Recital
Tannery Pond Concerts
NEW LEBANON, NY

Programme:
TBA

August 6, 2010
Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
SARATOGA, NY

Programme:
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2

August 9, 2010
Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
SARATOGA, NY

Programme:
Faure: Dolly Suite, Op. 56 for Piano, four hands
Schumann: Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 44

August 18, 2010
Royal Philharmonic
Charles Dutoit, conductor
SHANGHAI, China

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

August 19, 2010
Masterclass for Shanghai Conservatory
SHANGHAI, China

Programme:
TBA

August 31, 2010
The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival
With Latica Honda-Rosenberg
JERUSALEM, Israel

Programme:
Brahms: Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100

September 1, 2010
The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival
JERUSALEM, Israel

Programme:
Schumann: Fantasiestücke in A minor, op. 88
Chopin: Introduction, Theme & Variations in D major
Chopin: Variations in E major for flute & piano
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Wolf: Michelangelo Lieder
Reger: Vier Lieder, op. 97
Korngold: String Sextet, op. 10

September 4, 2010
The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival
JERUSALEM, Israel

Programme:
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 38

September 5, 2010
The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival
JERUSALEM, Israel

Programme:
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire

September 14, 2010
Beethovenfest
BONN, Germany

Programme:
Beethoven: 10 Variations for Piano Trio in G major on Wenzel Muller’s song, “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, “Ghost Trio”
Shostakovich: Piano Trio

September 16, 2010
Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
Alan Buribayev, conductor
NORRKÖPING, Sweden

Programme:
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor

September 17, 2010
Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
Alan Buribayev, conductor
LINKÖPING, Sweden

Programme:
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor

September 24, 2010
Modesto Symphony Orchestra
David Lockington, conductor
MODESTO, CA

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

September 25, 2010
Modesto Symphony Orchestra
David Lockington, conductor
MODESTO, CA

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

October 7-10, 2010
Severance Hall
Cleveland Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
CLEVELAND, OH

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

October 14, 2010
Flint Center,
San Francisco Symphony
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
CUPERTINO, CA

Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

October 15-17, 2010
San Francisco Symphony
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Programme:
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Walton: Symphony No. 1

October 24, 2010
Nürnberger Symphoniker
Christoph Campestrini, conductor
NÜRNBERG, Germany

Programme:
Strauss: Burlesque

October 28-29, 2010
Stavanger Konserthus
Stavanger Symfoniorkester
Steven Sloane, conductor
STAVANGER, Norway

Programme:
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

November 4-5, 2010
Stockholm Concert Hall
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Programme:
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3

November 19-21, 2010
Bass Performance Hall
Fort Worth Symphony
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
FORTH WORTH, TX

Programme:
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: Boléro

December 9-11, 2010
R&H Segerstrom Concert Hall
Pacific Symphony
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
SANTA ANA, CA

Programme:
Torke: Javelin
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9