Lunch concert with Anna Geniushene

Description

Pianistic discoveries are also offered in 2027 by the series of lunch concerts at midday at the Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne. It is opened by Anna Geniushene, who combines virtuosity with spirituality in works by Prokofiev, Verdi, Liszt, and Stravinsky. How do new pianists get on the radar of a piano festival? At Le Piano Symphonique, one way is through the connection to the renowned Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. After the 2022 Cliburn competition winner, Yunchan Lim, another influential personality of this competition appears in 2027 with Anna Geniushene: she won the silver medal behind the 18-year-old prodigy from South Korea. The prize brought an internationally recognized pianist into the spotlight, who had emerged on her debut album with heavyweights of the Russian repertoire of modernity and late romanticism. However, her work goes far beyond a virtuoso career. "As concert pianists, we have dedicated our lives to a miracle," she says herself: "Standing on stage and entering into a dialogue with the music and myself has something spiritual." Both shape the program with which Anna Geniushene opens the lunch concerts at the Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne. Prokofiev's sarcasms and his fourth piano sonata combine sharp contours with inner tension. In the fragments from Stravinsky's Firebird, hellish virtuosity flares up. This merges with the sacred in two famous Liszt paraphrases after operas by Giuseppe Verdi: In the Miserere from Il Trovatore, pressing virtuosity liberates soulful bel canto from pitch-black dungeon darkness. In the Danza sacra e duetto finale d’Aida, it opens the tomb of Aida and Radamès sparklingly towards bright transcendence. Cast
Piano: Anna Geniushene Program
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)
Sarcasms, op. 17 | 12’
Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, op. 29 | 18’ Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
"Miserere" from the opera Il Trovatore | 5’ Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Danza sacra e duetto finale d’Aida, S 436 | 12’ Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
Three fragments from The Firebird | 12’ Concert end approx. 13:10 SCHWEIZERHOF LUNCH OFFER
Combine music and enjoyment: You can book the matching lunch offer in the Brasserie VICO at the Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne together with the lunch concerts.

Highlights

• Lunch concert with Anna Geniushene
• Works by Prokofiev, Verdi, Liszt, and Stravinsky
• Silver medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 2022

General Information

The lunch concert at the Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne is opened by the pianist Anna Geniushene. She presents a program that combines virtuosity and spirituality and includes works by significant composers of classical music.

Location

Schweizerhofquai 3, 6004 Luzern, Switzerland

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