Pierre-Laurent Aimard

In his Catalogue d’Oiseaux, Olivier Messiaen discovered new sound worlds for the piano. During a long night at the Philharmonie, Pierre-Laurent Aimard will bring this compendium of birdsong, which – according to Messiaen – is at the beginning of all music, to life.

Program 30th of August 2019:

• Olivier Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux for Piano

In his second piano recital, Pierre-Laurent Aimard will present a technically and musically challenging programme: Beethoven’s Hammerklaviersonata requires an extraordinary mastery by the pianist and Lachenmann’s multi-layered Serynade presents an additional demand for a virtuoso pedal technique.

Program 6th of September 2019:

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, op. 106 Hammerklavier
• Helmut Lachenmann: Serynade, Music for Piano