Konstantin Scherbakov

Kontantin Scherbakov, a celebrated Russian pianist, will give a recital during the Polish Music Festival in Krakow's Sukiennice. Konstantin Scherbakov was the winner of the first Rachmaninov Competition in 1983. Among his released records are recordings of all Tchaikovsky's Piano Concertos, the nine Beethoven symphonies (as transcribed for the piano by Liszt), and music by Godowsky, Medtner, Respighi, Shostakovich, and Lyapunov. Critical acclaim has been high; Gramophone magazine has said that Scherbakov plays with "delicacy and affection", and the German Critics' Circle has twice awarded Scherbakov its top prize, once for a recording of Godowsky's Sonata in E minor and again a rare performance of Franz Liszt's incredibly difficult transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. His record of Shostakovich's Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues was labeled "a triumph" by ClassicsToday.com, and won him a classical award at Cannes in 2001.

• Py­otr Tcha­iko­vsky: Chant élégia­que op. 72
• Frédéric Cho­pin: Fan­ta­sy in F mi­nor op. 49
• Sergei Rach­ma­ni­now: Va­ria­tions on a The­me of Cho­pin op. 22
• Frédéric Cho­pin: An­dan­te spia­na­to and Grand Po­lo­na­ise Bril­lan­te in E flat ma­jor op. 22