Kirill Gerstein | Musica Viva Australia

Kirill Gerstein is a showman, a philosopher, and a poet of the piano. He grew up playing jazz, switched to classical and won the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at just 22. Since then, he has carved out a formidable reputation as a fearless artist who makes the impossible sound easy. For this seven-city solo recital tour, he is scaling new heights of virtuosity: Liszt’s power Polonaise in E, Schumann’s Viennese romp, Carnival of Vienna, and the wildly difficult, wildly entertaining transcriptions of eccentric piano nerd, Leopold Godowsky. In the same program, he dives deep into the profundity of Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie, and gives the world premiere of Transcendental Etude, a new commission from Australian Liza Lim....

Indicative Rates

$20 to $115

Individual concerts are now on sale in Musica Viva Australia’s season, excluding The Choir of Kings College, Cambridge which can only be accessed through a Musica Viva Australia subscription. We’re expecting demand to be high – book soon to ensure the best seats at competitive prices.

Product Types

• Concert or Performance

Facilities found here

• Non Smoking

Accessibility Information

• Disabled access available, contact operator for details.

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