Murray Perahia

Performers

• Murray Perahia, Piano

Program

• BACH Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
• BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
• SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15
• CHOPIN Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Aeolian Harp"
• CHOPIN Mazurka in A-flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2
• CHOPIN Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
• CHOPIN Mazurka in F-sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3
• CHOPIN Scherzo No. 4
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  Encores:
• BRAHMS Intermezzo in C Major, Op. 119, No. 3
• CHOPIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4, "Torrent"
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  Program is approximately 1 hour, 50 minutes, including one intermission

Bios

• MURRAY PERAHIA
  
  With more than 35 years on the concert stage, American pianist Murray Perahia has become one of the most sought-after and cherished pianists of our time. He is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with whom he has toured as conductor and pianist throughout the US, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
  
  Born in New York, Mr. Perahia majored in conducting and composition at Mannes College The New School for Music and spent his summers at the Marlboro Festival, where he collaborated with Rudolf Serkin, Pablo Casals, and the Budapest String Quartet, among others. He also studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski and later developed a close friendship with Vladimir Horowitz, whose perspective and personality were an abiding inspiration.
  
  In 1972, Mr. Perahia won the Leeds International Piano Competition; in 1973, he gave his first concert at the Aldeburgh Festival, where he worked closely with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears—accompanying the latter in many lieder recitals—and later served as the festival’s co-artistic director from 1981 to 1989.
  
  During the 2009–2010 season, Mr. Perahia performs recitals across North America. In Europe, he tours with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (London, Paris, Berlin, and Prague) and appears with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under the baton of Bernard Haitink. Mr. Perahia’s 2008–2009 season included a European tour and Chicago performances as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Mr. Haitink, an extensive recital tour of Asia, and numerous recitals across the US and Europe.
  
  Mr. Perahia has a wide and varied discography. In September 2009, Sony Classical released his recording of Bach partitas nos. 1, 5, and 6. Previous solo recordings feature Beethoven sonatas, opp. 14, 26, and 28; and Bach partitas nos. 2–4. He is the recipient of two Grammy Awards for his recordings of Chopin etudes, opp. 10 and 25, and Bach English suites nos. 1, 3, and 6, respectively. Mr. Perahia has also won several Gramophone Awards. In 1998, Sony Classical released a four-disc set commemorating 25 years of his recordings.
  
  Mr. Perahia recently embarked on an ambitious project to edit the complete Beethoven sonatas for the Henle Urtext edition. He also produced and edited several hours of recently discovered recordings of master classes by legendary pianist Alfred Cortot, which resulted in the highly acclaimed Sony CD release, Alfred Cortot: The Master Classes.
  
  An honorary fellow of the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, Mr. Perahia holds honorary doctorates from Leeds University and Duke University. In 2004, he was awarded an honorary KBE by Her Majesty The Queen, in recognition of his outstanding service to music.
  

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