PIANISTSTEPHEN HOUGH WILL REPLACE MURRAY PERAHIA
IN RECITAL AT CARNEGIE HALL ON NOVEMBER 18
Mr. Perahia Cancels Fall Tour Due to Injury
Carnegie Hall today announced thatpianist Stephen Hough will replace pianist Murray Perahia in recital on Thursday,November 18 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Mr. Perahia isrecovering from a hand injury and regrets that he is therefore not able toundertake his fall recital tour. Mr. Hough will perform works by Beethoven,Janácek, Scriabin, and Liszt. Complete program information is listed below.
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Pianist Stephen Hough is widely regarded as one of the most importantand distinctive pianists of his generation, In 2001, he was awarded aprestigious MacArthur Fellowship. Mr. Hough has appeared with many of the majorEuropean and American orchestras and plays recitals regularly in major hallsand concert series around the world. Recent engagements include performanceswith the New York and London philharmonics, the London and San Franciscosymphony orchestras, a US tour with the Russian National Orchestra led byVladimir Jurowski, and a worldwide televised performance with the BerlinerPhilharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle. Mr. Hough is also an avid writer andcomposer. In addition to scholarly and critically-acclaimed CD liner notes andarticles for music publications, he has written for The Guardian, TheTimes, and was invited by the Telegraph Media Group in December 2008 tostart a cultural blog. A resident of London, Mr. Hough is a visiting professorat the Royal Academy of Music in London and holds the International Chair ofPiano Studies at his alma mater, the Royal Northern College in Manchester,England. Mr. Hough last performed in recital at Carnegie Hall in SternAuditorium/Perelman Stage on February 12, 2009.
Program Information
Thursday, November 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
STEPHEN HOUGH, Piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2,"Moonlight"
LEOŠ JANÁCEK Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN Sonata No. 4, Op. 30
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
FRANZ LISZT Sonata in B Minor
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