Event is Live
Carnegie Hall Presents
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano
Pierre Boulez Centenary
Sunday, March 2, 2025
2 PM
Weill Recital Hall
Pierre-Laurent Aimard by Julia Wesely
“To listen to Aimard in action is to feel the gears of a composition mesh in new ways,” writes the San Francisco Chronicle. In this thrilling meeting of artistic sensibilities, renowned pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard gives audiences powerful new insight into the distinctive genius of his late teacher and collaborator, Pierre Boulez. “He likes to put interpreters at the border of what’s possible and what is not. If you like that, it’s incredibly exciting,” Aimard says of the influential composer. Piano works by Boulez are featured alongside carefully selected pieces by Bartók, Ravel, and Schoenberg in this unique matinee recital.
Performers
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano
Program
BARTÓK Selections from Mikrokosmos
BOULEZ Douze notations
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
BOULEZ Piano Sonata No. 1
SCHOENBERG Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23
BOULEZ Piano Sonata No. 3