Washington Performing Arts: Nikolai Lugansky, piano
$57.50
- Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "Tempest"
Richard Wagner — Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D (selections; arr. Nikolai Lugansky)
Franz Liszt / Richard Wagner — "Isolde's Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde, S. 447
"The pianist of the overwhelming sensitivity, who puts forward not himself, but the music." – Daily Telegraph
Praised as "one of the most outstanding artists of our epoch" (Le Monde), Nikolai Lugansky is a pianist of extraordinary depth and versatility. Regularly appearing with major orchestras across the globe, this is a special opportunity to experience Lugansky's divine interpretations in the intimate Terrace Theater – his first return to Washington Performing Arts since his 1996 Hayes Piano Series debut. Often celebrated for the deftness by which he approaches Rachmaninov's cannon, Lugansky offers an unconventionally special program rooted in the Romantic music of Mendelssohn and Wagner. Hear the rolling melodies of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, written while and influenced by the composers tour of Italy, Switzerland, and Germany; plus Wagner's Brünnhilde and Siegfried's love duet, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, and Lugansky's own transcription of Wagner's 4 Scenes from Götterdämmerung.
About Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St NWWashington, DC 20566
United States
https://www.kennedy-center.org/rentals/theater-rentals/terrace-theater/