Season 2014/2015
I Grandi Interpreti Concert
Maurizio Pollini
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "Der Sturm"
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
Fryderyk Chopin
Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat major, op.61
3 Mazurkas, op.63
Valzer in D-flat major, op.64 n.1
Valzer in C-sharp minor, op.64 n.2
Scherzo n.3 in C-sharp minor, op.39
Maurizio Pollini
He was born in Milan in 1942 and received his diploma from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory. Upon winning the International Chopin Piano Competition in 1960, Arthur Rubinstein said: "This young man plays better than all of us." Renowned for his interpretations of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, he also frequently performs works composed for him by Luigi Nono, Giacomo Manzoni and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has received many awards, including two Grammy Awards, the Ehrenring which is awarded by the Vienna Philharmonic, the Premio ‘Una vita nella musica’ - Arthur Rubinstein and the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize. He is an Artiste Étoile at the Lucerne Festival and in 2010 received the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo.
