Extreme Chopin – A Finale Preview by Piano Virtuoso Brian Ganz at the KF Washington, DC Center

You are warmly invited to a special musical evening:

Extreme Chopin: A Finale Preview!
Sunday, March 29 at 5:00 PM
Kosciuszko Foundation Washington DC Center

As acclaimed pianist Brian Ganz approaches the final concert of his remarkable 16-year journey performing the complete works of Fryderyk Chopin at the Music Center at Strathmore, he will offer the Kosciuszko Foundation community an intimate and exclusive preview of this culminating recital.

The program will showcase some of Chopin’s most exquisite late works, including the luminous Barcarolle and the delicate Berceuse. Audiences will also enjoy rarely performed gems such as the sparkling Rondo in C major for solo piano, Op. 73, composed when Chopin was just 18, along with a short yet passionate waltz only recently discovered in a New York City library.

This unique event offers a rare opportunity to experience these masterpieces up close in an intimate setting.

The event is partially financed by the Bobinski Fund.

Admission:
KF Members: $20
Non-members: $30

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

We look forward to sharing this extraordinary musical experience with you.

Brian Ganz is widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation. A laureate of the Marguerite Long Jacques Thibaud and the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Piano Competitions, Mr. Ganz has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the St. Louis Symphony, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the National Philharmonic (USA), the National Symphony (USA), the City of London Sinfonia, and the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed with such conductors as Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop, Mstislav Rostropovich, Piotr Gajewski and Yoel Levi.

The Washington Post has written: “One comes away from a recital by pianist Brian Ganz not only exhilarated by the power of the performance but also moved by his search for artistic truth.” For many years, Mr. Ganz has made it his mission to join vivid music-making with warmth and intimacy onstage to produce a new kind of listening experience in which great works come to life with authentic emotional power. As one of Belgium’s leading newspapers, La Libre Belgique, put it, “We don’t have the words to speak of this fabulous musician who lives music with a generous urgency and brings his public into a state of intense joy.”