Isata Kanneh-Mason pictured in front of a grand piano in a blue dress.

Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital Beethoven, Ravel & Tabakova

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 90 minutes, 1 interval Subject to change
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Rising star Isata Kanneh-Mason makes her much-anticipated Australian debut with three landmarks of the piano repertoire

Acclaimed as ‘a profound and greatly gifted artist’ (Gramophone) and ‘a pianist who makes lines sing beautifully and virtuosic passages dance,’ (BBC Music Magazine), this captivating pianist brings her energy and precision to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

The jaw-dropping virtuosity, power and nuance demanded by these big works makes this a program of exciting moments. Two of Beethoven’s best-loved sonatas, the shadowy, poetic Moonlight and the exuberant Waldstein, are paired with Ravel’s fiendishly difficult Gaspard de la Nuit – one of the most demanding pieces in the piano repertoire. In Isata’s hands, the vivid atmospheres and poignant intensity of these works become thrillingly present.  

As a quietly radiant counterpoint, two pieces by contemporary Bulgarian-British composer Dobrinka Tabakova round out one must-see Sydney debut.

If you love the pure pleasure of piano in recital, you will get so much out of this debut by a performer who’s leaving audiences buzzing around the world over.  

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.14, Moonlight 
RAVEL Gaspard de la Nuit 
Dobrinka TABAKOVA Nocturne 
Dobrinka TABAKOVA Halo 
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.21, Waldstein

Artists

Isata Kanneh-Mason Piano 

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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