Kirill Gerstein looking to the side against a vibrant green backdrop.

Kirill Gerstein in Recital

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Kirill Gerstein returns to Sydney with a recital of music by the great German Romantic composers Mendelssohn, Schumann and Liszt

Kirill Gerstein brings his ‘serious, intelligent and virtuosic music-making’ (The Observer) back to the Sydney Opera House.

Mendelssohn’s Variations Serieuses reveals quiet mastery. Schumann’s Fantasie Op.17 follows, moving from dreamy to desperate and back again. 

Liszt somehow evokes all the passion of Wagner’s Isolde’s Liebestod on one piano, but even that cannot prepare you for what comes next: his B minor Sonata, with a symphony’s worth of drama, darkness and grace. An epic program that saves its most extraordinary work for last.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Program

MENDELSSOHN Variations Serieuses
R SCHUMANN Fantasie in C
WAGNER arr. Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod
LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor

Artists

Piano
Kirill Gerstein

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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. 

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