Kirill Gerstein Tickets

Kirill Gerstein is a showman, a philosopher, poet of the piano. He grew up playing jazz, switched to classical and won the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at just 22. Since then he has carved out a formidable reputation as a fearless artist who makes the impossible sound easy.

For his Canberra concert, he is scaling new heights of virtuosity: Liszt’s power Polonaise in E and Schumann’s Viennese romp, Carnival of Vienna. In the same program, he dives deep into the profundity of Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie, and gives the world premiere of Transcendental Etude, a new commission from Australian Liza Lim.

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 (1846) 14 min
Brad MEHLDAU (b 1970)
Après Fauré No. 3: Nocturne (2024) 3 min
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845–1924)
Nocturne No. 13 in B minor, Op. 119 (1922) 8 min
Francis POULENC (1899–1963)
Three Intermezzi, FP71/118 9 min
I No. 1 in C major
II No. 2 in D-flat major
III No. 3 in A-flat major
Franz LISZT (1811–1886)
Polonaise in E major, S. 223 No. 2 (1850-1) ` 9 min
– INTERVAL –
Frédéric CHOPIN
Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 (1841) 14 min
Liza LIM (b 1966)
Transcendental Étude (2023)* 8 min
Robert SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Carnival of Vienna, Op. 26 (1839) 22 min

*World premiere performances. Commissioned by Musica Viva Australia with funds from the Hildegard Project, championing the work of female composers.