French May Arts Festival: Great Piano Concertos: Jean-Marc Luisada Plays Mozart

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One of the great masters of the piano, French pianist Jean-Marc Luisada’s extraordinary career of over 30 years has seen him perform at the world’s most prestigious venues with top orchestras. He first came to fame for his achievement at the 1985 Chopin Competition, and is to this day celebrated for his ability to conjure a “range of musical colours and textures in virtuosic passages and dreamy landscapes” (Classic FM).

Luisada will be making his long-overdue Hong Kong début under Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s invitation for its season-opening concert with Music Director Christoph Poppen on 18 April. Mozart’s luminous and spirited Piano Concerto No 9, “Jeunehomme” will be the centrepiece of the evening of orchestral splendour, while a fine selection of classics by Chopin, Haydn and Debussy will feature in Luisada’s solo recital the day after (19 April).

Music Director/Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Piano: Jean-Marc Luisa

Programme:

Takemitsu
Nami no Bon (1996) (Hong Kong première)

Mozart
Piano Concerto No 9 in E-flat, K271, “Jeunehomme”

Brahms
Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73