Aaron Pilsan – Klavier

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Aaron Pilsan – Klavier

In keeping with this year's festival motto, there is a whole new world to discover on this evening, which the young Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan has put together for the moselmusikfestival. The recital includes not only works by two female composers, but also the very rarely heard, tremendously colourful Suite No.3 op.18 "pièces impromptus" by the most important Romanian composer Georges Enescu. Judith Weir, the English composer with Scottish roots, stands with her compositions entirely in the tradition of Benjamin Britten and dispenses with avant-garde techniques. In her work, which gives this evening its title, she not only explores the possibilities of a piano's "touch", but also seems to dissect the great piano etude teacher, Carl Czerny, in a very humorous way. Clara Schumann's Romance op.11, No. 1 and the large-scale "Symphonic Etudes op.13" by Robert Schumann, the first version of which was later performed by his wife Clara in Leipzig in 1837, form a particularly delightful programme pairing. Aaron Pilsan, who was trained by Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Lars Vogt, knows how to turn all this into a very special musical experience through his "art of touching the piano".

Photo: © Harald Hoffmann