The 3rd International Festival of Piano Duets is a unique event not only in Poland, but also in Europe. Between 3-6 March 2019, at the Stanisław Moniuszko Gdańsk Academy of Music, we will see perform as many as nine award-winning piano duos.
Piano duets rarely play in concert halls because of the requirement of having two grand pianos on the stage. This does not contitute a problem for the Music Academy in Gdańsk, which has such instruments in its Concert Hall. The International Festival of Piano Duets will start on 3 March at 7.00 p.m. with the extraordinary recital of Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo from Germany. In the next three days (March 4-6), there will be two concerts daily, at 4.00 and at 7.00 p.m. Among the festival guests, we will find well-known Polish ensembles, including Ravel Piano Duo (winner of the "Fryderyk" award), Granat & Kreda Piano Duo, Furmańska & Kuchniak Piano Duo, Godziński Piano Duo, and Piórkowski & Sikała Piano Duo, as well as international musicians, like Sakamoto sisters from Japan, Kopeliuk & Sediuk from Ukraine, and Sherniakova & Berezan from Russia.
The repertoire for piano duets includes both pieces for four hands (with one piano), as well as for two pianos. During the festival, we will listen to, among others, works by Jerzy Bauer, Witold Lutosławski, Roman Maciejewski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Romauld Twardowski, and Władysław Żeleński. The concerts will give the opportunity to get acquainted with these beautiful repertoire and compare different styles and international interpretations.
Admission to all the events is free!
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
Full programme available at: http://www.amuz.gda.pl/events/iii-miedzynarodowy-festiwal-duetow-fortepianowych/
