Piano recital

Was the world a better place in the Romantic era? Alexander Melnikov explores this question through his piano recital – following the theme of our Biennale entitled Paradise Lost? On the threat to nature. With Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, Melnikov leads you through idyllic landscapes and man-made chasms, reveals the poetry of Schumann’s Waldszenen, and shows atmospheric images of nature in Franz Liszt’s piano works. The forest appears here as a place of retreat – from the self and from encroaching industrialisation. By contrast, Alexander Scriabin prophesies the destruction of the world in the grand conflagration of Vers la flamme.

Artists/Collaborators: Alexander Melnikov

Next date:

• Date Tuesday, 18/February/2025 20:00
• Venue Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal
• Address Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten