Candler Concert Series
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The world-renowned French classical pianist Hélène Grimaud makes a rare appearance in the Southeast for a transformative recital performance. In this Candler Concert Series performance, Grimaud performs Schumann’s Kreisleriana and selected works by Chopin, Debussy, and Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov.
“It is said that music rescues what has been lost. That is a beautiful idea. Yet in a sense, music does even more. Music peels back the layers of time to reveal the essence of experience,” Grimaud says. “Momentary pain, distress, elation, fade; what remains is sensation.”
In her Schwartz Center concert, Grimaud will perform Robert Schumann’s early masterpiece Kreisleriana, written in 1838 when his compositions had become more experimental and complex. This was a period of tormented courtship with pianist Clara Wieck, who would become his wife, and the music swings violently and suddenly between agitation and lyrical calm, between dread and elation.
Also featured will be works by Valentin Silvestrov, Ukraine’s most famous living composer. At age 84, Silvestrov is living as a refugee in Berlin, where he has become a musical spokesman for his country, now at war with Russia. In concert, Grimaud will also perform works by Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, and Erik Satie, which she recorded on her 2018 album Memory.