XXI Festival Chopin at the Cartuja de Valldemossa

Four recitals and an exhibition make up the poster for the XXI Festival Chopin that will present once more some of the best present day pianists at the Cartoixa de Valldemossa.

The exhibition in the Festival, by the artist Pep-Maür Serra, comprises an installation called "Concepte: Ciment". This will open on August 3 at the Sala Capitular and can be visited throughout the month of August until the 30th.

The piano recitals will take place on the four Sundays of August, at 10 p.m. in the Cloister of the Monastery. The programme is:

05/08/2001
Garrick Ohlsson
First Prize and Gold Medalist for the VIII International Fréderic Chopin Contest in Warsaw.
Works by Bach, Liszt and Chopin.

12/08/2001
Racha Arodaky
Garlanded by the Ychudi Menuhin Foundation . First Prize in the Johannes Brahms Contest, 1997.
Works by Scarlatti, Haendel Mendelssohn, Scriabin and Chopin.

19/08/2001
Marc-André Hamelin
First Prize in the Carnegie Hall International American Music Contest, 1985.
Works by Beethoven, John Field, Liszt, Chopin and Godowsky.

26/08/2001 (Tribute to Emili Muriscot)
Kiev Portella
First Prize in the VI Concurs de Piano d'Eivissa
Works by Mussorgski
Albert Díaz
First Prize in the V Concurs de Piano d'Eivissa
Works by Chopin, Granados, Mas Porcel and Debussy
Xavier Mut
First Prize in the Piano Contest Perfecto García Chornet de València, 1997.
Works by Chopin.

Information, bookings and advanced sales on telephone and fax: 971 612 351

More information about Chopin:
- www.chopin.org
- Web in English dedicated to the composer Chopin by the youngster Sebastià Tortella Rosselló
- Web in French dedicated to George Sand

More information about Valldemossa:
- Ayuntamiento de Valldemossa
- Cartuja de Valldemossa
- Other webs and news relating to Valldemossa

Datum: 26/07/2001

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