Festival Chopin at the Cartoixa in Valldemossa

Four recitals and an exhibition make up the poster for the Festival Chopin 2002 that will present once more some of the best present day pianists at the Cartoixa de Valldemossa.

"Pictorial series about the twenty four preludes by Frédéric Chopin" is the name of the exhibition by the British artist James Lambourne, linked to Valldemossa since 1962. This will open on August 2 at the Sala Capitular and can be visited throughout the month of August until the 30th, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Sundays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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

Sunday, August 4
Joaquín Achúcarro (piano)
Works by Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Albéniz-Godowsky and Albéniz

Sunday, August 11
I Part
Patrycja Piekutowska (violin) - Edward Wolanin (piano) and Karol Radziwonowicz (piano)
Works by Wieniawski, Szymanowsky and Paderewski
II Part
Anna Radziejewska (mezzo-soprano) - Karol Radziwonowicz (piano) and Edward Wolanin (piano)
Works by Paderewski, Szymanowsky and Chopin

Sunday, August 18
Jean-Marc Luisada (piano)
Works by Haydn, Chopin and Schumann

Sunday, August 25
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Works by Chopin, Liszt, Ravel and Messiaen

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

More information about the Copin Festival 2002: www.festivalchopin.com

More information about the Cartoixa: Virtual visit to the Cartoixa in Valldemossa

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Date of publication: 20/07/2002

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