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Carnegie Hall Presents

Alexandre Kantorow, Piano

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Alexandre Kantorow by Sasha Gusov
After his 2023 Carnegie Hall debut, Alexandre Kantorow was called “an exemplar of a new generation” by The New York Times, whose critic noted the “intriguing tension between Kantorow’s lucid, pearly touch and the Romantic wildness of his music making.” Tonight, the Gilmore Artist Award winner and International Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medalist returns to even greater anticipation. His program features two rarely performed works: Medtner’s Romantic Piano Sonata in F Minor and a significant set of variations Liszt wrote on a theme by J. S. Bach. Several well-loved piano works complete the program, including a Chopin prelude; an unconventional, single-movement piano sonata from Scriabin’s late period; and Beethoven’s boldly heroic “Waldstein” Sonata.

Part of: Keyboard Virtuosos II

Performers

Alexandre Kantorow, Piano

Program

LISZT Variations on the Theme "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (after J. S. Bach)

MEDTNER Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5

CHOPIN Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45

SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 10

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"

Support for this program is provided by the Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund.

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