Philip Glass Live – The Complete Piano Etudes

“Seeing the work of two decades compressed into an evening [of Piano Etudes] was immensely satisfying as America’s greatest living composer stakes his claim for immortality.”
—The Guardian

Philip Glass conceived The Complete Piano Etudes as a set of twenty works for solo piano in order to expand his piano technique. In the 1990s Glass composed sixteen of the etudes with each taking a unique approach to the instrument. After a decade, the final four piano etudes were commissioned in celebration of Glass’s 75th birthday and premiered in Perth, Australia in 2013. Glass and international guest pianists Vicky Chow (USA/Canada), Jenny Lin (USA), Jónas Sen (Iceland), and Madeline Hildebrand (Winnipeg) will perform The Complete Piano Etudes in an evening of master piano works for the 21st century.

Presented with the support of Michael Nesbitt

Presented with the support of Grant and Eleanor MacDougall

Produced by Pomegranate Arts

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