Cedric Tiberghien

Cedric Tiberghien is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from France in recent years. Internationally, Tiberghien’s career rapidly came to prominence when he won the 1998 Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris and since then he has performed in the great concert halls in Europe and America, with an impressive line up of international orchestras and conductors.

Cedric Tiberghien’s musical imagination and versatility has captivated audiences worldwide. Fantasy, innovation and inventiveness run through all four works in this evening’s programme. Mozart’s harmonically bold C minor Fantasy looks ahead to Beethoven. Chopin is credited with inventing the Ballade – a musical form that went on to inspire Liszt and Brahms. In the second half we hear Bach’s daring Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, followed by Schumann’s fantastical suite of mercurial mood changes, Kreisleriana, which the composer dedicated to Chopin.

Queen Elizabeth Hall