Portland Piano International: Alexander Korsantia

Alexander Korsantia, the piano world's "quiet maverick" (Daily Telegraph), makes his long-awaited PPI debut with a program contrasting the graceful pianism of Classical Vienna with the ravishing bravura of one of Stravinsky's most groundbreaking ballets — presented for our audiences in the pianist's own breathtakingly virtuosic transcription.

Beethoven's early Sonata in E-flat Major finds the composer already pushing against the boundaries of Classical style — especially in its alluring slow movement, filled with breathtaking silences in which time stands still. And hear The Rite of Spring with fresh ears in Korsantia's riveting new transcription, in which the solo piano thrillingly renders Stravinsky's menagerie of orchestral colors.

June 3 at 4pm Schubert and Stravinsky
June 4 at 4pm Beethoven and Stravinsky

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