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THE PIANISTS

The list of world renowned pianists from both the international classical and jazz scenes who are visiting this opening season is a long one indeed: some two and a half-dozen classical pianists appear in solo recitals and with and the shows off its versatility with the aid of a number of first-class jazz improvisers. In the list below, lieder and chamber music recitals with piano have not been included.

Jan Lisiecki & NDR (Krzysztof Urbański): : Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54, 22/25 Sept 2016, (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestera) Jan Lisiecki & Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Yannick Nézet-Séguin): Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11, 15 Mar 2017, Elbphilharmonie (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

Andreas Staier & Ensemble Resonanz: »Galaxy – die Himmel erzählen«, 23 Sept 2016, Laeiszhalle (Ensemble Resonanz)

Daniil Trifonov & Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala (Riccardo Chailly): Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54, 28 Sept 2016, Laeiszhalle (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

Igor Levit & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Thomas Hengelbrock): : Piano in A major, KV 488, 7/16 Oct 2016, Laeiszhalle (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) Igor Levit (solo): Bach / Rzewski / Beethoven, 12 Oct 2016, Laeiszhalle (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

Uri Caine Trio feat. Mark Helias (b), Clarence Penn (dr): 14 Oct 2016, Laeiszhalle (»Jazz Piano«; in cooperation with the Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion)

Yevgeny Sudbin & Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Marcus Bosch): Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23, 9 Oct 2016, Laeiszhalle (Hamburg Symphony Orchestra)

Jean Yves Thibaudet & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Yu Long): Qigang Chen: Er Huang for Piano and Orchestra, George Gershwin: Variations on »I Got Rhythm«, 4 Nov 2016, Laeiszhalle (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra)

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Jason Moran (solo): 9 Nov 2016, Laeiszhalle (»Jazz Piano«; in cooperation with the Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion)

Rudolf Buchbinder (solo): Beethoven, 16 Nov 2016, Laeiszhalle (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

Khatia Buniatishvili & Czech Philharmonic (Jiří Bělohlávek): Sergey Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 16, 29 Nov 2016, Laeiszhalle (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

Pablo Held Trio feat. Robert Landfermann (b), Jonas Burgwinkel (dr): 1 Dec 2016, Laeiszhalle (»Jazz Piano«; in cooperation with the Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion)

Elena Bashkirova & Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Jeffrey Tate): Mozart: Piano Concertos in C major, KV 467 and KV 387b, 8 Dec 2016, Laeiszhalle (Hamburg Symphony Orchestra)

Evgeni Koroliov (solo): Bach / Schubert, 13 Dec 2016, Laeiszhalle (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

Martha Argerich & Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Ion Marin): Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S 124, 8 Jan 2017, Laeiszhalle (Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Haspa New Year’s Concert)

Brad Mehldau (solo): 16 Jan 2017, Elbphilharmonie Brad Mehldau Trio feat. Larry Grenadier (b), Jeff Ballard (dr): 9 May 2017, Elbphilharmonie

Mitsuko Uchida (solo): Mozart / Schumann / Widmann (WP), 18 Jan 2017, Elbphilharmonie Mitsuko Uchida & Mahler Chamber Orchestra: Mozart: Piano Concerto in G major, KV 453, and in C major, KV 503, 23 Feb 2017, Elbphilharmonie

Christopher Park (solo): Bach / Stravinsky / Neuwirth / Brahms, 1 Feb 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Rising Stars«)

Mariam Batsashvili (solo): Bach / Urquiza / Liszt, 3 Feb 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Rising Stars«)

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Behzod Abduraimow & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbański): Rachmaninov, 4/5 Feb 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Concerts for Hamburg«)

Anna Vinnitskaya (solo): Bach / Schumann / Brahms / Prokofiev, 8 Feb 2017, Laeiszhalle (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

Víkingur Ólafsson & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Es-Pekka Salonen): Haukur Tómasson: Concerto for Piano (WP), 11 Feb 2017, Elbphilharmonie (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; »Into Iceland«) Víkingur Ólafsson (solo): Philip Glass, 13 May 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Maximal Minimal«)

Alica Sara Ott & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Thomas Hengelbrock): Ravel, 14/15 Feb 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Concerts for Hamburg«) Alice Sara Ott & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Krzysztof Urbański): Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37, 1 Mar 2017, Elbphilharmonie (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Matthias Pintscher): Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 33, 3 Mar 2017, Elbphilharmoinie (»Multiverse« Matthias Pintscher)

Grigory Sokolov (solo): The full programme will be published at a later date. 6 Mar 2017, Laeiszhalle (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

George Li & Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra (): Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 12/13 Mar 2017, Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra)

Anke Helfrich Trio feat. Martin Wind (b), Jonas Burgwinkel (dr): 15 Mar 2017, Laeiszhalle (»Jazz Piano«; in cooperation with the Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion)

Sunwook Kim & Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Guy Braunstein): Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16, 23 Mar 2017, Laeiszhalle (Hamburg Symphony Orchestra)

Lang Lang (solo): Albéniz / Debussy / Granados / Liszt, 25 Mar 2017, Elbphilharmonie (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

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Hélène Grimaud & Mat Hennek (video): An Evening on the Theme of »Pictures«, 8 Apr 2017, Elbphilharmonie

Tigran Hamasyan (solo): 19 Apr 2017, Laeiszhalle (»Jazz Piano«; in cooperation with the Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion)

Cédric Tiberghien (solo): Debussy / Szymanowski / Bartók / Anderson, 20 Apr 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Pianomania«)

Javier Perianes & Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Eivind Gulberg Jensen): Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 22, 23 Apr 2017, Laeiszhalle (Hamburg Symphony Orchestra)

Chick Corea (solo): »Trilogy«, 25 Apr 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Elbphilharmonie Jazz«)

Kirill Gerstein (solo): Liszt / Blumenfeld / Scriabin / Ligeti / Wild, 27 Apr 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Pianomania«)

Alexander Krichel (solo): Chopin / Schumann, 5 May 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Pianomania«)

Boris Giltburg (solo): Scriabin / Prokofiev / Rachmaninov, 15 May 2017, Elbphilharmonie (»Pianomania«)

Murray Perahia (solo): Haydn / Mozart / Beethoven / Brahms, 5 Jun 2017, Elbphilharmonie (ProArte in cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)

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