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Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest”
Schumann
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
Wagner
(trans. Brassin–Lugansky)
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (from Das Rheingold, Scene 4)
Wagner
(trans. Brassin)
Magic Fire Music (from Die Walküre, Act III, Scene 3)
Wagner
(trans. Lugansky–Kocsis)
Transformation Music and Finale (from Parsifal, Act I and III)
Liszt
St François de Paule: Marchant sur les flots (Deux Légendes, S. 175, No. 2)
The performance will run for about 1 hour 50 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.
Members of the audience are strongly advised to arrive punctually. Latecomers and those who leave their seats during the performance will only be admitted and allowed to return to their seats respectively during the intermission or at a suitable break. The presenter reserves the right to refuse admission of latecomers, or determine the time and manner of admission of latecomers.
The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme.
“...is not simply the most wonderful Russian pianist of modern times; he is one of the most outstanding artists of our epoch” Le Monde, France
“Lugansky metamorphoses his Steinway into a larger-than-life orchestra intricate in texture, colour and associative imagery” Gramophone, on Lugansky’s recording ‘Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes’
Pianist Nikolai Lugansky is renowned for his interpretations of Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Chopin and Debussy. Described by Gramophone as “the most trailblazing and meteoric performer of all”, Lugansky is a pianist of extraordinary depth and versatility.
He collaborates regularly with conductors of the calibre of Kent Nagano, Yuri Temirkanov, Manfred Honeck, Gianandrea Noseda, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Vasily Petrenko and Lahav Shani. He is invited by leading international orchestras regularly including Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Nacional de España. He is also invited by some of the world’s most distinguished festivals including the Aspen, Tanglewood, Ravinia and Verbier festivals. Chamber music collaborators include Vadim Repin, Alexander Kniazev, Mischa Maisky and Leonidas Kavakos.
In 2023, he celebrated the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninov's birth by performing cycles of monographic programmes at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and Wigmore Hall in London, along with other performances throughout Europe. In 2024/25 season, he has been invited by NHK Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Brussels Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester and Philharmonia London. He has toured his Wagner’s transcriptions in recitals at Teatro alla Scala, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall, Zurich Tonhalle, Piano à Lyon, Gulbenkian, among many others.
Lugansky is Harmonia Mundi’s exclusive artist and has received numerous awards for recordings and artistic merit. Among the other awards for his many previous recordings: Diapason d’Or (Rachmaninov’s Piano Sonatas and César Franck, Préludes, Fugues & Chorals) and Gramophones’s “Editor’s Choice” (Grieg and Prokofiev with Kent Nagano and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin), Classica’s Choc de l’Année 2023 and Gramophone’s “Editor’s Choice” (Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux; 3 Pièces). And his latest recording Richard Wagner (2024) was selected as the “Editor’s Choice” and included in “The Best Classical Albums of the Year” by Gramophone, and won the Premio Abbiati del Disco 2024 for solo repertoire.
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For each purchase of standard tickets for 'Piano Recital by Nikolai Lugansky', 'Makedonissimo by Simon Trpčeski and Friends', 'Piano Recital by Dang Thai Son', 'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma' and 'Duo Recital by Mischa Maisky (Cello) and Lily Maisky (Piano)', the following concession applies: 10% off for any 2 performances, 15% off for any 3 performances, 25% off for any 4 or more performances.
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For each purchase of standard tickets for 'Piano Recital by Nikolai Lugansky', 'Makedonissimo by Simon Trpčeski and Friends', 'Piano Recital by Dang Thai Son', 'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma' and 'Duo Recital by Mischa Maisky (Cello) and Lily Maisky (Piano)', the following concession applies: 10% off for 4–9 tickets, 15% off for 10–19 tickets, 20% off for 20 or more tickets.
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A Journey Through Piano Narratives by Nikolai Lugansky
Date: 14 Sep 2025 (Sun)
Time: 6:45pm
Venue: Committee Room North, 7/F, High Block, Hong Kong City Hall
Speaker: Calvin Lai (Music Educator)
In Cantonese. The talk will run for about 1 hour.
Admission free on a first come, first served basis.
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