Chopin For Lovers: Valentine’s Day Concert by piano virtuoso Brian Ganz

We are pleased to invite you to a special evening with piano virtuoso Brian Ganz who will perform craftily selected works by Frederick Chopin that best emanate feelings of love.

The program will include selections from Chopin's 4 Mazurkas, Op. 68, excerpts from his Sonata No. 1 in C minor, the rarely heard Variations on a Theme by Thomas Moore for piano four hands with guest pianist Martin Labazevitch, one of Chopin's most beloved nocturnes, Op. 9, No. 2 in E-flat major, and more. Brian Ganz will also take audience requests for their beloved works of Chopin!

Celebrate Valentine's Day together in the intimate setting of the KF Washington DC in the heart of Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.

Signature Brian Ganz' sipping chocolate and sparkling wine will be served!

Brian Ganz is widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation. A laureate of the Marguerite Long Jacques Thibaud and the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Piano Competitions, Mr. Ganz has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the St. Louis Symphony, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the National Philharmonic (USA), the National Symphony (USA), the City of London Sinfonia, and the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed with such conductors as Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop, Mstislav Rostropovich, Piotr Gajewski and Yoel Levi.

The Washington Post has written: “One comes away from a recital by pianist Brian Ganz not only exhilarated by the power of the performance but also moved by his search for artistic truth.” For many years, Mr. Ganz has made it his mission to join vivid music-making with warmth and intimacy onstage to produce a new kind of listening experience in which great works come to life with authentic emotional power.

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