Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Name: Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Start: 2026-02-01T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5S 1W2

Schedule

Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5S 1W2 | Toronto, ON

The Icelandic sensation plays a deeply personal program centred around Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 30.
“Breathtakingly brilliant pianist” (Gramophone) Ólafsson has been called “Iceland’s Glenn Gould” by The New York Times, and was named Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Awards in 2019 and Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America in 2024. His remarkable originality has made an unforgettable impact. His album, Johann Sebastian Bach, on Deutsche Grammophon won Best Instrumental Album and Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards.

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, op. 14, no. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, op. 90
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in E Minor, D. 566
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109