Young talent: Aidan Mikdad
Aidan Mikdad: one out-of-the-ordinary talent, won the Royal Concertgebouw Competition at the age of 11 and now plays Liszt’s heady Sonata in b.
Rami Khalifé was born in a Lebanese family that breathed music. His father is the ud master Marcel Khalifé – the ud being an Arabic lute. Khalifé chose the piano, and was educated by grand masters like Abdel Rahman el Bacha. He is a graduate of the prestigious The Julliard School in New York. By now, Khalifé has strayed from the classical musical path, filling his performances with singing, improvisation, dancing rhythms, and alternating between lyrical passages with catchy rhythms. Tonight you’ll hear the piano as you’ve never heard it before.
Aidan Mikdad: one out-of-the-ordinary talent, won the Royal Concertgebouw Competition at the age of 11 and now plays Liszt’s heady Sonata in b.
A story about art and money, about two capricious personalities: Prokofiev and Mozart. Brilliant piano concertos played by brilliant pianists.
‘An absolute masterpiece: metaphysical, philosophical. A true experience of meditation and self exploration’, Tiberghien calls John Cage’s Sonatas & Interludes for prepared piano, also called the ‘Goldberg Variations’ of the 20th century.