Digital Piano Festival

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A unique Digital Festival curated to inspire the next generation of artists and industry professionals, featuring a Q&A with legendary Grammy nominated composer and singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright, a keynote speech by broadcaster and founder of Chineke! Orchestra Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, a masterclass with Head of Keyboard at the Royal College of Music Professor Vanessa Latarche, recitals by trailblazing pianist and BBC Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett and Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition Prizewinner Maxim Kinasov and an industry panel featuring The Managing Director of Steinway and Sons Craig Terry, Creative Director of Wise Music Publishing Gill Graham and other industry leaders.

When the show's about to start, the link to join will appear on your ticket, or you can access the stream link that we'll email you on the day.

Times:

2pm – Vanessa Latarche Masterclass

Rachmaninov Etude tableau Op.33 No. 8 in G minor (student Amiri Harewood)
Liszt: Transcendental Etudes No. 4: 'Mazeppa' (student Jacky Zhang)

3pm – Maxim Kinasov recital

Franck / Bauer – Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18
Rachmaninoff – Etude-tableau No. 2 in C Major, Op.33
Rachmaninoff – Etude-tableau No. 3 in C minor, Op.33
Rachmaninoff – Etude-tableau No. 9 in C-sharp minor, Op.33
Slonimsky – Intermezzo in memory of Brahms

4pm – Industry Panel discussion led by Gill Graham (Wise Music)

5pm – Martin James Bartlett recital

Bach/Busoni – Ich Ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Bach/Hess – Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring
Rachmaninoff – Prelude in G Major, Op.32, no. 5
Rachmaninoff/Wild – Where Beauty Dwells
Rachmaninoff/Wild – Vocalise
Gershwin – The Man I Love
Gershwin/Wild – Embraceable You
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm

6pm – Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE Keynote speech

7pm – Rufus Wainwright Q&A and performance