Janina Fialkowska - Piano

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Thursday, March 17th, 2016
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Beloved the world over for her exquisite pianism, Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences for almost forty years with her glorious lyrical sound, her sterling musicianship and her profound sense of musical integrity.

She has performed with the foremost North American orchestras, among them the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Houston Symphony and the Pittsburgh Symphony as well as with all of the principal Canadian orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

On March 17th at 7:30pm in Alix Goolden Performance Hall Fialkowska will inspire with the following performances: Works by Fryderyk François Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 Nocturne in B major, Op. 9, No. 3 Impromptu No. 3, in G-flat major, Op. 51 Waltz in B minor, Op. 60, No. 2 Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 42 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 INTERMISSION Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Prélude in E-flat minor, Op. 28, No. 14 Prélude in D-flat major, Op. 28, No. 15 Mazurkas, Op. 50 No. 1 in G major No. 2 in A-flat major No. 3 in C-sharp minor Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

We have had many celebrated executants in London in this Chopin anniversary year — Zimerman, Pollini and Yundi Li among them — but none has taken my breath away quite like Fialkowska. If you have the chance to hear her, cancel all other appointments. Barry Millington, The Evening Standard (London)