Schedule of Event:

7:30: Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Yulianna Avdeeva, First Prize winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition, is praised for her perfect execution and “sheer passion and musicianship, not to mention technical security…” (The Telegraph). In this program, she brings her insightful artistry to works of Shostakovich and Chopin.

PROGRAM:
SHOSTAKOVICH: Selections of Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87

Intermission
CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28

ABOUT YULIANNA AVDEEVA:
A pianist of fiery temperament and virtuosity, Yulianna Avdeeva is the First Prize winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition, which launched her to international fame. After her sold-out recital debut at Carnegie Hall in early 2023, Avdeeva returns to Carnegie in October 2024 with a program of Chopin and Liszt that she will also bring to stages in Spain, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, and Seattle. In Boston she performs works by Liszt and Beethoven.

In spring 2025, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich, Avdeeva performs the composer’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, at Gewandhaus, in Leipzig, part of a Shostakovich festival with the Gewandhaus Orchestra in partnership with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She will also play the cycle in Berlin, Barcelona and Madrid, in Ostrava, Czech Republic and in Seon, Switzerland.

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