Concerts April 2010

Argerich will spend most of April in the Far East, playing one concert in South Korea and four in various cities in Japan, including two concerts at her own festival in Beppu.

Poster for the Argerich and Chung concert in Seoul

April 9, 2010

8pm

Martha Argerich in Korea 2010

Programme to include:

Brahms: Hungarian Dances No.4 & 5 (Piano for Four Hands)*
Schumann: Piano Concerto, op.54

Martha Argerich, Myung-Whun Chung*, piano

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra/Myung-Whun Chung

Grand Theater, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea

April 14, 2010

7pm

Fukoka Grand Classics 2010

Programme to include:

Debussy: Petite Suite ¹

Brahms: Hungarian Dances ²

Brahms: Haydn Variations ²

Martha Argerich, Kyoko Ito ¹, Myung-Whun Chung ², piano

ACROS Fukuoka Symphony Hall, Fukuoka, Japan

April 16-25 2010
Argerich's Meeting Point in Beppu 2010

April 18, 2010

5pm

Schumann: Piano Concerto, op. 54

Martha Argerich. Toho Gakuen Orchestra/Myung-Whun Chung

Iichiko Grand Theater, Iichiko Culture Center, Oita, Japan

April 25, 2010

4pm

Marathon Concert - Listening to Schumann's Love through Music and Words
Martha Argerich (piano),Yuri Bashmet (conductor/viola), Mario Brunello (conductor/cello), Takashi Shimizu (violin), Dong-Hyek Lim (piano), Hyun-Su Shin (violin), Toho Gakuen Orchestra, Takaaki Enoki (narrator)

Programme to include:

Chopin: Concerto in F-minor for Piano, No.2, op.21 (arr. for piano & string quartet). Dong-Hyek Lim, piano

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 A-major, op.47 "Kreutzer". 

Hyun-Su Shin, violin and Dong-Hyek Lim, piano
Paganini: Caprice No. 24 in A minor from 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op.1, etc.

Philharmonia Hall, B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Japan

April 28, 2010

7pm

Ravel: Concerto in G

Martha Argerich. Philadelphia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit

Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan


Argerich has withdrawn from the Tokyo concert due to family reasons. Ivo Pogorelich will perform Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 instead of the scheduled Ravel Concerto in G.