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Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series 2024
St Giles Cathedral plays host to the inaugural Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series. This exciting and prestigious new concert series will feature all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas throughout 2024. Featuring exceptional performances from leading UK and international pianists, these concerts will be an unrivalled opportunity to enjoy some of the world's greatest piano repertoire, as curated by our guest performers. Set in the stunning candlelit venue of St Giles Cathedral, with it's newly installed Steinway Grand Piano, this will be a musical experience to remember!
Featuring
Luke Jones (piano)
Programme
W.A. Mozart - Sonata in D, K.311
Bach-Busoni - Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
L.V. Beethoven - Sonata in C, Op.53 'Waldstein'
Luke Jones, who is one of the most remarkable, accomplished, and musically mature young pianists I've heard in a very long time, is a musician's musician. He is a good deal more than a pianist to watch; he is an abundantly imaginative virtuoso who puts his phenomenal technical and interpretive apparatus in the service of musical substance. -
John Bell Young, pianist and former critic for the American Record Guide, Fanfare, Clavier, and the St Petersburg Times
He has performed with orchestras such as BBC National Orchestra of Wales, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Orchestra of the Swan and Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya and many others.
Featuring
Luke Jones (piano)
Programme
W.A. Mozart - Sonata in D, K.311
Bach-Busoni - Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
L.V. Beethoven - Sonata in C, Op.53 'Waldstein'
Luke Jones, who is one of the most remarkable, accomplished, and musically mature young pianists I've heard in a very long time, is a musician's musician. He is a good deal more than a pianist to watch; he is an abundantly imaginative virtuoso who puts his phenomenal technical and interpretive apparatus in the service of musical substance. -
John Bell Young, pianist and former critic for the American Record Guide, Fanfare, Clavier, and the St Petersburg Times
He has performed with orchestras such as BBC National Orchestra of Wales, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Orchestra of the Swan and Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya and many others.
Mon 9 Sep 2024, 6:30PM - 7:30PM
£15, £19, £25, £35
£15, £19, £25, £35
St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh County EH1 1RE
Mon 9 September
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