(Photo Harold de Smet)

Alexander Melnikov

Recap apr 26th 2024

Seven composers, five pianos and one pianist.

Alexander Melnikov presented a special program on Friday April 26th with the most personal and expressive works of the composers he selected: Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Frédéric Chopin, Aleksandr Scriabin and Alfred Schnittke.

The audience discovered the pieces as they sounded at the time of their creation, performed on pianos appropriate to the composer and period. “These beautiful instruments here are like time machines,” Melnikov himself said about his program.

Look at the photos of the impressive concert here!

Photos: Harold de Smet

Series Piano 24/25
Do you enjoy piano music just as much as we do?
In the upcoming 24/25 season there will be a number of great concerts in the Piano series. From Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók to Schubert, Scarlatti and Shostakovich? Discover new pieces or enjoy great classics. View next season's piano concertos below!

Piano 24/25

  • Romantic fantasies

    Alexander Malofeev
    Sat 28 Sep 2024 20:15

    Profound expressiveness of a young piano phenomenon
    Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Skrjabin

    Grote Zaal
  • Lubimov 80!

    Lubimov, Melnikov, Pashchenko, Shelepov + Poprugin
    Tue 29 Oct 2024 20:15

    Verjaardagsconcert voor een legendarisch Russisch pianist
    Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Satie, Glinka, Debussy, Silvestrov

    Grote Zaal
  • Schoenberg's laboratory

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard
    Fri 15 Nov 2024 20:15

    Unique journey through musical innovations on the piano
    Schoenberg, Skrjabin, Brahms, Schumann, Stravinsky

    Grote Zaal
  • Composing virtuoso pianists

    Yeol Eum Son
    Thu 19 Dec 2024 20:15

    Surprising music by acclaimed virtuoso pianists
    Paderewski, Larrocha, Weissenberg, Gulda, Wild, Rachmaninov

    Grote Zaal
  • Visions for two pianos

    Pavel Kolesnikov + Samson Tsoy
    Wed 8 Jan 2025 20:15

    Profound piano music composed by Messiaen, Kurtág and Bach
    Messiaen, Kurtág, Bach

    Grote Zaal
  • Mondschein

    Alice Sara Ott
    Sat 15 Feb 2025 20:15

    Beethoven and Field’s nocturnal melancholies
    Field, Beethoven

    Grote Zaal
  • Ravel 150

    Julien Libeer
    Fri 7 Mar 2025 20:15

    The ravishing beauty of Ravel’s piano oeuvre in perspective
    Ravel, Couperin, Gershwin, Crumb

    Grote Zaal
  • Sonata Marathon I

    Tamara Stefanovich
    Sat 5 Apr 2025 17:00

    Groundbreaking piano music from the 20th century and early Baroque
    Bach, Soler, Busoni, Scarlatti, Ives

    Grote Zaal
  • Sonata Marathon II

    Tamara Stefanovich
    Sat 5 Apr 2025 19:00

    Groundbreaking piano music from the 20th century and early Baroque
    Scarlatti, Bartók, Eisler, Soler, Hindemith

    Grote Zaal
  • Sonata Marathon III

    Tamara Stefanovich
    Sat 5 Apr 2025 21:00

    Groundbreaking piano music from the 20th century and early Baroque
    Soler, Skrjabin, Scarlatti, Sjostakovitsj, Janáček, Oestvolskaja

    Grote Zaal
  • Sonata

    Paul Lewis
    Fri 9 May 2025 20:15

    Pianistic imagination: from Beethoven to Larcher
    Beethoven, Larcher, Brahms, Schubert

    Grote Zaal