Alexander Gadjiev piano

Contrasting colours and textures abound in Alexander Gadjiev’s consummate choice of works. The Slovenian pianist has built an impressive international career including recent recitals at Manchester, Tokyo and Beethoven-Haus Bonn. His latest Wigmore Hall performance sets the ornate melodies of Haydn’s Piano Sonata in A flat together with meditative Takemitsu and Debussy’s exotic L’isle joyeuse, before moving to Liszt’s vivid images of Switzerland and the rich sonorities of Robert Schumann’s First Piano Sonata.