Piano
Fabian Müller’s solo recital is framed by two sonata masterworks of the Classical and Romantic repertoire. Brahms’s five-movement work is the last of the three pianos sonatas the composer, barely 20 years old, wrote in rapid succession in 1852–3. It shares its “mournful” key of F minor with Beethoven’s “Appassionata,” composed half a century earlier. Rounding out the program are Liszt’s meditation on Bach’s cantata “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” and two pieces by Russian mystic Nikolai Obukhov, written in 1915.
Yefim Bronfman unfortunately had to cancel his concert, originally announced for this date, due to illness. We are grateful to Fabian Müller for stepping in at short notice.
A multiple prizewinner of Germany’s 2017 ARD Music Competition as well as the 2013 Ferruccio Busoni Competition in Bolzano, Fabian Müller has established himself as one of the most promising pianists of his generation. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Munich’s Isarphilharmonie and Herkulessaal, the Cologne Philharmonie, and the festivals of Aldeburgh, Schleswig-Holstein, Schwetzingen, Heidelberg, as well as Beethovenfest Bonn and Klavier-Festival Ruhr. Among his musical partners have been leading ensembles including the Bavarian Radio Symphony, the Bavarian State Orchestra, Cologne’s WDR Symphony, Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra, Berlin’s Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Last year, he founded his own chamber orchestra, The Trinity Sinfonia. He has also performed with artists such as Benjamin Appl, Albrecht Mayer, Bomsori, Julia Hagen, Igor Levit, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and Liisa Randalu. Among his recordings are works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wolfgang Rihm. Next season, Fabian Müller will perform a concert cycle of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas at the Pierre Boulez Saal.
