Wednesday 9 January 2013. Felix Krohn Hall, Lahti Conservatory, Finland at 19.00. Piano recital by Harri Saarinen, to include music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Alkan: 6 Préludes from op.31 and Etudes op. 35 nos. 8-11.
Thursday 24 January 2013. The Forge Music and Arts Venue, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden Town, London NW1 7NL. Recital and dinner of the Liszt Society, in conjunction with the Alkan, Berlioz and Wagner Societies. Helena Dix (soprano) and Ben Woodward (piano): Mark Viner (piano). Music to include Wagner, Liszt, Thalberg, Chopin and Alkan: op.39 no.12 'Le Festin d'Esope'.
Sunday 27 January 2013. Town Hall, Recklinghausen, Germany at 11.00 and Hotel Jammertal, Datteln, Germany at 17.00. Rainer Marie Klaas (piano), Noe Inue (violin) and Maren Paterok (flute) play Poulenc, Enesco, Mozart, Stephan and Alkan: L'Enfer op. 21/2. ('Quasi Faust' Festival).
Saturday 2 February 2013 Salle Lucie Aubrac, Montmorency, France
Françoise Gnéri (viola) and Claire Désert (piano) play music by Onslow, Gouvy and Alkan: Sonate de concert (viola transcription).
Sunday 3 February 2013. Barkenberger Gemeindezentrum, Talaue, Wulfen, Germany at 17.00. Piano recital by Rainer Marie Klaas to include Bach/Busoni, Mendelssohn and Alkan: Impromptu sur le choral de Luther: “Un fort rempart est notre Dieu” op.69, transcription for solo piano (premiere). ('Quasi Faust' Festival).
Sunday 10 February 2013. St Margaret's Episcopal Church, Newlands, Glasgow at 15.30. Piano recital by Edward Cohen, to include Alkan: Préludes op. 61 (selection) and Super Flumina Babylonis op. 52.
Monday 11 February 2013. Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice, Italy as part of Venice Carnival Culture Night. Piano recitals by Vincenzo Maltempo. 17.00: Alkan: Symphonie for piano solo, op. 39/4-7. 19.00: Alkan: Ouverture op. 39/11 - Adagio from the Concerto for solo piano, op. 39/9 - Le festin d'Esope op. 39/12. Admission free.
Tuesday 12 February 2013. City of London Music Society, Bishopsgate Institute, London EC2 at 13.05. Piano Recital by Leslie Howard to include Beethoven and Alkan Symphonie op. 39 4-7. Pre-concert talk by Leslie Howard on Alkan, 12.15-12.45.
Thursday 14 February 2013. Auditorium Parma Lirica, via Gorizia 2 , Parma, Italy at 15.30. Piano recital by Emanuele Delucchi to include Delucchi, Chopin.Strauss/Godowsky, Liszt, Tarrega and Alkan : Nocturne op. 22.
Friday 15 February 2013. Concert Hall, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham at 13.10. Lecture-recital by Kenneth Hamilton (piano) on Alkan: 1st movement of Concerto for piano solo, op. 39/8. Free admission.
Friday 15 February 2013. Auditorium, Heinrich Boll School, Bochum, Germany at 19.30. Instrumental and vocal ensemble led by Rainer Marie Klaas: programme to include works by Bartok, Messaien, Lewandoski and Alkan: Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un pappagallo, selections from Esquisses op. 63 (arr. for accordion), Allegro barbaro op. 35/5, 3 Marches for piano duet, 3rd movt. of Sonate de concert op. 47 (viola version). ('Quasi Faust' Festival).
Sunday 17 February 2013. Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA Piano recital by Karl Lutchmayer, to include Liszt, Liszt/Berlioz, and Alkan: Symphony for Solo Piano op. 39/4-7 and Alkan/Beethoven Piano concerto no. 3 (1st movt.).
Saturday 23 February 2013. Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti, Rome. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) to include Alkan, Préludes op. 66 nos. 3.4 and 10.
Saturday 23 February 2013. Auditorium, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge at 19.30. Piano recital by Tom Wakefield to include Brahms, Bach, Chopin, Strauss/Scutz-Evler, Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton and Alkan Petite Conte, Andante Romantique no.2, and 1st movt. of Concerto op.39 no. 8 (composer's abridgement).
Sunday 24 February 2013. Evangelical Church, Recklinghausen, Germany at 16.30. Symposium on Alkan. ('Quasi Faust' Festival).
Friday March 1 2013. Teatro Goldoni, Livorno, Italy. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) to include Alkan, Préludes op. 66 nos. 3, 4 and 10,and Benedictus op. 54
Saturday March 2 2013. Town Hall, Recklinghausen, Germany at 16.30.
Sunday March 3 2013. Kulturforum Kapelle, Waltrop, Germany at 17.00.
Recital by Rainer Marie Klaas (piano), Blake Weston (clarinet) and Hoang Nguyen (cello) to include Beethoven, Schumann, Poulenc and Alkan: 10 Esquisses op. 63 arr. clarinet and piano. ('Quasi Faust' Festival).
Tuesday 5 March 2013 Cardiff University Concert Hall at 19.00 Piano Recital by Kenneth Hamilton (The Eric Hodges Lecture Recital) to include Chopin, Liszt and Alkan Le Festin d'Esope op. 39/12.
Wednesday 6 March 2013. Christchurch, Bexleyheath. Piano recital by Aleksandr Szram, to include music by Alkan, Chopin and Liszt.
Friday 8 March 2013. Auditorium Mozart, Ivrea, Italy at 21.00. Piano recital by Vincenzo Maltempo to include music by Chaminade and Alkan: Symphonie op 39/4-7 and 'Le festin d'Esope' op. 39/12.
Sunday 10 March 2013. Bürgerhaus Süd, Recklinghausen, Germany at 16.30. Recital by Rainer Marie Klaas (piano) to include Alkan: Symphony 1st movt. op. 39/4, Scherzo op. 16/2, Funeral March op. 26, 'Quasi-Faust' from Grande Sonate op. 33, selection from Chants for piano, 'Le festin d'Esope' op. 39/12. ('Quasi Faust' Festival).
Sunday 17 March 2013. Auditorium San Micheletto, Lucca, Italy . Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) to include Alkan, Préludes op. 66 nos. 3, 4 and 10,and Benedictus op. 54
Friday 22 March 2013. Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place London SW7 2DT at 19.00. Piano duet recital by Lidija and Sanja Bizjak to include Chopin, Debussy, Ravel and Alkan: Fantaisie sur Don Juan
Saturday 23 March 2013. Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place London SW7 2DT at 13.00. Piano recital by Guillaume Vincent to include Rachmaninov,Liszt and Alkan: Sonatine op. 61
Saturday 23 March 2013. Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place London SW7 2DT at 16.00. Piano recital by Nathanaël Gouin to include Fauré , Ohana, Franck and Alkan: Le festin d'Esope, op. 39/12.
Sunday 24 March 2013 Théâtre de Clermont-L'Hérault, France
Wednesday 3 April 2013 Oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna, Italy
Sunday 21 April 2013 Auditorium Noureev, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France
Tuesday 23 April 2013 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice, Italy at 20.00
Trio Talweg play T. Gouvy: Piano Trio no. 5 and Alkan: Piano Trio op. 30.
Sunday 7 April 2013 Chapelle des Rédemptoristes, Châteauroux, France
Saturday 13 April 2013 Fondazione Siotto, Cagliari, Italy
May 2013 Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
Thursday 9 May 2013 Auditorium Cziffra, La Chaise- Dieu, France
Billy Eidi (piano) plays preludes by Heller, Fauré and Alkan.
Friday 12 April 2013. St. Barnabas Church, Ealing. 13.00. Piano recital by Aleksandr Szram, to include Alkan:Trois petites fantaisies Op.41. , Chopin and Liszt.
Thursday 18 April 2013 Théâtre de Lisieux, Lisieux , France
Sunday 21 April 2013 Pôle culturel du Marsan, Saint-Pierre-du-Monte, France
Piano recital by Pascal Amoyel to include Liszt, Grieg and Alkan: Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Âges' op. 33.
Friday 19 April 2013 Charlton House, Greenwich at 13.00. Aleksander Szram plays Liszt, Chopin and Alkan: Trois Petites Fantaisies Op.41. Admission free.
Saturday 20 April 2013. Municipal Theatre, Viňa del Mar, Chile at 19.30.Rectial by Ingrid Holzmann (soprano and 'cello) to include Alkan: Saltarelle
Sunday 21 April 2013, Istituto Liszt, Bologna, Italy. Costantino Mastroprimiano (piano) plays Liszt: Piano Sonata and Alkan: Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Âges' op. 33.
Sunday 21 April 2013, Pushkin House, London at 15.00. Karl Lutchmayer (piano) plays Liszt, Chopin and Alkan: Concerto for solo piano op. 39/8-10.
Sunday 28 April 2013 Espace Ligéria, Montlouis, France
Françoise Gnéri (viola) and Claire Désert (piano) play music by Onslow, Gouvy and Alkan: Sonate de concert (viola transcription).
Friday 10 May 2013. University of Hertfordshire, as part of 'Mayfest'. Lunchtime concert. Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include Smith 'Al contrario' Alkan Concerto First movement op. 39/8. Event supported by the Alkan Society
Friday 10 May 2013. St. James's Piccadilly, London. Piano recital by Angelo Villani to include Debussy, Chopin, Wagner/Liszt and Alkan Barcarolle op. 65/6.
Friday 17 May 2013. Masterklass, Lavrska 16a, Kiev, Ukraine at 20.00. Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include Sorabji 'Le jardin parfumé' and Alkan Concerto op. 39/ 8-10.
Monday 20 May 2013. Russian Institute of the History of the Arts, St. Petersburg at 14.30. Presentation by Anny Kessous of her new book, Le Passant du Pont de l'Europe. Charles Valentin Alkan entre tradition et modernité. Musical illustrations to be provided by Dmitri Berezin (cello) and Alexey Viakhirev (piano) .
Tuesday May 21 2013. Royal Academy of Music (Duke's Hall),Marylebone Road, London at 10.45. Piano recital by David Gray to include Rameau and Alkan Concerto op. 39/ 8-10. Free admission
Tuesday 21 May 2013 Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris, Paris, France at 19.00
Saturday 25 May 2013 Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice, Italy at 20.00
Françoise Gnéri (viola) and Claire Désert (piano) play music by Onslow, Gouvy and Alkan: Sonate de concert (viola transcription).
Wednesday 22 May 2013 Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris, Paris, France at 19.00. Piano recital by Pierre Réach to include Liszt and Alkan: Sonate op. 33 'Les Quatre Âges'.
Wednesday 22 May 2013. University Memorial Chapel, The Square, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ at 19.30.Organ recital by Gerard Brooks, to include Hollns, Wagner, Pierné, Meale, W S Lloyd Webber and Alkan.
Thursday 23 May 2013 Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris, Paris, France at 19.00. Recital by Annick Roussin (violin) and Olivier Gardon (piano) to include Alkan: Grand duo concertant op. 21 and Super Flumina Babylonis op. 52.
Friday 24 May 2013. Oxford, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building . Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include Sorabji 'Le jardin parfumé', Busoni 'Fantasia contrappuntistica', and Alkan Concerto op. 39/ 8-10. Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Sunday 26 May 2013. Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge at 13.00. Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include White Sonatina no. 8 (extracts) and Alkan Concerto op. 39/ 8-10. Event supported by the Alkan Society
Sunday 26 May 2013. Teatro La Fenice, Venice at 20.00. Recital by Vincenzo Maltempo to include Pizzeti, Liszt, Dallapicolla, and Alkan: Chant op. 38 no. 1 and Allegretto alla barbaresca op. 39/10.
Sunday 26 May 2013. ULIF, 24 rue Copernic, Paris at 18.00. Alkan bicentenary concert with Olivier Gardon (piano), Martine Bailly (cello), Anna Wall (mezzo-soprano), organ and choir, and to include Alkan: Organ works, Super flumina Babylonis op. 52, Etz chajjim Hi and Hallelouyah for choir, and Sonate de concert op. 47 for cello and piano, and new setting of Psalm 137 for choir specially written for the concert by Itai Daniel.
Tuesday 28 May 2013. University College London, Haldane Room. at 19.00. Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include Busoni 'Fantasia Contrapunttistica' and Alkan: Préludes from op. 31 and Concerto op. 39/ 8-10. Introduction by David Conway (Alkan Society). Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Thursday 30 May 2013. New North London Synagogue, 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY at 19.30. An Evening with Alkan, introduced by David Conway. Jonathan Powell (piano) and Claudia Conway (soprano) - programme includes Alkan: Synagogue Mélodies, selections from Préludes op. 31 and Concerto op. 39/ 8-10.
Friday 31 May 2013 Church of Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada
July 2013 Nancy, France
Billy Eidi (piano) plays preludes by Heller, Fauré and Alkan.
Monday 4 June 2013. Musée Mandet, Riom, France at 12.30. Jérôme Rigaudias plays Alkan: Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Âges' op. 33.
Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th 2013. Woodend Winter Arts Festival, Victoria, Australia. at 20.30. Piano recital by Stephanie McCallum: Alkan - Chants book 5 and Symphonie op. 39 nos. 4-7
Sunday 9 June 2013, Pushkin House, London at 15.00. Karl Lutchmayer (piano) plays Liszt, Chopin and Alkan: Concerto op. 39 8-10.
Thursday 13 June 2013. St. Mary-le-Bow, London at 13.00. Organ recital by Nicholas King, to include Alkan: Grand pièce religieuse op. 72 no. 9.
Saturday 15 June 2013. Lille Piano Festival at 16.30. Recital by Guillaume Vincent to include Rachmaninoff and Alkan: Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Âges' op. 33.
Sunday 16 June 2013. Woodhouse, Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey RH5 6NL at 17.00. Piano recital by Omri Epstein to include Chopin 24 Preludes and works by Alkan.
Sunday 16 June 2013. Lille Piano Festival at 10.00. Recital by Claire Désert and colleagues to include Chopin, Brahms, Saint-Saens and Alkan: solo piano pieces
Sunday 16 June 2013. Lille Piano Festival at 16.30. Piano recital by Cyril Huvé to include Chopin, Liszt, and Alkan: Symphonie for piano solo op. 39/4-7.
Sunday 16 June 2013. Lille Piano Festival at 16.45. Recital by Lidija and Sanja Bisjak to include Chopin,Liszt, Ravel and Alkan: Reminiscences de Don Juan.
Thursday 20 June 2013. Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, Paris at 16.30. Piano recital by Florian Noack to include Heller, Chopin, Lutoslawski and Alkan: Le Festin d'Esope, op. 39/12.
Thursday 20 June 2013. Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, Paris at 20.45. Piano recital by Pietro de Mara to include Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Ravel and Alkan: Esquisses op. 63 nos. 4, 10, 11, 21, 41 and 43.
Friday 21 June 2013 Regent Hall, Oxford St., London at 13.00. Aleksander Szram plays Liszt, Chopin and Alkan: Capriccio alla soldatesca Op50 No.1, Le tambour bat aux champs Op50 No.2 and "Quasi Faust" from the Grande Sonate Op.33. Admission free.
Friday 21 June 2013. All Saints Church, Farley, Salisbury at 19.00. Piano recital by David Gray to include Balakirev, Chopin, Ravel and Alkan: Symphonie op. 39 nos. 4-7.
Saturday 22 June 2013. Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, Paris at 11.00. Concert/ conference with Jean-Yves Bras and Pierre Réach (piano): 'Les Quatre Âges de Charles-Valentin Alkan.'
Sunday 23 June 2013. Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, Paris at 16.30. Piano recital by Pierre Réach to include Chopin and Alkan: Grande sonate op. 33.
Tuesday 25th June 2013. Mantta Music Festival, Finland at 19.00. Piano recital by Risto-Matti Marin to include Alkan: "Quasi Faust" from Op. 33.
Thursday 27 June 2013. Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, Paris at 20.45. Piano recital by Claire Désert to include Heller, Schumann, Chopin, and Alkan: Scherzo-diabolico op. 39 no. 3
Tuesday 2 July 2013. Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, Paris at 20.45. Piano recital by Pascal Amoyel to include Chopin, Liszt and Alkan: Chant op. 67/6, Prélude op. 31/8, Esquisses op. 63 nos. 1, 4 and 11.
Wednesday 3 July 2013. Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Guildford at 12.00. Recital by Elena Vorotko on an 1848 Pleyel fortepiano, to include Clara Schumann, Chopin, and Alkan: Le Festin d’Esope op. 39/12.
Saturday 6 July 2013. Plush Music Festival, Dorset at 19.30. Chamber music recital to include Klein, Kurtag, Beethoven and Alkan: Grand duo concertant op. 21 (Corey Cerovsek violin and Alasdair Beatson piano).
Sunday 7 July 2013. Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, Paris at 16.30. Piano duet recital by Lidijak and Sanja Bisjak to include Chopin, Stravinsky and Alkan: Fantaisie sur Don Juan op. 26
Monday 8 July 2013. St. Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall, London at 13.00. Piano recital by Elena Vorotko to include Clara Schumann, Chopin, and Alkan: Le Festin d’Esope op. 39/12.
Tuesday 9 July 2013 Château Mercier, Switzerland
Saturday 27 July 2013 Church of Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles, Normandy, France
Trio Talweg play T. Gouvy: Piano Trio no. 5 and Alkan: Piano Trio op. 30.
Sunday 14 July 2013 Central Methodist Church, Glossop, Derbyshire at 15.00. Piano recital by Lloyd Buck and Stephenie Leung to include Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Alkan: Symphonie op. 39 nos. 4-7.
Monday 15 July 2013 Lunae Concentus Music Festival, Bolano, La Spezia, Italy at 21.15. Piano recital by Marco Rapetti to include Debussy and Alkan: Scherzo diabolico from op. 39, Le grillon op. 60b, Le tambour bat aux champs op. 50b, 'Fa' (from op. 38b), Etude in A minor (1840) and selections from Preludes op. 31, Esquisses op. 63, and Impromptus op.32
Sunday 21 July 2013 Pushkin House, London at 15.00. Recital by Karl Lutchmayer (piano) to include music by Alkan.
Sunday 28 July 2013. Festival Pontino, Sermoneta, Italy.Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) to include Alkan, Préludes op. 66 nos. 2, 3 and 4, and Impromptu op. 69 (modern premiere on pedalier).
Thursday 1 August 2013. Ahlbeck's Hall, Korsholm Music Festival, Finland at 19.00. Concert of chamber music to include Onslow, Chausson and Alkan: Sonate de concert for cello and piano op. 47.
Thursday 1 August 2013. Eglise St-Symphorien, Surzur, France Piano recital by Dana Cocarlie to include Chopin, Schumann, Liszt/Wagner and and Alkan: Trents chants (extracts), Impromptus (extracts), Scherzo focoso op. 34.
Saturday 3 August 2013 Orangerie de Sceaux, France.
Piano recital by Justine Leroux, to include Liszt, Chopin and Alkan, Esquisses (extracts).
Monday 5 August 2013. Auditorium des Carmes, Vannes, France
Monday 23 September 2013. Auditorium Saint-Piuerre-des-Cuisines, Toulouse, France
Piano recital by Pierre Amoyel to include Liszt, Grieg and Alkan: Grande sonate op. 33
Tuesday 6 August 2013 as part of the Dublin Piano Festival. Lunchtime piano recital by Archie Chen to include Chopin, Godowsky and Alkan: Le festin d'Esope op. 39/12.
Tuesday 6 August 2013. Auditorium Tignespace, Yignes, France. Recital to include Alkan: Grande sonate de concert, op. 47 (Yvan Chiffoleau, cello).
Sunday 11 August 2013 Church of Durbuy, Belgium
Trio Talweg play T. Gouvy: Piano Trio no. 5 and Alkan: Piano Trio op. 30.
Tuesday 13 August 2013. Basilique Saint-Juste, Valcabrere, France. Piano recital by Geoffroy Couteau to include Chopin, Liszt, and Alkan: Chants book 3 op. 65, and Allegro barbaro, op. 35/5.
Saturday 17 August 2013. Husum Festival , Germany, at 19.30. Piano recital by Jean-Frédéric Neuburger to include Bach, Dukas, Sibelius, Duitilleux and Alkan: Cappriccio all soldatesca op. 50 no. 1 and Le chemin de fer op. 27.
Sunday 18 August 2013. Husum Festival, Germany at 11.00. Colloquium (in German): 'Has Charles-Valentin Alkan's music got a Chance in Germany?' Speakers include Peter Grove, Dr. Hartmut Lück and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rathert.
Sunday 18 August 2013 Massif des Bauges, France
Thursday 22 August 2013 Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Lille, Lille, France
Piano recital by Pascal Amoyel to include Liszt, Grieg and Alkan: Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Âges' op. 33.
Sunday 25 August 2013. Holywell Music Room Oxford at 19.00. Piano recital by Jack Gibbons. Alkan: Op.39 . 12 Studies in all the minor keys. Complete performance of the Op. 39 set.
Thursday 29 August 2013. Holywell Music Room Oxford at 20.00. Piano recital by Jack Gibbons, to include Chopin and Alkan: Marche funèbre Op.26 , Marche triomphale Op.27, Saltarelle Op.23, Nocturne Op.22 , a selection of Preludes op.31, and other works.
Sunday 1 September 2013. Holywell Music Room Oxford at 20.00. Piano recital by Jack Gibbons, to include music of Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin, Gibbon and Alkan.
Tuesday 3 September 2013. Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia at 18.30. Piano recital by Kerry Yong to include Bach, Liszt and Alkan: Concert transcription of Mozart Concerto in D minor K 466 for solo piano with cadenzas
Wednesday 18 September. Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RT at 12.00. Recital by Adrian Bradbury ( cello) and Oliver Davies (piano) to include Moore, Piatti and Alkan: Sonate de Concert, op. 47.
Monday 23 September 2013. Auditorium Saint-Piuerre-des-Cuisines, Toulouse, France
Piano recital by Pierre Amoyel to include Liszt, Grieg and Alkan: Grande sonate op. 33
Tuesday 24 September 2013. Filharmonia Świętokrzyskiej, Kielce, Poland. Piano recital by Tomasz Kamieniak to include J. Wieniawski 4 pieces op. 51 (dedicated to E. M. Delaborde) and Alkan: Concerto op. 39/ 8-10.
Friday 27 September 2013. St. Iberius Church, Wexford, Ireland at 20.00
Wednesday 16 October 2013. St. John's Theatre, Listowel, Co, Kerry, Ireland at 20.00.
Recitals by Maria McGarry to include Alkan: Nocturne Op. 22; 'Les Diablotins' and 'Les Soupirs' from the Esquisses; and Super Flumina Babylonis. With music by Debussy, Liszt and Chopin.
Friday 4 October 2013. Piano Extravaganza Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria at 19.30. Recital by Tomasz Kamieniak to include Wagner/Liszt, Verdi/Liszt, Lutoslawski, J. Wieniawski, Delaborde: 2 Petites preludes and Alkan: Concerto op. 39/ 8-10.
Saturday 5 October 2013. Theatre, Levoca, Slovakia at 19.00 Concert by the Kapralova Quartet to include Vranicky, Bodorova, Brahms and Alkan: 3 Motifs (arr. R. Murphy) and Quartet Fragment. Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Sunday 6 October 2013. Congress Hall, Levoca, Slovakia at 15.00. Concert by Igor Karško (violin), Jozef Lupták (cello) and Mark Viner (piano) as part of 2013 'Indian Summer in Levoca' Festival: Alkan: Grand duo concertant op. 21 (violin and piano): Trio, op. 30: Sonate de Concert, op. 47 (cello and piano) Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Monday 7 October 2013. Congress Hall, Levoca, Slovakia at 15.00. Recital by Tomasz Kamieniak as part of 2013 'Indian Summer in Levoca' Festival. To include Wagner/Liszt, Lutoslawski, Poulenc, Delaborde: 2 Petites preludes and Alkan: Le Festin d’Esope op. 39/12; L´incendie au village voisin op.35/9; Minuetto alla tedesca op.46; Marche quasi da cavelleria op. 37; Andante romantique op. 13/2; Etude for the left hand op. 76/1. Admission free. Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Monday 7 October 2013. Congress Hall, Levoca, Slovakia at 19.00. Recital by Klára Kolonits (soprano) and Daniel Dinyés (piano) as part of the 2013 'Indian Summer in Levoca' Festival. To include Wagner,Schumann, Dinyés and Alkan: 3 anciennes mélodies de la synagogue/ Verset de Psaume 42 . Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Wednesday 9th October 2013. Muzikal'noye Uchilishche, Malaniuka Vul. 4, Kirovograd, Ukraine. Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include Scriabin, Grieg, Blumenthal and Alkan: op. 39 nos. 9 and 10 (from the Concerto for solo piano).
Monday 14 October 2013. Pesaro, Italy as part of the Rossini Opera Festival. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (piano and pedalier) to include music of Rossini and Alkan.
Monday 14th October 2013. Conservatorio Paganini, Genoa at 16.30. Omaggio a Charles-Valentin Alkan with Marco Rapetti and Emanuele Delucchi (piano), Andrea Basevi and Claudio Proietti.
Tuesday 15 October 2013. The Forge, Camden, London at 20.00. Piano recital by Kerry Yong to include Bach, Liszt and Alkan: Concert transcription of Mozart Concerto in D minor K 466 for solo piano with cadenzas.
Wednesday 16 October 2013. Harvardwood, The Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005 at 18.00. Recital by the G Sharp Duo to include Schubert, Busoni and Alkan: Grand Duo Concertant op. 21.
Wednesday 16 October 2013. Palazzo Cavagnis, Venice, Italy. Recital by Tomasz Kamieniak to include Wagner/Rubinstein, Verdi/Liszt, Kamieniak and Alkan: Concerto op. 39/ 8-10.
Sunday 20 October 2013. Chiesa Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) of music by Alkan.
Monday 21 October 2013. Ravello Concert Society, Via Raffaelo, Ravello, Italy. Piano recital by Mario Angiolelli, to include music by Verdi/Liszt, Wagner, and Alkan: Rondo Chromatique op. 12
Tuesday 22 October 2013. Accademia di Musica, Pinerolo, Italy. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) of music by Boely, Schumann, and Alkan: Benedictus op. 54 , 3 Etudes pour les pieds seulement, Préludes op. 66 nos. 4, 7 and 10
Thursday 24 October 2013. Institute français, Palais Clam Gallas, Vienna, Austria at 19.00. Concert by the Joseph Woelfl-Trio. Alkan: Grand duo concertant op. 21 (violin and piano): Trio, op. 30: Sonate de Concert, op. 47 (cello and piano).
Friday 25 October 2013. Sydney Conservatoire, Australia at 16.00. Alfred Hook lecture by Stephanie McCallum: 'Charles Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) 200 years on'
Saturday October 26 2013. Chatham University, Chapel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. at 14.00. Recital by Eric Dzugan (piano) to include Alkan: Concerto da Camera Op. 10 #2; selections from Esquisses op. 63, Les Mois, Trente Chants, Preludes Op. 25, Allegro Barbaro, Scherzo Diabolico; Trois Morceaux dan le genre pathetique Op. 15, Funeral March Op. 26, Le festin d'Esope op. 39/12, Grande Sonate Op. 33 ; and Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot .
Saturday 26 October 2013. Aula Magna, Universita Sapienza, Rome.
Sunday 27 October 2013. Teatro della Pergola,Florence
Monday 28 October 2013. Conservatori Verdi,Milan
Wednesday 30 October 2013. Teatro Comunale, Treviso
Thursday 31 October 2013. Sala Greppi, Bergamo.
Friday 6 November 2013. deSingel, Antwerp.
Recitals by Marc-André Hamelin to include Alkan: Barcarolle op. 65/6; Aime-moi ! op. 15/1.
Wednesday 16 October 2013. Harvardwood, The Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005 at 18.00. Recital by the G Sharp Duo to include Schubert, Busoni and Alkan: Grand Duo Concertant op. 21.
Wednesday 16 October 2013. Palazzo Cavagnis, Venice, Italy. Recital by Tomasz Kamieniak to include Wagner/Rubinstein, Verdi/Liszt, Kamieniak and Alkan: Concerto op. 39/ 8-10.
Sunday 20 October 2013. Chiesa Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) of music by Alkan.
Monday 21 October 2013. Ravello Concert Society, Via Raffaelo, Ravello, Italy. Piano recital by Mario Angiolelli, to include music by Verdi/Liszt, Wagner, and Alkan: Rondo Chromatique op. 12
Tuesday 22 October 2013. Accademia di Musica, Pinerolo, Italy. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) of music by Boely, Schumann, and Alkan: Benedictus op. 54 , 3 Etudes pour les pieds seulement, Préludes op. 66 nos. 4, 7 and 10
Thursday 24 October 2013. Institute français, Palais Clam Gallas, Vienna, Austria at 19.00. Concert by the Joseph Woelfl-Trio. Alkan: Grand duo concertant op. 21 (violin and piano): Trio, op. 30: Sonate de Concert, op. 47 (cello and piano).
Friday 25 October 2013. Sydney Conservatoire, Australia at 16.00. Alfred Hook lecture by Stephanie McCallum: 'Charles Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) 200 years on'
Saturday October 26 2013. Chatham University, Chapel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. at 14.00. Recital by Eric Dzugan (piano) to include Alkan: Concerto da Camera Op. 10 #2; selections from Esquisses op. 63, Les Mois, Trente Chants, Preludes Op. 25, Allegro Barbaro, Scherzo Diabolico; Trois Morceaux dan le genre pathetique Op. 15, Funeral March Op. 26, Le festin d'Esope op. 39/12, Grande Sonate Op. 33 ; and Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot .
Saturday 26 October 2013. Aula Magna, Universita Sapienza, Rome.
Sunday 27 October 2013. Teatro della Pergola,Florence
Monday 28 October 2013. Conservatori Verdi,Milan
Wednesday 30 October 2013. Teatro Comunale, Treviso
Thursday 31 October 2013. Sala Greppi, Bergamo.
Friday 6 November 2013. deSingel, Antwerp.
Recitals by Marc-André Hamelin to include Alkan: Barcarolle op. 65/6; Aime-moi ! op. 15/1.
Wednesday 16 October 2013. Harvardwood, The Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005 at 18.00. Recital by the G Sharp Duo to include Schubert, Busoni and Alkan: Grand Duo Concertant op. 21.
Wednesday 16 October 2013. Palazzo Cavagnis, Venice, Italy. Recital by Tomasz Kamieniak to include Wagner/Rubinstein, Verdi/Liszt, Kamieniak and Alkan: Concerto op. 39/ 8-10.
Sunday 20 October 2013. Chiesa Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) of music by Alkan.
Monday 21 October 2013. Ravello Concert Society, Via Raffaelo, Ravello, Italy. Piano recital by Mario Angiolelli, to include music by Verdi/Liszt, Wagner, and Alkan: Rondo Chromatique op. 12
Tuesday 22 October 2013. Accademia di Musica, Pinerolo, Italy. Recital by Roberto Prosseda (pedalier) of music by Boely, Schumann, and Alkan: Benedictus op. 54 , 3 Etudes pour les pieds seulement, Préludes op. 66 nos. 4, 7 and 10
Thursday 24 October 2013. Institute français, Palais Clam Gallas, Vienna, Austria at 19.00. Concert by the Joseph Woelfl-Trio. Alkan: Grand duo concertant op. 21 (violin and piano): Trio, op. 30: Sonate de Concert, op. 47 (cello and piano).
Friday 25 October 2013. Sydney Conservatoire, Australia at 16.00. Alfred Hook lecture by Stephanie McCallum: 'Charles Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) 200 years on'
Saturday October 26 2013. Chatham University, Chapel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. at 14.00. Recital by Eric Dzugan (piano) to include Alkan: Concerto da Camera Op. 10 #2; selections from Esquisses op. 63, Les Mois, Trente Chants, Preludes Op. 25, Allegro Barbaro, Scherzo Diabolico; Trois Morceaux dan le genre pathetique Op. 15, Funeral March Op. 26, Le festin d'Esope op. 39/12, Grande Sonate Op. 33 ; and Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot .
Saturday 26 October 2013. Aula Magna, Universita Sapienza, Rome.
Sunday 27 October 2013. Teatro della Pergola,Florence
Monday 28 October 2013. Conservatori Verdi,Milan
Wednesday 30 October 2013. Teatro Comunale, Treviso
Thursday 31 October 2013. Sala Greppi, Bergamo.
Friday 6 November 2013. deSingel, Antwerp.
Recitals by Marc-André Hamelin to include Alkan: Barcarolle op. 65/6; Aime-moi ! op. 15/1.
Sunday October 27 2013. De Toonzaal, Prins Bernhardstraat 4-6 5211 HE 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands at 12.00.
Friday November 1 2013. Chapelle des Redemptoristes, Chateauroux, France at 14.30 Pierre Reach plays the Liszt Sonata and Alkan:Grande Sonate Op.33.
Saturday November 2 2013. Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford at 15.00. (Pre-concert talk at 14.30).
Saturday 2 November 2013. St Mary's Old Church, Stoke Newington (Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 9ES) at 13.00 as part of the 2nd Stoke Newington Contemporary Music Festival . New completions/versions of Alkan: Fragment for String Quartet by Michael Finnissy, Susie Self, Adam de la Cour, Neil Luck and others.
Saturday 2 November 2013. Minato Maria Concert Hall, Yokohama, Japan at 18.30. Vincenzo Maltempo plays Alkan: Etudes dans tous les tons mineurs op. 39, (complete) .
Sunday 3 November 2013. Chapel Royal, North Street Brighton at 14.00. Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include Finnissy, Liszt, White, Chopin and Alkan Concerto op. 39/ 8-10. Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Sunday 3 November 2013. St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington (Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 9ES) at 13.00 as part of the 2nd Stoke Newington Contemporary Music Festival. Gabriel Keen plays premiere of 'Concerto for Piano Solo' (homage to Alkan) by Brian Inglis.
Friday 8 November - Sunday 10 November 2013. English Church, Zeughausmarkt, Hamburg. Six 'Petits concerts' featuring Alkan. Francesco Libetta, Alexander Paley, and Mark Viner (pianists). Works will include the Sonate de concert op. 47 for cello and piano.
Saturday 9 November 2013. Utah Valley University, Orem UT, USA. Charles-Valentin Alkan: USA Bicentennial Conference. Speakers include Hugh Macdonald, Mark Kroll and David Conway (The Alkan Society). There will also be a performance by Jack Gibbons of Alkan: Etudes op. 39 4-10 (Symphony and Concerto for solo piano).
Sunday 10 November 2013 Salle de l'Arbousiere, Chateuaneuf-de-Gadagne, France. Piano recital by Justine Leroux, to include Liszt, Chopin and Alkan, Esquisses (extracts).
Monday 11 November 2013. Allhelgonakyrkan, Stockholm at 19.00. Stefan Lindgren plays works by Mendelssohn and Alkan: Concerto for solo piano Op.39/ 8-10
Sunday 17 November 2013. Floridia, Italy at 18.00. Recital by Alessandro Marino to include Alkan: Saltarello and movts. 1 and 2 of the Grande Sonate op. 33.
Monday 18 November 2013. Center for Jewish History • 15 West 16th Street New York, New York 10011 at 20.00. Charles Valentin Alkan: His Life and Music. Lecture by Donald Wagner and music of Alkan played by students of Mannes College (See Concert Programme for details)
Tuesday 19 November 2013. Cardiff University Concert Hall at 19.00. Kenneth Hamilton plays works by Chopin, Liszt and Alkan Concerto for solo piano Op.39/8-10.
Thursday 21 December 2013. Merate, Italy at 18.00. Recital by Alessandro Marino to include Alkan: movts. 1 and 2 of the Grande Sonate op. 33.
Thursday 21 November- Saturday 23rd November 2013, Paris. International Colloquium: 'Charles-Valentin Alkan, le piano visionnaire.'
21 November: Bibliothèque Nationale Française : 'Sources, réception et postérité.'
22 November: Conservatoire: 'Connaissance, anaylse et interprétation.'
23 November: Musée de la Musique: 'Facture instrumentale et répertoire.'
Speakers include David Conway (The Alkan Society), Kenneth Hamilton, Annie Kessous-Dreyfus, François Luguenot (Société Alkan).
Thursday 21 November 2013. Grand auditorium, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Quai François-Mauriac, 75706 Paris at 18.30. Piano recital by Nicolas Stavy of works by Alkan.
Friday 22 November 2013. Conservatoire de Paris at 19.00. Concert by Ensemble 2e2m to include music of Mozart, Mefano and Alkan: Concerto da camera in C sharp minor, Op 10 and Marche funèbre sur la mort d’un papagallo.
Saturday 23 November, Musee de la musique, Paris at 12.30. Pedalier recital by Dalibor Miklavcic to inlude music of Schumann, Rousseau and Alkan.
Saturday 23 November 2013. Louis P. Ciminelli Recital Hall, Buffalo State University at 19.30. Alkan's Feast. Lecture recital by Ivan Docenko, with Bruce Pfeffer (piano).
Sunday November 24 2013. Spectrum, New York.
Jonathan Powell gives the world premiere performances of Kaikhosru Sorabji: Piano Symphony no.6 (Symphonia Claviensis), (1975-76), which includes a movement 'Quasi-Alkan'.
Wednesday 27 November 2013. Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London at 15.00. Alkan's Feast. Elena Vorotko explores Charles-Valentin Alkan. This lecture-recital will reveal some of the riches and peculiarities of his gigantic output. He preferred Erard and Pleyel at the time when the Steinway was making a revolution in the piano world. Looking to the past for inspiration, Alkan was also paving the way for the future generations in his experimentations with form and harmony. Free admission.
Thursday 28 November 2013. St. James's Church, Piccadilly, London. at 19.00. Mark Viner (piano) and Patrick Tapio Johnson ('cello). Alkan: Marche funèbre, Op. 26 - Barcarolle op. 38/6 - La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer op. 31/8 - Barcarolle op. 65/6 - Chant d'amour - chant de mort op. 35/8 - Symphonie pour piano seul op. 39/4-7 - Sonate de Concert ('cello and piano) Op. 47. Event supported by the Alkan Society.
Thursday 28 November 2013. Concert Room, Block Grove B, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT. 18.30 . Gabriel Keen plays 'Concerto for Piano Solo' (homage to Alkan) by Brian Inglis and music by Sorabji, Finnissy and Alkan..
Thursday 28 November - Saturday 30 November 2013. Conservatorio di musica Luigi Cherubini, Piazza delle Belle Arti 2, Florence, Italy. Conference: Le Festin d'Alkan. Speakers/Performers include Marco Repetti, Vincenzo Maltempo, Roberto Prosseda, Jonathan Powell and David Conway.
Thursday 28 November. 16.00. Alkan: Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un pappagallo .
16.30: Recital by Marco Repetti - Alkan: Andante romantique, op.13 n.2 - Gigue, op.24 n.1 - Prélude op.31 n.13 (J'étais endormie) - Scherzo diabolico, op.39 n.3 - Chant op.38 n.2 (Fa) - Petite prélude sur le gammes du plain-chant n.6 - Chant op.65 n.3 (Canon) - Airs à 5 temps et à 7 temps, op.32bis nos .3 avincanzond 4 - Etude pour l'"Encyclopédie du Pianiste Compositeur" de Zimmerman.
18.00: Recital by Vincenzo Maltempo. Alkan: Petite Fantaisie, op.41 n.1 - Le Festin d'Esope, op.39 n.12 - Symphonie op. 39 4-7.
Friday 29 November. 16.00. Talk by David Conway on Alkan's Jewish background and influences with musical illustrations played by Marco Repetti, Giovanni Inglese (cello) and others.
17.30 Talk by Rosalba Agresta - Chopin, Liszt, Alkan. Pianisti compositori nella Parigi dell'Ottocento. Marco Repetti plays Alkan: La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer, prélude op.31 n.8 - Le Grillon, op.60bis - Le Tambour bat aux champs, op.50bis. Talk by Antonello Palazzolo - Prime edizioni dell'opera di Chopin, Liszt e Alkan.
18.30. Jonathan Powell plays Alkan: Concerto op. 39, 8-10.
Saturday 30 November. 16.00 Organ recital by Giovanni Clavora' Braulin: Alkan: Prières op.64 nos 5 and 11; Grand Prélude op.66 no.3 16.30. Pedalier recital by Roberto Prosseda. Alkan: Benedictus, op.54 - Trois Études pour pédalier seulement nos. 1, 4, 5 - Grands Préludes op.66 nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.17.45. Jonathan and Irena Powell: Alkan: March en la bémol majeur, op.40 n.1.18.00. Talk by Jonat han Powell: Alkan and 20th-century British piano music. 18.30. Alkan: Esquisses op. 63. First complete performance of the cycle in Florence, by a relay of pianists. 19.45. Finale: Jonathan and Irena Powell: Alkan: Finale en ré mineur
Friday 29 November 2013. St Matthew's Church, Hayfield, Derbyshire at 19:30. Piano recital by Lloyd Buck to include Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninov and Alkan: Palpitamento and Symphony Op.39 Nos.4-7.
Saturday 30 November 2013. Conservatoire de Paris - Espace Maurice-Fleuret at 17.00. Hommage à Charles-Valentin Alkan - performances by students of the Conservatoire.
Saturday 30 November 2013. Bachus Conservatory, Austin, Texas. Charles-Valentin Alkan 200th Birthday Concert .
Saturday 30 November 2013. Sibelius Academy Concert Hall ,Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki, Finland. 18.00. Recital by Satu Paavola. Alkan: ”Aime-moi” op. 15 nr. 1, Grande Sonate ”Les Quatre Âges” op. 33, ”Assez vivement” op. 38. nr. 1 and ”Le Festin d’Ésope” op. 39/12.
Thursday 5 December 2013 Mairie du 9e arrondissment, Paris, France.
Piano recital by Justine Leroux, to include Liszt, Chopin and Alkan, Esquisses (extracts).
Sunday 8 December 2013. Kassette, Wolfbachstrasse 9 8032 Zürich. at 17.00. Lecture by Walther Labhart, "Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–88): Ein Komponist voll Zukunftsvisionen." With recorded musical examples.
Sunday 8 December 2013. Westminster Cathedral Hall, London at 17.00. Piano recital by Pierre Amoyel to include Chopin, Liszt, Borenstein and Alkan: Barcarolle Op. 65 No. 6 - Chanson de la folle au bord de la mer Op. 31 No. 8 - 3 Esquisses from op. 63: la Vision, les Cloches, les Soupirs. Chopin Soicety Concert, supported by the Alkan Society.
Wednesday 11th December 2013. As part of the Festival 'Hommage à Charles-Valentin Alkan' of the Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Munich. University Church of St. Ludwig, Ludwigstrasse 22, Munich at 20.00. Organ recital by Stephan Heuberger, to include works by Franck, Liszt and Alkan.
Thursday 12th December 2013. As part of the Festival 'Hommage à Charles-Valentin Alkan' of the Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Munich at 20.00. Lecture-recital 'Die Klaviermusik Charles-Valentin Alkans' by Dr. Hartmut Lück, examples played by Kilian Sprau to include excerpts from Alkan: Preludes op. 31 and Esquisses op. 63.
Friday 13th December 2013. As part of the Festival 'Hommage à Charles-Valentin Alkan' of the Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Munich at 20.00. Concert by Trio Movimento München to include works by Clara Schumann and Alkan: Piano Trio op. 30.
Sunday 15 December 2013. Merkin Concert Hall, New York at 16.00. Jack Gibbons plays Alkan: 12 études dans tous les tons mineurs op. 39 (complete).
Saturday 28 December 2013. Allhelgonakyrkan, Stockholm at 18.00. Bengt Forsberg plays works by Wagner, Hindemith, Poulenc and Alkan.
Tuesday 31 December 2013. St. James's Cathedral Seattle at 23.30. Concert to include Alkan: Concerto da camera op. 10/2 in C sharp minor, played by Angelo Rondello and St. James Cathedral Chamber Orchestra.
Saturday 25 January 2014. St Peter's Church, Burnley at 11.00. Piano recital by Lloyd Buck to include Alkan: Palpitamento and Symphony Op.39 Nos.4-7.
