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Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series 2024 (Concert 12) - Th
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! St Giles is situated in the heart of the Royal Mile with many bars and restaurants nearby to complete your evening.
Pianist Yuki Negishi
Programme
Beethoven Sonata in G major Op. 14 No.2
Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water
Rachmaninoff Preludes Op.23 No.4 & 5
Harold Arlen/Keith Jarrett: Over the Rainbow
Gershwin: Three Preludes
About Yuki Negishi
Negishi's performance is mesmeric. Here, as everywhere, her innate musicality allows the music to shine. ~Colin Clarke, International Piano Magazine, Sept 2022
Is there a more audacious way to commence your solo debut recording than by diving into Nikolai Kapustin's wildly rhapsodic First Piano Sonata? Especially if you've got Yuki Negishi's fast, well-oiled and supremely confident fingers.” ~Jed Distler, Gramophone, July 2022
Yuki Negishi has established herself as a pianist of rare poetry, passion and virtuosity, equally at home as an adjudicator, educator and researcher, captivating audiences wherever she performs around the world. Yuki has already performed in over 600 concerts in the UK alone, including many of the most important halls and festivals, and regularly performs about 30 concerts a year as recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician (London Mozart Players, London Myriad Ensem...
Mon 14 Oct 2024, 06:30PM - 07:30PM
£15, £19, £25, £35
St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh County EH1 1RE
Mon 14 October