Friday 25 September, 20:00

Mozart & Clementi — Concertos for Fortepiano

Led by Florent Albrecht, this programme pairs Mozart’s Piano Concertos No.13 and the celebrated No.21 “Elvira Madigan” with Clementi’s Concerto Op.30, performed on period instruments by the ensemble Encyclopédie. The performance foregrounds vibrant interplay between orchestra and soloist-conductor, revealing operatic accents and the galant elegance of the Classical style. Historically informed textures, crisp articulation and luminous phrasing create a mosaic of colours and emotions, moving between intimacy and radiant virtuosity.

Place de Neuve 5,
1204 Genève
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Photo Credit: Encyclopédie

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