Alexandre Kantorow makes his LA Jolla Music Society debut! In addition to winning the Gold Medal at the 2019 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, Kantorow also received the rarely awarded Grand Prix—a double feat accomplished by only one other pianist, Daniil Trifonov, in 2009. The wide-ranging program features classics by Beethoven, Liszt, Scriabin, and Chopin, but also includes less well-known works by Medtner and Alkan.

My lecture will focus on the connections between these composers and each other, as well as to the larger musical-tradition to which they all belong.