Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, III. Movement | Can Saraç (piano) & Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, III. Movement | Can Saraç (piano) & Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra
柴可夫斯基：第一號鋼琴協奏曲，第三樂章 | 坎·薩拉奇（鋼琴）與杜塞爾多夫交響樂團

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Do you like Tchaikovsky? Do you like his Piano Concerto No. 1? And what about the third movement? Here, the Allegro con fuoco is performed by Can Saraç and the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vitali Alekseenok. The concert took place on the occasion of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) on March 19, 2025, at the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf. Can Saraç won the Discovery Award there.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is considered the most important Russian composer of the 19th century. He was born in 1840 in Votkinsk and studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Anton Rubinstein from 1862. His compositions combined Russian folk music with western music influences. Tchaikovsky wrote several symphonies and operas, as well as "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake," the most famous ballets in music history.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op, 23 is one of the most popular piano works to this day. Tchaikovsky completed it in 1875, the same year it premiered in Boston. With its concise, rhythmic runs and its focused energy, it thrilled audiences then as it does today.

The young Turkish pianist Can Saraç (*2007), began his studies at the age of five at the piano department of the State Conservatory of Istanbul University and has been continuing his career for the past three years at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. As a scholarship student at the Liechtenstein International Music Academy, he regularly participated in the Academy’s intensive training and concerts. As one of those rare natural talents on the piano, Can Saraç regularly performs solo and chamber music concerts in Turkey and abroad.

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