Looking ahead: Third London Piano Festival

Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva at the 2017 London Piano Festival (Photo Martin Kendrick, Wright Music Media)

Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva's third annual London Piano Festival, takes place from 3-7 October 2018 at Kings Place, London with a distinguished group of pianists including Stephen Kovacevich, Margaret Fingerhut, Konstantin Lifschitz, Ingrid Fliter, Leszek Możdżer, Paul Roberts and Alexandra Dariescu joining Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva for five days of events. 

As ever, the highlight of the festival is the two-piano marathon, this year Stephen Kovacevich, Margaret Fingerhut, Katya Apekisheva, Charles Owen, Konstantin Lifschitz and Ingrid Fliter, in various pairings, will be performing music by Brahms, Bax, Debussy, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Poulenc, Arensky and Thomas Adès' Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face.

The festival opens on Wednesday 3 October 2018 with Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva, both solo and as a duo, in Schubert, Granados, Ginastera, Ravel, Debussy and Milhaud. Subsequent recitals will include Konstantin Lifschitz in Schubert, Janacek and Debussy, jazz pianist Leszek Możdżer, a lecture/recital on Debussy from Paul Roberts and a performance of The Nutcracker and I by Alexandra Dariescu.

Full details from the London Piano Festival website.