The Italian The Italian pianist Giovanni Bertolazzi , born in Verona in 1998, received his musical education in Venice and Catania. A rising star, he has performed widely throughout Europe and won more than forty prizes in international piano competitions, most recently second prize in the Franz International PianoCompetition in Budapest. Following a master-class with him, he comes to Harrogate with the enthusiastic endorsement of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. he will be playing:

L. v. Beethoven

Sonata no. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7

F. Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 in C-sharp minor, S. 244/12

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F. Liszt

Totentanz. Paraphrase on Dies irae, S. 525

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179

Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161

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