Lukas Sternath © Thomas Rabsch
Rising Stars: Lukas Sternath, Klavier
Wednesday
11
June
2025
19:30 – ca. 21:30
Mozart-Saal
Performers
Lukas Sternath, Klavier
für den Gemeinschaftszyklus »Rising Stars« nominiert von Philharmonie du Luxembourg, Musikverein Wien und Wiener Konzerthaus
Great Talent
Programme
Sofia Gubaidulina
Chaconne (1962)
Johannes Brahms
Variationen und Fuge B-Dur über ein Thema von Georg Friedrich Händel op. 24 (1861)
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PatKop
Three Pieces for Piano (EA)
Kompositionsauftrag von Philharmonie du Luxembourg, Musikverein Wien, Wiener Konzerthaus und European Concert Hall Organisation
Franz Liszt
Sonate h-moll S 178 (1852–1853)
Note
Freie Platzwahl
Subscription series
Great Talent
Rising Stars
Festival
41. Internationales Musikfest
Links
https://lukassternath.com
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Rising star at the piano: Lukas Sternath
When a young pianist conquers the major stages of Europe within a very short space of time, wins numerous international prizes and is nominated for the European Concert Hall Organization's »Rising Stars« cycle, then it is worth listening carefully. Lukas Sternath is such an exceptional talent, and with his current recital programme, the 23-year-old Viennese shows why the international classical music scene thinks so highly of him.
An exciting program between tradition and the present
The program opens with Sofia Gubaidulina's powerful Chaconne, an early work by the Russian composer, which, with its expressive tonal language and archaic power, is an impressive calling card for the young performer. With the »Variations and Fugue on a Theme by George Frideric Handel« op. 24 by Johannes Brahms, Sternath presents a colorful pianistic monument to Romanticism, inspired by the Baroque art of variation. The audience can also look forward to »Three Pieces for Piano«, a composition specially commissioned for the Rising Stars series by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, which will be performed for the first time in Austria on this evening. The crowning finale is a pinnacle piece of piano literature: Franz Liszt's Sonata in B minor. With its breathtaking technical demands and creative fantasy between brute force and extreme lyricism, this work is a touchstone for every pianist.
