Luxemburg pianist plays Bach tonight in Hanoi
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Luxembourg pianist Francesco Tristano will perform at the Hanoi Opera House at 8pm tonight to celebrate the birthday of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and the country's National Day.
Tristano will perform Bach's Partita No 1, B flat major, BWV 825 and Partita No 6, E minor, BWV 830.
He will also present some of his own works, including Barceloneta Trist, The Melody and Ground Bass-Chaconne.
The 30-year-old pianist fell in love with the piano when he was five years old and played his first concert, including his own compositions at the age of 13.
He has toured both as a soloist and with renowned orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra, the French National Orchestra of Lille and the Philharmonie Luxembourg.
An admirer of Bach works, Tristano is the founder of the chamber ensemble, The New Bach Players, with whom he has performed as conductor.
The ensemble consciously breaks with convention, using a Steinway grand piano and old, vibrato-less bows on contemporary string instruments.
Tristano has released 12 albums, including the 2007 Not for Piano, which presented his own compositions as well as versions of electronic classics played on piano. Idiosynkrasia, his third album, was released to critical acclaim in 2010.
His first musical project, entitled bachCage, produced by Moritz von Oswald, was released on Deutsche Grammophon in March.
