Cristiano Burato | Pianofortissimo & Talenti

Among the most compelling Chopin interpreters of his generation, Cristiano Burato presents at pianofortissimo an exceptionally fascinating and rarely performed programme: the complete Waltzes of Chopin, including the so-called “Twenty-First Waltz”, also known as the “New York Waltz”, discovered in manuscript form in November 2024 at the Morgan Library in New York by musicologist Robinson McClellan. Now fifty-eight, Burato has enjoyed a distinguished international career, collaborating with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Lü Jia, Marcello Viotti, Alun Francis and Mario Bellugi. He is also a member of the Artistic Committee of the Busoni Competition.

PROGRAMME

21 Waltzes by Chopin

• Waltz in A Minor ("The New Yorker")

• Waltzes KK IVb Nos. 10 and 11

• Waltzes KK IVa Nos. 12, 13, 14 and 15

• Trois Valses, Op. 70

• Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42

• Valse-Étude Mélancolique in F-sharp Minor

• Deux Valses, Op. 69

• Trois Valses Brillantes, Op. 34

• Trois Valses, Op. 64

• Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 18

Frédéric Chopin

Note: French titles traditionally used by Chopin (Trois Valses, Deux Valses, Grande Valse Brillante, etc.) are generally left untranslated in concert programmes.