About this Event
Piano Day is celebrated annually on the 88th day of the year, commemorating the 88 keys of a standard piano. The event serves as a global celebration of the piano and everything around it: performers, composers, piano builders, tuners, movers and most important, the listener.
This year, Red Events proudly presents a festival dedicated to the Piano Day, offering guests the opportunity to experience either one concert of their choice or a Full Day festival experience:
Concert I: The Classics by Gabriele Bagnati from Italy 4PM
The festival will kick off with a special appearance from a Sony Classical pianist and composer Gabriele Bagnati. Immerse yourself into the enchanting melodies of Chopin, Brahms, and Medtner as Gabriele guides you through a musical journey, exploring the depths of emotion and the evolution of musical expression from the Romanticism to the Post-Romanticism eras.
Come and enjoy a musical soirée filled with an enchanting fusion of the 3 big B’s of classics — Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, performed by the talented duo Yeva Volkava (violin) and Roxanna Shini-Mehrabzadeh (piano).
The programme kicks off with Bach’s groundbreaking sonata, originally composed for baroque violin and harpsichord. Beethoven’s 1st sonata follows, marking the transition from classicism to romanticism. The journey reaches its pinnacle with Brahms’ last sonata, a symphonic masterpiece that foreshadows the 20th century, concluding with a contemporary composition that resonates with the pulse of modern times.
To end the evening, Varvara will bring to life piano renditions of Neoclassical maestros like Ludovico Einaudi & Hans Zimmer, Max Richter & Olafur Arnalds, along with the mystical Enigma, Celtic sounds of Enya and many more. There is timeless music that can be appreciated by all generations. This is the spirit of «The Universe of Neoclassics» concert by Varvara Tarasova.
PERFORMERS
Gabriele Bagnati was born in Milan in 2002 and grew up in the city of Venice. Both of his parents and all of his siblings are professional musicians and Gabriele grew up with music all around him. In such an inspiring surrounding it came naturally to him to start playing the piano by the age of 4. He already entered the conservatory of music in Venice studying his instrument by the age of 7 and graduated in 2021. He has won a number of Italian piano competitions such as the “Crescere in Musica” in 2013, the “Alberto Giol” in 2017, 2018 and 2020, the “Lia Tortora International Piano Competition” in 2018 or the “J.S. Bach National Piano Competition” in 2019.
He was awarded at the National Competition “Premio Venezia” at Teatro La fenice.
During the Covid pandemic and isolated in his parents’ house he started sharing short videos on TikTok. In his first post he set the agenda for his TikTok career in proclaiming “let’s see if TikTok likes classical music”. Since then has come up with entertaining video formats to introduce classical music to the TikTok audience and has gained large audience.
PROGRAMME
F. Chopin:
Scherzo n.2
Ballade n.1
Ballade n.2
J.Brahms:
Variations on a theme by Paganini op.35, book I
N.Medtner:
Tragic Sonata op.39 n.5
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building (St Hilda's College), Cowley Place, Oxford, United Kingdom
GBP 20.00 to GBP 89.00