Belgian pianist Stephane Ginsburgh returns to Cafe OTO to perform two of Feldman's late-period masterworks for solo piano. NB: 7pm doors for a 7:30pm start.

For Bunita Marcus (1985)
Triadic Memories (1981)

"My past experience was not to 'meddle' with the material, but use my concentration as a guide to what might transpire. I mentioned this to Stockhausen once when he had asked me what my secret was. 'I don't push the sounds around.' Stockhausen mulled this ove, and asked: 'Not even a little bit ?' "

"Morton Feldman’s words are of value both to composers and performers. As his music slowly drags you towards silence – like some Beethoven or Schubert late pieces do, by using atomization or repetition – you realize how worthless it is to try to force the music against it’s own will. You learn something about performing: ask what the music has to say and use your concentration. Playing or listening to Morton Feldman brings you back to the very few moments during which you look at a bright starry Summer sky, but are unable to grasp its size because it is beyond your senses – infinity within a finite space." - Stephane Ginsburgh

Please bring cushions, pillows or whatever you need to make yourself comfortable for the extended duration. You will be welcome to come and go (quietly) during the performance.



STEPHANE GINSBURGH

Stephane Ginsburgh, a musician based in Brussels, has been praised for his daring and mature piano playing. He appears regularly in recitals and chamber music in Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the USA. He performs Contemporary music as well as the Classical and Romantic repertoires that he often associates in his programs. After studying at the Conservatory, he worked with Claude Helffer in Paris and Jerome Lowenthal in New York. He studied philosophy at the Université libre de Bruxelles and translated into FrenchEric. J. Hobsbawm's Uncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion and Jazz. The book is published by the Brussels editor Aden.

He is in the process of recording Morton Feldman's works for solo piano (5 CDs & 1 DVD, Sub Rosa) and has recorded Vexations by Erik Satie on the composer's piano (Sub Rosa). In 2009 his projects included an evening around Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstücke and Kontakte with percussionist Miquel Bernat for the Ars Musica Festival and in 2011 at Agora/Ircam Festival. In 2010 he was asked by the Queen Elisabeth Competition to rehearse and record the compulsory concerto composed for the finals.

www.ginsburgh.net