21st Gdańsk Pianist Autumn — Jonathan Fournel

Fig. Alexei Kostromin

Jonathan Fournel — piano

Hosted by: Konrad Mielnik

Program:

Jan Sebastian Bach — Passacaglia and fugue BWV 582 [13'] Franz Schubert — 4 Impromptus op. 90 D. 899 [30']

Break [20']

Fryderyk Chopin — Ballad in F minor Op. 52 No. 4 [12'] Sergei Rachmaninow — Sonata in B minor No. 2 Op. 36 [23']

Jonathan FournelLaureat Grand Prix — Queen Matilda Awards at the Queen Elizabeth of Belgium International Music Competition. In addition, the winner of the Musiq3 Audience Awards and the Canvas-Klara Award. It has also been named Révélation Classique of 2017 by the Paris-based organisation ADAMI, and its sponsors include the Fondation Colas, the Goéland Foundation and Allumeurs d'Etoiles. The artist signed a contract with the Alpha label, which has won many Gramophone awards. In October 2021, he released an album with works by Brahms. Visits to prestigious concert halls and festival stages, such as: Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Rheingau Musik Festival, Verbier Festival, Klavier Festival Ruhr, La Roque d'Anthéron Festival, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Brussels Bozar, Louisiana Museum in Denmark, Kumho Art Museum in Seoul, Concert Hall in Tongyeong, Saõ Paulo Hall, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Verdi Hall in Milan or Fondation Louis-Vuitton in Paris.Jonathan Fournel has performed under conductors such as Stéphane Denève, Jonathon Heyward, Rafael Payare, Peter Oundjian, Hugh Wolff, Fan Tao, Jacques Mercier, Frank Braley and Lawrence Foster, and with orchestras such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Polish Symphony Orchestra The Radio in Katowice, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lorraine, the Croatian Radio and Television Orchestra and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.

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All upcoming festival concerts HERE

The project is co-financed by the City of Gdańsk.