quando 17th of January 2017, h 20:30
dove Aula Magna, Sapienza University, Rome

Lilya Zilberstein- one of the most important pianist in the word, finally in Rome

The pianist, Lilya, wanted to start this 2017 with a concert in the Eternal City. The Italian charm will bring her these year in cities such as Rome, Turin and Florence.

Lilya Zilberstein: grit and perseverance

Lilya Zilberstein is a Russian- born, world-renowned pianist. She began playing the piano at the age of five. Following twelve years of lessons with Ada Traub at the Gnessin school of music in Moscow, she went on to study with Alexander Satz at the Gnessin Institute, taking her final exam in 1988.
In 1985 she already won the first prize in the competition of the Russian Federation and she was also among the prize-winners at the All-Union’s Competition in Riga.
Lilya Zilberstein has lived in Germany since 1990 and has performed in the countries finest concert halls, in the most important festivals and with the most famous orchestras. Lilya Zilberstein got her first taste of international success in 1987 when she won the Busoni Competition in Bolzano. Despite the awards received, she played with the most important international orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra in Moscow, the London Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra della Scala in Milan, the Staatskapelle Dresden, and many others. Alongside Claudio Abbado, she has worked with conductors such as John Axelrod, Paavo Berglund, Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Alun Fransis, Leopold Hager, Dmitrij Kitajenko, James Levine, Wassili Sinajski, Michael Tilson Thomas, Jean-Pascale Tortellier, Marcello Viotti and Antonin Witt. In August 1998, she was awarded the ”Accademia Musicale Chigiana” prize in Siena. This accolade has been awarded to, among others, Gidon Kremer, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Krystian Zimerman.

The program of the concert:

Schubert Moments musicaux D. 780; Schubert/Liszt Der Wanderer; Ständchen; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Auf dem Wasser zu singen da 12 Lieder; Beethoven Ventiquattro Variazioni sopra l’arietta “Venni Amore” di V. Righini; Chausson Quelques Dances op. 26.

The costs of the tickets:

Full price- 25€–20€-15€;
Reduced price ticket: 20€–16€-12€;
Under 30: 8€;
Under 18: 5€.

How to get there:

The address is: Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, Rome.
From Termini: bus 310.
From Tiburtina station:bus 163, 492, 71.
From S. Giovanni: tram nr.3, metro stop “Policlinico”.