Chester Music Society – Alessandro Taverna, piano

Chester Music Society – Alessandro Taverna, piano
Hailed by the British music critics, Alessandro Taverna’s “music making stimulates the senses as does a visit to his native Venice”, and gives “rise to a feeling of wonderment. When he reached the final and performed Chopin’s First Piano Concerto at the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition The Independent said “the world was suddenly suffused with grave beauty: flawless minutes of poetry”. Since then, Alessandro Taverna has shown a most remarkable, constant development that makes him one of the most interesting, musical pianists of his generation, being in worldwide demand.

Alessandro Taverna has won numerous awards in national and international competitions: among them the international piano competitions of Leeds, London, Hamamatsu, Minneapolis/St Paul, the Casella Prize in Venice, the Busoni Competition in Bolzano, the Scriabin Prize in Grosseto and Premio Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Eppan.

St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester on Wednesday 8 February 2017
Doors Open at 6:45PM
Box Office: 07831 710558