Tuesday's recital marks the premiere of the Pianissimo subscription, which offers a 25% discount for the first four concerts.

 

As part of its Chamber Cycle, the Auditorio de Tenerife is offering on Tuesday (12th) an integral by Franz Schubert performed by the pianist Paul Lewis. This date with the music of the Austrian composer and the interpretation of the English musician opens the sessions dedicated to this instrument, the first four of which are offered this season with a 25% discount through the Pianísimo Subscription.

As for Tuesday's programme, the complete piano sonatas by Schubert take the audience on a unique and heartbreaking journey through the last 12 years of his life. From the charming lyricism of the early sonatas to the transcendent creativity of the last masterpieces, and the harrowing moments of despair when his health began to decline.

With frankness and sincerity, the sonatas by Schubert express some of the most essential elements of human experience: longing, consolation, despair, joy, loss, nostalgia, and hope. In our age, his music remains as essential and moving as ever.

Paul Lewis is a renowned performer of the Central European piano repertoire. His performances and recordings of Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous acclaim worldwide. He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his services to music, and his musical approach has earned him followers all over the world.

He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Philharmonic Orchestras Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of New York and Los Angeles, the Symphony Orchestras of Chicago and London, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. His close relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra led to him being appointed a Koussevitzky Artist 2020 at Tanglewood.

He has received awards such as Instrumentalist of the Year of the Royal Philharmonic Society; two Edison, three Gramophone, Diapason d'Or de l'Annee, the South Bank Show Classical Music Award; honorary degrees from the universities of Liverpool, Edge Hill and Southampton.

He has given performances in the Royal Festival Hall, Alice Tully, Carnegie Hall, Musikverein, Konzerthaus, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, and Berlin Konzerthaus, and participated in the festivals of Tanglewood, Ravinia, Schubertiade, Edinburgh, Salzburg, Lucerne.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.

The four concerts included in the Pianissimo subscription are: Integral Schubert I (12 September), Integral Schubert II (3 October), both performing Paul Lewis, Resiliencia with Yulianna Avdeeva (14 November) and Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Alkan with Schaghajegh Nosrati (19 December).