2023 Emerging Artists Concert | Abhinath Berry | Piano
Event description
2023 EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES | RECITAL WITH ABHINATH BERRY (PIANO)
We are delighted to welcome Abhinath Berry as part of the 2023 Lewis Eady Emerging Artists Series.
Abhinath Berry is a pianist and composer from Dunedin, New Zealand. He began self-study of the piano at the age of 15, and has been studying piano with Blair Professor Terence Dennis since 2019. He attained a Bachelor of Music with first-class Honours in Performance and Composition from the University of Otago’s School of Performing Arts in 2022. Abhinath has recently been named the winner of Creative New Zealand’s Jack McGill Scholarship, and a Dame Malvina Major Foundation Arts Excellence Award.
For this Emerging Artists concert, Abhinath will present works by Chopin, Ravel and Rautavaara alongside two of Liszt's Wagner transcriptions.
Programme
Chopin - Nocturne, Op. 48 No. 1
Wagner-Liszt - Isolde's Liebestod
Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit
Interval
Rautavaara - Etudes, Op. 42
Chopin - Ballade, No. 1 Op. 23
Wagner-Liszt - Overture to Tannhauser, S. 442