RACHMANINOFF FESTIVAL I

Sergei Rachmaninoff stands as the culmination of the Russian symphonic tradition. An extraordinary pianist, conductor and composer, his music draws directly from the most genuinely romantic universe of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Frédéric Chopin, in a sublimation of form in the service of spontaneity and expression. Rachmaninoff’s work is sentimental, refined and elegant, and shows an equal fascination with gypsy music and Russian folklore.