pavel kolesnikov
7 june 2023 / 8.30pm / the jazz cafe
100% funded (sold out)
Pavel Kolesnikov performs Bach's Goldberg Variations for solo piano in an intimate concert at The Jazz Cafe, Camden.
7pm: late set doors open
8.30pm: pavel kolesnikov late set
10pm: funk, soul and disco DJs (included with late set backing)
what are noisenights?
noisenights are our vision for the future of classical music: informal crowdfunded events featuring international soloists in bars, converted warehouses, and nightclubs.
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Most noisenights feature two short classical sets, one early evening, one late. All tickets to the late set include live music and DJs for the rest of the night, including jazz, latin, afrobeat, swing and funk acts.
This noisenight currently only has one set - but we're ready to add another, dependent on demand.
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Please note that due to the venue's license, this noisenight is strictly 18+.
the venue:
Running for over 25 years, The Jazz Cafe has earned its reputation as one of London’s most iconic live music venues.
The intimate space forged out of an old branch of Barclays has played host to the biggest names in jazz and soul - such as Bobby Womack, Amy Winehouse, Adele, D’Angelo and lots more. We're returning for the first time since two sold out sets back in December 2022.
the music:
Internationally-acclaimed pianist Pavel Kolesnikov will play Bach's Goldberg Variations for this intimate performance at The Jazz Cafe.
Widely regarded as one of the most ambitious pieces for keyboard, Pavel's 2020 recording garnered widespread critical acclaim. We can't wait to hear it live in this special and unique setting.
pavel kolesnikov (piano):
In 2012 pianist Pavel Kolesnikov became a sensation at the Honens International Piano Competition when he took home the world’s largest piano prize.
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The London-based pianist was born in Siberia into a family of scientists. He studied both the piano and violin for ten years, before concentrating solely on the piano.
He has studied at Moscow State Conservatory with Sergey Dorensky, at London’s Royal College of Music with Norma Fisher and at Brussels’ Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Maria João Pires thanks to the generous support of Mr Christopher D Budden, the RCM Scholarship Foundation and Hattori Foundation. Pavel is the recipient of the Milstein Medal and is the RCM Benjamin Britten Piano Fellow, and was a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists from 2014 to 2016.
Celebrated for his imaginative, thought-provoking programming which offers the listener a fresh, often unexpected perspective on familiar pieces, Pavel has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, as part of the international Piano Series, Carnegie Hall in New York, and Berlin's Konzerthaus, the Louvre and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. In recent years he also performed at La Roque d’Antheron festival, the Musiq3 Festival in Brussels, Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse, and the Aldeburgh Festival, among others.
An avid ensemble player, Kolesnikov regularly performs in piano duo with Samson Tsoy and collaborates with other musicians such as cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, the Hermes String Quartet and the Calidore String Quartet. In 2019 he performed the complete cycle of Brahms violin and viola sonatas with Lawrence Power. He formed Trio Aventure with Elina Buksha and Aurelien Pascal.
Kolesnikov records for Hyperion, with repertoire ranging from rarely heard harpsichord pieces by Louis Couperin to Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. His Chopin Mazurkas album won Diapason d'Or de l'annee, one of world's most prestigious awards in the area of recording. His 6th album, Bach's Goldberg Variations, was released in Autumn 2020. He collaborated with legendary Belgian dancer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker on a new choreographic work based on the Goldberg Variations which was premiered in August 2020 at the Wiener Festwochen and is currently touring the world.
In 2019, together with Samson Tsoy, Kolesnikov started Ragged Music Festival at the Ragged School Museum, former “ragged school” of Dr Barnardo in London’s East End. In the same year Kolesnikov was honoured with the Critics’ Circle Young Talent Award 2019 for piano, praised for his “intensely personal interpretations, often daring in their originality” and his “crusading vision”.
Rewards: unallocated standing tickets to the noisenight24 late set in The Jazz Cafe, Camden at 8.30pm on Wednesday 7 June 2023. First-come-first served for the best views.
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