Since 2001, Swedish pianist Per Tengstrand has performed regularly at Scandinavia House in Victor Borge Hall. In his Music on Park Avenue concert series, Tengstrand performs the masters with a focus on a chamber music repertoire, highlighting distinguished composers and guest musicians.
Oct 29 – The first concert of the new season of Music on Park Avenue, focusing on Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his Piano Concerto in A minor. Pianist Per Tengstrand will be joined in Victor Borge Hall by four young musicians from Princeton University to perform Grieg’s famous concerto in a version for Piano and String Quartet, a transcription made by Tengstrand himself.
Ian Kim and Daniel Lee on violin Jisang Kymm on viola and Elliott Kim on cello form the string quartet, who will also perform the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s first String Quartet, and with Tengstrand at the piano, we will also hear the beloved andante cantabile movement from Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet.
Nov 19 – Pianist Per Tengstrand will embark on a journey through the piano works of Frédéric Chopin. The music of Frédéric Chopin is beloved all over the world. It is accessible with its direct appeal, but at the same time it is a wonder of emotional depth and subtlety. Per Tengstrand has spent the last years delving into the music of the Polish composer, making both a film as well as a documentary series about Chopin. This evening, he will present some of the most popular and the most genial of his piano works, such as the first Ballad and the “Heroic” Polonaise in A-flat. Join us at Victor Borge Hall for an evening with one of the greatest piano composers in history.