Daniil Trifonov: Frédéric Chopin's Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, op. 18

Daniil Trifonov plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz No. 1, op. 18 “Grande valse brillante” at the Verbier Festival in 2012.

Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) wrote the Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, op. 18, in 1833. It was his first published waltz composition for solo piano and has become one of his most popular compositions. This interpretation requires a fast tempo and the player is confronted with significant technical challenges. Chopin also gave the title Grande valse brillante to the next three waltzes in the op. 34 set, published in 1838.

Hailed as one of the great pianists of the still-young 21st century, Daniil Trifonov has been making waves ever since, at the age of 20, he rounded off a string of music competition victories with top honors at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2011. Born in 1991 in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, Trifonov studied first in Moscow, later at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the US, and is currently based in New York. The Grammy Award winner and Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2016 is known for his impeccable technique and passion with Romantic music, but Trifonov has also increasingly branched out, giving recitals of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, and a broad cross section of 20th century music.

The Verbier Festival is one of the most prestigious classical music events in the world. The quality of the participating artists as well as the originality of the programmes have established the festival as a highlight of the music season. It takes place for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, in Switzerland.

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