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88 Minutes of Piano Excellence for World Piano Day 2025

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Cast

Glenn Gould — Pianist

Yuja Wang — Pianist

Bertrand Chamayou — Pianist

Maria João Pires — Pianist

Yunchan Lim — Pianist

Beatrice Rana — Pianist

Lahav Shani — Pianist

Khatia Buniatishvili — Pianist

Program notes

On March 29, the 88th day of the year, we are thrilled as always to observe World Piano Day, a musical celebration of the most famous 88-key instrument. Mark the occasion with our specially curated 88-minute piano extravaganza, featuring pieces of great emotion and virtuosity by Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Mozart, Beethoven, and many more — in the hands of piano masters past and present, including Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich, Hélène Grimaud, Arthur Rubinstein, Yuja Wang, Maria João Pires, and Daniil Trifonov!

A closer look: featured composers

Ludwig van Beethoven

Frédéric Chopin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Maurice Ravel

Franz Liszt

Robert Schumann

Johann Strauss II

Sergei Rachmaninov

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sergei Prokofiev

Georges Bizet

Igor Stravinsky

Franz Schubert

Johannes Brahms

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Clara Schumann

Further listening: featured works

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic"

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer)

24 Preludes, Op. 28

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Piano Concerto in G Major

Maurice Ravel (Composer)

Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

Franz Liszt (Composer)

Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

Robert Schumann (Composer)

Études, Op. 10

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer)

Three Waltzes, Op. 64

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

Sergei Rachmaninov (Composer)

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight"

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55

Maurice Ravel (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

Sergei Prokofiev (Composer)

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)

The Firebird Suite (Piano Transcription)

Igor Stravinsky (Composer) · Guido Agosti (Transcriber)

Four impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899

Franz Schubert (Composer)

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Maurice Ravel (Composer)