A day with Mikhail Pletnev I: Brand-new moments at the Virtual Verbier Festival

Generously supported by Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet

The son of two musicians, Mikhail Pletnev excelled as a pianist from a very young age and won First Prize at the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978. His transcriptions of works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, and Shchedrin met with international acclaim and a 2003 Grammy Award for a Prokofiev duo with Verbier favorite Martha Argerich. In addition to his pianistic gifts, Pletnev is also a renowned conductor; he has excelled in both roles over the years at Verbier, collaborating with esteemed artists like Janine Jansen and Gábor Takács-Nagy. He is known as a pianist of extraordinary clarity and artistry, with a playing style “born of a prodigious virtuosity of imagination outrageous in its beauty” (The Times)—one which is always on full display at the Verbier Festival!

Click here for the rest of the Virtual Verbier Festival’s day with Mikhail Pletnev.

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