Nine Louvel

Ionut Cibotariu

Name: Ionut Cibotariu
Start: 2026-02-13T12:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-13T13:30:00+01:00
Location: Flagey

Fri 13 Feb 12:30

Studio 1

Past event

13 Feb

12:30

Past event

Program

Frédéric Chopin, Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Franz Liszt, Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36

artist(s)

Ionut Cibotariu, piano

For his first performance at Flagey, Romanian pianist Ionut Cibotariu takes the audience on a journey through three landmarks of the piano repertoire. In Chopin’s Polonaise-Fantaisie, he searches poetically for an intimate, personal voice; Liszt elevates the instrument to new heights of dramatic power and virtuosity with his Sonata in B minor; and Rachmaninov makes the piano sing with lush lyricism in his Second Piano Sonata. “Music is more than a passion for me – it is my most sincere form of expression,” says Cibotariu, words that come vividly to life in this intense and personal recital.

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