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LIFE Victoria: Daniel Bertomeu

Friday, 23 October de 2026 19:00h
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A Rising Piano Talent

Some exiles cross borders, while others inhabit memory, living within each composer and their lives. In this recital, Daniel Bertomeu explores three ways of understanding that distance: the journey as discovery, memory as refuge, and loss as transformation. In Après une lecture de Dante, Franz Liszt transforms pilgrimage into a spiritual experience that transcends physical travel. Frederic Mompou’s Scènes d’enfants portray a childhood recalled with the delicacy of memory, as though time itself were another form of exile. Finally, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 2 unfolds a world of extraordinary intensity, permeated by nostalgia and the search for a unique musical voice that the composer retained even after his forced departure from his native Russia—a true physical exile. This piano recital also marks Daniel Bertomeu’s debut at LIFE Victoria and introduces a musician who, at just seventeen years of age, promises to be one of the season’s greatest discoveries.

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Années de Pèlerinage – Deuxième année: Italie
Après une lecture de Dante
Fantasia quasi Sonata
Der Tamboursg’sell

Frederic Mompou (1893–1987)

Scènes d’enfants
I. Cris dans la rue
II. Jeux sur la plage
III. Jeu II
IV. Jeu III
V. Jeunes filles au jardin

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
I. Allegro agitato
II. Non allegro – Lento
III. Allegro molto

 

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