WQXR Presents Leif Ove Andsnes in an Evening of Conversation and Performance

On Monday, October 16 at 7pm, WQXR will present a special evening of music and conversation with acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space.

Hailed by The New York Times as "a pianist of magisterial elegance, power and insight," and by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the most gifted musicians of his generation," Andsnes will join WQXR's Elliott Forrest for an intimate conversation about his role as Artist-in-Residence with the New York Philharmonic, as well as the release of a new Sibelius album on Sony Classical - from which he will perform several selections.

The program for the evening will include:

- SIBELIUS Selected works for solo piano

- JÖRG WIDMANN Idyll and Abyss

- SCHUBERT Three Piano Pieces, D.946: No. 2 in E-flat, Allegretto

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space is the street-level broadcast studio and performance venue of WNYC and WQXR that produces special live editions of WNYC programs and WQXR concerts and festivals, as well as original programming, including theater events, arts and culture conversation series, political debates and audio theater. It serves as a place for experimentation, cultural discovery and dialogue. For more information, visit www.thegreenespace.org

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