Maria João Pires in Recital: Schumann and Schubert at Severance Music Center

Maria João Pires, piano

R. SCHUMANN Carnival Scenes from Vienna

R. SCHUMANN Arabesque in C major

DEBUSSY Pour le piano

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B-flat major

Acclaimed pianist Maria João Pires has been hailed as “an elegant technician and probing interpreter” (The New York Times), whose playing is “modest in scale, gloriously immodest in its beauty” (Financial Times). Renowned for her recordings of music by Mozart, Chopin, and Schubert, Pires makes a rare Cleveland recital appearance.

Maria João Pires’s performance is made possible through the generosity of the Park Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Park.