Photo by Ivan Svoboda
WHEN:
Saturday 22 September 2018
WHERE:
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre – Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre SE1 8XX London, UK
Admission:
£20-25 Book here
LUBOMYR MELNYK is one of the most innovative and fascinating pianists/composers of this century. During the 1970’s he developed a totally new language for the piano, called Continuous Music, and with it, a stupendous physical and mental technique that is totally unprecedented in the history of the piano. Using this remarkable technique, ,Lubomyr Melnyk has set 2 world records for pianistic achievements:
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- the FASTEST pianist in the world — sustaining speeds of over 19.5 notes per second in each hand, simultaneously, and
- the MOST NUMBER of NOTES in ONE HOUR — in exactly 60 minutes, Melnyk sustained an average speed of over 13 notes per second in each hand, yielding a remarkable total of 93,650 INDIVIDUAL notes.
This music has indeed given the piano a fresh new voice: never before has the piano shown such a brilliant face and such a beautifully tender singing voice! — creating a richly flowered landscape of overtones!
Read more about Liubomyr here
This concert is part of the world tour.
