Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival ⬩ Lukas Sternath

Programme

Franz Liszt
Transcription of Franz Schubert Songs (excerpts)

Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S 161

Franz Schubert
Fantasy C major Op. 15 „Wandererfantasie“ D 760

A recipient of the ECHO Rising Star 2024–2025 title, Vienna-born Lukas Sternath has, at the age of just twenty-five, already made his debut at the Salzburg Festival, the BBC Proms, the Elbphilharmonie, London’s Wigmore Hall and with the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2022, he won eight prizes at the ARD Munich Competition, including First Prize and the Audience Award. A pupil of Igor Levit, he is currently a BBC New Generation Artist and the first musician in history to curate his own chamber series at Vienna’s Musikverein.