- “one of the most brilliant pianists of the contemporary repertoire” The Sunday Times
Solo recitals at la Maison du Peuple, Brussels, and The Forge, London, in April and May featuring new works by Peter Ablinger (external link), Michael Finnissy (external link), Adam de la Cour (external link) and Richard Beaudoin (external link).
Microtimings, a double CD of music by Richard Beaudoin (external link), featuring Mark Knoop solo piano, and the Kreutzer Quartet (external link), released on New Focus Recordings (external link).
Performances of Jugend opus 139a
Linari Classic Festival
20:00, Friday 7 August 2009
Pieve di Sant’Appiano (external link)
Barberino Val d’Elsa
Tuscany
Italy
For the closing night concert of the 2009 Linari Classic Festival (external link), Mark Knoop joins the festival’s Assistant Musical Director Vicky Wright (clarinet) together with Daniel Parkin (flute), Benjamin Hudson (bassoon) and Naomi Atherton (horn).
| Frédéric Chopin | Ballade No 1 in G minor opus 23 | 1835-368 |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | Bassoon Sonata opus 168 | 192112 |
| Sigfrid Karg-Elert | Jugend opus 139a | 191920 |
| Franz Strauss | Nocturno opus 7 | 7 |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Piano Quintet | 187630 |
