Swiss pianist
Michael Thalmann studied with Leon Fleisher, Dimitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts’ong and Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, and later worked with Leslie Howard in London. Since his Wigmore Hall debut in 1997 he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, Asia and the Americas, and taught as Professor of Piano in Xi’an, China.
Read moreFive Perspectives on Liszt
Five recitals of about an hour each, played alone or as a complete cycle. Together they trace a loose path through Liszt’s enormously varied music, from Vallée d’Obermann to Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude.
Read moreIn CavaioneHouse concerts in Cavaione
The cycle at home in Cavaione, for ten or twelve listeners at a time. A glass of wine shared afterwards.
Read more“An exceptionally interesting musical personality.”
Leon Fleisher“Deep intellect … music that is wholly true to itself.”
Musical Opinion, LondonAmong the finest performances of Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy he had heard.
Peter Feuchtwanger