Pianist George Li—praised by The Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression”—plays two defining works of the solo piano repertoire: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, a powerful evocation of a memorial for the composer’s friend at St. Petersburg’s Imperial Academy of Arts, and the first book of Debussy’s two-book suite Images, which the composer (rightfully) predicted would “find [its] place in the literature of the piano…to the left of Schumann or to the right of Chopin.” 

DEBUSSY Images, Book I (1901-05)

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)

 Approximate length: 1 hour 

Generously sponsored by the Siegelaar-Bryer Foundation

Insights: Program Notes with Marc Neikrug – July 21, 12 PM, GEORGE LI PIANO RECITAL

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