One Pianist, One Composer: Christian Ihle Hadland by Chopin, Frá (2022/2022), LSO St Luke's, London, United Kingdom

Love. Defiance. Pride Former BBC New Generation Artist Christian Ihle Hadland dives deep into the romantic imagination and dauntless spirit of Frédéric Chopin. Pianist, revolutionary, lover and patriot: Frédéric Chopin took the piano and transformed it into the ultimate vehicle for the Romantic imagination. Contemporaries compared his music to ‘cannons buried in flowers’, and a fearless creative spirit burns beneath the tender melodies and haunting atmosphere of his piano miniatures. A concert of melancholy and passion, national pride and limitless beauty. The Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland made a big impression in the UK as one of the BBC’s New Generation Artists, and he’s regarded as one of the most individual and communicative performers on the current scene. His Chopin, in particular, has become a byword for surprises as well as delights. ‘My universe will be the heart and soul.’ – Chopin