Shai Wosner, piano

WIDMANN: Idyll and Abyss (Six Schubert Reminiscences, 2009)

SCHUBERT: Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946
Sonata in A Major, D. 664
Sonata in B-flat, D. 960

Berkeley audiences first met pianist Shai Wosner, a "keen musical mind and deep musical soul" (NPR), at his warmly received Schubert recital at Cal Performances' Fall Free for All (2012). Born in Israel, Wosner later studied at the Juilliard School with Emanuel Ax. He has been praised for making complex music speak with thrilling clarity, and for bringing vitality and insight to his interpretations. Wosner returns to Cal Performances with more Schubert, including the composer's final major work for the piano, the Sonata in B-flat major D. 960, as well as a recent work by German composer Jörg Widmann, the Schubert homage, Idyll and Abyss.