PER TENGSTRAND, PIANO
October 28, 4pm & 7pm: OPENING NIGHT
Princeton Chamber Music Series click here for tickets
Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, the two piano giants of the 19th century, and also the two most prominent piano composers of the romantic era.
The two men were so different as persons, as musicians and in fact also as composers. Which in many ways makes a concert with music of both composers even more interesting.
October 30, 7.30pm: GALA CONCERT
Official biography
Per Tengstrand was born in 1968 in Växjö, Sweden. He started playing the piano at the age of 6 with his mother as a teacher. At age 16, he went to the Malmö Conservatory of music and later the Conservatory of Paris, where the audience broke the 300-year ban to applaud at the graduation competition… Read more
Concert Series and Festivals
Building relationships with audiences and creating something, whether it’s a film, a festival or a concert serie, is a passion for me. Here are the current different music events I am the founder and director of… Read more
Documentaries/Films
I have always been fascinated by films, something I probably share with just about the whole population of the world. But I have also been drawn to the likeness of how a film is made with how music is made. A story including different characters with beauty, tempo and timing. A psychological narrative where there… Read more
MY STORY
I was born in the summer of 1968 as the fourth child in a family with three sisters (later, another sister and a little brother would be added to the sibling team). When I was a toddler I desperately tried to reach the keys of the piano in our house…
Documentaries/Filmmaking
Films about music, made by a musician.
My Youtube Channel
Per Tengstrand: World of Beethoven Channel
YouTube is an amazing thing to connect with an audience, after all. Here I am putting up some documentaries, performances and piano instruction videos. Being a YouTube partner, I am planning to develop this channel quite heavily in the near future!
Some good and bad reviews
Per Tengstrand’s recital was rewarding, both for its unusual programming and for his eloquent, technically polished performances.
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times
The Tchaikovsky Concerto should be more than showing fast fingers and lots of flying hair”.
Florida Sentinel
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