Poster Daniil Trifonov
Pianist Daniil Trifonov
Alexander Ivanov
Performance Today®

Pianist Daniil Trifonov

Pianist Daniil Trifonov has a unique warm up and practice routine. He "goes through the motions"... underwater. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Daniil Trifonov describe this unique method, and listen to him play Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto from a concert with the Houston Symphony.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Frederic Chopin: Mazurka No. 33 in B major, Op. 56, No. 1
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Fazioli Hall, Sacile, Italy
Daniil Trifonov Plays Frederic Chopin
London Decca 187271

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for Strings in D Major, K. 136
Strings Festival Orchestra; Michael Sachs, conductor
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO

Morton Gould: Benny's Gig
Todd Palmer, clarinet; Anthony Manzo, double bass
Bank of America's Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto: Movements 2 & 3
Daniil Trifonov, piano; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Robert Schumann: Toccata, Op. 7 (encore)
Daniil Trifonov, piano
from a concert with the Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Hour 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B flat, K 191: Rondo - Tempo di Menuetto
Benjamin Kamins, bassoon; Houston Symphony; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Mozart: Wind Concerti (Wind Concertos)
IMP 77

Richard Danielpour: Toward the Splendid City
Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Krzysztof Penderecki: Adagio, from 'Symphony No. 3'
Baltic Sea Youth Orchestra; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: Movements 3-4
Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX

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