KMSKA LATE - Sergei Redkin & Léon Blekh in The Salon 

What happens when two musicians, each with their own unique background, come together around the same music? And what if that music resounds amongst the paintings of the 19th-century masters?

Pianist Sergei Redkin and violinist Léon Blekh present a programme in the Salon in which the violin and piano engage in a dialogue, moving between lyricism, silence, tension and virtuosity. From Schubert’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D 574 ‘Grand Duo’, through Giya Kancheli’s Miniatures, to Sergei Redkin’s Sonata for Violin and Piano: the works open up starkly contrasting musical worlds, by turns intimate and intensely expressive.

A special encounter between music and the visual arts, set amidst the 19th-century museum collection.

Programme

Franz Schubert, Sonata for violin and piano in A major, D 574 ‘Grand Duo’ 
Giya Kancheli, Miniature No. 1 and Miniature No. 7 
Sergei Redkin, Sonata for violin and piano

Line up

Sergei Redkin, piano 
Léon Blekh, violin

Sergei Redkin

Sergei Redkin (Krasnoyarsk, 1991) is one of the leading pianists of his generation and was the second-prize winner at the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Competition. After studying piano and composition in St Petersburg, he furthered his studies at the International Piano Academy Lake Como. As a laureate of various international competitions, he has performed with renowned orchestras and in prestigious concert halls worldwide. From 2017 to 2021, he was Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. He is currently affiliated with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the Royal Conservatoire.

Léon Blekh

Léon Blekh (Antwerp, 1999) is one of the rising stars of the European classical music scene. From 2019 to 2023, he was Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under the direction of Augustin Dumay. He has performed in renowned concert halls, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and at international festivals such as Verbier, and has been the principal conductor of the Brussels Sinfonietta since 2023.
 

In collaboration with The Music Circles.