“Mr. Yakushev can do just about anything he wants.” New York Times

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Ilya Yakushev won the World Piano Competition in 2005 and has gone on to an outstanding career in Europe and North America, performing both demanding solo concerts and appearing as soloist with prestigious orchestras, including the SF Symphony.  He will present an ambitious program ranging from Mozart through Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata to Gershwin via Liszt, Scriabin and Rachmaninoff.

Ilya Yakushev website

Program
Mozart: K.397, Fantasy in D minor
Beethoven: "Appassionata" Piano Sonata No. 23, Op 57
Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz no. 1 in A major
Scriabin: Nocturne for the Left Hand
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32, No.12,
                            Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3, No.2
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue