Music Break: Revisit Pianist Daniil Trifonov Playing Rachmaninoff
Originally Aired: Monday, May 11, 2020
Watch an encore video stream of Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov‘s 2015 performance, recorded live on our stage prior to his appearance that year at Lincoln Center as the featured artist in the New York Philharmonic’s multi-week Rachmaninoff festival.
Trifonov was joined by pianist Sergei Babayan for a rare performance of Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17. The program includes Trifonov solo in his own Rachmaninoff-inspired composition, “Rachmaniana.” Hosted by WQXR’s Annie Bergen.
Watch live on this page at 1pm ET:
Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
— Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan, piano.
Daniil Trifonov: “Rachmaniana”
— Daniil Trifonov, piano.
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