Nov 1 2024 | Víkingur Ólafsson & Yuja Wang

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Friday 1 November 2024, 7pm Royal Festival Hall This programme by tonight’s star duo offers a dance through time that takes us from the early Romantic era right up to the current day, from Schubert revolutionising the meek piano duet via the greatest pianist in history – Rachmaninov – in the two-piano version of his Symphonic Dances. The US also features heavily, both as a place of sanctuary for the émigré in times of war and a haven where maverick composers have found space, literally and metaphorically, to create.