Rachmaninov & Stravinsky

Main series

22. October 2026 at 19:00

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Two masterpieces fill the concert hall with virtuosity and colourful orchestral brilliance this evening.

PLEASE NOTE: New concert time – all subscription concerts now start at 7:00 PM.

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 is one of the most demanding and monumental works in the repertoire. After the interval, we encounter Stravinsky’s Petrushka, the vivid and rhythmically vibrant ballet about the tragic puppet Petrushka. With its sparkling orchestral colours and driving energy, the work is considered one of the most groundbreaking orchestral works of the 20th century.

Main series

Thursday 22. October 2026 at 19:00

- Few tickets left

Fartein Valen, Stavanger Concert Hall

Duration

Approx. 2 hours, inclucing intermission

Program

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka

Contributors

Alpesh Chauhan, conductor
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, piano

Alpesh Chauhan

Conductor

Alpesh Chauhan is Principal Guest Conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Music Director of Birmingham Opera Company and Principal Conductor & Musical Advisor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

Born in Birmingham, he studied cello with Eduardo Vassallo at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester before continuing on the RNCM’s prestigious conducting course. Chauhan studied with Stanisław Skrowaczewski and was mentored by Andris Nelsons and Edward Gardner during his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 2014 to 2016. He was named Newcomer of the Year at the International Opera Awards in 2021, and in 2022 received the Conductor Award for ‘Miglior Direttore’ from the Italian National Association of Music Critics.

Chauhan has conducted orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and has appeared at venues including the Berliner Philharmonie, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Teatro Colón, Teatro La Fenice and Walt Disney Concert Hall. He has collaborated with soloists including Hilary Hahn, Sir Stephen Hough, Karen Cargill, Johannes Moser and Benjamin Grosvenor.

A keen advocate for music education for young people, Chauhan is a patron of Young Sounds UK, a British charity supporting talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds on their musical journeys. He has also worked with ensembles including the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and the symphony orchestras of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Royal Northern College of Music. He conducted the 2015 BBC Ten Pieces film, which brought classical music into secondary schools across the UK and received a BAFTA award.

Chauhan was appointed OBE in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year Honours in 2022 for services to the arts and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music in 2024.
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko

Soloist

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is a Canadian pianist, born in British Columbia and of Hungarian-Ukrainian heritage. He won the Gold Medal at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2024, and the same year became the first Canadian to win the Grand Prize at the Concours Musical International de Montréal. He is a recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and has won prizes at competitions including the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Maria Canals International Music Competition and Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, where he also received the Canon Audience Prize and the Chamber Music Award.

Izik-Dzurko has given recitals at venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris and Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, and has performed with orchestras including Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa and RTVE Symphony Orchestra, under conductors such as Domingo Hindoyan, John Storgårds and Joseph Swensen.

Izik-Dzurko studied at The Juilliard School with Veda Kaplinsky before continuing his studies at Hochschule für Musik Detmold with Jacob Leuschner and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Benedetto Lupo. In 2026, he was named “Musician of the Year of the Master Courses” at the latter institution.