Sonata for 7 Cities: Live in Hong Kong Filippo Gorini

• Beat Furrer (b. 1954): Studie IV für Klaviersolo (Live):
• 1 Furrer: Studie IV für Klaviersolo (Live) 14:10
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 7 Fantasien, Op. 116:
• 2 Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: No. 1, Capriccio. Presto energico (Live) 02:25
• 3 Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: No. 2, Intermezzo. Andante (Live) 04:41
• 4 Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: No. 3, Capriccio. Allegro passionato (Live) 03:29
• 5 Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo. Adagio (Live) 05:40
• 6 Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: No. 5, Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento (Live) 03:29
• 7 Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: No. 6, Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente (Live) 03:39
• 8 Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: No. 7, Capriccio. Allegro agitato (Live) 02:32
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894:
• 9 Schubert: Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: I. Molto moderato e cantabile (Live) 21:41
• 10 Schubert: Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: II. Andante (Live) 10:05
• 11 Schubert: Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: III. Menuetto. Allegro moderato - Trio (Live) 04:44
• 12 Schubert: Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: IV. Allegretto (Live) 10:03
• Total Runtime 01:26:38

Info for Sonata for 7 Cities: Live in Hong Kong

The third stage of Filippo Gorini’s piano odyssey as part of his Sonata for 7 Cities project: Hong Kong, October–November 2025. "In a city where every centimetre counts, every second counted, and I was able to connect to every side of its community. I played for the homeless and millionaires, I played for the disabled and refugees, I taught children from disadvantaged backgrounds and elite music students" says Gorini. This album was recorded at Hong Kong City Hall and, as with every work from the Italian pianist’s journey, it combines major works from the repertoire with contemporary compositions: the programme features Beat Furrer’s new Étude, "a tour de force piece full of striking, nervous tension", followed by Johannes Brahms’s "mesmerizing" Fantasies Op. 116 and Schubert’s Sonata in G major.

Filippo Gorini, piano

Filippo Gorini
Italian pianist, Filippo Gorini, is praised for his “rare intellect, temperament…and vivid imagination”. In 2015, he received both the first and audience prizes at the Telekom-Beethoven Competition Bonn, for his performances of works by Schubert, Beethoven (including the Diabelli Variations), Schönberg, Bartok and Thomas Adès.

After hearing Filippo’s performance of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, Alfred Brendel invited Filippo to work with him, and they have since continued to work together regularly. The Diabelli Variations will feature on Filippo’s debut disc, which will be released later this year on Alpha Classics.

Upcoming performances include a selection of concerti with L’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris at the Play-Direct Academy, a recital tour throughout Italy, and further recital appearances at the Beethovenhaus Bonn, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and the Piano Days Festival in Flagey, Brussels. In May 2017, Filippo will receive the Beethoven-Ring prize from the Citizens for Beethoven Association in Bonn. His previous competition achievements include first prize at the Neuhaus Competition in Moscow, and prize of the Young Euro Classics Festival in Berlin.

His concert appearances in Europe have drawn unanimous acclaim; in particular, his tour with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn and his debut in Warsaw at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. He has performed on many prestigious stages such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Die Glocke Bremen, Royal Academy of Music London, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Beethovenhaus Bonn, and Sale Apollinee at Teatro La Fenice. Alongside his solo career, Filippo continues to perform as a chamber musician: last year he performed at “Chamber Music Connects the World” in Kronberg, with Steven Isserlis.

Filippo continues his studies with Alfred Brendel, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, and with Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

Booklet for Sonata for 7 Cities: Live in Hong Kong