Music by the Mountain is very pleased to welcome back pianist Grisha Krivchenia to Siskiyou County! Not heard in our area since June 2019, we are excited to host this powerhouse of a performer, who delights audiences with his technique, versatility and approachability. Lauded as “the coolest classical musician around” (Santa Fe Reporter) and “presiding over outstanding technique” (Bergisches Zeitung), Grisha Krivchenia is a versatile artist whose performances and original compositions enthrall audiences throughout the northern hemisphere. 

Grisha’s program in Mt. Shasta on May 8th (Mother’s Day—make it a date!) will include Liszt’s Funerailles, Schubert’s Sonata in A Major, D664, and Ginastera’s Danzas Argentinas. Especially considering our current world politics, Franz Listz’s Funerailles is a very timely choice: it is an elegy written as response to the Habsburg crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (three of Liszt’s personal friends suffered either death or exile as a result). Schubert’s Sonata in A Major, D664 is the shortest of his piano sonatas with a character both lyrical and buoyant, evocative of a young Schubert in love and reveling in a summery Austrian countryside. Alberto Ginastera was a leading 20th Century Latin American composer, and his Danzas Argentinas (Argentine Dances) are a deservedly perennial audience favorite. We look forward to seeing you there!