Cinderella

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This concert combined Prokofiev's Cinderella Suite in the rarely performed transcription for two pianos by Mikhail Pletnev with selected piano works by Frederic Chopin. The Pletnev transcription distills Prokofiev's orchestral ballet score into a virtuosic two-piano arrangement, requiring considerable technical command from the performers. The program paired this demanding 20th-century repertoire with Chopin's well-known piano compositions, creating a contrast between the dramatic, narrative character of the Prokofiev/Pletnev suite and the lyrical intimacy of the Chopin works. Presented by the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne, the concert formed part of the Faculty's performance calendar for October 2024. Further details about the specific staging concept or artistic vision are not available in source materials, as the event page is no longer live.