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Cedric Tiberghien is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from France in recent years. Internationally, Tiberghien's career rapidly came to prominence when he won the 1998 Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris and since then he has performed in the great concert halls in Europe and America, with an impressive line up of international orchestras and conductors. The young French pianist Cédric Tiberghien makes his IPS debut with a thrilling recital based around the mazurka. Centre stage are Chopin’s Mazurkas, which bring together the earthy sounds of Polish folk music with the refined sensibilities of the Parisian salons. Tiberghien also includes mazurkas by Szymanowski and Scriabin as well as some by the little-known composer Alexandre Tansman who, like Chopin, was born in Poland but lived in France. "A performance... which made the hairs stand up on the back of one’s neck" (The Independent)