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Born in London, Freddy began playing the piano at the age of only four and has developed a comprehensive repertoire of works and considerable experience as a soloist. In 1987 he won the first National Mozart Competition in England and in 1992 he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year. Operatic inspiration mixes with some of the most-loved works from the Romantic piano repertoire in British pianist Freddy Kempf's return to the International Piano Series. The concert opens with Beethoven's Sonata Les Adieux, which conjures a potent tale of parting, absence and reunion. Liszt's transcription from Verdi's Il Trovatore succeeds in transferring grand opera to the piano. Epic poetic narratives are suggested in the two Chopin Ballades performed, and Schumann's Kreisleriana is a series of imaginative dreamscapes inspired by the tales of ETA Hoffmann.