Maria João Pires and J Krishnamurti: Silence, Music and the Arts - Full Interview

Maria João Pires in conversation regarding the concert to celebrate the philosopher J Krishnamurti `s links with the arts :

CONCERT DETAILS: Saturday 3 September 2016, 7.30pm at the Cadogan Hall, London, England.

For details: www.j-krishnamurti.co.uk
J. Krishnamurti: Silence, Music and the Arts - Maria João Pires/ Beethoven

with Aditi Mangaldas (Indian Classical dance), Nigel North (lute) & Maria João Pires (piano)

Programme:

Indian Classical Dance
Seeking the Beloved

J.S. Bach
Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995

Exhibition interval with visual art by the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle and the artist Siegward Sprotte

Indian Classical Dance
Zero Moment (extract: Timeless)

Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111

With an introduction by Ian Skelly.

Many special musicians including Pablo Casals, Michelangeli, Segovia, Stravinsky and Ravi Shankar were linked with J. Krishnamurti. Claudio Abbado referred to the importance of listening and of silence in music. For J. Krishnamurti silence was at the centre in life and listening and attention were crucial.

Aditi Mangaldas a leader in Indian Classical dance opens the concert to celebrate J. Krishnamurti’ s links with music and the arts. Nigel North, one of the world’s foremost lutenists will play Bach’s Suite BWV 995, and the concert ends with Maria João Pires playing Beethoven’s profound and last Piano Sonata, Op. 111.

Video edited by Phoebe Ng