Lauded for his technical proficiency, originality and "inexhaustible imagination", Kazakh-born and London-based Samson Tsoy is committed to connecting and building trust with audiences, be they in prestigious concert halls around the world such as the Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Théâtre de la Ville and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, or a makeshift venue at a multi-story carpark, or just here at Breinton. His approach to each programme and venue is meticulous and for Breinton he has created an innovative programme like no other – a cluster of precious short gems on the theme "A Voice in the Distance" in the first half and, in the second half, Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3, a massive, five-movement work of symphonic proportions, representing a peak of early Romantic piano literature.
Ticket Information
Tickets will go on sale on Sunday 3 May at 12 noon.
Ticket price: £23
- Kurtág
- Perpetuum mobile from Játékok, Book I
- Scraps of a colinda melody – faintly recollected from Játékok, Book III
- Bach–Cortot
- Arioso from Keyboard (Harpsichord) Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
- Bach–Busoni
- Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (from Orgelbüchlein)
- Brahms–Busoni
- Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich erfreuen from Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 No. 4
- Chorale Prelude Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele from Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 No. 5
- Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen from Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 No. 10
- Chorale Prelude O Welt, ich muss dich lassen from Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 No. 11
- György Kurtág
- A voice in the distance from Játékok, Book V
- Brahms
- Theme and Variations in D minor, Op. 18b
- 3rd Sonata
The 2024/25 season saw Samson release his debut solo album on Linn Records, which received acclaim reviews in The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Diapason, and Scherzo.
Recent highlights have included a debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3), solo recitals at Wigmore Hall and Guggenheim Bilbao, concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra with Gergely Madaras (Scriabin’s Prometheus) and Maxim Emelyanychev (both Brahms Piano Concertos in one evening), and a concert with Münchener Kammerorchester and Enrico Onofri. He also collaborated with acclaimed American artist Richard Serra at the Gagosian Gallery, where he performed Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps.
Samson frequently collaborates with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, and this season the duo make their debuts at Bozar in Brussels, Saffron Hall, Festival Bach de Montreal, and returns to the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall. These dates follow appearances last season at Carnegie Hall, Berlin's Konzerthaus, Rotterdam's De Doelen, and the Muziekcentrum de Bijloke in Ghent. In April 2025 the duo gave 2 concerts in tribute to artist David Hockney, at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.
Lauded for his originality and "inexhaustible imagination’" Samson has performed in venues and festivals around the world including the Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, Aldeburgh festival, Théâtre de la Ville and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and Verbier Festival. In 2023, he was the first-ever classical musician to perform for the opening of the Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (Munich Security Conference) in front of the world’s most important political leaders.
He was born in Kazakhstan and is based in London.
Information
- Tickets are £23 each; seats are guaranteed but not reserved
- Car parking is included
- Snacks and drinks (included in ticket price) will be served during the interval
- Prices broadly cover the cost of musicians; your voluntary donation will help us to continue to run these recitals
- Recitals take place at Breinton, Heath House Road, Woking GU22 0RD - get directions
- Car parking is available from 7:00 pm; Doors will open at 7:15 pm; Performance at 7:30 pm
- Tickets must be purchased in advance from this website.
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