The next evening, we went to the Steinway house to attend a concert. We heard about it from the manager during our visit the day before. The concert was free and open to the public. The manager said that sometimes so many people showed up that they couldnât fit everyone in the room. He recommended making a reservation, which was pretty easy to do with the Eventbrite App.
The concert was sponsored by the Lieven Foundation. Each year, Lieven Foundation selects 20 or so highly accomplished young pianists from around the world to spend two summer months in Vienna, where they take masterclasses with some of the best pianists in the world. This sounds such a privilege, living in Vienna for two months and learning from the best! I canât imagine how competitive it must be for the selection process. During the program, the students give recitals every Thursday evening at the Steinway house and every Friday evening at the Bösendorfer salon.
We arrived on time. It was a very hot day. The room was about half full, not crowded, fortunately. The audience seemed to be a mixture of locals and visitors. Four students were scheduled to play at the recital, for the duration of one hour.
Here is the program
