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September 9, 2026

For Immediate Release

Key Pianists Concert Series presents Roberto Plano at Carnegie Hall

Award-winning pianist opens 2026-27 season on November 19

Program features works by Schubert, Liszt, Copland, Mompou, and Gershwin

“Plano’s performance was a real revelation. He has been able to extract from his keyboard every kind of sound.. A deep and exciting pianist.” – Suddeutsche Zeitung

Key Pianists Concert Series opens its 11th season with a solo recital performed by the award-winning pianist Roberto Plano on Thursday, November 19, 2026 at at 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (154 West 57th Street in New York City).

The first half of the program includes works by Franz Liszt and Franz Schubert: composers who represent the two ends of the Romantic period. Liszt was a strong advocate of his predecessor, and Plano's program connects these dots, with a Liszt arrangement of Schubert's "Der doppelganger," plus selections from Liszt's "Harmonies poétiques et religieuses," a waltz by Schubert, and more. 

Roberto Plano performs Schubert's Kupelwieser Waltz (transc. Richard Strauss)

On the second half of the program, Plano performs Catalan composer Federico Mompou's "Impresiones Intimas," framed by "El Salón México" (arranged by Leonard Bernstein) and George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." (Full program details below.)

The Key Pianists Concert Series was established in 2015 by pianist and artistic director Terry Eder. The series emphasizes impactful and thoughtful programs, carefully selected to showcase the pianist’s individual sensibility.

Artists featured in the Key Pianists Concert Series have included Sara Davis Buechner, Danny Driver, Jason Hardink, Cecile Licad, Ann Schein and Peter Takács, among others. Under Terry Eder’s leadership, the series continues to foster a rich and intimate dialogue between performer, music, and listener—upholding the piano recital as a profound and enduring art form.

Tickets for Roberto Plano's November 19 recital are $56 and are available at CarnegieHall.org | 212-247-7800 | Box Office at 57th and Seventh Avenue.

Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 7:30 pm

Pianist Roberto Plano

presented by Key Pianists Concert Series

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

154 West 57th Street

New York, NY

Tickets are $56 and are available at CarnegieHall.org | 212-247-7800 | Box Office at 57th and Seventh Avenue

PROGRAM

Franz Schubert

Kupelwieser Waltz D. Anh I/14 (transcribed by Richard Strauss)

Waltz op. 18 n. 6 D 145

Ungarische melodie D 817

Der Doppelgänger S. 560/12 (arr. by Franz Liszt)

Franz Liszt

Sancta Dorothea S. 187

selections from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S. 173

~Intermission~

Aaron Copland (arr. Leonard Bernstein): El Salón México

Federico Mompou: Impresiones Intimas

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue

The Italian-born pianist Roberto Plano has been described as the “Pavarotti of the Piano” (The Chronicle) and defined by radio commentator Paul Harvey as the heir to Rubinstein and Horowitz. He was First Prize Winner at the Cleveland International Piano Competition and a finalist at the Van Cliburn and Busoni Competitions, as well as prize-winner at over a dozen competitions around the world. 

Mr. Plano performs regularly throughout North America and Europe, and has appeared with orchestras all over the world. His discography includes more than 20 award-winning recordings. He is Professor of Piano at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland and Visiting Professor of Piano at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (UK), having previously served on faculties at Boston University and Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. He studied at the Verdi Conservatory in Milan, the Ecole Normale “Cortot” in Paris, and the Lake Como Academy.