Europe is to mark Make Music Day on 21st June by making music together on ARTE. Our eight-hour-long europiano event will be a chance to hear the greatest piano concertos ever written performed by Martha Argerich, Eric Lu, Bruce Liu and other leading pianists of our age. Their interpretations will be broadcast live and simultaneously from 3.3O p.m. until 11.30 p.m. CET from concert halls and other exceptional venues across the Continent, including an ancient amphitheatre overlooking the sea. europiano is more than just a concert. Tune in and you can be part of it anywhere.
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“Brahms in Vienna, Grieg in Paris, Tchaikovsky in Lisbon: europiano is a musical journey across Europe, all in a single day. With eleven great pianists, including Martha Argerich and Bruce Liu, eleven cities and numerous European partners, it will remind us of what makes Europe so special: Europe listens together. And Europe belongs together.”
Sylvie Stephan, Director of Programming ARTE GEIE
“On this day, ARTE will be celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity with all sorts of people from all over the Continent and beyond. Our programme of masterpieces from three centuries tells of the joys and pain of both past and present; but what we will hear most of all is music of consummate beauty, and with it the harmony, passion, fellow feeling and creativity that we humans need so badly – and not just in this corner of the globe. For me it is a dream come true, and I am deeply grateful to all those who have made it possible.”
Wolfgang Bergmann, Co-Director ARTE Deutschland / ARTE Coordinator at ZDF
The Programme
3.30 PM
WIEN · Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Yulianna Avdeeva · Wiener Symphoniker · Petr Popelka
4.30 PM
PARIS · Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor
Nobuyuki Tsujii · Orchestre de Paris · Klaus Mäkelä
5.05 PM
POZNAŃ · Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Alim Beisembayev · Filharmonia Poznańska · Łukasz Borowicz
5.50 PM
STOCKHOLM · Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Eric Lu · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra · Ryan Bancroft
6.40 PM
STRASBOURG · Ravel – Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Anna Vinnitskaya · Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg · Aziz Shokhakimov
7.00 PM
VALÈNCIA · Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major
Mao Fujita · Orquestra de València · Alexander Liebreich
8.05 PM
ATHÍNA · Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major
Lukas Sternath · Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen · Constantinos Carydis
8.40 PM
HAMBURG · Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor
Martha Argerich · Symphoniker Hamburg · Sylvain Cambreling
9.30 PM
LISBOA · Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor
Bruce Liu · Orquestra Gulbenkian · Hannu Lintu
10.10 PM
WIESBADEN · Rachmaninow – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Hayato Sumino · Frankfurt Radio Symphony · Alain Altinoglu
10.50 PM
KYIV · Lyatoshynsky – Slavic Concerto for Piano
Maksym Shadko · National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine · Kyiv Camerata · Keri-Lynn Wilson
Wien
Yulianna Avdeeva plays Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Johannes Brahms spent the last 25 years of his life at an address on Karlsgasse in Vienna, not far from the Wiener Konzerthaus. Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the 2010 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, will perform her interpretation of Brahms’s first piano concerto with the Wiener Symphoniker under the baton of its chief conductor Petr Popelka.
Paris
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor
With its combination of sweeping, energetic passages and sweet, lyrical themes, Edvard Grieg’s only piano concerto won instant acclaim at its première in Copenhagen in 1869. For this rendition of it at the Philharmonie de Paris, the pianist and composer Nobuyuki Tsujii will be joined by the Orchestre de Paris under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä.
Poznań
Alim Beisembayev plays Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Chopin presented his first piano concerto in Warsaw shortly before departing his native country for good. The inspiration for it came from his first great love, Konstancja Glodkowska. Kazakh pianist Alim Beisembayev, winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, will perform his interpretation of the work together with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz.
Stockholm
Eric Lu plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Beethoven’s third piano concerto stands at the threshold from Classicism to Romanticism. Its minor key is expressive of the kind of existential dramas familiar to us from the Pathétique and the Fifth. Eric Lu, winner of the 2025 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, will be joined here by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under Ryan Bancroft.
Strasbourg
Anna Vinnitskaya plays Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel composed this concerto for Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in the First World War. Scored for the left hand only, the work is brooding in tone and technically demanding. Anna Vinnitskaya, winner of the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition, will play it here with the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov.
València
Mao Fujita plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
The historical courtyard of the Old University of València, founded in the late fifteenth century, will provide the setting for this open-air performance of Mozart’s C major piano concerto K. 467. Mao Fujita, famed for his recording of the complete Mozart piano sonatas, will be playing alongside the Orquesta de València under its chief conductor Alexander Liebreich.
Athína
Lukas Sternath plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5
Majestic, cogent, and shot through with lyrical sensitivity: Beethoven’s fifth and final piano concerto was composed against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars and combines heroic energy with depth of expression. Lukas Sternath and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under the baton of Constantinos Carydis will perform their rendition of it on Pnyx Hill looking out onto the Akropolis.
Hamburg
Martha Argerich plays Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor
Schumann’s piano concerto is defined less by ostentatious virtuosity than by inner depth and the bond that develops between the soloist and orchestra, much as it would in chamber music. Martha Argerich’s interpretation has long been the benchmark for this work. For this performance of it at the Laeiszhalle she is joined by the Symphoniker Hamburg under Sylvain Cambreling.
Lisboa
Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1
Lisbon’s most famous open-air landmark, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Torre de Belém, is the setting for this rendition of Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto. Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, will be playing alongside the Orquestra Gulbenkian conducted by Hannu Lintu.
Wiesbaden
Hayato Sumino plays Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninov wrote this concerto in 1900 after resurfacing from a deep depression. He therefore dedicated it to the doctor who had helped him. For this performance of the piece at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Hayato Sumino, who under his alias Cateen has 1.4 million followers on YouTube, will be joined by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Alain Altinoglu.
Kyiv
Maksym Shadko plays Lyatoshynsky’s Slavic Concerto for Piano
Borys Lyatoshynsky, a leading figure in Ukrainian classical music of the twentieth century, created this Slavic concerto for piano and orchestra in the mid-1920s, and with it a key work of Ukrainian modernism. This performance of the concerto by the Kharkiv-born pianist Maksym Shadko, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine and the Kyiv Camerata at the National Philharmonic in Kyiv will be conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson.
Wien
Yulianna Avdeeva plays Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Johannes Brahms spent the last 25 years of his life at an address on Karlsgasse in Vienna, not far from the Wiener Konzerthaus. Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the 2010 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, will perform her interpretation of Brahms’s first piano concerto with the Wiener Symphoniker under the baton of its chief conductor Petr Popelka.
Paris
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor
With its combination of sweeping, energetic passages and sweet, lyrical themes, Edvard Grieg’s only piano concerto won instant acclaim at its première in Copenhagen in 1869. For this rendition of it at the Philharmonie de Paris, the pianist and composer Nobuyuki Tsujii will be joined by the Orchestre de Paris under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä.
Poznań
Alim Beisembayev plays Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Chopin presented his first piano concerto in Warsaw shortly before departing his native country for good. The inspiration for it came from his first great love, Konstancja Glodkowska. Kazakh pianist Alim Beisembayev, winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, will perform his interpretation of the work together with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz.
Stockholm
Eric Lu plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Beethoven’s third piano concerto stands at the threshold from Classicism to Romanticism. Its minor key is expressive of the kind of existential dramas familiar to us from the Pathétique and the Fifth. Eric Lu, winner of the 2025 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, will be joined here by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under Ryan Bancroft.
Strasbourg
Anna Vinnitskaya plays Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel composed this concerto for Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in the First World War. Scored for the left hand only, the work is brooding in tone and technically demanding. Anna Vinnitskaya, winner of the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition, will play it here with the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov.
València
Mao Fujita plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
The historical courtyard of the Old University of València, founded in the late fifteenth century, will provide the setting for this open-air performance of Mozart’s C major piano concerto K. 467. Mao Fujita, famed for his recording of the complete Mozart piano sonatas, will be playing alongside the Orquestra de València under its chief conductor Alexander Liebreich.
Athína
Lukas Sternath plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5
Majestic, cogent, and shot through with lyrical sensitivity: Beethoven’s fifth and final piano concerto was composed against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars and combines heroic energy with depth of expression. Lukas Sternath and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under the baton of Constantinos Carydis will perform their rendition of it on Pnyx Hill looking out onto the Akropolis.
Hamburg
Martha Argerich plays Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor
Schumann’s piano concerto is defined less by ostentatious virtuosity than by inner depth and the bond that develops between the soloist and orchestra, much as it would in chamber music. Martha Argerich’s interpretation has long been the benchmark for this work. For this performance of it at the Laeiszhalle she is joined by the Symphoniker Hamburg under Sylvain Cambreling.
Lisboa
Bruce Liu plays Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1
Lisbon’s most famous open-air landmark, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Torre de Belém, is the setting for this rendition of Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto. Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, will be playing alongside the Orquestra Gulbenkian conducted by Hannu Lintu.
Wiesbaden
Hayato Sumino plays Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninov wrote this concerto in 1900 after resurfacing from a deep depression. He therefore dedicated it to the doctor who had helped him. For this performance of the piece at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Hayato Sumino, who under his alias Cateen has 1.4 million followers on YouTube, will be joined by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Alain Altinoglu.
Kyiv
Maksym Shadko plays Lyatoshynsky’s Slavic Concerto for Piano
Borys Lyatoshynsky, a leading figure in Ukrainian classical music of the twentieth century, created this Slavic concerto for piano and orchestra in the mid-1920s, and with it a key work of Ukrainian modernism. This performance of the concerto by the Kharkiv-born pianist Maksym Shadko, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine and the Kyiv Camerata at the National Philharmonic in Kyiv will be conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson.
The Presenters
Annette Gerlach and Louis Philippson will host the day’s events from the ZDF Studio in Mainz.
Annette Gerlach
The journalist Annette Gerlach has been the face of ARTE since 1992. She presents in both German and French, hosts Arte Journal as well as operas and live events.
“What has always been close to my heart is a Europe of many voices."
Louis Philippson
The pianist Louis Philippson is 22 and has over a million followers. He is committed to bridging what have long seemed irreconcilable opposites: the concert hall and the digital generation.
“Europe gives me F-major vibes: strong, upbeat, resolute, friendly.”
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Yulianna Avdeeva © Maxim Abrossimow / Tsujii Mäkelä Paris © Orchestre de Paris / Alim Beisembayev © Andrew Mason / Eric Lu © Wojciech Grzdziski / Anna Vinnitskaja © Johan Jacobs-Flagey / Mao Fujita © Dovile Sermokas / Lukas Sternath © Thomas Rabsch / Martha Argerich © Daniel Dittus / Bruce Liu © Sonja_Mueller / Hayato Sumino © Joel Saget / Maksym Shadko © Kyiv Camerata - National Philharmonic of Ukraine / Lukas Sternath © Julia Wesely / Gerlach-Annette © Jean-Philippe Baltel / Louis Philippson My Way 2025 © Gregor Hohenberg / Quote Louis Philippson: ARTE Magazin, June 2026
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