Concerts
Kirsten offers a wide variety of programmes to suit different audiences and venues. She also gives workshops and masterclasses.
Here is a selection of concerts currently available:
Classical piano programme
Kirsten has an extensive repertoire. She loves to play Bach, Mozart and Haydn, and feels equally at home with Beethoven and Chopin. This programme can be tailored to suit the theme of your festival or series. Some past programmes can be viewed here.
Life's A Beach
The piano music of Amy Beach (1867 - 1944), esteemed American composer who happened to be a woman. Why did Amy Beach stop performing and become a composer? What was she like as a person? Who influenced her and where did she get her inspiration from? Kirsten plays the wonderful piano music of Amy Beach, presenting each piece in the context of this amazing life.
Albanian Piano Music
Kirsten talks about her discovery of the Albanian piano repertoire. She plays selections from her two discs of Albanian piano music and tells interesting anecdotes on the life of Albanian composers and musicians under Enver Hoxha's Stalinist regime. Kirsten talks about the folk instruments of Albania and how they are imitated in the music. She plays examples of folk rhythms and melodies, and shows how these are woven into the compositions.
An American Programme
A beautifully put together programme of pieces by American composers. Including Aaron Copland, George Crumb, Charles Griffes, George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, George Perle and Amy Beach.
Twentieth-century Piano Music
Kirsten talks about the development of piano composition in the 20th century, playing at least one piece from each decade. Programme includes Debussy, Schoenberg, Copland, Stockhausen and Crumb.
Hermann Goetz and Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen: Forgotten Masters of the 19th century
Kirsten plays selections of from her recordings of piano pieces by these two esteemed Swiss composers. She talks about 19th century musical life in Germany and Switzerland and tells the story behind the music. The original manuscripts were lost in the fire bombings of Dresden, and only first editions remain, held in the University Library of Zurich, Switzerland.