Performers: Arthur Pizarro and Stephen Coombs

Artur Pizarro and Stephen Coombs are both individually celebrated pianists. Together, their partnership has thrilled and delighted audiences and critics through a blend of brilliant virtuosity, subtle lyricism and unquenchable and infectious joy in playing.

2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of the French composer, Camille Saint-Saëns. In the first half of their recital for Rye Arts Festival, Pizarro and Coombs will be featuring three of Saint-Saëns’ most innovative and virtuosic works - Polonaise, Caprice Arabe and Scherzo - together with Debussy’s own two-piano version of Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, an atmospheric and sensual masterpiece.

 The recital will conclude with a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Though more often heard in the orchestral version, Rachmaninoff’s original two-piano score remains one of the most powerful, demanding and exciting works in the whole piano repertoire.

This event is part of the Rye Arts Festival’s 50th-anniversary celebrations.

Venue Details:
The site will open at 6:30 pm and the bar will be open before the event. Please be aware this is an outdoor bar, which may be subject to closure by particularly inclement weather.

Rye Creative Centre is fully accessible for wheelchairs and offers disabled parking.
On-site parking is available and free for all event attendees.