Piano Off-Stage, the Festival within the Festival, presents selected piano jazz in Lucerne’s most beautiful bars and restaurants during five days.
The pianists
Ehud Asherie
Julien Brunetaud
Claude Diallo
Chris Hopkins
Dado Moroni
Frank Muschalle
Adomas Rekasius
Ayako Shirasaki
Rossano Sportiello
Alkis Steriopoulos
Andreas Müller-Crepon moderation
Franz Liszt was not just a gifted pianist, composer, and teacher but also a master of improvisation, who regularly sent his public into frenzied states of ecstasy. So there’s no question that he would have had a devilishly good time at Piano Off-Stage, our traditional “festival within the festival.” Once again this year, acclaimed jazz pianists from all over the world will have Lucerne swinging until late in the night in the city’s finest bars and restaurants, to the accompaniment of a drink and atmospheric candlelight. And if you’d like to get a wonderful overview of the keyboard virtuosos in store for Off-Stage 2011, make sure not to miss the grand opening event in the KKL, when all artists will be on hand to give a sample of their improvisatory skills. They will be personally introduced and interviewed by moderator Andreas Müller-Crepon of DRS-2 Radio and — who knows? — might even join together for a spontaneous jam session.