Natasha Vlassenko and Oleg Stepanov  piano duo

Prokofiev / Pletnev  Cinderella Suite

This two-piano version of Prokofiev’s 1945 Cinderella Suite premiered in 2002 in Lugano to rave reviews. The arranger, celebrated pianist Mikhael Pletnev, more than held his own with his virtuosic duo partner, Martha Argerich, in this interpretation of the ballet score. Prokofiev wrote of the difficulties he faced in expressing “the poetic love of Cinderella and the Prince, the birth and flowering of that love, the obstacles in its path and finally the dream fulfilled”, and Pletnev more than successfully took up the challenge.