Prize Winner Olivier Berggruen Prize 2023

Alexandra Dovgan, Piano
Prize Winner Olivier Berggruen Prize 2023

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
3 Intermezzi, Op. 117

This concert will be recorded live on 8 August in the Rougemont Church and broadcast on 10 August, 7.30 pm.

Born in 2007 into a family of musicians, Alexandra Dovgan does everything faster than anyone else, without however bearing the “stigma” of being a child prodigy. Grigory Sokolov, who has taken her under his wing, sums it up very well: “If her playing is indeed exceptional, nothing in her music indicates that it is a child playing, what we hear is the interpretation of a musician who is already an adult”. After her debut in 2021 at the Lauenen Church, she is back again with a new high-flying recital at the Rougemont Church, starting as she did two years ago with a Partita by the great Johann Sebastian, before turning to the autumn masterpieces of one of his most faithful heirs, Johannes Brahms.