{"id":59599,"date":"2019-03-26T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=59599"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:31:11","slug":"the-scoop-pianist-peter-serkin-replaces-murray-perahia-in-upcoming-recital-at-koerner-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/03\/26\/the-scoop-pianist-peter-serkin-replaces-murray-perahia-in-upcoming-recital-at-koerner-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Pianist Peter Serkin Replaces Murray Perahia In Upcoming Recital At Koerner Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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American pianist Murray Perahia has cancelled his upcoming North American solo recitals due to a sudden medical setback.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For a musician, the prospect of getting ill during an international tour is not as simple as calling in sick to work the next day. It requires a mad scramble behind the scenes by event\u00a0organizers to either cancel, postpone, or find a last-minute replacement.<\/p>\n

In this case, it is American pianist Murray Perahia who had to notify the Royal Conservatory of Music of the need to cancel his upcoming recital scheduled at Toronto’s Koerner Hall, on May 1, 2019, due\u00a0to a sudden medical setback.<\/p>\n

Perahia has also cancelled all remaining dates on his North American tour,\u00a0including New York and Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with great regret that Mr. Perahia has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming solo recitals in North America as a sudden medical setback has prevented him from performing publicly,” a\u00a0statement from Perahia management reads.<\/p>\n

In what would have been his Koerner Hall debut, Perahia been replaced by pianist Peter Serkin, also making his Koerner Hall debut.<\/p>\n

Serkin will perform a program as part of The Royal Conservatory of Music\u2019s Season Finale Festival,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/strong>including Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Adagio in B Minor, and Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat Major, and Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations.<\/p>\n

We wish Murray Perahia a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n

RCM will be honouring all existing tickets and offering a 25% discount for ticket\u00a0holders on concerts listed on the event website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, you can get to know\u00a0Serkin’s achingly beautiful Mozart here:<\/p>\n