Irina Lankova speelt Schubert en Rachmaninoff

Irina Lankova

The internationally acclaimed pianist Irina Lankova returns to the Concertgebouw with her new programme A Better World . 'You have carried me away to a better world,' writes Schubert in An die Musik , in which he celebrates music as a force that gently lifts us above the boundaries of the everyday. It is this sense of elevation—of humanity, beauty, and hope—that forms the inspiration for this programme. An invitation to step into a world of feeling where tenderness, warmth, and grace reconnect us with our own inner light.

In this original program, each work is carefully chosen, creating a unique and compelling musical narrative within a harmoniously structured form. Central to Irina Lankova's approach is the emotional experience of the audience throughout the entire concert. It is in the dialogue between the works that this magic unfolds.

In the press

'She performs worldwide, from Carnegie Hall to the Concertgebouw, and is known for her ability to construct programs as if they were stories: musical trajectories in which emotions, memories, and ideas unfold with poetic logic,' according to Luister . The Independent wrote: 'Her touch is genuinely poetic, and she works on a vast tonal canvas, evoking moods and atmospheres with convincing authority.' And International Piano Magazine found : 'Lankova takes the audience into the depths of emotions.'