Lunchtime Recital: Iyad Sughayer (piano)

Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer, has already been invited to perform as soloist with many leading orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the European Union Chamber Orchestra and the Manchester Camerata. He has performed on the stage of the Bridgewater Hall, the Stoller Hall – where Iyad made his debut on BBC Radio 3 – the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Steinway Hall New York, Castleton Festival Virginia, Kings Place and Wigmore Hall in London.

In 2019, Iyad become a City Music Foundation Artist having just returned from a series of recitals in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. He also announced the release of his first album featuring the solo works of Khachaturian with BIS records in November 2019.

Today's programme showcases a snippet from his new album of Khachaturian's 'Poem', where his compositional muscles were flexed to notable effect, alongside more traditional Mozart's Piano Sonata in No 18 and a selection of Liszt's Harmonies poétiques et religieuses,