Salle Cortot Pierre Hantaï: Salle Cortot
Paris, Salle Cortot — Main Hall
About the Event
With *The Well‐Tempered Clavier*, Bach has created a true masterpiece. In two extensive collections of preludes and fugues (1722 and 1744), he methodically explores all the possibilities offered by equal temperament, which had emerged a few decades earlier. He embraces the improvisational nature of the prelude while giving it remarkable depth through his inventiveness and polyphonic richness. As for the fugue—a centuries‐old form, architectural par excellence—he renews its possibilities with astonishing diversity. One thing is certain: a sense of absolute freedom reigns in *The Well‐Tempered Clavier*. Over the centuries, the score has established itself as the bedside companion of the greatest figures in keyboard music: Mozart, Chopin, and Schumann.
As the undisputed master of this repertoire, Pierre Hantaï knows all its subtleties and has produced interpretations that have become the gold standard.
Address
Salle Cortot, 78 rue Cardinet, Paris, France — Google Maps
