The immensely versatile and internationally lauded pianist and conductor Ian Hobson, whose playing has been described by Gramophone as “intensely alive to expressive nuance, textural clarity and elastic shaping,” continues his Robert Schumann Cycle recital series on Friday evening, October 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., at New York’s Tenri Cultural Institute. The Schumann Cycle is devoted to the composer’s entire solo piano and chamber works with piano.

Entitled Marches and Etudes , the full program follows:

Four Marches, Op. 76

Six Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 3

Toccata in C major, Op. 7

Six Concert Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 10

Commenting on Mr. Hobson’s Variations on a theme of Beethoven in his latest Schumann Cycle concert in September 2023, Jeffrey Williams wrote in the New York Concert Review: “Mr. Hobson made a compelling case for them, as he did with the Chopin set. He pulled off both sets with confident artistry, for which he deserves our admiration and gratitude.” (October 1, 2023)

Reviewing Mr. Hobosn’s Humoreske in his April 2023 Schumann Cycle performance, Harry Rolnick of ConcertoNet said: “This was also Ian Hobson at his greatest. Not monumental pianism, not pictures of corteges or romance. Rather, Mr. Hobson was able to tie each short section together, as if foreordained.” (April 21, 2023)

Pianist and conductor Ian Hobson—called “powerful and persuasive” by The New York Times— is recognized internationally for his command of an extraordinarily comprehensive repertoire, his consummate performances of the Romantic masters, his deft and idiomatic readings of neglected piano music old and new, and his assured conducting from both the piano and the podium. As of September 2023, Maestro Hobson has been appointed Guest Conductor of the esteemed Sinfonia Varsovia.