Sophie Pacini, 2015 ECHO Klassik Newcomer of the Year, replaces Mitsuko Uchida for a piano recital at Klavier-Festival Ruhr on 22 April.

Sophie, who made her debut at the Festival in 2012, presents a programme featuring Schubert’s Piano Sonata No.14 (D 784) alongside works by Chopin, and Liszt’s transcription of Wagners’s overture to Tannhäuser.

The coming months will see Sophie perform in recitals throughout Europe including at Berliner Konzerthaus (27 May) and Wiener Konzerthaus (8 June).