Classic Music Live! Falkirk: Next concert is German pianist Elena Fischer-Dieskau

Elena Fischer-Dieskau was born in Berlin and started to play the piano aged six. She comes from a talented family and is the granddaughter of the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-

Dieskau.

Her musical education started at the Paris Conservatoire; she has also studied in Hanover and at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore with Leon Fleisher. She is mentored by pianist Alfred Brendel.

Elena loves to teach and was a member of the Piano Faculty at the Music Specialist School St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh, from 2018 to 2022.

She will be playing: – Clara Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann; Mel Bonis Women of Legend, Seven Pieces; Robert Schumann Waldszenen (Forest Scenes); and RobertSchumann Sonata No 2.

The full-length afternoon concert with an interval takes place in Falkirk Trinity Church on Friday, February 2 at 2pm.

Book tickets here or pay at the door.