Gabriela Montero, piano
3:00 pm - 5:00pm
Spivey Hall
$28-58
Westward: Gabriela Montero, piano
“Montero’s playing had everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power in climactic moments, soulful lyricism in the ruminative passages, and, best of all, unsentimentatal expressivity.”
– The New York Times
Saturday
Jan 24, 2026
3:00PM
Description
Pianist Gabriela Montero returns to Spivey Hall with Westward, a program featuring extraordinary immigrant composers and anchored by her improvised accompaniment to Charlie Chaplin’s 1917 film, The Immigrant. Known as a master improviser, Montero’s visionary interpretations and unique compositions have received critical acclaim and brought her a devoted following. A multiple-Grammy® and International Beethoven Award winner, Montero has been recognized by Amnesty International and the Human Rights Foundation as a committed human rights advocate for her work in her native Venezuela.
Program
PROKOFIEV | Sarcasms, Op. 17
Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14
RACHMANINOFF | Sonata No. 2, Op. 36
STRAVINSKY | Sonata, K. 043
C. CHAPLIN | The Immigrant, film with improvised score by Gabriela Montero
Event Map
Spivey Hall
2000 Clayton State Boulevard
Morrow, GA
