September 14 (Publick rehearsal & Lecture)(free)
Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy
Rehearsal of Chamber music (for Musica Insieme "Omaggio a Luigi Nono")
Nono: "A floresta e jovem e cheja de vida"
(with Schlagquartett Koeln, Alan Damiens, Barbara Hannigan, Elena Vicini, Kadigia Bove, Joel Templeur, Beat Furrer, Andre Richard)
Lecture
With Massimo Cacciari & Nuria Schoenberg Nono

September 20 (Torino Settembre Musica)
Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli Lingotto, Torino, Italy
Recital
Chopin:3 Nocturnes op.15, Ballade No.3 op.47, Sonata No.2 op.35
2 Nocturnes op.55, 2 Nocturnes op.62, Polonaise No.5 op.44, Polonaise No.6 "Heroic" op.53
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15, Ballade No.1 op.23, Etude op.10-12)

September 24 (Sagra Umbra)
Teatro Comunale Francesco Morlacchi, Perugia, Italy
Recital
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.1 op.2-1, No.3 op.2-3,
Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier" op.106

October 11/12
Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Concerto
Schumann:Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Mahler:Symphony No.7
(with C.Abbado and Lucerne Festival Orchestra)

November 1 (Symposium for Pollini Project 2)
Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Lecture and show of a film about Nono

November 3 (Pollini Project 2)
Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Chamber music & Solo
Boulez:Dialogue de l'ombre double
Berg:4 pieces for clarinet and piano op.5
Stockhausen:Piano pieces No.VII, No.IX
Nono:"...sofferte onde serene...", "Floresta e jovem e cheja de vida"
(with Schlagquartett Koeln, Alain Damiens, Barbara Hannigan, Elena Vicini, Kadigia Bove, Joel Templeur, Beat Furrer, Andre Richard)

November 6 (World Pianist Series A)
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Recital
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.1 op.2-1, No.3 op.2-3,
Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier" op.106
(Encore/Beethoven:Bagatelles op.126-3, op.126-4)

November 9 (World Pianist Series B)
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Recital
Chopin:3 Nocturnes op.15, Ballade No.3 op.47, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Scherzo No.1 op.20
2 Nocturnes op.55, 2 Nocturnes op.62, Polonaise No.5 op.44, Polonaise No.6 "Heroic" op.53
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15, Ballade No.1 op.23, Etude op.10-12, Etude op.10-4)

November 12
The Symphony Hall, Osaka, Japan
Recital
Chopin:3 Nocturnes op.15, Ballade No.3 op.47, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Scherzo No.1 op.20
2 Nocturnes op.55, 2 Nocturnes op.62, Polonaise No.5 op.44, Polonaise No.6 "Heroic" op.53
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15, Ballade No.1 op.23, Etude op.10-12, Etude op.10-4)

December 2
Koelner Philharmonie, Koeln, Germany
Recital
Chopin:3 Nocturnes op.15, Ballade No.3 op.47, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Scherzo No.1 op.20,
2 Nocturnes op.55, 2 Nocturnes op.62, Sonata No.2 op.35
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15, Ballade No.1 op.23, Etude op.10-4, Prelude op.28-24)

December 7
Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany
Recital
Chopin:3 Nocturnes op.15, Ballade No.3 op.47, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Scherzo No.1 op.20,
2 Nocturnes op.55, 2 Nocturnes op.62, Sonata No.2 op.35

December 12
Palais des Beaux-Arts(Salle Henry Le Boeuf), Brussels, Belgium.
Recital
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.1 op.2-1, No.3 op.2-3,
Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier" op.106
(Postponed from 18th of October)

[2006]

January 21
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy
Recital
Liszt:Nuages Gris, Unstern, Lugubre Gondola I, Richard Wagner-Venezia, Sonata in B minor
Webern:Piano Variation op.27
Boulez:Sonata No.2
(Encore/Schoenberg:6 little piano pieces op.19, etc.)

January 28 (Wiener Mozartjahr 2006, Pollini Perspektiven)
Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Chamber music & Solo
Mozart:Adagio in B minor K.540, Piano Quartet in G minor K.478, String Quintet in C major K.515
Webern:Piano Variation op.27
Boulez:Sonata No.2
(with Alban Berg Quartet, Krzystof Chorzelski(Va))

February 2 (Wiener Mozartjahr 2006, Pollini Perspektiven)
Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Chamber music & Solo
Mozart:Piano Quartet in E flat major K.493, String Quintet in G minor K.516
Nono:"...sofferte onde serene...", "A floresta e jovem e cheja de vida"
(with Alban Berg Quartet, Krzystof Chorzelski(Va), Schlagquartett Koln, Barbara Hannigan, Alain Damiens, Elena Vicini, Kadigia Bove, Joel Templeur, Beat Furrer, Andre Richard)

February 6 (Musica Insieme "Omaggio a Luigi Nono")
Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy
Chamber music & Solo
Schoenberg:3 piano pieces op.11, 6 little piano pieces op.19
Berg:4 pieces for clarinet and piano op.5
Nono:"...sofferte onde serene...", "A floresta e jovem e cheja de vida"
(with Schlagquartett Koeln, Alain Damiens, Barbara Hannigan, Elena Vicini, Kadigia Bove, Joel Templeur, Beat Furrer, Andre Richard)

February 13
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy
Recital
Chopin:3 Nocturnes op.15, Ballade No.3 op.47, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Scherzo No.1 op.20,
2 Nocturnes op.55, 2 Nocturnes op.62, Sonata No.2 op.35
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15, Prelude op.28-24, Ballade No.1 op.23, Etude op.10-12)

February 15
Laeiszhalle-Musikhalle(Grosser Saal), Hamburg, Germany
Recital
Chopin:3 Nocturnes op.15, Ballade No.3 op.47, Sonata No.2 op.35, 2 Nocturnes op.48, 2 Nocturnes op.62, Polonaise No.5 op.44, Polonaise No.6 "Heroic" op.53

February 26
Concertgebow, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Recital Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.1 op.2-1, Piano Sonata No.3 op.2-3,
Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier" op.106
(Encore/Beethoven:Bagatelle op.126-3)

March 9/10
Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Concerto
Brahms:Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83
Mahler:Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor
(with M.Jansons and Bayern Radio Symphony Orchestra)
(March 10/Live broadcasting on BAYERN 4 Klassik)

(March 16) (Great Performers 05/06)
Barbican Hall, London, England
Recital
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.1 op.2-1
Schoenberg:3 piano pieces op.11, 6 little piano pieces op.19
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.29 "Hammerklavier" op.106.
(cancelled)

March 22
Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Chamber music & Solo
Boulez:Dialogue de l'ombre double
Berg:4 pieces for clarinet and piano op.5
Stockhausen:Piano piece VII, IX
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern!-Sinistre, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Sonata in B minor
(with:Alain Damiens)

(March 27) (SKS Meisterpianisten 8)
Beethoven Saal(KKL Liederhalle), Stuttgart, Germany
Recital
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.1 op.2-1, Piano Sonata No.2 op.2-2
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern!-Sinistre, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Sonata in B minor
(cancelled)

April 17 (Osterklang 2006 Pollini Abend, Pollini Perspektiven)
Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria
Chamber music
Mozart:Ave Verum Corpus K.618
Schubert:Gesang der Geister ueber den Wassern D 714, Psalm No.92 D 953, Nachthelle D 892, Coronach "Totengesang der Frauen und Maedchen" D 836, Staendchen D 920,4 Gesaenge aus Wilhelm Meister D 877
Ligeti:Lux aeterna
Xenakis:Les nuits
Schoenberg:Friede auf Erden op.13
(with A.Schoenberg Chor, Juliane Banse, Christoph Strehl, Jose Antonio Lopez, Wiener Kammerorchester, Elwin Ortner)

April 30 (Bank of America Celebrity Series)
Symphony Hall, Boston, U.S.A.
Recital
Chopin:2 Nocturnes op.55, Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern-sinister, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor
(Encore/Debussy:La Cathedrale Engloutie, Chopin:Nocturne No.8 op.27-2, Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Chopin:Etude No.12 op.10-12(Revolutionary), Berceuse)

May 7 (Great Artists Series)
Carnegie Hall, New York, U.S.A.
Recital
Chopin:2 Nocturnes op.55, Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern-sinister, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor
(Encore/Debussy:La Cathedrale Engloutie, Chopin:Etude No.12 op.10-12(Revolutionary), Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Chopin:Nocturne No.8 op.27-2, Preludes No.24 op.28-24)

May 12
Salle Claude Champagne, Outremont, Canada
Recital
Chopin:2 Nocturnes op.55, Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern-sinister, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor

May 14 (Sara Lee Piano Series)
Symphony Center, Chicago, U.S.A.
Recital
Chopin:2 Nocturnes op.55, Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern-sinister, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor
(Encore/Chopin:Nocturne No.8 op.27-2, Preludes No.4 op.28-4, Etude No.12 op.10-12(Revolutionary), Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Debussy:La Cathedrale Engloutie)

May 17
The Music Center at Strathmore, Strathmore(Maryland), U.S.A.
Recital
Chopin:2 Nocturnes op.55, Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern-sinister, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor
(Encore/Debussy:La Cathedrale Engloutie, Chopin:Etude No.12 op.10-12(Revolutionary), Nocturne No.8 op.27-2, Preludes No.24 op.28-24)

May 29 (in favor of FAI)
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy
Recital
Mozart:Fantasie in C minor K.475
Chopin:Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern!-Sinistre, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor
(Encore/Chopin:Etude No.12 op.10-12(Revolutionary) & 2 other pieces, Debussy:1 Prelude)

June 6
Musikverein Grosser Saal, Vienna, Austria
Recital
Mozart:Fantasie in C minor K.475
Chopin:Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.55, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern!-Sinistre, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor
(For Maestro Ozawa and the Mito Chamber Orchestra)

June 7 (Das Goldene Musikvereinsabonnement II/7, Festwochen 2006, Pollini Perspektiven)
Musikverein Grosser Saal, Vienna, Austria
Recital
Mozart:Fantasie in C minor K.475
Chopin:Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.55, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern!-Sinistre, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor

June 15 (Piano**** Series)
Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France
Recital
Chopin:2 Nocturnes op.55, Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.48, Polonaise No.5 op.44
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern-sinister, La lugubre gondola 1, R.Wagner-Venezia, Piano Sonata in B minor

June 23(Societa dei Concerti, "Per la difesa della Costituzione Italiana")
Sala Verdi(Conservatorio "G.Verdi"), Milan, Italy
Recital
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.1 op.2-1, Piano Sonata No.3 op.2-3
Chopin:Ballade No.1 op.23, 2 Nocturnes op.55, Polonaise No.5 op.44, Scherzo No.3 op.39

[2006 Summer Festival]

August 10 (Estate musicale Chigiana)
Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena, Italy
Recital
Mozart:Fantasie in C minor KV.475, Sonata in C minor KV.457, Adagio in B minor KV.540, Sonata in D major KV.576
Webern:Variations op.27
Boulez:Second Sonata for Piano

August 14 (Salzburg Festival)
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Recital
Mozart:Fantasie in C minor KV.475, Sonata in C minor KV.457, Adagio in B minor KV.540, Sonata in D major KV.576
Webern:Variations op.27
Boulez:Second Sonata for Piano
(Encore/Debussy:La Cathedrale Engloutie, Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest)
(August 19/Broadcasting on OE1/ORF at 10:05)
(August 27/Broadcasting on BR4 Klassik at 20:05)

August 18/19 (Lucerne Festival)
Konzertsaal(KKL), Lucerne, Switzerland
Concerto
Brahms:Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major op.83
Bruckner:Symphony No.4 "Romantic"
(with Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra)
(August 31/Broadcasting on DRS 2 at 20:00-22:00)