October 3
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Concerto
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No.5 op.73 "Emperor"
Shostakovich:Symphony No.5
(with Kurt Masur & London Philharmonic Orchestra)

October 7 (LPO's 75th Birthday)
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Concerto
Richard Bassill:75th Birthday Fanfare
Mozart:Symphony No.38 KV.504 "Prague"
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No.4 op.58
Rachmaninov:Symphonic Dances
(with Vladimir Jurowski & London Philharmonic Orchestra)

October 12 (The Venice Biennale:51st International Festival of Contemporary Music "Oltre la Linea(Beyond the Line)")
Teatro alle Tese (Arsenale), Venice, Italy
Chamber music
"Luigi Nono - Maurizio Pollini, Barbara Hannigan"
Nono:La fabbrica illuminata, Djamila Boupacha, ...sofferte onde serene..., A floresta e jovem e cheja de vida
(with B.Hannigan(S), S.Ercoli(V), M.Nies(V), T.Roe(V), A.Damiens(Cl), Schlagquartett Koeln, Experimental Studio Freiburg fur Akustische Kunst, A.Richard(Sound dir), B.Furrer(Cond)

October 20 (Coproduction/Maggio Musicale Fiornetina, Amici della Musica Firenze)
Teatro Comunale, Firenze, Italy
Recital
Schumann:Allegro op.8, Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15(Raindrops), Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Ballade No.1, Prelude op.28-24)

October 31 (Nono Festival)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
Solo & Chamber music
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..., Djamila Boupacha, A Floresta e jovem e cheja de vida

November 5 (SKS Meisterpianisten 2)
Beethoven Saal(KKL Liederhalle), Stuttgart, Germany
Recital
Schumann:Allegro op.8, Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15(Raindrops), Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Ballade No.1, Prelude op.28-24, Nocturne op.27-2)

November 15
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
Recital
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
Debussy:6 Preludes from vol.1 ("Voiles", "Le vent dans la plaine", "Les sons et les parfums tourment dans l'air du soir", "Des pas sur la neige", "Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest", "La Cathedrale engloutie"), 6 Etudes of vol.2
(Encore/Liszt:Transcendental Etude no.10, Chopin:Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Ballade No.1, Nocturne No.8)

November 21 (Lucerne Festival "Am Piano")
Konzertsaal, Lucerne, Switzerland
Recital
Schumann:Allegro op.8, Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:4 Mazurkas op.33, Impromptu No.2 op.36, Scherzo No.3 op.39, 2 Nocturnes op.27, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
(Encore/Chopin:Prelude op.28-15(Raindrops), Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Ballade No.1)

November 29/30
Gewandhaus Grosser Saal, Leipzig, Germany
Concerto
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No.5 op.73 "Emperor"
R.Strauss:Also sprach Zarathustra
(with Riccard Chailly & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)

December 5 ("MITO", dedicate to Giorgio Balmas)
Auditorium "Giovanni Agnelli" del Lingotto, Torino, Italy
Recital
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, Impromptu No.2 op.36, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39,
Debussy:6 Preludes from vol.1 ("Voiles", "Le vent dans la plaine", "Les sons et les parfums tourment dans l'air du soir", "Des pas sur la neige", "Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest", "La Cathedrale engloutie"), 6 Etudes of vol.2
(Encore/Chopin:Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Prelude op.28-24, Ballade No.1)




[2008]

January 5/7/8 (Pollini Prospettive)
Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Concerto
Maderna:Canzone a tre cori(Gabriele/Maderna), Aura(for orchestra)
Brahms:Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor op.15
(with A.Pappano & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia)
(Encore/on 5th Jan."Chopin:Ballade No.1", on 8th Jan."3rd Movement of Concerto")

January 11 (Pollini Prospettive)
Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Solo & Chamber music
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2, Scherzo No.1, Sonata No.2
Nono:...Sofferte onde serene..., Djamila Boupacha, A Floresta e jovem e cheja de vida
(with B.Furrer, A.Richard, B.Hannigan, A.Damiens, S.Ercori, M. Nies, T.Roe)

January 18 (Pollini Prospettive)
Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
recital
Debussy:Preludes vol.1
Webern:Variations op.27
Boulez:Sonata No.2
(Encore/Debussy:Etude No.11, Liszt:Transcendental Etude no.10, Chopin:Nocturne No.8, Scherzo No.3)

January 22 (Pollini Prospettive)
Sala Sinopoli, Rome, Italy
Solo & Chamber music
Stockhausen:Gesang der Junglinge, Piano pieces VII & VIII, Kreuzspiel(for flute, bass-clarinetto, piano & percussions), Zeitmasse(for the 5 winds), Kontra-Punkte(for 10 instruments)
Schoenberg:3 Piano pieces op.11
Schumann:Kreisleriana (instead of "Brahms:Piano Quintet")
(with Klangforum Wien, P.Eoetvoes (Hagen SQ/cancelled))
(Encore/Schoenberg:6 Little Piano pieces op.19)

January 26/28/29 (Pollini Prospettive)
Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Concerto
Boulez:Notations I,IV,III & II (for orchestra)
Brahms:Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major op.83
(with A.Pappano & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia)
(Encore/on 26th Jan."4th Movement of Concerto", on 29th Jan."Chopin:Etudes op.25-11, op.10-12, op.10-4")

February 19 (Series 8 - Recitals at the Palais)
Centre for Fine Arts(Henry Le Boeuf Hall), Brussels, Belgium
Recital
Bach:The Well-tempered Clavier Book I

March 3 (Series 26 - Pierre Boulez & Maurizio Pollini)
Centre for Fine Arts(Henry Le Boeuf Hall), Brussels, Belgium
Solo & Chamber music
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..., Djamila Boupacha, A floresta e jovem e cheja de vida
(with B.Furrer, B.Hannigan, A.Damiens, T.Roe, M.Nies, S.Ercoli, Schlagquartett Koeln)

(March 11) (Zyklus Meisterinterpreten)
Herkulessaal, Munich, Germany
Recital
Bach:The Well-tempered Clavier Book I
(Cancelled)

April 4 (La Societa dei Concerti:Concerto Straordinario)
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy
Recital
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
Debussy:Preludes vol.1
(Encore/Debussy:Etude No.11, Chopin:Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Liszt:Transcendental Etude)

April 15
Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Madrid, Spain
Recital
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
Debussy:6 Etudes
Boulez:Sonata No.2
(Encore/Debussy:La Cathedrale engloutie, Liszt:Transcendental Etude)

April 20 (Ciclo Beethoven)
Teatro Real(Sala Principal), Madrid, Spain
Recital
Schoenberg:3 Piano pieces op.11, 6 Little Piano pieces op.19
Schumann:Kreisleriana
Beethoven:Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, op.31-2 "Tempest", No.23 in F minor, op.57 "Appassionata"

April 22 (Extraordinary concert)
Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona, Spain
Recital
Schumann:Allegro op.8, Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
(Encore/Chopin:Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Ballade No.1, Nocturne op.27-2)

(April 26)
Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Recital
(postponed to the 14th September)

May 6
Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Recital
Schumann:Allegro op.8, Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
(Encore/Chopin:Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Ballade No.1, Nocturne op.27-2, Etude op.10-4)

May (23)/24/(25) (Serie L)
Berliner (Philharmonie)-Waldbuehne, Berlin, Germany
Concerto
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No.4 in G major op.58
Berlioz:Te Deum
(with C.Abbado & Berliner Philharmoniker)
(A fire broke out in Philharmonie, they give 1 concert at open-air theatre "Waldbuehne" on 24th.)

June 6 (Das Goldene Musikvereinsabonnement I/8)
Musikverein Grosser Saal, Vienna, Austria
Recital
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.3 op.39, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
Debussy:Preludes vol.1
(Encore/Debussy:Etude No.11, Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Chopin:Etude No.10-12(Revolutionary), Nocturne op.27-2)

June 10 (International Piano Series)
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Recital
Schumann:Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.1 op.20
Debussy:Preludes vol.1
(Encore/Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Chopin:Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), Ballade No.1)

June 16
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russian Federation
Recital
Chopin
Debussy
(Encore/Chopin:Ballade No.1)

June 20 (III International Festival "Musical Collection")
Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation
Recital
Schumann:Allegro op.8, Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:Ballades No.1 & No.2, Prelude op.45, Polonaise (As-dur), Scherzo No.1

June 23 (Klavier Festival Ruhr)
Mercatorhalle im City Palais, Duisburg, Germany
Recital
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, 4 Mazurkas op.33, Scherzo No.1 op.20, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic"
Debussy:Preludes vol.1
(Pollini received "Preis des Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2008")

[2008 Summer Festival]

August 11 (77th Chigiana Summer Festival)
Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena, Italy
Recital
Schumann:Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, op.14(Concert sans orchestre)
Chopin:Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, op.35
Liszt:Piano Sonata in B minor

August 16 (Salzburg Festival)
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Recital
Schumann:Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, op.14(Concert sans orchestre)
Chopin:Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, op.35
Liszt:Piano Sonata in B minor
(Encore/Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Chopin:Etude op.10-12(Revolutionary), op.10-4, Nocturne op27-2)

August 21 (Lucerne Festival:Pollini-Projekt 1)
Konzertsaal(KKL), Lucerne, Switzerland
Chamber music
Boulez:Dialogue de l'Ombre double
Berg:4 pieces for Clarinet and Piano
Stockhausen:Klavierstuecke VII, VIII and IX
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern, La lugubre gondola, R.W.-Venezia, Sonata in B minor
(with A.Damiens, A.Richard, R.Braig and Experimentalstudio fuer akustische Kunst, Freiburg)
(Encore/Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Debussy:La Cathedrale engloutie)

August 24 (Lucerne Festival:Pollini-Projekt 2)
Konzertsaal(KKL), Lucerne, Switzerland
Chamber music
Chopin:Prelude op.45, Ballade No.2 op.38, Scherzo No.1 op.20, Sonata No.2 op.35
Nono:...sofferte onde serene..., Djamila Buopacha, A floresta e' jovem e cheja de vida
(with B.Furrer, B.Hannigan, A.Damiens, S.Ercoli, M.Nies, T.Roe, Schlagquartett Koeln, A.Richard, R.Braig and Experimentalstudio fuer akustische Kunst, Freiburg)