Concert performances of Liszt's Douze études d'exécution transcendante

The list is cronological with respect to date of performance. It is certainly work in progress and I welcome any additions or corrections.

Many thanks to Francis Romano for providing several additions to an earlier version of this concertography.

Apart from a few early performances, only concerts including the complete set are listed.

Discography, including non-commercial recordings of concert performances, is found here.

Year	Date	Pianist		Comments
1838	18 April 2 May	Franz Liszt		Concerts in Vienna Études nos. 6 and 9 1837 version, S.137
1879	22 October	Walter Bache		All-Liszt recital, St. James's Hall, London Études nos. 3 and 8
1887	21 February	Walter Bache		All-Liszt recital, St. James's Hall, London A group of études
1903	7 February	Ferruccio Busoni		Beethoven-Saal, Berlin World premiere performance of the complete set. Circumstantial evidence suggests that it was a performance of the 1837 version.
1904	15 December	Ferruccio Busoni		Beethoven-Saal, Berlin This could be the world premiere performance of the 1851 version if it was the 1837 version that Busoni performed at same venue in 1903. At same concert Busoni also performed Liszt's Paganini études, S.141.
1907	5 November	Gottfried Staub		Stadt-Casino, Basel
1911	31 October	Ferruccio Busoni		Concert in Berlin First of six consecutive all-Liszt recitals commemorating Liszt's one-hundredth birthday.
1925	28 March	Adolphe Borchard		Salle des concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
1927	25 September	Egon Petri		Krakow, Poland
1930	16 January	José Iturbi		Carnegie Hall, New York
1936	April	Sigfrid Grundeis		Concert in Berlin
1943	21 October	Jean Doyen		Salle Pleyel, Paris
1957	25 October	Earl Wild		Town Hall, New York
1967	?	Jorge Bolet		Carnegie Hall, New York
1967   or 1968	?	John Ogdon		Town Hall, New York At same concert Ogdon performed Liszt's Sonata and Czardas Macabre
1968	1 February	John Ogdon		Queen Elisabeth Hall, London
1968	1 May	Gunnar Johansen		University of Wisconsin
1970	11 October	Jorge Bolet		Refer discography
1971	24 February	Jorge Bolet		Stuttgart, Germany
1971	n/a	Joseph Banowetz		Refer discography
1973	19 January	Russell Sherman		Jordan Hall, Boston
1976	29 April	Lazar Berman		Refer discography
1976	3 November	Lazar Berman		Refer discography
1977	3 December	Russell Sherman		Alice Tully Hall, New York
1979	2 November	Jorge Bolet		Refer discography
1979	4 November	Leslie Howard		Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York
c. 1979	n/a	Michael Ponti		Refer discography
197?	n/a	Carlo Vidusso		Concert in Italy
197?	n/a	Daniel Rivera		Concert in Italy
1980	4 June	Michael Ponti		Refer discography
1982	26 April	Michael Ponti		Refer discography
1986	19 January	Roberto Cappello		Refer discography
1986	3 April n/a June December n/a n/a	Janina Fialkowska		92d Street Y, New York Concert in Paris Orchestra Hall, Chicago El Camino College, Los Angeles Concert in London with BBC Concert in Canada with CBC
1988 1989	19 May August September	Janice Weber		Longy School of Music, Boston Concert in London Concert in London 1837 version, S.137
1989	14 August	Tzimon Barto		Refer discography
1989	23 September	Michael Ponti		Refer discography
1990	6 March	William Blaine		Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York
1992	2 November	Richard Cionco		Mark Goodson Theater, New York
1993	20 November	Victor Eresko		Refer discography
1994	3 February	Alexander Paley		1837 version, S.137 Refer discography
1996	n/a	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
1997	n/a	Paolo Restani		Refer discography
1999	8 March	Gergely Bogányi		Refer discography
1999	14 December	Nelson Goerner		Refer discography
2000	7 February	Stanislav Yovanovitch		Refer discography
2000	21 July	Nelson Goerner		Refer discography
2000	15 September	Mikhail Lidsky		Refer discography
2000	18 December	Russell Sherman		Alice Tully Hall, New York
2000	22 December	Freddy Kempf		Milan Conservatory, Italy
2001	10 July	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
2002	14 June	Ian Hobson		Wigmore Hall, London 1837 version, S.137
2002	4 August	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
2002	October	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
2003	29 May	Dmytro Sukhovienko		Refer discography
2004	23 June	Russell Sherman		Refer discography
2007 2008	January May May	Alice Sara Ott		Herkulessaal, Munich Ruhr Piano Festival Basel, Switzerland
2009	9 June	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
2009	29 August	Stefania Passamonte		Refer discography
2009	16 November	Chong Park		National University Arts Center, Seoul
2010	27 May	Maurizio Baglini		Refer discography
2010	17 July	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
2011	27, 29, 30 January	Adam Neiman		Benaroya Hall, Seattle The complete set was divided among three recitals.
2011	1 March	Ian Hobson		Univervisity of Illinois 1837 version, S.137 At same concert Hobson also performed Chopin's études op. 25.
2011	27 May	Dmytro Sukhovienko		Refer discography
2011	12 August	Daniel Rivera		Parque de Espana, Rosario, Argentina
2011	24 September	Gwhyneth Chen		Refer discography
2011	6 October	Csaba Király		Refer discography
2011	7 October	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
2011	8 October	Diego Suárez		Refer discography
2011	12 October	Mélodie Zhao		Refer discography
2011	16 October	Midori Arima		Refer discography
2011	22 October	Adam Neiman		Trianon Theatre (then called Le Petit Trianon), San José, California Performed on Liszt's 200th birthday
2011	n/a	Boris Berezovsky		Refer discography
2012	4 March	Jean Muller		Maarnicher Festival, Luxenbourg
2012	4 May 6 May	Mark Salman		University Christian Church, Seattle Concert in Bellingham.
2013	January	Victor Krasovskiy		Refer discography
2013	24 November	Pierpaolo Levi		Sala Sudasiri Sobha, Bangkok
2013	n/a	Yoon Sejin		Refer discography
2014	24 February 17 March 13 April 17 April 22 June 25 September 27 October	Jean Muller		Philharmonie, Luxembourg Salle Cortot, Paris Alte Oper, Frankfurt Konzerthaus, Berlin Carnegie Hall, New York Liederhalle, Stuttgart Cadogan Hall, London
2014	17 September 19 September 21 September 23 September 22 October 12 November 10 December 17 December	József Balog		Bistrita, Romania Arcus, Romania Birlad, Romania. Iasi, Romania Pécs, Hungary Saygun Concert Hall, Izmir, Turkey Debrecen, Hungary Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
2014 2015	30 August 1 September 30 September 7 November 5 December 9 December 3 February 4 February 13 March	Daniil Trifonov		Queens's Hall, Edinburgh International Festival Stadt-Casino, Basel Royal Festival Hall, London Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon. Refer discography Prinzregententheater, Munich Carnegie Hall, New York. Refer discography Sociedad Filarmónica, Bilbao Grande Auditуrio, Lisbon Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
2014 2015	19 December 27 February 28 February 13 March 25 March	Andrei Gugnin		Scriabin Museum, Moscow The Music Room, Eelswamp, Thailand The Music Room, Eelswamp, Thailand Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City Scriabin Museum, Moscow
2015	23 February 9 March 11 May 12 May 14 May 18 June 23 July 7 August 17 August	Kirill Gerstein		Rudolfinum, Prague Zankel Hall, New York House of Culture, Moravian Ostrava, Czech republic Alicante, Spain Wigmore Hall, London Liszt Festival Raiding St Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe Auckland Museum, New Zealand City Recital Hall, Sydney
2016	30 March	Eduardus Halim		Harvard Club, New York
2016	April	Marianna Kapsetaki		Refer discography
2016	30 September	Gwhyneth Chen		Rockefeller University, New York
2016	3 November	Minkyu Kim		Refer discography
2016	29 November	Boris Berezovsky		Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall), New York
2017	10 August	Dinara Klinton		Refer discography
2019	15 February	Asiya Korepanova		Beston Hall, Rochester As well as S.139, the concert included Ab Irato S.143, Paganini Studies S.141, the Concert Studies S.144 and S.145, i.e. all Liszt's 24 études.

Established 26 November 2011. Latest update 28 February 2019.

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