Extreme expres­sion and total con­trol: that mag­i­cal mix char­ac­ter­izes the musi­cal per­son­al­i­ty of Natacha Kudritskaya. Out of a bound­less curios­i­ty this Ukrainian pianist explores the pos­si­bil­i­ties of the grand piano in new and ear­ly music. Her fes­ti­val pro­gramme draws a line from the 18^th cen­tu­ry to today. Eye-catch­er is Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit.