We lament the passing of Maurizio Pollini, whom we have had the great honour and privilege to represent in the UK over the last 40 years.

As a pianist and artist of incomparable genius, his lifetime commitment to the music of the great composers of the past has maintained his standing throughout the world for over 60 years and as one of the giants of our era. In addition, his Promethean championing of new music not only of Schoenberg and the second Viennese period and of other composers of the 20^th century but especially of his great contemporaries, including Boulez, Stockhausen, Nono, Maderna, Sciarino, Benjamin, among many others, has opened minds and hearts of music lovers around the world to the power and importance of the modern in all creative lives. 

London always had a special place in Maurizio Pollini’s life, and every year, he brought to his large and admiring public, widely varied performances of great power and diversity of programming. 

Unforgettable highlights that we were privileged to experience in our work with him included his annual performances with the LSO, not only with his great friend and artistic partner Claudio Abbado, but also such eminent conductors as Bernard Haitink, Simon Rattle, Pierre Boulez and Riccardo Chailly. 

Also memorable was his complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas at the Royal Festival Hall in 1994 and his far-ranging and challenging programmes in his ​‘The Pollini Project’ in 2010/11, following on from similar groundbreaking series in Carnegie Hall, Salzburg Festival, Rome and Milan. 

We were also privileged to be able to include his irreplaceable contribution to the Pierre Boulez Festival, which we curated in Tokyo in 1995. 

Our condolences and our sorrowful sympathy go out to Marilisa and Daniele in these dark days of loss.