LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Beatrice Berrut in concert in Washington
The vivid imagination of composer and pianist Beatrice Berrut draws on the piano’s countless sonic possibilities. Highly acclaimed for her 2021 recording of Franz Liszt’s late works, Berrut has released several insightful interpretations of Liszt’s music, alongside her latest albums featuring some of her own compositions and transcriptions. The library holds essential primary sources for Liszt’s First Elegy and Three Funeral Odes, highly personal works inspired by a wide range of references.
She also performed Liszt’s piano transcription of Camille Saint-Saëns’s symphonic poem *Danse macabre*, followed by two transcriptions written by Berrut herself: the *Andante moderato* from Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony and Paul Dukas’s *The Sorcerer’s Apprentice*.
Concerts
The best way to experience music is live and in good company. Share these particular moments of emotion and visit Beatrice Berrut’s concerts in your area.
25 April 2026
Tours
France
Grand Théâtre de Tours
Création de “D’un pavé noir » (pour orchestre symphonique)
Orchestre symphonique Région Centre-Val de Loire/Tours
under Vahan Mardirossian
26 April 2026
Tours
France
Grand Théâtre
“D’un pavé noir »
Orchestre symphonique Région Centre-Val de Loire/Tours
under Vahan Mardirossian
03 May 2026
Berlin
Deutschland
Salon Christophori
compositions électro-pop (avec Nadir Graa, basse électriaue)
StARTFestival / Bayer Kultur,
23 May 2026
Paris
France
Salle Gaveau
compositions électro-pop (avec Nadir Graa, basse électriaue)
The concert pianist's life
1985, Valais, Switzerland: Beatrice Berrut, born in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Valais, spends most of her childhood with her sister conquering the hills and mountains of her home valley.
The inspiration found in the marvellous landscape, the stoic Alpine giants carved ancient rock, and the fascination by nature itself accompany her to this day on her musical journeys.
The journal
From roots to stars
In a world where nationalities, languages and identities mix, enrich and sometimes clash, a recognition granted by one’s place of birth raises several questions. Indeed, I am the happy recipient…
Why the Liszt Sonata changed my life
When you play the piano, you are told since childhood that Liszt is a dubious figure: first seen as womanizer who writes music for pianists who love to show off,…
A season with a baton, from Meiningen to Covent Garden
It was in Berlin in 2007, and the audience in the Philharmonie, usually so well-behaved, applauded between the movements. It was simply impossible to keep to yourself the overwhelming emotions…