October 3
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Concerto
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No.5 op.73 "Emperor"
Shostakovich:Symphony No.5
(with K.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 K.504 "Prague"
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No.4 op.58
Rachmaninov:Symphonic Dances
(with V.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, Florence, 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
(with some musicians)

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 Book 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 Book 2
(Encore/Liszt:Transcendental Etude no.10, Chopin:Etude op.10-12 "Revolutionary", Ballade No.1, Nocturne op.27-2)

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 in E flat major op.73 "Emperor"
R.Strauss:Also sprach Zarathustra
(with R.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 Book 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 Book 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 op.38, Scherzo No.1 op.20, Sonata No.2 op.35
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 Book 1
Webern:Variations op.27
Boulez:Sonata No.2
(Encore/Debussy:Etude No.11, Liszt:Transcendental Etude no.10, Chopin:Nocturne op.27-2, Scherzo No.3)

January 22 (Pollini Prospettive)
Sala Sinopoli, Rome, Italy
Solo & Chamber music
Stockhausen:Gesang der Junglinge, Klavierstuecke 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 op.16
(with Klangforum Wien, P.Eoetvoes)
(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)

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 Book 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 op.16
Beethoven:Piano Sonatas 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)

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 & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
(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 Book 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 Book 1
(Encore/Liszt:Transcendental Etude No.10, Chopin:Etude op.10-12 "Revolutionary", Ballade No.1)

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

June 20 (3rd International Festival "Musical Collection")
Maestro Yury Temirkanov Grand Philharmonic Hall, St.Petersburg, Russia
Recital
Schumann:Allegro op.8, Kreisleriana op.16
Chopin:Ballades No.1 op.23, No.2 op.38, Prelude op.45, Polonaise No.6 op.53 "Heroic", Scherzo No.1 op.20

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 Book 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:Etudes 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, IX
Liszt:Nuages gris, Unstern!-Sinistre, 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
Solo & 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)