Katia and Marielle Labèque

For this engagement, the sisters will present a special recital beginning with El Chan from American composer Bryce Dessner, founder and guitarist of the rock band The National, followed by the five-movement Ma mère l'Oye by French composer Maurice Ravel. The evening concludes with Philip Glass’s suite Les enfants terribles.

The French siblings, known for their dynamic performances of pieces composed specifically for duo piano, are perhaps even more renowned for their own interpretations of various classical works. Recognized for their combination of synchronicity and energy, the Labèque sisters have expanded the possibilities for the double piano form with an intuitive connection honed by five decades of playing together.

Having worked through traditional classical, Romantic, Baroque, and 20th-century modernism since the 1970s, the sisters have more recently immersed themselves in contemporary experimentation. The 2013 album Minimalist Dream House saw them playing compositions by Aphex Twin, Radiohead, and Brian Eno alongside minimalist classics by Glass, Terry Riley, and Arvo Pärt.

Read more

• Feature: "These Sisters Have Transformed the Piano Duo," New York Times 
• More on their Phillip Glass project