James Dekleva in Recital | TCHAIKOVSKY'S NUTCRACKER

Australian pianist James Dekleva returns to Singapore on Saturday 12 December 2026 with a solo recital featuring Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.

The concert concludes his second Australia–Asia tour for 2026, with performances at the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House in Sydney; Government House Ballroom in Perth; Eslite Performance Hall in Taipei; and Esplanade Recital Studio in Singapore.

At the heart of the program is Mikhail Pletnev’s virtuosic piano transcription of the Nutcracker Suite. Bringing the colour and character of Tchaikovsky’s ballet to a single instrument.

PROGRAMME

BRAHMS — Six Waltzes from Op. 39

BRAHMS — Ballade no.2 in D Major

MOZART — Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330

MENDELSSOHN — Scherzo à capriccio in F-sharp minor

Interval

TCHAIKOVSKY — Dumka, Op. 59

TCHAIKOVSKY/PLETNEV — Concert Suite from The Nutcracker

(Programme is subject to change at the artist’s discretion)