This season, Trifonov pairs Robert Schumann’s First Piano Sonata with relative rarities by three of Russian composers: Taneyev’s Prelude and Fugue, Myaskovsky’s Second Piano Sonata, and the miniatures of Prokofiev’s Mimoletnosti (“Visions Fugitives”). This program is the vehicle for Trifonov’s mainstage recital at Carnegie Hall (Dec 13).

 As well as performing it at Vancouver’s Chopin Society (April 19), Zurich’s Tonhalle (Dec 2), and other destinations in Europe, this program takes Trifonov on a four-city tour of California (Sep 24–30). The tour includes a second program in La Jolla, for which Trifonov couples the Schumann sonata with music by Tchaikovsky (Sep 25).