Georgiana Pletea moved from Romania to Switzerland at age nineteen to study piano, as her mother believed musicians could not make a living in Romania.
Performer Biography
Georgiana Pletea is a prize winner of the Rahn Music Prize 2020, which funded the production of this album.
Interpretation
Pianist Georgiana Pletea sees the three works on this album—Ravel's Miroirs, Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata, and Chopin's B flat minor Sonata—as a spiritual journey of the soul.
Performer Biography
Georgiana Pletea, the pianist on this album, was born in Bucharest in 1993 and began her piano studies at the age of 7.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Despite being written in different centuries and styles, the composers on this album—Ravel, Beethoven, and Chopin—all sought new piano sounds and expanded technical possibilities.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in July 2021 at ZKO-Haus, Zürich, and features a Bösendorfer 280 VC grand piano.
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