The album's title, 'Idylle', reflects the artist's personal and emotional motivations for selecting the pieces, aiming to evoke feelings of happiness and escape from reality.
Performer Biography
Sofja Gülbadamova, the performer, is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions in the USA, Spain, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, and Belgium.
Composer Biography
Reynaldo Hahn, a composer featured on the album, was considered French but had Venezuelan-Spanish heritage on his mother's side and German-Jewish heritage on his father's.
Performer Biography
The album is dedicated to James Tocco, an American pianist and the performer's teacher, who introduced her to Earl Wild's transcriptions of George Gershwin's 'Embraceable You'.
Recording & Production
The recording was made in May 2020, during a global crisis, with the artist hoping the music would provide moral and emotional support.
Interpretation
Many works on the album are interpreted as declarations of love, inspired by the all-embracing concept of love and the feelings it evokes.
Performer Biography
In 2017, Sofja Gülbadamova was appointed artistic director of the International Brahms Festival in Mürzzuschlag, Austria.
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