Kurtag / Ligeti / Berio / Scriabin / Lutoslawski: Piano 4-Hands and 2 Piano Works

Featuring

Paola Biondi
Debora Brunialti
Andrea Pestalozza
György Kurtág
György Ligeti
Luciano Berio

Alexander Scriabin
Witold Lutosławski

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Performer Biography

Paola Biondi and Debora Brunialti specialize in an unconventional repertoire, showing a particular passion and instinctive inclination for new and experimental music.

Performer Biography

The piano duo Paola Biondi and Debora Brunialti have won first prizes in several international competitions, including 'Città di Stresa', 'Rovere d'Oro', and 'Moncalieri European Competition'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The booklet suggests that many composers, including the five featured on this album, have explored the 'philosophical doubt' of whether piano duos represent two pianists as one entity or one pianist discovering an 'avatar'.

Performer Biography

Paola Biondi and Debora Brunialti have collaborated with composer Azio Corghi and others on a production called 'un petit train de plaisir', which toured South America and Albania.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alfred Schnittke, a composer mentioned in the booklet, described writing for piano four hands or two pianos as being uncertain whether to imagine one pianist miraculously divided or two pianists becoming one.

Performer Biography

Paola Biondi and Debora Brunialti, the pianists on this album, studied with notable musicians like Massimiliano Damerini, Dario de Rosa, Maureen Jones, Alfons Kontarsky, and Katia Labèque.

Performer Biography

The duo Paola Biondi and Debora Brunialti have performed internationally in cities like Paris, Birmingham, Sydney, Madrid, and Buenos Aires, as well as for major Italian institutions.