Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage

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Julian Gorus
Franz Liszt

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Performer Biography

In 2003, Julian Gorus won both the 'Bremer Klavierwettbewerb' and the Franz Liszt Competition in Weimar, also receiving audience and special prize awards.

Performer Biography

Julian Gorus, a Bulgarian pianist born in 1978, won first prize at the 'Master of the Piano' competition in Varna in 1991.

Compositional Technique

Liszt's Années de Pèlerinage demonstrate a clarity of scene-painting unprecedented in piano music, compressing what the composer saw and felt into acoustic images.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Liszt's journey through Switzerland and Italy was an educational odyssey, inspired by Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister, where he paused and reflected on the world around him.

Composition History

Franz Liszt's Années de Pèlerinage were sketched in 1835 and 1836, then revised in 1855, where he pruned and tautened various passages.

Composer Biography

The Années de Pèlerinage mark a period where Liszt, a famous virtuoso, began to step outside the narrow limits of his learned métier and turn his attention to 'sister arts' like literature and painting.

Composer's Artistic Vision

In his piano compositions, Liszt aimed to translate events, ideas, and personal experiences into sound and freely-modulating movement, often transforming landscapes into acoustic pictures.