Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concertos, especially his piano concertos, are notable for first establishing the concept of the concerto as a drama, drawing on his experience in opera.
Performer Biography
Marianna Shirinyan, the pianist, became an Artist in Residence with the Odense Symphony Orchestra in Denmark for a two-year period starting in 2013.
Compositional Technique
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concertos often begin with a large-scale orchestral exposition that can introduce seven or more themes, an approach not even emulated by Beethoven.
Performer Biography
Marianna Shirinyan, the pianist on this album, won five prizes at the 2006 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, which launched her career.
Performer Biography
Marianna Shirinyan was awarded the 2009 Annual Prize by the Association of Danish Music Critics and the 2010 P2 Artist Prize by Danish Radio for her contributions to Denmark's musical life.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart described his early piano concertos (K. 413-415) as a 'happy medium' between too easy and too difficult, brilliant, pleasing, and natural, with passages for both connoisseurs and less learned listeners.
Composition History
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart initially offered his three piano concertos (K. 413-415) with optional wind parts, allowing them to be performed with just a string quartet, but later claimed they could be played with a full orchestra.
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