Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 & Schubert: Four Impromptus, D 899
8/14/2015, 8 Tracks, 48:26
Featuring
Elisso Bolkvadze
Sergei Prokofiev
Franz Schubert
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Performer Biography
Elisso Bolkvadze is a UNESCO Artist for Peace, an honor she received in January 2015.
Performer Biography
Elisso Bolkvadze, the pianist on this album, began her musical studies at age four and performed her first concert with an orchestra at seven.
Performer Biography
Elisso Bolkvadze founded her own charity foundation, 'Lyra', in 2013 to support talented young Georgian pianists.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Prokofiev, coming from the Ukrainian countryside, aimed to sweep away fin-de-siècle depression from his works, hammering home the pulse of the machine age.
Instruments
The piano used for this recording is a Steinway D, with Gerd Finkenstein serving as the piano technician.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in November 2014 at the Funkhaus Berlin Nalepastraße, specifically in the Großer Sendesaal - Saal 1.
Composer Biography
Sergei Prokofiev, the composer of the Piano Sonata No. 2, was considered an enfant terrible of Russian music even at the age of twenty-two.
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