Pianist Julia Zilberquit made her orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall, performing Shostakovich's Concertino in her own arrangement.
François Couperin's 'Les Bagatelles' is arguably the first work in Western classical music to be called a 'bagatelle'.
Julia Zilberquit gave the world premiere of Sergei Slonimsky's Piano Concerto, a work dedicated to her, in 1998.
The term 'bagatelle' means 'trifle' in French, but composers used the genre to surprise listeners with brilliant or poetic character pieces.
This album, titled 'Three Centuries of Bagatelles', traces the development of the bagatelle from the 18th to the 20th century.
Julia Zilberquit discovered a virtually unknown early Piano Concerto by Beethoven and gave its premiere in 2004 and 2006.
Julia Zilberquit, the pianist on this recording, won the First Prize at the Vienna International Music Competition in 1994.
