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Vienna, 18th
century...
In the period of early Baroque arose a necessity of
creating piano instrument with a new expression
different from the cembalo and organ. The newly made
instrument was named cimbalo di piano e forte, later
Hammerklavier, Fortepiano or Pianoforte.
Mozart, as well as Haydn and Beethoven, had such a
fortepiano, made by Anton Walter, with an excellent
sound and technical features (now this instrument is in
his house in Salzburg), which he considered as his
ideal.
Today in the performing practice on original instruments
the piano works of Haydn, Mozart and early Beethoven are
interpreted on the pianoforte made by Anton Walter. The
25 preserved original instruments are legendary with
their sound and the copies by contemporary instrument
makers are widely presented on the concert stage and in
the record studio.
Galina Draganova is among the few pianists who
have received en equal in value education in the field
of contemporary piano school as well as in early music
instruments. She is the only one Bulgarian player on
historical fortepiano (hammerklavier). After graduating
in Bulgaria she continued her studies in Germany. She
specialized at the biggest institute of early music in
Trossingen and at the European Center of Baroque and
Classical Music in the Hague, where she has lived since
2004. Her repertoire includes works of the Vienna
classic and early Romantism, performed on the relevant
models of piano forte. In 2005, for the first time in
Bulgaria, Galina performed a series of hammerklavier
concerts which were of great interest for the large
audience and professional circles as well. She has
participated in prestigious festivals in the country and
abroad.
Vasily Ilisavsky graduated at St-Petersburg
Conservatory and later at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.
He specialized in fortepiano at the Musikhochschule
Trossingen with Eckart Sellheim – one of the pioneers of
the fortepiano revival. Ilisavsky was the laureate of
the first International Prokofiev Competition and Clara
Schumann Competition in Dusseldorf. In the early 90s he
played the harpsichord with the Ars Consoni Baroque
Ensemble. He frequently includes three types of
historical fortepianos in his concert programmes, as
well as the modern piano.
Recently Ilisavsky has had an extensive concert activity
in Europe, participation in various festivals, 2 chamber
music CD-s with works by Beethoven and F. Ries in the
Brilliant
Classic series. He has been invited as lecturer at
conservatories in Oslo, Sofia, St. Petersburg.
Lilia Slavny
was born in Moscow, where she
started her music studies on the violin. Later she
completed her B.A. degree in modern and baroque violin
at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem.
Since then she has started her successful concert and
recording activity. She has taken part in many
prestigious early music festivals like Utrecht, Bachfest
in
Leipzig, Festival di Cremona… Meanwhile, she is
proceeding with her research on baroque violin at the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague, with Elizabeth Wallfish
and Kati Debretzeni. Among her recent musical
engagements are Utrecht Baroque Consort, Amsterdam
Baroque Orchestra and Portuguese orchestra Divino
Sospiro. In 2004 Lilia won the first prize in the Second
International Soloist Competition for Early Instruments
in Schärding (Austria).
Alberto Kanji was born in Sao Paulo. Even when a
child he had lessons in baroque interpretation. He won
the prize of the Brazilian Young Soloists Competition.
Later he studied at the State University of Campinas,
Sao Paulo. During the period 1997 – 2000 he was the
first cellist and soloist of the Sao Paulo’s Youth
Orchestra. In 2002 he entered the Sao Paulo State
Symphony Orchestra but in order to expand his musical
experience and deepen his musical knowledge he came to
study at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam with Gr. Horsch
(cello) and J. ter Linden (baroque cello). He also
attended master classes with Anner Bylsma. He is a
member of the group Alma Viva, dedicated to baroque and
contemporary music. |
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