CONCERTS | Impressions Intimes
The French Cultural Center is proud to welcome the talented pianist from New York, Tania Stavreva, for a program highlighting music as a truly universal language with no barriers no matter the politics or the status of the countries where it was composed.
Event Information
Thursday, Jan 22, 2015
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
At The French Cultural Center
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Member Price: $10.00
Non-Member Price: $15.00
RSVP Required (call 617-912-0400)
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For more information visit: www.frenchculturalcenter.org
with the support of the Bulgarian American Center Madara
Event Description
"Impressions Intimes" features a blend of intimate musi-colors particularly prominent in the solo piano works of Erik Satie, Claude Debussy and many other French and French influenced composers such as Federico Mompou (Spain) and his "Impressions Intimas" for solo piano written in 1914. The program also includes works by Frederic Chopin and American composer Steve Holtje's Gymnopedies (a tribute and continuation of Erik Satie's Gymnopedies) as well as the U.S. premiere by Australian composer Houston Dunleavy titled "Meditation on Satie." The concert will end with works from Ms. Stavreva's musical heritage, written by Bulgarian composers Pancho Vladigerov and Vesselin Stoyanov, featuring sensual impressionist styles combined with the unique asymmetrical Bulgarian rhythms.
Reception to follow.
About Tania Stavreva
Graduate of the National Music School "Dobrin Petkov" in Bulgaria as well as of the Boston Conservatory, where she was a full scholarship recipient and the winner of many competitions, pianist Tania Stavreva made her New York Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in April 2009, as part of the Artists International’s 36 Special Presentation Winners Series. Since then, she has performed at many prestigious venues including Lincoln Center, Kaufman Center, Symphony Space, Kosciusko Foundation Auditorium, Steinway Hall, Embassy of Bulgaria in New York, Bohemian National Hall at the Czech Center of New York and the CSV Cultural Center where she was featured live on NY1 News by NBC reporter Asa Aarons.
In addition to her classical music career, Ms. Stavreva is also developing a great diversity of projects, such as her collaboration in 2009 with The Dresden Dolls, making her one of the first pianists of her generation to perform modern classical music at such rock club venues as Webster Hall (New York) and Paradise Rock Club (Boston). In July 2011, she also performed for the first time body painted, connecting the music of Erik Satie to the work by artist Danny Setiawan.
Ms. Stavreva is an active participant in many outreach programs and fundraising campaigns, supporting with her music institutions such as Dana Faber Cancer Institute, NYU Hospital, Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Centers for Alzheimer Care and many others.
Praise for Tania Stavreva
"Bulgarian-born piano dynamo" -Steve Smith, Time Out New York
"Exceptional, entrancing, fun!" -Harry Rolnick, ConcertoNet.com
"A fully formed and fearsomely talented pianist" -Steve Holtje, CultureCatch.com
"Bold, dynamic, magnificent!" -Harris Goldsmith, New York Concert Review
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