Julia Kociuban - Midnight - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Julia Kociuban is considered as one of the leading Polish pianists of her generation. Her debut solo album 'Schumann, Chopin, Bacewicz' was praised by critics as one of the most interesting Polish piano debuts of the past years. Her two albums with Bacewicz and Tansman Piano Concertos and Quintets were nominated for the Polish Music Industry Prize 'Fryderyk'. She has already been invited to perform in renowned European concert halls including the Herkulessall in Munich, the Konzerthaus of Vienna and of Berlin and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg. She has also performed in America and Asia and at the most known international music festivals in the world, including La Rouge d'Antheron, La Folle Journée, Kissinger Sommer, The Young Euro Classic Piano Festival, and The Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. Julia Kociuban graduated from the Royal College of Music in London, Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg and Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw where she studied with Dmitri Alexeev, Pavel Gililov and Piotr Paleczny. In 2019 she received her doctoral degree in music, and a year later she completed postgraduate studies for cultural managers at the Warsaw School of Economics. Alongside her solo career Julia Kociuban teaches at the Bacewicz University of Music in Lodz (Poland). She is also a founder and director of BISMA Bacewicz International Summer Music Academy. On the present she presents a showcase of Polish Polonaises. Album Tracks 1. Polonaise in D minor, Op. 71 No. 1 2. Polonaise in B Flat Major, Op. 71 No.2 3. Polonaise in F minor, Op. 71 No.3 4. Polonaise in B Flat Major, Op. 13 'In Memory of the Constitution of 3 May' 5. Polonaise 'Militaire À la Skrzynecki' 6. Polonaise in a Minor 'Les Adieux À la Patrie' 7. Polonaise Mélancolique, Op. 10 8. Polonaise in B Major, Op. 9 No. 6 9. Polonaise Triomphale, Op. 21

Wajnberg, Laks Piano Quintets

The fruitful exchange between harp practice and composition - The harp is a unique instrument in many ways. With it's unmistakable sound and specific playing technique, the expertise of harpists is indispensable for composers, many of whom are not harpists themselves. In the best-case scenario, both sides win from this exchange - the composer is inspired by the possibilities of the instrument, and the composition reveals new facets of the instrument. For this recording, Julia Wacker has gathered a number of felicitous examples of such exchanges between performer and composer, as each of these 20th-century pieces presents the many facets and often surprising aspects of the harp. Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Harp Op. 150 (1955) 2. Deux Impromptus Pour Harpe (1925) 3. Sonata Per Arpa Op. 68 (1943) 4. Divertissements Pour la Harpe (1924) 5. Suite for Harp Op. 83 (1969) 6. Präludium, Arioso Und Passacaglia (1987)