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Teodor Pazov, Daria Parkhomenko

The most beautiful piano concertos

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with Teodor Pazov and Daria Parkhomenko
Sunday, 03/23/2025 18:00 Alte Druckerei Ottensen

Program

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943): Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor op.1
I. Vivace - II. Andante - III. Allegro vivace

Soloist: Teodor Pazov (by Prof. Mariya Yankova)
Orchestral part: N.N.

PAUSE

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor op.16
I. Andantino-Allegretto
II. Scherzo: Vivace
III.Intermezzo: Allegro moderato
IV. Finale: Allegro tempestoso

Daria Parkhomenko (class of Prof. Stepan Simonian)
Orchestral part: N.N.

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About the artists: Daria Parkhomenko - The Russian pianist of Romanian origin is regarded as one of the most promising talents of her generation. With her expressive playing, fascinating warmth of sound and magnetically attractive power, Daria Parkhomenko enchants audiences all over the world. "Leading Lady" was the headline in the press after she won the George Enescu Piano Competition in Bucharest in 2018. The young pianist is a multiple prizewinner at numerous international piano competitions, including the 2019 Sendai Piano Competition in Japan (3rd prize and audience prize), the 2015 Čiurlionis Piano Competition in Lithuania (2nd prize) and many others. Her numerous successes at competitions have brought her to the world stage in Europe, Asia and the USA, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Daria Parkhomenko has performed at international music festivals such as the George Enescu Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and the Tidal Concerts in East Frisia. She has been heard live on Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, ArteTV, TVR Radio and Radio Delfi on several occasions. Since 2019, Daria has been performing in the ballet production "Glasmenagerie" by John Neumeier at the Hamburg State Opera. A highlight of her career in 2022 was a last-minute stand-in for the season-opening concert of the Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Karlberg in the "Wunderino Arena". The invitation to perform one of the grandiose piano concertos - Rachmaninov's 2nd Concerto - came just a few hours before the concert began. "Beaming with happiness, she accepted the rapturous applause of the audience in the Wunderino Arena Kiel..." ('Kieler Nachrichten', Christian Strehk. Daria Parkhomenko was born in Rostov-on-Don and began playing the piano at the age of four. Her mentor was Sergei Osipenko from the Rostov State Rachmaninov Conservatory, with whom she studied for twelve years. She is currently continuing her studies at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama. She has also taken part in masterclasses with Alfred Brendel, Philippe Entremont, Severin von Eckardstein, Elisso Wirsaladse, Anna Vinnitskaja, Michel Beroff and Elisabeth Leonskaja, among others. In 2022, she released her debut album with piano works by George Enescu, which received excellent reviews and was nominated for the Opus Klassik and the German Record Critics' Award in 2023.

Teodor Pazov was born on 26.08.1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2018, he successfully completed his secondary education at the National Music School "Lyubomir Pipkov" in Sofia in the class of Bulgarian pianist and pedagogue Antonina Boneva and was accepted to the University of Music and Drama in Hamburg with maximum results. In 2022 he completed his Bachelor's degree in the class of Mariya Yankova and was accepted to continue his studies for a Master's degree. Teodor has actively participated in master classes with renowned professors such as Michail Lifits, Grigory Gruzman, Bernd Goetzke and Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń. In 2024, he received a full scholarship to attend the Allegra Academy with Prof. Jacques Amon. Since the beginning of 2014 Teodor has been an active student and participant of Prof. Ludmil Angelov's master classes at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a scholarship holder of the "Consonance Foundation", "Communittas", "American Foundation for Bulgaria", Otto-Stöterau Stiftung, Gisela-Bartels Stiftung, Deutschlandstipendium and Yehudi Menuhin LMN Hamburg. He has received a number of awards from national and international competitions and festivals, including First Prize at the Premio Pianistico Internazionale Napolinova International Competition in Napoli, Italy (2024), First Prize at the Euterpe Music Awards (2024) and a special prize and invitation to the gala concert in the Kammersaal of the Berlin Philharmonie, First Prize at the III. International Gloria Artis Music Competition in Vienna, Austria (2023), Third Prize at the IV AMIGDALA International PRIZE for PIANO INTERPRETATION in Italy (2023), First Prize at the II Four Notes International Piano Competition (2022), Second Prize at the IX International Competition "Città di Treviso" in Treviso, Italy (2022), First Prize at the Masters of Concerto, Great Composers Series (2020) and many others. Teodor Pazov has also performed at various festivals and concerts in Europe, including the "Sofia Music Weeks" Festival, the "Apolonia" Festival, the "Boris Hristov" Arts Festival, the "Piano Extravaganza" Festival, at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Warsaw and Berlin, in Hamburg, in Vienna and others. In 2023 he was soloist of the Symphonietta Vidin Orchestra in Vidin, Montana and Vratsa, in 2019 - soloist of the Symphonietta Sofia Orchestra, in 2016 and 2017 - soloist of the Symphonietta Vratsa Orchestra. In 2022 he took part in the release of the CD and the concerts for its presentation as part of the project "Growing up with Rachmaninoff", which contains all Etudes-Tableaux Op.33 and Op.39 of the composer, performed by students of Antonina Boneva and supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture. In September 2023, Teodor participated as a pianist in the world premiere of "11,000 Strings for 50 microtonally tuned pianos and chamber orchestra" by Georg Friedrich Haas, organized by the Busoni-Mahler Foundation in Bolzano.

Eintritt: 20,00 EUR

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