Dimitri Shostakovich on the 50th anniversary of his death

The content on this page was translated automatically.

Prelude in C sharp minor op.34 No.10

Prelude in F sharp minor op.87 No.8

Sonata No.2 op.61
1.Allegretto
2.Largo
3.Moderato(con moto)

Symphony No.10 in E minor op.93
III movement Allegretto

Symphony No.9 in E flat major op.70
1.Allegro
2.Moderato
3.Presto
4.Largo
5.Allegretto
(Four-hands arrangement by D.Shostakovich)

About Evgeni Koroliov
Evgeni Koroliov, born in Moscow in 1949, is undoubtedly an outstanding figure on the
international piano scene. The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes about his playing: "Koroliov treats
every thing according to its essence, he is interested in an emphatic sense of being rather than
appearance."
In Koroliov's repertoire, which ranges from the Baroque to the Impressionists to Messiaen and Ligeti
, the works of Bach occupy a special position. The composer György Ligeti enthused:
"If I could only take one work with me to a desert island, I would choose Koroliov's Bach, because I would listen to this
record over and over again until my last breath, starving and dying of thirst."
Evgeni Koroliov has lived in Hamburg since 1978, where he was a professor at the University of Music and
Drama until 2015. He himself was a student at the legendary Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. His
teachers included Heinrich Neuhaus, Maria Judina, Lev Oborin and Lev Naumov. He was a prizewinner at the
Bach competitions in Leipzig and Toronto and won the "Grand Prix" of the Clara Haskil Competition in 1977.

Koroliov has performed recitals in many of the most important concert halls in Europe: Concertgebouw
Amsterdam, Teatro Olimpico Rome, Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels,
Konzerthaus Berlin, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Laeiszhalle Hamburg and Munich's
Herkulessaal. He has been a guest at renowned festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, Carinthian
Summer, Chopin Festival Warsaw, Settembre Musica in Turin, La Roque d'Anthéron, Rheingau
Music Festival, Ludwigsburg Castle Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bachwoche Ansbach
and Schwetzingen Festival.
In fall 2014, Koroliov performed Bach's "Art of the Fugue" in the Berlin Philharmonic's piano cycle
. Recent engagements have taken him to the Palau de la Música Barcelona, the
Konzerthaus Vienna, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Philharmonie
Essen, among others. Every year, the pianist gives a recital at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
Evgeni Koroliov performed the cycle of all of the composer's piano sonatas at
Beethovenhaus Bonn for the 2020 Beethoven anniversary.
His chamber music partners include Natalia Gutman, Mischa Maisky, the Keller Quartet and the
Pražák Quartet. CD recordings by Evgeni Koroliov have been released by TACET, Hänssler Classic, Profil Edition
and the label of the Hessischer Rundfunk hr.klassik. The "Goldberg Variations" were released on DVD by
EuroArts, a recording of the Bachfest Leipzig 2008. His CDs have been awarded several times
- most recently with the Soloist Award at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2015
for a Schubert CD.

About Ljupka Hadzigeorgieva
Ljupka Hadzigeorgieva was born in Bogdanci, Macedonia. She completed her piano studies at
the universities in Skopje and Zagreb and as a scholarship holder from her home country at the Moscow
Tchaikovsky Conservatory. During her studies, she won several prizes at
international competitions and began an extensive concert career with renowned
orchestras and as a chamber musician, primarily in the former Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, in
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Italy and Germany.
Ljupka Hadzigeorgieva and Evgeni Koroliov have been performing as a piano duo since the time of their studies at
Moscow in the 1970s. The duo has won prizes at several international competitions.
concert tours have taken the artists to Rome, Lyon, Luxembourg, Antwerp, Ferrara, Seoul,
Munich and the Beethovenhaus Bonn, among others. They have performed at festivals such as Ohrider Sommer,
Musikfest Stuttgart, MDR Musiksommer, Rheingau Musik Festival, Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker
and Soli Deo Gloria in Braunschweig. On CD, the piano duo has recorded works by Bach, Schubert, Stravinsky
and Ravel, and most recently Beethoven's Great Fugue op. 134, which have received very positive reviews
.
Together with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya, who studied with Evgeni Koroliov, both
regularly perform Bach's concertos for one, two and three pianos: In addition to a tour of Germany
with Helmuth Rilling and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, with various ensembles at the festival La
Roque d'Anthéron, in St. Petersburg, Brussels, Milan, Seoul, Berlin, Essen and at the Thüringer
Bachwochen. These piano concertos have been released on CD with the Kammerakademie Potsdam (Alpha
Classics). After a joint performance in the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, concerts followed in
Berlin, Bielefeld, Essen and Ludwigshafen.

Eintritt frei

Registration is required and can be done via eventbrite.