![]() She performs with the renowned São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Prague Chamber Orchestras. During the period from 2008 to 2009, the pianist gave 80 concerts. Since then, Valentina Lisitsa has been actively involved in concerts. The concert took place at the legendary Royal Albert Hall. This happened in early May 2012.Īnd soon the artist made her debut in London. After that DVD with etudes released in 2004 were sold out instantly.Īfter 5 years, during which Valentina Lisitsa uploaded videos of her performance to YouTube, Decca, the oldest recording company in the recording industry, offered the pianist a contract. In 2007, the pianist uploaded to YouTube the first video with a sketch by Rachmaninov, then - Chopin. This path to success turned out to be quite difficult and long, but it worked. The fox recalled the experience of Justin Bieber and decided that she could try to gain popularity through YouTube. And she decided to try to "promote" herself on her own, without the help of expensive managers. However, playing the piano is the only occupation that Valentina was great at. The pianist even thought about changing her occupation. After the death of the manager, Fox's musical career was suspended. In 1995, Valentina Lisitsa made her debut at the prestigious Mostly Mozart Festival, held in New York at the famous Lincoln Center. This allowed the couple to move to the United States, where they pursued a career as a concert pianist. ….The program will include Valentin Silvestrov’s Seventh Symphony Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.In 1991, Fox and her husband won the first prize at the prestigious Dranoff International Two Piano Competition for piano duets. “Newly formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will tour to raise … “Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is set to take to the Royal Albert Hall stage this summer alongside the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.”. Rodion Shchedrin’s Second Piano Concerto is at the heart of the programme, performed by Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova, alumna of the Verbier Festival Academy (20) with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.” FYI: “Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order awarding Rodion Shchedrin”, “Putin welcomes composer Rodion Shchedrin during an awards ceremony marking Russia Day at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2019.” and so on.ĪND…. ![]() From Verbier page: “”The 2022 Festival opens with a Concert for Peace calling for solidarity, and inclusion of musicians of all nations. It is full of humanity and belongs to all of us in the world.” I believe that the music of Rachmaninoff has an enormous emotional power that gives hope, raises the spirit and gives us strength to go on. He himself was a victim of the Russian government as he was forced to flee his homeland together with his familyĭuring the Revolution in 1917 and he spent the rest of his life living in the US. Nowadays I feel that playing Rachmaninoff is even more relevant than ever. In fact, many of them were suffering and suppressed by the former Soviet regime and many were forced to emigrate and live the rest of their lives in exile. Individual people and their personal stories have to be told. They cannot be the ones to blame for the actions of the government of Russia. In times like this I think it’s very important to hold on to our humanity and not to judge people by their passports but by their actions, their values and what they are standing for. ‘The war is making the world black and white, blinding people with hatred and pain. It was hard to function during the first weeks of the war as the shock and despair were too strong, but the urge to do something, to help the suffering people in Ukraine in any way possible, was much stronger. Unimaginable, inhumane terror is ongoing in Ukraine and is becoming more cruel and terrifying every day. ‘Since the 24th of February, 2022, the world as I had known it was turned upside down. She has 36 million views on Youtube for her playing of Rachmaninov’s second concerto and is about to release it on the Dutch label, Channel Classics. So now meet Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova. ![]() She followed up this breakthrough with a self-financed Decca recording of the Rachmaninov concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra, a set of real distinction. Before she became a propagandist for Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasions, the Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa made her name as the most-viewed classical pianist in the early years of Youtube.
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