FROM BACH TO PROKOFIEV
Sorin Alexandrou Horlea (violin), Anita Tomasevich (piano)
Friday 26 January 8.30pm, Ethinarch Makarios III Lyceum Paphos.
Tickets: €10, pay on the door. No reservation required. Information: Tel: 99539599.
Programme includes:
JS Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor BWV 1014
B Bartok: 6 Romanian Dances
S Prokofiev: Violin and Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op 80
Sorin Alexandru Horlea (violin) was born in Bucharest in 1975 and started the violin at the age of eight. He graduated from George Enescu Music High-School where he studied under maestro Octav Savitchi and Ciprian Porumbescu Music University where his Professor was maestro Daniel Podlovschi. He took part in summer-courses and masterclasses with Viktor Pikaizen, Sherban Lupu and Eugen Sarbu. In 1997 he won the third prize at the George Enescu Childhood Memories contest in Bucharest. During his university studies he played in the Radio Chamber Orchestra, Philarmonia Chamber Orchestra and in Bucharest Opera, but mainly in George Enescu Philharmonic. In 2000 he moved to Lebanon to fulfil his position in Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, where he became the assistant concert master. He moved to Cyprus in 2005 and since then is a member of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. He is also working as an associate teacher of the Cyprus Youth Orchestra. Alongside his output as an orchestral musician, he is an active performer as a soloist and in various chamber groups throughout Europe and Middle East, playing not only classical but also jazz and folk music. He was a member of Cyprus String Quartet and the folk band Danube Quartet. He also plays mandolin and viola. He regularly performs contemporary music as he is a resident musician at the Avaton Festival in Limassol, a member of the Chronos Ensemble, and of the Ensemble Cyclamen. Sorin is playing on a modern violin by Stephan Sultanian. https://www.youtube.com/user/sorinesterahttps://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fsorinestera&h=ATMOJSj4nsZ1mK_XnCiDKWxenr-DetK0nq4LwPR_-TeAQAoHn11em8dOs45-1_cacSHXR2dDfWh98LicxP3-hx53D1M2ZgU1ccnAY8JDYoNyW_PzcadmSSCaCAc-P49nNTu29o2IRmWNlOvFH_qjvFxudVZRW1xJhI6ecKuPWEg_9zU33uZ5bvB_d3IeBA4hBdCwWVQZCfKdjzGSROoovSzmKj4RbesxIrKPpVpMEzPCpTFe6tzgFxKMcdv8MdW46vnSun_oDLiQtlkE0s-oxeCPKLjt3WbydFbe-rmcIOg
Anita Tomasevich (piano) was born and raised in Belgrade and began to play piano at the age of six. She studied at the Piano Department of the Academy of Art at the University of Novi Sad (Serbia), where she obtained her B.A degree with honors and M. Mus in Piano Performance in the class of Svetlana Bogino( former student of Lev Oborin) and Vladimir Ogarkov (former student of Emil Gilels). She continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Netherlands where she studied with Marcel Boudet and Ellen Corver. She performed extensively throughout Europe including performances in Russia, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and made numerous appearances on the national Radio and Television. She has won the first prize at the International Piano Competition of Tortona (Italy, 1997). Through various master-classes she studied with world renowned pianists such as Yelena Richter, Jegor Chugajev, Konstantin Bogino, Stefan Vladar, Jan Wijn, Lazar Berman and Georgy Sandor. In 2005 she released her first CD recording with works of Scarlatti, Chopin, Scriabin and Prokofiev. In 2006 her career as a concert pianist was stopped by the swimming pool accident. In 2014 she had her first recital performance, after seven years of recovery, after which she continued with chamber music and solo recitals receiving excellent reviews. In seasons 2016/2017 she had series of recitals in Cyprus, Italy and Holland. As a chamber musician, Anita forms a piano duo with an established Dutch pianist Eke Simons and with Romanian violinist, residing in Cyprus, Sorin Alexandrou Horlea. Anita is a founder and the Artistic Director of the “Avaton Music Festival”, International Festival of Contemporary music which received International acclaim. www.anitatomasevich.comhttps://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anitatomasevich.com%2F&h=ATMaF_AuPN5dF6a0yRt-TP7lPamK41RCabAT8oTRXApXhQKWDU7hrKqEnl-ShONYdHtn5f5xjfv9wldW-xmOXdxv43CQqLDsysvkgeUZtRwJQK1MKFs9M0HXEhH2NUc2v3_KbBL2y-yJsyj4wYGVKE6qo_o3GZuqxecHEATz8Z5bDITPGtVtH2k5NntY777WBOfMr7SmvvjZzRRwMTR6ls9DM46bEjOQg5eoziPQ1MXD3JGefbJbnHUiljvTLFlinO4N_HC22tiM7XW4_V6avIZvASN4eG_5kjhR3drT0P8
Directions: School opposite the Municipal Gardens, which is behind the Town Hall, just off Kennedy Square.
ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS III LYCEUM, (1st Paphos Lyceum), 7 Georgiou Griva Digeni Avenue. Paphos 8047. Tel: 26821055.