TWO CLASSICAL PIANISTS - ONE COMPOSER
Tatiana Stupak & Natalia Lezedova
Tuesday 13 February 8pm - Technopolis 20 Paphos
Tickets: €10
Box Office: Tel: 70002420 (calls only)
A few of David Pentecost’s piano compositions have been heard and very much appreciated by audiences at Technopolis 20 Paphos since May 2017. The two well-known pianists Tatiana Stupak and Natalia Lezedova are keen to play a significant number of his works, and a recital has been arranged for Thuesday 13th February at 8pm. Where else but at innovative Technopolis 20 could you hear world première public performances of no less than 19 piano works at a single concert? Come along and enjoy this unique and amazing experience!
David Pentecost started playing the piano at age five, but did not turn his hand to composing until more than half a century later. His music has been written in the last 20 years, but no one would regard it as modern music. None of his music is in the modern minimalist style. He dislikes atonal music, and prefers to write mostly in styles similar to those of the 19th century romantic composers, and of earlier composers such as Haydn and Bach. For example, he has written five nocturnes; if you like Chopin’s nocturnes you are likely to enjoy hearing Pentecost’s as well. This concert will consist of a variety of types of music, but almost all the compositions have one thing in common: they are tuneful; and most of them have pleasant, even beautiful melodies.
Tatiana Stupak (piano) started learning the piano at age five, and later studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg. She won a Bach international competition and an organ international competition in Russia. She has performed in Austria and Germany as well as in Russia. Tatiana is now based in Cyprus, where she is well known, having played many times in the last few years, in Limassol, Paphos and Nicosia, both as a solo pianist and accompanying other musicians. She arranges charity concerts for children and for the church, and brings famous musicians from Russia, for example from the Bolshoi Theatre. She opened her music school in 2017 for piano and other instruments, and for teaching music subjects; all the teachers at her school are prize-winning professionals.
Natalia Lezedova (piano) is a graduate of the Musical Faculty of the State Pedagogical University of Russia, and she also has postgraduate studies in "Musical Art" (2012). She attended an advanced training course from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (2013). She is also a laureate of five international competitions, among them: two first prizes as a performer-soloist (Saint-Petersburg and Moscow 2012), winner of the Grand-Prix music festival competition “Severnaya Venetsia” (2012) and first prize laureate as a concertmaster (Music Competition in Performing Arts in Saint-Petersburg 2013). In recent years she has arranged many concerts in Cyprus, most of them for charity, and she has collaborated with musicians from Russia, Cyprus, Italy, France, Germany and UK.
Programme includes: Op.1 Lullaby-Mazurka, Op.2 Mélodie Triste et en Colère, Op.4 Fantasia, Op.7 Waltz, Op.8 Song without Words, Op.6 Reverie, Op.11 Prelude, Op.9 Prelude: Bach BWV855 / Siloti / Pentecost, Op.10 A Chloris: Reynaldo Hahn, arranged for piano solo by David, Op.14 Zueignung: R. Strauss, arranged for piano solo by David, Op.12 Etude, Op.13 Nocturne, Op 16 Theme & Variations, Op.17 Etude, Op.18 Nocturne, Op.19 Nocturne, Op.21 Prelude, Op.22 Fantasia, Op. 23 Prelude, Op. 24 Nocturne, Op. 25 Nocturne
Directions: Head into town from the Debenhams roundabout and turn right just before the Makarios statue, over the crossroads then right again just past the big white court building, and the venue will be found 200M on the right with parking on the left. TECHNOPOLIS 20 Cultural Centre, 18 Nikolaou Nikolaidi Avenue, 8010 Paphos. Tel: 70002420. www.technopolis20.com. Facebook: @technopolis20artscenter