Moments Olga Georgievskaya

• Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943): 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16:
• 1 Rachmaninov: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 1, Andantino 07:19
• 2 Rachmaninov: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 2, Allegretto 03:40
• 3 Rachmaninov: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 3, Andante cantabile 05:59
• 4 Rachmaninov: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4, Presto 03:13
• 5 Rachmaninov: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 5, Adagio sostenuto 04:11
• 6 Rachmaninov: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 6, Maestoso 05:00
• Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869, Olga Georgievskaya: The Youth and the Maiden (Arr. for Piano by Olga Georgievskaya):
• 7 Dargomyzhsky, Georgievskaya: The Youth and the Maiden (Arr. for Piano by Olga Georgievskaya) 01:23
• 8 Dargomyzhsky, Georgievskaya: I am Sad (Arr. for Piano by Olga Georgievskaya) 02:02
• Olga Georgievskaya: Chaconne on Themes of Purcell:
• 9 Georgievskaya: Chaconne on Themes of Purcell 08:20
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Années de pèlerinage: Première année (Suisse), S. 160:
• 10 Liszt: Années de pèlerinage: Première année (Suisse), S. 160: No. 6, Vallée d'Obermann 13:03
• Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième Année (Italie), S.161:
• 11 Liszt: Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième Année (Italie), S.161: No. 7, Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata 16:13
• Total Runtime 01:10:23

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Olga Georgievskaya, who made her critically acclaimed Odradek debut with Chaconnes & Songs, returns with Moments, a selection of concise but deeply-felt pieces by Rachmaninov and Liszt, alongside world-premiere recordings of her own transcriptions of two Dargomyzhsky songs, and her Chaconne on Themes of Purcell, based on the famous 'Dido's Lament' from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

As Olga Georgievskaya puts it in her Artist Statement, a feature of Odradek booklets: "Each work in this programme is unique and in its own way represents an unusual style in the art of the piano." Of Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux, she says: "These brief yet evocative pieces capture a range of experiences: they unfold before the listener as a vivid, picturesque soundscape, enchant with their eloquence and expressiveness, invite us to a calm philosophical reflection, or thrill the listener with their grandeur." Of Liszt, she describes the 'Vallee d'Obermann' and 'Apres une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata' as "two of the most significant pieces from the first two volumes of his cycle Annees de Pelerinage. Compared to traditional variations, Liszt's transformation of a single motif throughout these works showcases an astonishing range of possibilities, changing beyond recognition and evolving into diverse and contrasting imaginative worlds."

As for her own creative contribution to this programme, Olga Georgievskaya has transcribed two songs by Dargomyzhsky, the first resulting in "a delicate and striking miniature", the second revealing "the profound emotional intensity of the Romantic hero", while her exploration of Purcell's famous aria has its foundations in the monumental build-up of the famous ground bass.

Olga Georgievskaya, piano

Olga Georgievskaya
Award-winning Russian pianist Olga Georgievskaya performed as a recitalist and soloist with major orchestras all over Russia (Moscow, Murmansk, Severomorsk, Polyarniy, Belgorod, Krasnoyarsk, Barnaul, Tomsk, Arkhangelsk, Ulyanovsk, Novgorod, Maykop, Pskov etc.) as well as in Italy, France, Finland, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and the USA. She graduated cum laude from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she also completed her postgraduate studies, and became a top-prize winner in many international competitions. She has been awarded with Hartt Talent Scholarship and with Raymond Hanson Piano Scholarship by the University of Hartford (Connecticut, USA). Piano duo of sisters Olga and Liudmila Georgievskaya has also been awarded in several international music competitions.

Olga Georgievskaya has been a featured soloist with many orchestras, including Murmansk Philharmonic Orchestra, Pskov Symphony Orchestra, Belgorod Symphony Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra of Adygei Republic, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, Chamber Orchestra Turkistan, Symphony Orchestra of Arkhangelsk Music College, among others. As a permanent participant of many piano festivals, she performed for series of concerts All Piano Sonatas by Franz Schubert of the Russian Schubert Society, Musical Evenings of the Moscow State Lomonosov University, Festival of Piano Transcription History and Modern Times, Musical Evenings of the Moscow Region State Pushkin Museum, Festival of music by N. Medtner, Festival of music by F. Liszt, and others.

She often engages in highly challenging projects, such as her performance of the 32 piano sonatas by L. van Beethoven in a series of seven recitals, and the series Musical Portraits of Composers of ten recitals. Her live performances have been broadcasted on the Russian federal radio channel Orpheus, on the Murmansk Television and on the Television of Uzbekistan.

Olga Georgievskaya combines her intense concert career with a creative work and music research as well as with her teaching activities. She earned her Ph.D. at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with a research project on polyphony in the music of Sergey Rachmaninov, and is currently a piano professor at the Moscow City University and a guest professor at the Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts. She gave piano masterclasses in Russia, Finland, Uzbekistan, and the USA.

Olga Georgievskaya is the author of a number of concert piano transcriptions that have been published and extensively performed by many pianists in Russia, Italy, Finland, France, Uzbekistan, and the USA. After having her transcriptions performed in Dallas in 2011, she was awarded with an honors certificate by the Russian American Center of Dallas “in recognition of outstanding contribution to the promotion of Russian culture”.

Her debut CD Chaconnes and Songs, released in 2015 with Odradek Records, was praised by the international press, such as Gramophone and others. Among her other recent achievements, she was awarded with the artistic residence through the 2015 Odyssee program at the Royal Abbey of Saint-Riquier, France, supported by the French Ministry of culture and communication and the Network of Cultural Encounter Centers.

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