Liszt: Paganini Études (Original 1838 Version) Elisa Tomellini

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140:
• 1Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: No. 1 in G Minor04:56
• 2Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: No. 2 in E-Flat Major05:22
• 3Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: No. 3 in A-Flat Minor "La campanella"04:45
• 4Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: No. 4 in E Major (Version 2)03:59
• 5Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: No. 5 in E Major "La chasse"04:14
• 6Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: No. 6 in A Minor "Theme & Variations"05:51
• 3 Concert Études, S. 144:
• 73 Concert Études, S. 144: No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Il lamento"09:53
• 83 Concert Études, S. 144: No. 2 in F Minor "La leggierezza"05:03
• 93 Concert Études, S. 144: No. 3 in D-Flat Major "Un sospiro"05:44
• 102 Konzertetüden, S. 145: No. 1, Waldesrauschen04:10
• 2 Konzertetüden, S. 145:
• 112 Konzertetüden, S. 145: No. 2, Gnomenreigen03:04
• Total Runtime57:01

Info for Liszt: Paganini Études (Original 1838 Version)

Young and talented Elisa Tomellini loves challenges and is used to climbing high mountain peaks. Both physical as well as musical. No wonder then that she is the first woman to perform the first version of the Etudes aprés Paganini (S.140) that Robert Schumann reviewed as “the most difficult work ever written for the piano, as is the original for the violin. Certainly only a few pianists will be able to tackle them, perhaps no more than four of five in the world.” Dynamic is proud to feature one of them. As pianists almost always play the simplified version re-written by Liszt himself in 1852, the album Paganini Études and other virtuoso piano works contains the first 1838 version that Liszt wrote inspired by the Caprices, successfully achieving on the piano an extreme virtuosity that was unprecedented in that instrument’s literature. Born in Genoa, Italy, Elisa Tomellini has been studying piano since the age of five. She was admitted to the prestigious Music Academy ‘Incontri Col Maestro’ in Imola at the age of sixteen. In 1997 she gained a diploma at the Conservatory G. Verdi in Milan. She has won several pries at international competitions such as the ‘Viotti Valsesia,’ the ‘Concorso di Cantu’ and the ‘Concorso Citta di Pavia.’

Elisa Tomellini, piano

Elisa Tomellini
is an Italian concert-pianist; she was born in the city of Genoa, Italy.

From the age of five, Elisa has played the piano. The professor Lidia Baldecchi-Arcuri taught her to play from this very young age.

Elisa has since travelled to Milan and Verona in order to continue her musical studies with Ilonka Deckers-Kuszler and Laura Palmieri.

At the age of sixteen, Elisa was admitted to the prestigious Music Academy ‘Incontri Col Maestro’ in Imola. Here she was taught by a number of established musicians including Alexander Lonquich, Riccardo Risaliti, Franco Scala, Joaquin Achucarro and Piero Rattalino.

Following this, Elisa attended numerous master-classes with the illustrious Maestros such as Maurizio Pollini, Sviatoslav Richter and Lazar Berman.

In 1997, Elisa gained a diploma with the highest scores at the Conservatory G. Verdi of Milan. She then went onto work with Professor Vincenzo Balzani in order to expand her repertoire and improve her technique.

Elisa is the winner of several prizes at international competitions such as the ‘Viotti Valsesia’, the ‘Concorso di Cantù’ and the ‘Concorso Città di Pavia’.

The famous magazine ‘Piano Time’ refers to Elisa as a ‘prominent pianist in Italy’.

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