Nadejda Vlaeva returns to Maui, Black Friday

NADEJDA VLAEVA IN CONCERT, MAKAWAO UNION CHURCH SANCTUARY, NOVEMBER 24TH , 7:30 PM (DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM)

Nadejda Vlaeva, pianist, returns to Maui, directly from her European, Asian tour, for the first time in nearly two decades, performing works of Beethoven, Liszt & Bortkiewicz.

Internationally renowned Hyperion pianist, Vlaeva’s playing has been acclaimed wherever she has appeared. Her overwhelming musicality, poetic nature, and electrifying virtuosity have garnered accolades from many world-famous musicians.

Nadejda Vlaeva has been called one of those people of extraordinary ability whom we hope for, but rarely see. She has given solo recitals and appeared with orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. Vlaeva, a Hyperion Recording Artist, was the first pianist to record the complete Bach Transcriptions of Camille Saint-Saëns [“positively stunning,” BBC Music Magazine]. She received the Grand Prix ‘Liszt’ du Disque for her “Piano Music of Liszt” CD and recorded soundtrack music for the documentary film “In Search of Cezanne” produced by Academy Award winner Allan Miller. The American composer Lowell Liebermann composed his Nocturne No. 9, and his Variations on a Theme of Schubert for Ms. Vlaeva, both of which she premiered. Vlaeva also premiered some recently discovered works by the 19th-century composers Sergei Bortkiewicz and Vladimir Drozdoff at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. She’s been a frequent guest at “The EG Conference” where she has collaborated with BBC Planet Earth and the violinist, Joshua Bell.

November 24, 7:30 PM, (doors open 6:30 PM) Makawao Union Church Sanctuary, 1445 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao.
Free tickets at Eventbrite.com. Type in Nadejda. $10 donation at the door, cash only please.
Call 572-8000 or email: [email protected] for more information.

Program: *(Note: Ms. Vlaeva will share a brief introduction to the pieces for audience immersion).

Piano Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight” Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Adagio sostenuto
II. Allegretto
III. Presto agitato

Fantasiestücke, Op. 61 Sergei Bortkiewicz
1. Why?
2. A Dream
3. …and the Awakening
4. Humoreske
5. She Dances
6. Serenade

3 Mazurkas, Op. 64 Sergei Bortkiewicz

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Venezia e Napoli Franz Liszt
I. Gondoliera
II. Canzone
III. Tarantella

Serenade (from Schwanegesang) Franz Schubert / Franz Liszt
Toccata Alexander Vladigerov