PROGRAM

 

Mozart | Fantasie in C Minor, KV. 475

Schubert | Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946

Schumann | Arabesque, Op. 18

Schumann | Fantasie, Op. 17

 

*program is subject to change

 

 

In 1991, in the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, a young Russian pianist won Grand Prize — which was the first time since 1956 that Grand Prize had been awarded in this competition. It was Andrey Pisarev.Besides Mozart Competition Andrey Pisarev won 1st Prize in the Rachmaninoff Piano Competition (Moscow 1983) as well as 1st Prize in the UNISA TRANSNET International Piano Competition and Special Prizes for the best performances of a classical sonata and a Mozart Concerto (Pretoria 1992).

 

Mr. Pisarev has wide repertoire and feels equally at home when he performs Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Prokofiev, Shostakovich.The German newspaper “Westdeutsche Algemeine Zeitung” wrote about Mr. Pisarev: “His performance cannot be forgotten. ...The pianist presented such impressive music, that is rarely heard. The fact that his playing is distinguished for virtuosity — is of no doubt.

 

Because that is the basis for transparent sounding of music by Debussy, Liszt, Chopin and Kreisler/Rachmaninoff. His performance was really transparent. The sounds of Sonata by Scarlatti sparkled like clear radiant water drops. The ‘Suite Bergamasque’ by Debussy sounded as a canvass painted with clear bright colours.”