BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1484@poonamusic.com DTSTART:20190207T133000Z DTEND:20190207T133000Z DTSTAMP:20190206T170706Z URL:https://poonamusic.com/events/irina-chkourindina-piano/ SUMMARY:Irina Chkourindina\, piano DESCRIPTION:In a programme of Mozart: Fantasy in D minor K 397\, Sonata in C major D 330\; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23\, Polonaise in A f lat major Op. 53 'Héroïque'\; Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G major Op. 32 No . 5\, Prelude in G sharp minor Op. 32 No. 2\, Prelude in B flat major Op. 23 No. 2\, Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 'Alla Marcia'\, Prelude in B mi nor Op. 32 No. 10\, Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 and Gershwin: 3 P reludes\n\nRussian-Swiss pianist\, Irina Chkourindina is a multi-faceted a rtist\, whose talents range from concert pianist to chamber musician\, fro m accompanist to musical dramatist. A graduate from Moscow's prestigious T chaikovsky Conservatory\, she received a Special Mention from the jury for her work as a soloist and chamber musician. At the Conservatoire de Genè ve\, she obtained another degree as a soloist and a post-graduate degree a s a chamber musician.\n\nIrina has distinguished herself in numerous inter national competitions. At only 13\, she won second prize in Usti nad Labem \, in what was then Czechoslovakia. Three years later she won the Beijing Piano Competition\, and at 22 she took first prize at the Moscow National Accompanist Competition. In 2007\, at the Zurich Orpheus Competition\, she was awarded a recording contract\n\nHer repertory is broad\, with a fondn ess for Russian composers such as Prokofiev\, Shostakovich and Rachmaninof f. Romantic composers\, such as Liszt\, Chopin and Schumann are also among her favorites\, as are the modern composers Dutilleux\, Gubaidulina\, Jea n-Luc Darbelay and Schedrin.\n\nIrina has performed as a soloist in India\ , Sweden\, France\, and the Sultanate of Oman. She gives yearly recitals a t the Château de Lourmarin in Provence where she was artist in residence. In Switzerland she has performed at numerous festivals\, including the Sc hubertiades and the Festival de Coppet. \; In November 2014 she perfor med Chopin's Concerto No. 1 with the Orchestre Symphonique Genevois at Vic toria Hall.\n\nIn 2008\, she joined Trio Arc and has been performing regul arly with them at Swiss venues such as Wettingen\, Baden\, Aarau and Compe sières. As a chamber musician she has played with the cellist Estelle Rev az\, the violist Maxim Rysanov\, and the violinist Sergei Ostrovski. She h as also accompanied Sophie Graf\, Hélène Hebrard and has accompanied the great Finnish soprano\, Camilla Nylund for her recital in Montreal\, in M arch 2016.\n\nAdding to her array of artistic projects\, Irina has perform ed in “literary concerts” with actor-director Alain Carré’s dramati sation of the tumultuous romantic life of Franz Liszt\, and the tormented sombre journeys of the poets Rainer Maria Rilke and Federico Garcia Lorca. Her current project recalls the life and exile of Sergei Rachmaninoff\, t he Russian composer\, pianist and conductor. Irina has recorded two CDs of Romantic music and chamber music with trio “ARC” in 2017.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://poonamusic.com/pms_wp/wp-content/uploads /2018/12/Irina-Chkourindina-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Piano recitals LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India GEO:18.5198845;73.87824479999995 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mazda Hall:geo:18.51 98845,73.87824479999995 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR