Date/Time
Date(s) - 25/Feb/2024
Genre - Piano 4 hands
Piano 4 Hands
Dr. Marialena Fernandes & Prof. Ranko Marković – Piano Duo
In a programme of Gioacchino Rossini / arr. Arnold Schönberg: Overture to the opera ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ (One piano four hands); Franz Schubert / arr. Arnold Schönberg: Overture to the opera ‘Die Zauberharfe’ (known as the overture to the incidental music of ‘Rosamunde’) (One piano four hands); Claude Debussy: «Petite Suite» (One piano four hands); Gustav Mahler / arr. August Stradal: ‘Adagietto’ from Symphony No. 5 (Two pianos four hands); Maurice Ravel / arr. by the composer: ‘Bolero’ (Two pianos four hands)
Marialena Fernandes, born in Mumbai, has been one of the international constants of Vienna’s musical life for decades. She has been a professor of chamber music for several years at the University of Music and Performing Arts, after having studied there, culminating with a Master of Arts and a PhD. In addition to her worldwide concert activities, she has distinguished herself as a curator, moderator and presenter of innovative concert series such as the “Uno, Due, Tre” cycle at the prestigious Concert hall of the Vienna Musikverein.
Ranko Marković, born in Zagreb, has emerged equally as an educator, performer, manager and scholar. Piano studies in Salzburg and Moscow, professorship in Linz, long-time director of the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität, most recently on the management team of the Zurich University of the Arts. Member of the board of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and member of the jury of the Fundación BBVA Madrid. Dissertation on the topic “Schönberg in many guises”.
Ranko Marković and Marialena Fernandes have been performing regularly as a piano duo since 2003, with a focus on arrangements for piano four hands. Their published recordings include the 6th Symphony by Gustav Mahler in the arrangement by Alexander von Zemlinsky and the 3rd Symphony by Anton Bruckner in the transcription by Gustav Mahler. Concerts, lectures and workshops in Vienna, Madrid, London, Zurich, New York, Los Angeles, Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Montreal, among others.
