About this Event
PROGRAMME
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Sonata known as “Grand duo” (composed 1824, published 1838), Op. post. 140, D 812 in C major:
Allegro moderato
Andante
Scherzo - Allegro vivace
Allegro vivace
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23 (1863) for piano four hands
Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances, First cahier, WoO 1 (1858-1868):
Allegro molto
Allegro non assai
Allegretto
Poco sostenuto
Allegro
FIAMMETTA TARLI and IVO VARBANOV, piano four hands
It is becoming a tradition to have a concert on one of the performers' birthday. There is no better way for us to celebrate a birthday: through music.
BIOGRAPHIES
Husband and wife Ivo Varbanov and Fiammetta Tarli are both experienced concert pianists and musicians with a passion for unconventional music production of the highest quality. When in 2013 they joined forces and started performing as piano duo, a chemistry of musical personalities was immediately evident beyond their bond as husband and wife. Their encounter at the house of Ilona Deckers in Milan, an eminent Hungarian teacher, explains their refined central European sound culture; yet in many aspects they seem to complement each other in rich textures of a never-ending dialogue. Despite their success as a duo, they have not ceased their performing activity as soloists and in various other chamber music formations.
Fiammetta adds: “Every time I have the opportunity to perform and tour together with my husband I feel how lucky I am: few artists can share with their life companions the intense feelings of performing. Performing together with Ivo gives me a warmth which is rare to experience in life. It is a dream come true.”
Fiammetta and Ivo have performed worldwide as soloists as well as a piano duo. Highlights of their engagements include performances at Cadogan Hall and St John Smith Square (London), West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge), Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium (Glasgow), Honeywell Music Room (Oxford), St Georges (Bristol), Tianjin Concert Hall (China), Sala Bulgaria (Sofia), and at festivals such as 'Brahms Unwrapped' at the Kings Place (London), Wye Valley Music Festival (United Kingdom), 'Conciertos Temáticos' in Santander (Spain), the Sofia Music Weeks (Bulgaria), the International Chamber Music Festival 'Konvergencie' in Bratislava, Piano Extravaganza (Sofia), Les concerts du foyer Européen (Luxembourg), Ohrid Summer Festival (Macedonia), Sofia Philarmonic Season, Apollonia Festival (Bulgaria).
They have recorded for their own label, ICSM Records, as well as Hyperion Records and Lorelt Records. Their recordings have received wide acclaim by the international press (International Record Review, Rivista Musica, Fanfare, Observer, Klassisk Musikkmagasin, HI-FI+).
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Chiswick Catholic Centre, 2 Dukes Avenue, London, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00 to GBP 29.00