Tansman & Bacewicz: Piano Concertos Julia Kociuban, Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra & Paweł Przytocki

• Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986): Piano Concerto No. 1:
• 1 Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro moderato 07:38
• 2 Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Lento 06:04
• 3 Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Intermezzo scherzino 01:44
• 4 Piano Concerto No. 1: IV. Allegro molto 05:31
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969): Piano Concerto:
• 5 Piano Concerto: I. Allegro moderato 08:38
• 6 Piano Concerto: II. Andante 07:21
• 7 Piano Concerto: III. Molto allegro 06:48
• Total Runtime 43:44

Info for Tansman & Bacewicz: Piano Concertos

This album by pianist Julia Kociuban includes the Piano Concertos of Alexandre Tansman and Grazyna Bacewicz. Pawel Przytocki conducts the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra.

The history of Polish music has seen many cases of instrumentalists and composers who enjoyed great success abroad while collecting several neutral or negative reviews in our country. This group of distinctive, outstanding artists of the twentieth century undoubtedly includes Alexandre Tansman - an artist who would constantly win the hearts of listeners around the world with his works (including France, the United States, or Japan), whereas in Poland he was almost completely marginalised during his lifetime.

This album by Julia Kociuban includes the Piano Concerto No. 1 of Alexandre Tansman. For years, the popularity of Grazyna Bacewicz’s piano works has been dominated by the worldwide success of the Piano Sonata No. 2 composed in 1953, of which Julia Kociuban is an unsurpassed interpreter. In addition to Tansman’s work, the artist decided to familiarise the audience with the equally interesting, though almost completely forgotten, Piano Concerto by the Lodz composer.

Julia Kociuban, piano
Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra
Pawel Przytocki, conductor

Julia Kociuban
is considered as one of the leading polish pianists of her generation. Her debut solo album “Schumann, Chopin, Bacewicz” was praised by critics as one of the most interesting Polish piano debut of the past years.

This young artist has already been invited to perform in renowned European concert halls including the Herkulessall in Munich, the Konzerthaus of Vienna and of Berlin and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg. She has also performed in America and Asia and at the most known international music festivals in the world including La Rouge d’Antheron, La Folle Journee, Kissinger Sommer, The Young Euro Classic Piano Festival, The Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. Julia Kociuban performs solo recitals, in chamber music and as soloist with renowned orchestras (including Wiener Symphoniker, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg). She has collaborated with such great conductors as Howard Griffiths, Hans Graf, Nemme Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Lahav Shani, Heribert Beissel, Aziz Shokhakimov, Ken-David Masur, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Antoni Wit, Marek Pijarowski among others. She has recorded for many European radio and television stations and international labels such as Sony Classical, Gramola and Polish DUX.

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