Transcriptions lyriques Alissa Zoubritski

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): 4 Lieder, Op. 27:
• 14 Lieder, Op. 27: II. Cäcilie (Arr. for Piano)02:06
• 24 Lieder, Op. 27: IV. Morgen (Arr. for Piano)03:53
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Sonetto del Petrarca, Op. 104
• 3Sonetto del Petrarca, Op. 10405:45
• Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916): Goyescas:
• 4Goyescas: Quejas, o La Maja y el Ruiseñor05:53
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): 6 Romances, Op. 21:
• 56 Romances, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Arr. for Piano)02:17
• 6 Romances, Op. 38:
• 66 Romances, Op. 38: III. Daisies (Arr. for Piano)02:25
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795:
• 7Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795: Wohin? (Arr. for Piano)02:48
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1:
• 8Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 (Arr. for Piano)04:01
• Alexander Alabiev (1787 - 1851): Le Rossignol, S. 250/1:
• 9Le Rossignol, S. 250/1 (Arr. for Piano)03:45
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Les Chemins de l'Amour, FP.106:
• 10Les Chemins de l'Amour, FP.106 (Arr. for Piano)03:35
• Jean-Baptiste Robin (b. 1976): d'après la mélodie pour voix et piano Tic-Tac:
• 11d'après la mélodie pour voix et piano Tic-Tac01:55
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): 2 Mélodies hébraïques, M.A 22:
• 122 Mélodies hébraïques, M.A 22: I. Kaddisch (Arr. for Piano)04:30
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: 6 Romances, Op. 38:
• 136 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream (Arr. for Piano)03:04
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Myrthen, Op. 25:
• 14Myrthen, Op. 25: I. Widmung (Arr. for Piano)03:35
• Total Runtime49:32

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Designed as a lyrical recital from Schubert to the 21st century, this programme celebrates voice, poetry, and the piano in a unique genre, piano transcription. This stems from years of cooperation with the lyrical sphere, where musical and human experiences considerably influenced my way of playing and of apprehending music.

Pieces might be short, yet the extreme polyphonic and harmonic density together with a particularly virtuoso style captivate player and audience all along. The challenge is huge; hearing and giving to hear – with ten fingers – a melodic line, its accompaniment, even possibly letting people guess the text within the interpretation. After Schumann, Siloti, and Reger, this is the challenge I wished to take up to add to this recording melodies I very much like and which were missing from the repertoire, Francis Poulenc’s Les Chemins de l’Amour and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s The Dream op. 38 no. 5.

Alissa Zoubritski, piano

Alissa Zoubritski
Franco-Moldovan pianist Alissa Zoubritski shares her career between solo piano recitals and chamber music. She majored in both fields at the National Conservatories (CNSM) of Paris and Lyon. She has studied with Rena Shereshevskaya and Géry Moutier. Other influences include Anne Queffelec, Paul Roberts, Aldo Ciccolini, and more.

Passionate about the lyrical repertoire, she graduated with distinction in vocal accompaniment at the Guildhall School of music and drama of London. ​

She performed as a soloist in various festivals in France, among which La Roque d’Anthéron, Aix-en-Provence, Colmar, Radio-France de Montpellier. Several of her concerts were recorded and broadcasted on the French National Radio. She also gave concerts in China, Poland, Germany, Moldova, Greece, the USA,...

Alissa is a laureate of a number of international piano competitions, among which "Vulaines sur Seine", "Opus Yvelines", "Lions club" international competition in France and Germany. ​

Appointed vocal coach of the Paris Bastille Opera Studio in 2011, she played for opera productions and recitals, and met and collaborated with conductors, stage managers and choreographs. These experiences nurtured her musical vision and her interpretations. Venues included vocal recitals at the Opera in Paris, Lille, Nancy, Lyon, and at the Louvre Auditorium. Among her stage partners are Michal Partyka (baryton), Diana Axentii (soprano), Sophie Boyer (soprano), Damien Pass (bass-baryton)… ​

In 2019 Alissa recorded a CD dedicated to vocal transcriptions for the piano. Recorded under the artistic guidance of Alice Legros, pieces include transcriptions of lieder and melodies by Rachmaninov, Liszt, Granados. Three of the pieces are world premieres: “Tic-Tac” for piano by French composer Jean-Baptiste Robin, as well as two transcriptions by Alissa of the melodies “Dream” by Rachmaninov, and “Les chemins de l’amour” by Poulenc. ​

Alissa is involved in the education of young pianists and singers, and teaches at the Ecole Normale Alfred Cortot, where she is the teaching assistant of Rena Shereshevskaya, and is vocal coacg at the Conservatory of Rueil-Malmaison. ​

She was awarded the “prix de la vocation Bleustein Blanchet”.

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