Paganini at the Piano Goran Filipec

• Mark Hambourg (1879 - 1960): Variations on a Theme by Paganini:
• 1 Variations on a Theme by Paganini 15:58
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924): An die Jugend, BV 254:
• 2 An die Jugend, BV 254: IV. Introduzione e capriccio (Paganinesco) 05:44
• Michael Zadora (1882 - 1946): 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1:
• 3 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 4 in C Minor (Arr. M. Zadora for Piano) 06:24
• 4 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 19 in E-Flat Major (Arr. M. Zadora for Piano) 02:56
• Ignaz Friedman (1882 - 1946): Studies on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 47b:
• 5 Studies on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 47b 16:00
• Boris Papandopulo (1906 - 1991): 3 Capriccios After Paganini:
• 6 3 Capriccios After Paganini: No. 1, Corrente 02:20
• 7 3 Capriccios After Paganini: No. 2, Moderato 02:10
• 8 3 Capriccios After Paganini: No. 3, Ad libitum - Agitato 03:10
• Total Runtime 54:42

Info for Paganini at the Piano

Paganini auf dem Klavier: Zwischen 1902 und 1914 veröffentlichten einige der weltweit namhaftesten Pianisten Kompositionen, denen die Lyrik und Virtuosität von Paganinis Capricen zugrunde lagen. Der bekannteste unter ihnen war Busoni, wobei dieser wiederum Mark Hambourg als größten Pianisten seiner Generation ansah. Auch Michael Zadora und Ignaz Friedman schrieben originelle, freie Transkriptionen und Jahre später brauchte der Kroate Boris Papandopulo den Ausdruck des mittleren 20. Jahrhunderts in das Genre ein. Der Großteil dieser Bearbeitungen und Variationen von Paganinis Capricen für Klavier sind auf diesem Album erstmals zu hören.

Der kroatische Pianist Goran Filipec, kürzlich ausgezeichnet mit dem Grand Prix du Disque der internationalen Liszt-Gesellschaft in Budapest für seine 2016er-Aufnahme von Liszts Paganini-Studien, ist bereits Preisträger mehrerer renommierter Klavierwettbewerbe und ist regelmäßig bei Konzerten in Europa, den Vereinigten Staaten, Südamerika und Japan zu hören.

Goran Filipec, Klavier

Goran Filipec
was born in 1981 in Rijeka, Croatia. Already, during the first years of his musical education, he received early recognition as an extraordinary talent, performing numerous concerts in Croatia and abroad. His charismatic performances inspired praise from these world famous pianists: Ivo Pogorelich: “His great pianistic abilities and originality of musical ideas make this pianist unique and original.”

Oxana Yablonskaya, pianist and professor at the Julliard School of music: “I was extremely impressed by his high professionalism, great level of performance and artistic taste. He possesses very deep understanding of musical text and excellent technique.”

Goran Filipec is an extraordinary interpreter of Franz Liszt's piano music, and has dedicated a great part of his creative work to the great composer. His wide repertoire also consists of some of the most important cycles of the piano literature, including Liszt’s "Years of Pilgrimage"; the complete Chopin Etudes; the Paganini, Liszt and Busoni Etudes; and the five Beethoven piano concertos. Goran won the coveted Croatian national piano contest in 1995, 1997, and 1999, and was the winner of many other awards in his native country, including Second Place at the Lions Grand Prix in 1995; First Prize at the Istria Noblissima contest in 1997, 1999 and 2002, First P:rize at Lions Grand Prix in 1997, and First Place at the Rijeka Music Contest, in 1998.

He studied at the Mirkovich Academy with Professor Marina.

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