Midday Mosiacs presents Petya Stavreva

Presented by Hart House Music Committee

Details: Pianist Petya Stavreva performs:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | Sonata No. 27 in E minor, op. 90

• Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
• Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | Capriccio in F sharp minor, op. 76 no. 1, Six Pieces for Piano, op. 118

• No. 1. Intermezzo in A minor, Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato
• No. 2. Intermezzo in A major, Andante teneramente
• No. 3 Ballade in G minor, Allegro energico
• No. 4. Intermezzo in F minor, Allegretto un poco agitato
• No. 5. Romance in F major, Andante
• No. 6 Intermezzo in E flat minor, Andante, largo e mesto

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

• Prelude in G flat major, op. 23 no. 10
• Prelude in E flat major, op. 23 no. 6

Petya Stavreva currently studies with James Anagnoson at the Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music, under scholarship, to complete an Artist Diploma. Petya’s previous teachers include Marietta Orlov and James Parker. She is a graduate from the Young Artist Performance Academy at The Glenn Gould School in Toronto, where she studied with Arshalouis Nersessian.
 
Most recently, Petya participated in the Banff Centre for the Piano Masterclass Residence in the summer of 2011 with John Perry and James Anagnoson, under scholarship. She is the winner of the Kiwanis Music Festival Piano Finals for 2010, as well as the Ontario Provincial Finals. Her concerto appearances include Chopin Piano Concerto no. 2 and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2 with the Toronto Sinfonietta. She also received full scholarship to attend the Toronto Summer Music Festival with Andre Laplante and James Anagnoson in both 2010 and 2009. In April of 2009, Ms Stavreva collaborated with pianist Todd Yaniw for a piano duo recital at the Canadian Opera Company.

Before her arrival in Canada in 2003, Petya began her studies with Elena Yulianova in Bulgaria, and was a recipient of numerous awards at national competitions, as well as third prize at the international competition “Music and Earth” in Sofia.

When: February 15, 2012 at 12pm
Where: Music Room, Hart House
Cost: FREE