Bacewicz: Piano Music

Grigaliunaite, Morta

PCL 10183

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was one of the foremost and influential Polish composers of the 20th century. Her multi-faceted talent forged a path for female composers in a predominantly male and conservative musical era and climate. After studying in Warsaw she went to Paris to study composition with Nadia Boulanger and violin with Carl Flesch. She became a successful soloist, concertmaster of the Polish Radio Orchestra and, after WWII, a teacher at Łódź Conservatory. • This new recording presents the substantial 2nd Piano Sonata, the Concert Krakowiak, 10 concert studies, a Children’s Suite and several shorter pieces: exhilarating music full of bold ideas and buoyant energy! • Played with obvious enthusiasm and drive by young Lithuanian pianist Morta Grigaliūnaitė. At the age of 12 Morta was invited by Mstislav Rostropovich to play in the National Philharmonic Hall of Vilnius, and she was supported later on by the Rostropovich Foundation. She played in the Berliner Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Unesco Headquarters in Paris and many more international venues. Dimitri Bashkirov and Hamish Milne were her teachers.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Piano Classics

30-09-2019

5029365101837