Piazzolla Reflections Ksenija Sidorova

• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992):
• 1 Piazzolla: Chau Paris (Arranged for Accordion, Piano & Double Bass) 02:52
• Sergey Voitenko (b. 1973):
• 2 Voitenko: Revelation 04:59
• Astor Piazzolla:
• 3 Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango: Café 1930 06:42
• Pietro Roffi (b. 1992):
• 4 Roffi: Nocturne: A Kind of Lullaby of Times We Have Not Yet Lived 04:06
• Astor Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra "Aconcagua":
• 5 Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra "Aconcagua": I. Allegro marcato 07:30
• 6 Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra "Aconcagua": II. Moderato 07:01
• 7 Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra "Aconcagua": III. Presto 06:50
• Astor Piazzolla:
• 8 Piazzolla: Suite Lumiere: Soledad 07:47
• 9 Piazzolla: María de Buenos Aires: Yo soy María 03:03
• Franck Angelis (b. 1962):
• 10 Angelis: Fantasie on a theme of Piazzolla – Chiquilín de Bachín 06:19
• Astor Piazzolla:
• 11 Piazzolla: Romance del Diablo 06:06
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 12 Bach: Adagio in D Minor, BWV 974 (after Alessandro Marcello's Concerto for Oboe and Strings) 04:04
• Sergey Akhunov (b. 1967): Two Keys to One Poem by J. Brodsky:
• 13 Akhunov: Two Keys to One Poem by J. Brodsky: The Moon 03:09
• 14 Akhunov: Two Keys to One Poem by J. Brodsky: The River 05:46
• Astor Piazzolla:
• 15 Piazzolla: Libertango 04:36
• Total Runtime 01:20:50

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Riga-born Ksenija Sidorova is today one of the most eminent global ambassadors of the classical accordion. She has proudly borne the colours of her instrument in appearances in the world’s leading halls and with the foremost orchestras. Here she pays homage to Piazzolla in her own way: ‘Piazzolla the revolutionary, the ground-breaker, a man thinking ahead of his time . . . Playing this repertoire gave me a sense of artistic freedom and ignited my belief in advocacy of my instrument. For this album, I wanted to celebrate Piazzolla the innovator by pairing some his masterworks with pieces written by other composers for classical accordion, the majority of which I have premiered in recent years. Being of Russian heritage, I couldn’t help noticing the similarity between the nostalgia of the tango and that of Russian composer Sergey Voitenko’s Revelation. French accordionist-composer Franck Angelis’s Fantasia is based on Piazzolla’s waltz-tango, and the programme is completed by the Nocturne of Italian accordionist-composer Pietro Roffi and a piece by Sergey Akhunov.’

Ksenija Sidorova, accordion

Ksenija Sidorova
Praised as “superbly subtle and virtuosic” (The Arts Desk) and “an amazingly accomplished artist” (Classical Source), Ksenija Sidorova is the leading ambassador for the accordion.

Encouraged to take up the instrument by a grandmother steeped in the folk tradition of accordion playing, Ksenija started to play the instrument aged eight under the guidance of Marija Gasele in her hometown of Riga. Her quest for more exposure to both classical and contemporary repertoire took her to London where she became a prize-winning undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music studying under Owen Murray. She subsequently received her Masters Degree with Distinction.

In 2009 Ksenija made her debut at London’s Wigmore Hall and appeared in the Park Lane Group Young Artists Showcase prompting The Times to single her out as“one of the real finds of the series”. In May 2012 she became the first International Award winner of the Bryn Terfel Foundation, and this year appears at the Royal Albert Hall as part of his 50th birthday celebrations alongside Sting.

A recipient of both the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship and Friends of the Philharmonia Award, as well as the Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal, Ksenija has just been appointed a Junge Wilde Artist by the Konzerthaus Dortmund.

Ksenija regularly collaborates with Miloš Karadaglić, Juan Diego Flórez, Nicola Benedetti, Thomas Gould and Joseph Calleja. She works extensively with Avi Avital who, along with Itamar Doari, comprise the trio for the “Between Worlds” project which this year sees performances at Shakespeare's Globe, throughout Germany and on a substantial US tour (including dates in Boston, Washington and New York) in spring 2016. She has also appeared on Arte’s “Stars von Morgen” with Rolando Villazón.

Forthcoming highlights include performances of Erkki-Sven Tüür Prophecy with the NHK Symphony and Paavo Järvi; a tour with Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; and concerts with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, WDR Rundfunkorchester, and at the Cheltenham and Bad Kissingen Festivals. She makes her debut at the Vancouver Recital Series in September 2016.

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