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Prokofiev's 'Theme from the Apprentice' :) Was filmed at Steinway Hall in London for Channel 4. Catch the video of me playing it here: http://www.channel4.com/jamesrhodes

Prokofiev Dance of the Knights

https://www.aleksandramikulska.com​

https://bio.to/aleksandra​

Chopin: Balladen

Ballade No. 3 in A Flat Major, Op. 47

Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A Flat Major op. 47

Balakirev's transcription for solo piano of the slow movement of Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto. Chopin wrote it when he was still a teenager. Precocious bastard.

Chopin (arr. Balakirev) Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11  Romanza

Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55: No. 1

Chopin - Nocturne in F Minor op. 55  No. 1

Scherzo in B Flat Minor, Op. 31 No. 2

Chopin - Scherzo in B Flat Minor op. 31 No. 2

Vivaldi: Concerto Op.3 No. 10 In B Minor, RV 580 (4 Violins, vlc, strings and continuo) - 1.Allegro

First attempt at a new piece I've been playing around with. One take, no editing, slightly dodgy upright piano. So don't be a dick about the odd fluffed note/shitty sound quality :)
Mikhail Pletnev's genius transcription for solo piano of Sleeping Beauty. What a melody...


Tchaikovsky/Pletnev Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty

watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeTCcVM2Jx8&list=RDaeTCcVM2Jx8&start_radio=1

Fort Minor - Where'd you go, lovely piano

Bach - T. Szántó (1904) Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV 535

Chopin: Waltz in C#minor op.64 no.2

Brahms - Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90 - III. Poco Allegretto

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor OP.64 (Full Length) - Hilary Hahn & FRSO

J.S.Bach
piano concerto in d-minor 
BWV 1052 1st mov.

Zespół Państwowych Szkół Muzycznych nr 1 w Warszawie
conductor - Ewa Marchwicka
piano - Flora Kardis
orchestra
violin I: D. Kułakowski, N. Ciostek, O. Owczynnikow, K.Skibska, L. Gantner
violin II: M. Zwierzchaczewska, R. Lorenc M. Szulim, N. Gidlewska
viola: K. Wasilewska, K. Bielicka
cello: M. Latoszek, M. Czaja

Ministerstwo Zdrowia w Warszawie, 21 marca 2010

J.S.Bach - piano concerto in d-minor BWV 1052 1st mov.

اجرای معروفترین قطعه از پاگانینی "لا کامپانلا" - تنظیم شده برای پیانو سلو از فرانتس لیست - پیانیست: نیکولای لوگانسکی - انتشار: ۲۰۱۲

اجرای بسیار شفاف و تمیز این پیانیست روس از این قطعه را بشنوید

Frantz Liszt - La Campanella

Expressions: Haydn, Szymanowski, Chopin

Sonata in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI/46 - I. Allegro moderato

Haydn - Sonata in A-flat major Hob. XVI: 46 - I. Allegro moderato

Where the Cultural Revolution keeps unfurling.

While all these statements describe Aleksandra Mikulska’s playing, her art is perhaps best encapsulated by the phrase: sincerity and intimacy. In her concerts, the charismatic pianist lifts the curtain on new and unfamiliar worlds and aims to move her listeners – whether with the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt or her compatriot Frédéric Chopin, with whom she feels a particularly strong connection – through her utter absorption in the music.

Growing up in Warsaw, Chopin’s home city, Aleksandra Mikulska developed an intense love of the composer’s piano music while still a child. Having, in her early years, followed the International Chopin Piano Competition on television, with scarcely room for a piano in the family’s tenth-floor apartment in a prefabricated block, she went on to win the “Best Polish Pianist” prize in the 2005 contest. 

Seeking freedom and new interpretative stimuli, Aleksandra Mikulska was drawn for her musical training initially to Mannheim and from there to Karlsruhe (where she studied for her degree under Peter Eicher), Imola in Italy (Lazar Berman, Michel Dalberto) and back to Hanover in Germany (Arie Vardi). She also drew significant inspiration from masterclasses with Diane Andersen, Kevin Kenner, Andrzej Jasinski and Lev Natochenny. Aleksandra Mikulska describes giving concerts as her passion. She has appeared with renowned orchestras under the batons of Michael Sanderling, Pawel Przytocki, Kaspar Zehnder, Johannes Schlaefli, Stefan Fraas, Philippe Bach and other well-known conductors – notably at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Brucknerhaus in Linz and the Tonhalle in Zurich. She is also a regular guest at international festivals such as the MDR Musiksommer, the Liszt Festival Raiding, the Bodenseefestival, the Usedom Music Festival and the Styriarte.

An issue particularly close to Aleksandra Mikulska’s heart is German-Polish cooperation. As President of the Chopin Society in Darmstadt, she is committed to fostering the up-and-coming generation of musicians and to promoting the rediscovery of less-well-known composers from her home country. She also brings her polish roots to bear by performing the music of composers such as Julian Fontana, Miłosz Magin, Artur Malawski and Karol Szymanowski, which is rarely played in Germany.

In addition to the solo repertoire to which she is first and foremost devoted, Aleksandra Mikulska also, at a young age, discovered an interest in chamber music – including Johannes Brahms’s violin and cellos sonatas and the piano concertos of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, which she enjoys approaching in experimental arrangements for smaller ensembles. She also has a strong interest in Polish and German Romantic lieder. 

On her latest album, Reflections, released by GENUIN classics, Aleksandra Mikulska brings together two key works of the Romantic repertoire for piano: the B minor sonatas of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. During the 2020/21 season, she will be giving a wide range of concerts with personally presented programmes featuring works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Schumann, Beethoven, Fontana and Szymanowski.

Chopin - Scherzo in B Flat Minor op. 31 No. 2

Aleksandra Mikulska

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