Congratulations to pianist Carlos Márquez from Phoenix / USA (https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital) for the 1st performance of "La grande Petitesse" !!

Only 3 weeks after initiating the challenge (see here: https://soundcloud.com/stephan-beneking/petitesse-150-usd-pianist-new) Carlos sent me on 21st of Jan his spectacular  recording of this very difficult piece - bravo!

Please read the score / sheetmusic while listening, so you can appreciate these 12 minutes of pianistical artistry!

More information about the "Pianist Challenge" and the Booklet with the scores of "Petitesse" you find here: http://www.beneking.com/petitesse

It would be great if other pianists (I know of some who are working on it already...) take on this challenge as well, and hopefully we will be able to listen to more recordings and different interpretations of "La grande Petitesse" from other pianists soon :-)

"Petitesse" Challenge

"La grande Petitesse" - Pianist Challenge - 1st performance by Carlos Márquez

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Frédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2 in f minor op.21
I - Maestoso

Sofja Gülbadamova (piano)
Polish Chamber Philharmony
Conductor - Wojciech Rajski

Recorded live on July 31st 2003 in Rostock (Germany) 

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Artwork by Jan Garet

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Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 - Variation III : Andante sostenuto

Stéphane Tétreault, cello
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Orchestre symphonique de Québec

Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme - Variation III : Andante sostenuto

In addition to innumerous awards and honours, Stéphane Tétreault is the recipient of the prestigious 2019 Virginia Parker Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. He also received the Maureen Forrester Next Generation Award from Stratford Summer Music in recognition of his sensitivities with music, his enviable technique, and his considerable communication skills.

“Tétreault’s disc charmed me from the off; this is just pure, lyrical, unadulterated playing of the highest order, with a maturity that belies his 22 years… I can’t wait to hear more from him.” (Charlotte Gardner, Gramophone) “His vibrato and tone are varied, his bowing techniques immaculate and his awareness of harmony and consequent shading omnipresent.” (Joanne Talbot, The Strad) “The solo playing is astonishingly mature not merely in its technical attributes but also in its warmth, brilliance and subtlety of colour and inflection.” (Geoffrey Norris, Gramophone)

Stéphane was a student of the late cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky for more than 10 years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Montreal.

Stéphane plays the 1707 “Countess of Stainlein, Ex-Paganini” Stradivarius cello, on generous loan by Mrs. Sophie Desmarais.

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