Valeria Resjan

Photo: Heikki Tuuli

Valeria Resjan

Valeria Resjan began piano lessons in Russia, moving to Finland in 1990. She was a pupil of Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris at the Sibelius Academy and of Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid, and she studied chamber music under Ralf Gothóni. Resjan shared first prize in the Maj Lind Piano Competition in 1992 and won the international Pilar Bayona Piano Competition in Spain in 1995. She came fourth in the Montreal International Competition in 1996, in which she also took the award for the audience’s favourite artist. Resjan has performed as solo pianist and soloist with orchestra in Europe, Asia and North America, and has collaborated in chamber music with many internationally acclaimed musicians. She has recorded works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius with violinist Pietari Inkinen and cellist Tuomas Ylinen. The trio performed at the Wigmore Hall in 2007.

Programme

Mon
14.7.
3. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Niels Gade (1817—1890):

Four Fantasy Pieces, Op. 43 for clarinet and piano (1864)

Mon
14.7.
5. Kuhmo Church 18.00

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

Finlandia, Op. 26 No. 7 (1899–1900, arr. for piano by composer 1900)

Mon
14.7.
5. Kuhmo Church 18.00

Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847):

Finale from Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 (1845)

Tue
15.7.
8. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Robert Schumann (1810—1856):

Album für die Jugend (Album for the Young), Op. 68 Nos. 5, 8, 9, 23, 32 and 41 for piano (1848)

Tue
15.7.
8. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Niels Gade (1817—1890):

Capriccio for violin and piano (1878, transcription for flute and piano)

Wed
16.7.
11. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Fredrik Pacius (1809—1891):

Duo for violin and piano (1872)

Wed
16.7.
12. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Carl Reinecke (1824—1910):

Sonata in E minor, Op. 167 for flute and piano 'Undine' (1867)

Thu
17.7.
16. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Rebecca Clarke (1886—1979):

Piano Trio (1921)

Thu
17.7.
17. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Edvard Grieg (1843—1907):

Spillemӕnd (Fiddlers), Op. 25 No. 1 from Six Poems (1876, lyrics: Henrik Ibsen)

Thu
17.7.
18. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Henning Mankell (1868—1930):

Djupt i skogen (Deep in the Forest), Op. 52 No. 5 from Miniatures for piano (1921)

Thu
17.7.
18. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Henning Mankell (1868—1930):

Spökstämning (Spooky Atmosphere), Op. 27 No. 11 from 12 Small Lyric Pieces for piano (1916)

Thu
17.7.
18. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Henning Mankell (1868—1930):

Kväll (Evening), Op. 27 No. 12 from 12 Small Lyric Pieces for piano (1916)