The Art of the Piano: Anastasia Rizikov
Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm
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Ms. Rizikov is an extraordinary virtuoso, with abundant technical prowess. But she is more than the sum of ten fingers – she is a consummate artist, born to play, to love the art and act of music-making... Renée Silberman, The Beat Magazine, January 21, 2014.
Program
F. Chopin
Mazurkas, Op. 30
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Intermission
J. Burge
Study No. 3 ‘Riffs'
A. Arensky
Caprice No. 4 in G major, Op. 43
An der Quelle Op. 46, No. 1
A. Scriabin
2 Poemes, Op. 32
Rachmaninoff Preludes:
No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 3
No. 4 in D major, Op. 23
No. 5 in G minor, Op. 23
No. 10 in B minor, Op. 32
M. Balakirev
The Spinner
Islamey
Twenty year-old Canadian pianist Anastasia Rizikov has dazzled the international arena as a child prodigy since she was seven, competing with musicians over twice her age, and winning numerous International piano competitions, placing first in the following: Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, (Italy, 2015); the Jaén International Piano Competition, (Spain, 2015); the 13th «Giuliano Pecar» International Prize for Piano Interpretation Competition (Italy, 2013); and the Rotary International Piano Competition (Spain, 2011), among many others. She won first place at American Protégé 2010 International Piano and Strings Competition and performed in New York City's Carnegie Hall. In 2012 Anastasia was awarded the prestigious 2013 "Debut Atlantic" concert tour, a 2,5 weeks long tour along the Canadian Atlantic coast that was held in September, 2013.