Piano duo of Nikita Fitenko and Katerina Zaitseva perform.
Program:
Johannes Brahms Waltzes, Op. 39
Dmitry Shostakovich Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94
Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Manuel Infante Danses Andalouses, Ritmo, Gracia
Alexander Rosenblatt Concertino on Two Russian Themes
Nikita Fitenko and Katerina Zaitseva have been playing as a duo since 2001. Hailed by critics for their "superlative sound, superlative interpretation, and superlative pianism…" (European Piano Teachers Association Journal), the duo has performed and presented masterclasses worldwide with most recent appearances at the Piano Duo Festival (Tokyo, Japan), Nancyphonies Music Festival (Nancy, France), University of Florida Young Pianists Festival, Berkeley University (California, USA), as well as at Seocho District Hall and Yonsei University (South Korea). In the review of their performance of the Hungarian Dances by Brahms and Slavonic Dances by Dvorak at Nancyphonies Festival, the music critic wrote: "Zaitseva and Fitenko created music that breathed without extravagance…the four hands putting clarity between the notes which made ribbons fly, lace dance, and wooden floors crack" (L'EST REPUBLICAIN, France).
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