Emanuil Ivanov, piano
The Dreamer
The Dreamer, Claude Debussy 24 preludes
Emanuil Ivanov, piano
Program
1 Book:
- Danseuses de Delphes : Lent et grave
(Dancers of Delphi) - Voiles : Modéré
(Veils/Sails) - Le vent dans la plaine : Animé
(The Wind in the Plain) - Les collines d'Anacapri : Très modéré
(The Hills of Anacapri) - Des pas sur la neige : Triste et lent
(Footsteps in the Snow) - Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest : Animé et tumultueux
(What the West Wind Has Seen) - La fille aux cheveux de lin : Très calme et doucement expressif
(The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) - La sérénade interrompue : Modérément animé
(Interrupted Serenade) - La cathédrale engloutie : Profondément calme
(The engulfed Cathedral) - La danse de Puck : Capricieux et léger
(Puck's Dance) - Minstrels : Modéré
2 Book:
- Brouillards : Modéré
(Mists) - Feuilles mortes : Lent et mélancolique
(Dead Leaves) - La puerta del Vino : Mouvement de Habanera
The title refers to one of the gates of the Alhambra in Granada (a city previously evoked in La soirée dans Grenade ) - «Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses» : Rapide et léger
("Fairies are exquisite Dancers") - Bruyères : Calme
(Heather/Town in Eastern France) - Général Lavine – eccentric: Dans le style et le mouvement d'un Cakewalk
- La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune : Lent
(The Terrace of Moonlight Audiences) - Ondine : Scherzando
- Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. : Grave
- (Homage to S. Pickwick)
- Canope : Très calme et doucement triste (Canopic Jar)
- Les tierces alternées : Modérément animé (Alternating Thirds)
- Feux d'artifice : Modérément animé
(Fireworks)
More about Emanuil Ivanov
Emanuil Ivanov attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition in Italy. This achievement was followed by concert engagements in some of the world’s most prestigious halls including Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Herculessaal in Munich and the Great Hall of the Saint Petersburg philharmonic. Emanuil Ivanov was born in 1998 in the town of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. From an early age he demonstrated a keen interest and love for music. He regards the presence of symphonic music, especially that of Gustav Mahler, as tremendously influential in his musical upbringing during his childhood. He started piano lessons with Galina Daskalova in his hometown around the age of seven. He later studied in and graduated from the Bertolt Brecht language high school in Pazardzhik. Ivanov studied with renowned bulgarian pianist Atanas Kurtev from 2013 to 2018. He is currently studying on a full scholarship at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under the tutelage of Pascal Nemirovski and Anthony Hewitt. Ivanov has won prizes in competitions such as "Alessandro Casagrande", "Scriabin-Rachmaninoff", "Pavel Serebryakov", "Liszt-Bartok", "Young virtuosos" and "Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti". He was also awarded the honorary Crystal lyre and the Young Musician of the Year Award – some of the most prestigious awards in Bulgaria. His participations in masterclasses include those of Dmitri Bashkirov, Dmitri Alexeev, Stephen Hough, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Peter Donohoe, etc. In February 2021, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ivanov performed a solo recital in Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala. The concert was live-streamed online and is a major highlight in the artist’s career. Emanuil Ivanov has also performed at many festivals in Bulgaria and has also given solo recitals in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Poland. He has played with leading orchestras in Bulgaria and Italy.