Marianna Shirinyan and Torleif Thedéen
Pianist Marianna Shirinyan and cellist Torleif Thedéen visit the Queen's Hall, featuring a brand new work by composer Lil Lacy.
Programme
Pyotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Nocturne
Sergej Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sonata in C major, opus 119
Sergej Rakhmaninov (1873-1943): Sonata in G minor, opus 19
Lil Lacy (-): New work
A world-class musical partner
Armenian-born and Denmark-residing Marianna Shirinyan's ability to play with great sensitivity, understanding, technical brilliance and beauty of tone has brought her far. She is one of Europe's most creative and in-demand pianists.
On this evening, she will occupy the Queen's Hall together with Swedish Torleif Thedéen, who has been one of Scandinavia's most recognised musicians since 1985, when he won three prestigious cello competitions in just one year.
Brand new music by composer Lil Lacy
On this evening, Shirinyan and Thedéen present music by three of the greatest classical Russian composers, namely Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rakhmaninov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. You can e.g. experience Tchaikovsky's strange and melancholic Nocturne, a romantic style inspired by the night.
You can also experience a brand new work by the Danish/American composer Lil Lacy, who received Léonie Sonning's Talent Award in 2020 for her experimental approach to the cello and exploitation of its possibilities.
Participants
Marianna Shirinyan
Prize-winning pianist, who, among other things, has received DR's prestigious P2 award for her contribution to Danish music life. In addition, she is professor of piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and visiting professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. She has a large number of musical publications behind her, i.a. Fantaisie for piano and orchestra by Louis Glass, which she recorded together with the Rhine Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Raiskin, and which in 2017 won the P2 Prize.
Torleif Thedéen
Cellist and chamber musician. Has since 1985 played all over the world with some of not just Scandinavia's best, but the world's best symphony orchestras. Thédeen is a former professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and since 1996 has been a professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He is also behind several musical releases, i.a. Shostakovich's cello concertos, which won the Cannes Classical Award in 1995.
