Splendid Piano Music
Outstanding pianist Sofia Narmania takes the stage at the Apse of St. Augustines Monastery to perform a repertoire of splendid music classics ranging from the baroque composer Sebastian Bach to the 20th century American music by Gershwin. The lunchtime concert is on Tuesday 26 February 2019 at noon in St. Augustine in Old Bakery Street, Valletta.
Sofia Narmania will be performing Bachs Prelude in C Major, Beethovens Moonlight Sonata and Sonata op. 13 2nd movement. Highlighting her passion for Chopins piano works, she will be playing his Prelude op. 28 no 15, Etude op 10 no 5 and Berceuse op 57. The romantic thread continues with Schumanns Traumerie and Debussys Arabesque 1. The performance ends on a lively tone with the performance of the delightful Tango by Albeniz and Gershwins The man I love.
Pianist Sofia Narmania displayed tremendous interest in music from an early childhood and started giving her first concerts at the age of seven. At the age of ten, she won great public acclaim playing Beethoven's 2-nd Piano Concerto and then she was invited to continue her music education in Moscow Pre-Conservatory College.
Her musical development was shaped by her studies at the Moscow Conservatoire and postgraduate, where she graduated with honours in the class of Professor I.Plotnikova. During her years of education, Sofia appeared on the concert stage as a soloist with many orchestras, and gave several recitals in the main halls of Moscow and in other cities of Russian Federation.
As a soloist she performed the concertos of J.S.Bach, W.A.Mozart, L.Beethoven, S.Rachmaninov, P.Tchaikovsky, D.Shostakovich. Sofia has participated in numerous festivals and master-classes with various renowned professors.
A winner of international competition in Italy (1 prize), she has performed in Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, Malta.
Her extensive repertoire covers all musical periods and styles, she performs works by Scarlatti and Bach, Liszt and Rachmaninov, Ginastera and Piazolla. In March 2014, she made a recording of works by modern Italian composer Federico Gozzelino.
A free visit to the interesting chambers of the monastery which are adorned with interesting historical sacred ornaments, is offered after the concert.
Proceeds from the event will go to the restoration project of the Augustinian Monastery. Tickets, costing 8 euro, can be obtained from the venue itself half an hour before the concert begins. For more details phone 7968 0952 or email: baroccomalta@gmail.com.