CONCERT
& RECITAL SERIES
Celebrating Chopin
Piano Recital with Maka Borchashvili
Monday 1 March 2010 / 8.30pm
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia
(Limited Seating, Pre-booking required)
March 1 2010
marks the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s Birthday. The Pharos Arts Foundation
commemorates this important event with a piano recital by Maka Borchashvili.
Born in 1977, Maka Borchashvili was just eleven years old when she made her
debut with Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 2. At the age of fourteen, she
performed Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven's Piano Concertos
Nos. 3 and 5 with the State Symphony Orchestra of her native Tbilisi,
Georgia. Prize-winner in a number of competitions, including the Best Chopin
Interpreter at the State Conservatory competition, The Best Virtuosi of
Chopin Etudes award, and The Best Choice of the Audience Prize at the
Georgian National Competition, Maka Borchashvili was also awarded a
government scholarship in Moscow, at the New Names competition. She attended
the State Conservatory and continued her studies with Prof. Revaz Tavadze.
She also participated in masterclasses organised by the renowned pianist
Liza Leonskaya. An active recitalist, Maka Borchashvili participated in
Helping Hands Charity Recitals in aid of the "Help Those with Cancer
Association”, and in 2009, she performed at St. John's Smith Square in
London, in aid of the Pro-Cancer Research Fund.
Programme
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Ballade Op.23 in G minor
Nocturne Op.27 No.2 in D flat major
Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 in C sharp minor
Four Valses
Op.18 in E flat major
Op.64 No.2 in C sharp minor
Op.34 No.2 in A minor
in E minor (posthumous)
Two Etudes
Op.10 No.3 in E major
Op.10 No.12 in C minor
Polonaise Op.53 in A flat major
Ticket Prices:
Adults: EUR15
Friends and Supporters of the Pharos Arts Foundation / Concessions: EUR10
Tickets can be purchased from:
The Pharos Arts Foundation (22 663 871)
Moufflon Bookshop (22 665155)
Online at http://www.cyprus-tickets.com
(70009303)
