Clarinet Recital

The Paphos Music Lovers Association Winter Festival presents the concert ‘Clarinet Recital’ with George Georgiou on clarinet and Gergana Georgieva on piano, at Technopolis 20, on Thursday, 13th of December 2018, at 8pm. The programme will include works by Robert Schumann, Solon Michailides, J.S. Bach, Leonardo Schiavo and Camille Saint - Saens.

Georgiou - Georgieva Duo was formed in 2018 by Cypriot clarinetist George Georgiou and Bulgarian pianist Gergana Georgieva. The duo is based in Cyprus and it has already appeared in several performances in Cyprus in venues such as the Cyprus Wine Museum (Chamber Music Series 2018) and Technopolis20 series. Future engagements include a recital at the prestigious Pharos Trust and at the A.G. Leventis Gallery.

Entrance: €12 with proceeds to the Paphos Music Lovers Association fund to support local arts projects.
Reservations are necessary at 70002420 (calls only).
Sponsor: CTO

Programme
Robert Schumann Fantasy Pieces
Solon Michailides Prelude
J. S. Bach Cello Suite (arr. for bass clarinet)
Leonardo Schiavo Consolazione n.4 (world Premiere)
Camille Saint - Saens Bassoon Sonata (arr. for bass Clarinet)

A few words about the musicians
George Georgiou (clarinet) is hailed for his energetic and inspirational performances. The Cypriot clarinetist George Georgiou enjoys a career as a classical and contemporary clarinetist. He appeared in many solo concerts and recitals in Europe, Middle East and USA. He collaborated with some prominent musicians such as the legendary cellist Rohan de Saram, the Prazak Quartet, the Apple Hill String Quartet, the Chilingirian String Quartet, the violinist Movses Pogossian and he appeared as a soloist with the Commandaria Orchestra and Moscow Virtuosi. In his research for new repertoire, George started commissioning works for clarinet and so far, he collaborated with the most dominant composers from Cyprus. He premiered several works featuring the clarinet with most of them being dedicated to him. Since 2015, he is a faculty at the LeBAM Summer Academy. He is a member of Georgiou Georgieva Duo, Lyrical Noise Ensemble, Evohe Wind Quintet, Chronos Contemporary Music Ensemble and Claritar Duo as well as musician in residence at the Avaton Contemporary Music Festival (Cyprus). He holds the position of clarinet professor at the University of Nicosia. He is the artistic director of Music at the Museum Concert Series and the general director of CultureTones Organisation, a not for profit cultural organization based in Cyprus. George is a graduate from City University, London, where he studied clarinet with Julian Farrell and Joy Farel at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is also a MBA graduate from the Neapolis University Paphos, Cyprus and a member of Mensa Cyprus. His busy profile gained him an international recognition and he became a Fratelli Patricola Clarinet Artist, a Silverstein Ligature Artist and a Marca Reeds Artist. He records for Hook Records.

Gergana Georgieva (piano) was born in the city of Burgas in Bulgaria. At the age of six she took piano lessons and music theory with Isidora Silvestrova and at the age of ten, she was accepted at the Pancho Vladigerov music school in Burgas. During her studies, she was awarded at various seminars, concerts and competitions, including the 16th Competition for performance of Bulgarian professional music "Varban Varbanov" where she won 1st prise. In 2002 she performed Prokofiev’s 1st concert for piano and orchestra, accompanied by Burgas Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Kojuharov. She continued her studies at the National Music Academy of Sofia “Pancho Vladigerov”, attending piano classes with Stella Dimitrova – Maistorova and Ilia Chernaev. During her studies in the Academy, she participated inconcerts, performing Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann concertos, accompanied by Sofia’s Academic Symphony Orchestra. She participated in national competitions of Chamber Music with a piano trio, winning 2nd prize for performing a Bulgarian music piece and 1st prize for performing Austrian music pieces. She participated in the Contemporary Music Festival “Pianissimo”, where she performed preludes and fugues by Shostakovich and Shchedrin. Gergana has attended various master classes with distinguished pianists, such as Paolo Police, Cyprien Katsaris etc. Since 2008 she has lived and worked in Cyprus, where she continues to participate in concerts and presentations, in collaboration with Cypriot and foreign artists, as well as with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.