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Yoko Nishii's Christmas concert on 23rd Dec 2015 in Japan includes Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic
Dora Pejacevic 1885-1923 was the first Croatian women composer
Announcement of the Christmas concert of Yoko Nishii, Japan
ĂÂ We are very pleased to announce that Yoko Nishii, Japanese pianist, will have a Christmas Concert on December 23th 2015 at Oita (Oita-iichiko Hall, Oita-city, Japan), containing the following program:
Ivo Josipovic ăăťIgra staklenih perli-preludij za klavir / The Glass Bead Game-Prelude for piano (1986)
Beethoven ăťPiano Sonata No.26 âLes Adieuxâ
Gustav Mahler ăťAdagietto (from Symphony No.5)
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) ăťZwei Klavierskizzen / Dvije skice za glasovir / Two Piano Sketches Op.44 ăťBlutenwirbel / Cvjetni vrtlog / A Whirl of Blossoms in E Flat Major Op. 45 ăťCapriccio Op.47 ăťNocturne Op.50-2 ăťPiano Sonata in B-flat minor Op.36
Dora Pejačević on Croatian postage stamp, published in 2014. Designed by Dubravka Zglavnik Horvat.
This concert is organized on the occasion of the opening exhibitions vol.2 "Dawn of Gods" - Encounter of Venus, and Spiritual Landscape, East and West.
The museum was opened on 24th of April 2015 and the highlight of this exhibition is "Nuda Veritas" by Gustav KlimtĂÂ from Theater Museum in Wien. On this concert Yoko Nishii will connect Klimt and Mahler, Beethoven... and Pejačević! "Fin de siecle" in Wien and Croatia!
Yoko Nishii playing "Rose" (Flower's Life, No. 5, Op. 19) by Dora Pejačević
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) is the first Croatian woman composer. Here we can see her portrait by Maxo Vanka, distinguished Croatian painter. Yoko Nishii interpreting piano pieces by Dora Pejačević (1885-1923), the first Croatian woman composer.
Dora Pejačević (10 September 1885 -- 5 March 1923): Walzer-Capricen, Suite for Piano, Op. 28, written in 1910. Performed by Yoko Nishii in 2013 (live)
00:00 - No. 1: Moderato
01:04 - No. 2: Grazioso
02:25 - No. 3: Im Ländler-Tempo
03:27 - No. 4: Wiegend
05:05 - No. 5: Lento
06:58 - No. 6: Tempo giusto
08:11 - No. 7: Allegretto
09:35 - No. 8: Grazioso, allegramente
10:58 - No. 9: Moderato
These excellent inventive little piano pieces, in the form of a piano suite, are a high-point in the solo-piano oeuvre of Pejačević. They are full of imagination; a listener will be surprised by how different of character they are, even though most of them don't exceed 1-2 minutes in length. Yoko Nishii in the town of Metković, Croatia, during her concert tour in 2015.
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