Woodwind World - WINTER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL


George Georgiou (clarinet), Virginie Bove (flute), Gergana Georgieva (piano)

Works include: Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Faure

Venue:
Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre
18 Nikolaou Nikolaidi Avenue
Pafos 8010, Cyprus
Phone: 7000 2420
Website: www.technopolis20.com

Directions: Head into town from the Debenhams roundabout and turn right just before the Makarios statue, over the crossroads then right again just past the big white court building, and the venue will be found 200M on the right with
parking on the left.

Tickets: 12 Euro with all proceeds to the Paphos Kidney Association new dialysis machine fund.
Reservations:
Tel: 7000 2420
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Programme includes:
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Tarantelle
Alkis Baltas (1948- ) Tribute to Innocence; Love Song
Adolf Schreiner (1847 - 1921) Always Smaller for clarinet and piano Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Syrinx for solo flute
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924) Dolly Suite
Franz Doppler (1821 - 1883) Rigoletto Fantasie

George Georgiou (clarinet) enjoys a career as a Classical and contemporary clarinetist. He has appeared in many solo concerts and recitals in Europe, Middle East and USA. He is a member of the Lyrical Noise Ensemble, Evohe Wind Quintet, Chronos Contemporary Music Ensemble, as well as musician
in Residence at the Avaton Contemporary Music Festival in 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 the
Culture Tones organization, a not-for-profit cultural organization, based in Cyprus. His busy profile has gained him international recognition and he has become a Fratelli Patricola clarinet artist, as well as a Silverstein Ligature artist
and a Marca Reeds artist. He records for Hook Records.

Virginie Bove (flute) was born in 1977 in Paris. Her interest and love for music started at an early age and led her to begin studying the flute at eleven years old. She had the opportunity to study with some brilliant flutists in France and
abroad, including M. Beaucoudray, M. Debost, M. Dufour, C. Lefèbvre, P. Dumail, P. Bernold and G. Alirol. Virginie completed her studies attaining first prizes from the Conservatoire of Paris and of Saint-Maur and won in parallel
several national competitions. In 1999, she had her debut as a soloist by performing Lipkin’s Flute Concerto, European Premiere. Between 1995 and 2000, she was the Principal Flutist of Paris Sorbonne Symphony Orchestra under the direction of J. Grimbert and performed in many venues in Europe and in United States of America. By 2000, Virginie Bove established herself as a freelance Flute and Piccolo player, working with remarkable conductors. Since 2005, she is the Sub-Principal Flute player in the Cyprus Symphony
Orchestra. Chamber music always occupied a significant part of her activities; she performed and recorded world premiere compositions especially made for her. She is the founder of the Evohe Wind Quintet and has been collaborating with other musicians regularly.

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 in concerts, 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.

Saturday, November 25, 2017, 20:00


Location:
Paphos / Pafos Municipality, Cyprus
Date(s):
25/11/2017
Category:
Cultural / Music