Katia Bronska
AP039 - 1CD - 47'53 - Sep 25, 2012
Polish pianist based in Paris, Katia Bronska shines on the world’s grandest stages. Praised by Yehudi Menuhin for her captivating performance, she blends virtuosity and sensitivity. Awarded from a young age and trained by renowned masters, she delivers a deeply intimate and emotional experience at each concert.
Katia Bronska is Polish and Parisian by adoption. Critically acclaimed, she captivates audiences the world over, meeting with success and triumph in the greatest capitals: Paris, New York, London...
Her music is filled with her fascinating personality. She has seduced such greats as Yehudi Menuhin, who wrote: "I've just listened to Katia Bronska and I'm thrilled! She plays his works, the works of Chopin, with an essential and precise rubato - a rhythm that carries you from one enchantment to the next".
Noticed at an early age (Gold Medal in the National Competition for "Young Polish Hopefuls" at the age of twelve), she became a pupil of great masters: Krystyna Jastrzebska, Zbigniew Sliwinski and illustrious St Petersburg teachers.
In 1987, she was awarded the Grand Prix Charles Oulmont by the Fondation de France.
Each of her concerts is the result of a particular desire to perform in intimate communion with places and people. Katia Bronska transports us through her works, hanging on every note and every sigh. All emotion.
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Papillons, op. 2
1. Introduction and No. 1
2. No. 2
3. No. 3
4. No. 4
5. No. 5
6. No. 6
7. No. 7
8. No. 8
9. No. 9
10. No. 10
11. No. 11
12. No. 12
Scènes d’enfants (Kinderszenen), op. 15
13. Of Foreign Lands and Peoples (Von fremden Ländern und Menschen)
14. A Curious Story (Curiose Geschichte)
15. Blind Man's Buff (Hasche – Mann)
16. The Begging Child (Bittendes Kind)
17. Perfect Happiness (Glückes genug)
18. Important Event (Wichtige Begebenheit)
19. Reverie (Träumerei)
20. By the Fireside (Am Camin)
21. On the Wooden Horse (Ritter vom Steckenpferd)
22. Almost Too Serious (Fast zu ernst)
23. Boogeyman (Fürchtenmachen)
24. The Child Falls Asleep (Kind im Einschlummern)
25. The Poet Speaks (Der Dichter spricht)
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
26. Mazurka in E Minor, Op. 41 No. 2
27. Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2
