Čiurlioniada: Piano Music Evening | Jan Krzysztof Broja
Event information
This piano recital is a special dedication for two outstanding early 20th-century composers – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and Maurice Ravel – whose 150th birth anniversaries are being celebrated this year by music lovers in Lithuania and around the world. Their legacy is reflected in the concert programme, which features works by both masters. The program will also include music by their contemporaries Johannes Brahms and Frédéric Chopin, offering listeners a glimpse into the diverse stylistic nuances of that era. The evening’s performance, held at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, in Vilnius, will be presented by pianist Jan Krzysztof Broja – one of the most prominent current Polish pianists, known for his broad stylistic range and exceptional improvisational talent, which he will showcase at the end of the concert with an improvised suite.
This event is part of the concert series Čiurlioniada. Piano and Organ Music Evenings. On this special occasion, the Center for International Cultural Projects has invited special guests and jury members, laureates of the various editions of the International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ and Piano Competition to the Lithuanian capital. In addition to the composer's own organ and piano works, the program of the cycle will also include premieres of the pieces inspired by Čiurlionis's legacy, explications of the fragments or just the themes left, improvisations, newly prepared and previously created arrangements, and the work of contemporaries.
PROGRAMME
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) |
Prelude in D-flat major, VL 187
Impromptu in F-sharp minor, VL 181
Prelude in G minor, VL 343
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849) |
Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55 nr. 2
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) |
Sonata in B minor, K. 27
Sonata in F minor, K. 466
Sonata in F minor, K.519
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) |
Alborada del gracioso
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) |
Three Intermezzi for Piano, Op. 117:
Intermezzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118:
Intermezzo No.1 in A minor
Intermezzo No. 2 in A Major
Jan Krzysztof Broja (b. 1972) |
Improvised Suite
About performer
Pianist Jan Krzysztof Broja (Poland) is an internationally acclaimed performer, who won 1st prize at the International M. K. Čiurlionis Piano Competition in Vilnius, in 1999. His debut album with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Karol Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 4 “Symphonie concertante”, earned a Grammy nomination in 2009. Further recordings received a nomination from the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). Broja has collaborated with renowned conductors and orchestras, and has performed at prestigious festivals and venues in cities such as Bogotá, Ravello, Belgrade, and Belfast. He has also been involved in film projects – has served as a music consultant for Roman Polanski’s The Pianist, and performed the piano soundtrack in Andrzej Wajda’s film Tatarak (Sweet Rush).
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