Klavírny recitál III – Joanna SochackaPiano Recital III – Joanna Sochacka

An evening full of musical works by female composers, such will be the debut of the young Polish pianist Joanna Sochacka at the Slovak Philharmonic. A graduate of the music academies in Graz, Łódź and Krakow, she has amazed visitors of the world’s most prestigious concert halls with her playing. Her playing has been described as hypnotic, vital, exciting and revelatory. Ralph Grave has said of Sochacki that she is “a woman with a message”, the current one will be to present the work of three female composers who are absent from mainstream programmes. In the shadow of her brother, the work of composer and pianist Fanna Mendelssohn rests before the Slovak audience. In the field of education and composition, Grażyna Bacewicz is undoubtedly an important figure for Polish culture. She studied piano, violin and composition in parallel, which gave her a perfect understanding of the dispositions of these instruments. She personally premiered the second sonata at the Concert of the Union of Polish Composers in December 1953. Bacewicz placed high demands on the performer for dynamic nuances and complicated compound rhythms. Her music is “aggressive yet lyrical”, as she herself said “there is a lot going on in my music”. The evening will close with a work by the young Ukrainian composer and pianist Anfisa Bobyl, who is based at the University of Graz. The calm, soundscape reflections were created during the pandemic.