The common element of melody and soul

by Petar PLAMENOV

17 May (Tuesday), 2011
Hungarian Week
NPC,Hall 9, 19:30, 15BGN
Piano concert by Angela Tosheva
Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Ferencz Liszt
National Palace of Culture
Address:
Sofia, 1 Bulgaria Sqr.
Phone: 02 916 63 69
Phone: 02 916 63 68


Angela Tosheva Tosheva was born 15 June 1961 in Sofia. She is a Bulgarian significant pianist, chamber musician, piano and chamber music pedagogue. Tosheva has graduated from the Sofia Academy of Music in 1984. A milestone in her development was her meeting with Gyorgy Sebok on his summer master classes in Hungary and Switzerland. She has studied also with Ketil Haugsand.
 


The prizes she has received include first prize at the international competition in Salerno 1978, the Usti and Labem Award at the age of 12, first prize at the Bulgarian Liszt-Bartok Competition in 1988.She has been awarded the "Golden Feather" award from Classic FM Sofia radio, 1997, the award of the Polish institute in Sofia for the 2010 Chopin year, 2010, the award of the Bulgarian "Salon of Arts" together with Michail Goleminov for his multimedia installation "Schuman-Oracle" and her concerts promoting Schumann's bicentenary, 2010. In her rich repertoire she has works from William Byrd, Couperin, Chopin, Liszt, to Ligeti and Adams and Bulgarian contemporary composers as Lazar Nikolov, Konstantin Iliev, Ivan Spassov, Vassil Kazandjiev, Michail Goleminov, Georgi Arnaoudov.



Franz Liszt was born on October 22, 1811 in Raiding, Hungary. Liszt was considered as the greatest pianist of his time. His primary interests were music, religion and women. He was friendly with Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, and Frederic Chopin. He took the four minor order of the Catholic Church and became Abbe Liszt in 1865. He was a prominent composer, conductor and piano teacher. Franz Liszt was one of the forerunners of virtuoso pianists and led the way for extreme virtuosity in composition. His piano compositions were extremely popular and he often gave concerts to his multitude of fans. Liszt was also the pioneer of many musical techniques, including the symphonic poem and the technique of transforming themes. Liszt was primarily a pianist and thus most of his works were written for the piano. 

Liszt was able to formulate a wide variety of musical techniques that would be used by many composers after his death. Liszt's general style of composition was in using chromaticism to create unique and varied harmonies. One of Liszt's most prominent musical developments is that of the symphonic poem. A symphonic poem is simply a one movement symphony that usually describes a literary or artistic work. In addition, symphonic poems usually do not obey the rules established by previous composers to Liszt. For example, prior to Liszt, symphonies had always been written in multiple movements.

Liszt was well known for the creation of descriptive orchestral music called "symphonic poem" or "tone poem". An example of "tone peom" is Liszt's "Hamlet" and "Les Preludes". In Budapest, Hungary, Liszt was considered a national hero. Influenced by the violinist Paganini, Liszt developed similiar technique for piano. Liszt died on July 31, 1886 in Bayreuth.

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