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Viola Fest: 80th anniversary of Professor Nobuko Imai

Wednesday 17th of May, 2023

19:30h

Auditorio Sony, Madrid

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The Reina Sofia School of Music celebrates the 80th birthday of Nobuko Imai, professor of the Fundación BBVA Viola Chair since 2015, with a special concert in which students, former students, and other professors will participate along with Imai herself.

This concert is part of the series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the School, with the collaboration of Mutua Madrileña.

Special thanks to Grupo Barceló for their help in organizing the concert

Approximate duration: 120 minutes

Este evento ha contado con la colaboración de la Comunidad de Madrid

Program

- MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus
  - Piano quartet in G minor K 478
    - I. Allegro II. Andante III. Rondo. Allegro moderato

- PROKOFIEV, Sergey
  - Romeo i Dzhuletta (Romeo and Juliet) op 64 (arrangement for viola and piano by V. Borisovsky and D. Grunes)
    - 1. Introduction 3. Juliet as a Young Girl
      - Weronika Józefina Dziadek, Viola
      - Juan Barahona, Piano

- PROKOFIEV, Sergey
  - Romeo i Dzhuletta (Romeo and Juliet) op 64 (arrangement for viola and piano by V. Borisovsky and D. Grunes)
    - 14. Lily ladie's dance 6. Dance of the Knights
      - Xiaoti Fuszenecker-Guo, Viola
      - Juan Barahona, Piano

- PROKOFIEV, Sergey
  - Romeo i Dzhuletta (Romeo and Juliet) op 64 (arrangement for viola and piano by V. Borisovsky and D. Grunes)
    - 13. Morning serenade

- PROKOFIEV, Sergey
  - Romeo i Dzhuletta (Romeo and Juliet) op 64 (arrangement for viola and piano by V. Borisovsky and D. Grunes)
    - 8. Balcony scene 7. Mercutio
      - Luosha Fang, Viola
      - Juan Barahona, Piano

- PROKOFIEV, Sergey
  - Romeo i Dzhuletta (Romeo and Juliet) op 64 (arrangement for viola and piano by V. Borisovsky and D. Grunes)
    - 16. Juliet's death
      - Samuel Palomino, Viola
      - Juan Barahona, Piano

- JOACHIM, Joseph
  - Arrangement of the Hungarian Dances by J. Brahms for violin and piano op 87, Books 1 and 2 (arrangement for viola and piano by W. Kang)
    - No. 4 in B minor (Book 1) No. 1 in G minor (Book 1)
      - Wenting Kang, Viola
      - Juan Barahona, Piano

- JOACHIM, Joseph
  - Arrangement of the Hungarian Dances by J. Brahms for violin and piano op 90, Books 3 and 4 (arrangement for viola and piano by W. Kang)
    - No. 17 in F sharp minor (Book 3)
      - Wenting Kang, Viola
      - Juan Barahona, Piano

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- BRAHMS, Johannes
  - String sextet no. 1 in B flat major op 18
    - I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Andante ma moderato
      - Nobuko Imai, Viola
      - Wenting Kang, Viola
      - Zohrab Tadevosyan, Violín
      - Fernando Arias Fernandez, Violonchelo
      - Montserrat Egea Tapetado, Violonchelo
      - Patricia Cordero Beltrán, Violín

- RIDOUT, Alan
  - Ferdinand for speaker and violin (version for speaker and viola)
    - - Nobuko Imai, Viola
      - Álvaro Miguel García Ros, Viola

- SCHUMANN, Robert
  - Märchenbilder for viola and piano op 113
    - IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck III. Rasch II. Lebhaft I. Nicht schnell
      - Nobuko Imai, Viola
      - Juan Barahona, Piano

- BACH, Johann Sebastian
  - Partita for violin solo no. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (version for viola ensemble)
    - V. Ciaccona