Paganini at the Piano Goran Filipec

• Mark Hambourg (1879 - 1960): Variations on a Theme by Paganini:
• 1Variations on a Theme by Paganini15:58
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924): An die Jugend, BV 254:
• 2An die Jugend, BV 254: IV. Introduzione e capriccio (Paganinesco)05:44
• Michael Zadora (1882 - 1946): 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1:
• 324 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 4 in C Minor (Arr. M. Zadora for Piano)06:24
• 424 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 19 in E-Flat Major (Arr. M. Zadora for Piano)02:56
• Ignaz Friedman (1882 - 1946): Studies on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 47b:
• 5Studies on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 47b16:00
• Boris Papandopulo (1906 - 1991): 3 Capriccios After Paganini:
• 63 Capriccios After Paganini: No. 1, Corrente02:20
• 73 Capriccios After Paganini: No. 2, Moderato02:10
• 83 Capriccios After Paganini: No. 3, Ad libitum - Agitato03:10
• Total Runtime54:42

Info for Paganini at the Piano

Goran Filipec recent laureate of the Grand Prix du Disque of the Ferenc Liszt Society of Budapest for his 2016 recording of Liszt’s Paganini Studies (Naxos 8573458), was born in Rijeka (Croatia) in 1981, and studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne and the Zagreb Academy of Music. He is a prize-winner of several piano competitions including the Premio Mario Zanfi ‘Franz Liszt’, Concurso de Parnassos, the José Iturbi International Music Competition and the Gabala International Piano Competition. He performs regularly in Europe, the United States, South America and Japan.

Goran Filipec, piano

Goran Filipec
was born in 1981 in Rijeka, Croatia. Already, during the first years of his musical education, he received early recognition as an extraordinary talent, performing numerous concerts in Croatia and abroad. His charismatic performances inspired praise from these world famous pianists: Ivo Pogorelich: “His great pianistic abilities and originality of musical ideas make this pianist unique and original.”

Oxana Yablonskaya, pianist and professor at the Julliard School of music: “I was extremely impressed by his high professionalism, great level of performance and artistic taste. He possesses very deep understanding of musical text and excellent technique.”

Goran Filipec is an extraordinary interpreter of Franz Liszt's piano music, and has dedicated a great part of his creative work to the great composer. His wide repertoire also consists of some of the most important cycles of the piano literature, including Liszt’s "Years of Pilgrimage"; the complete Chopin Etudes; the Paganini, Liszt and Busoni Etudes; and the five Beethoven piano concertos. Goran won the coveted Croatian national piano contest in 1995, 1997, and 1999, and was the winner of many other awards in his native country, including Second Place at the Lions Grand Prix in 1995; First Prize at the Istria Noblissima contest in 1997, 1999 and 2002, First P:rize at Lions Grand Prix in 1997, and First Place at the Rijeka Music Contest, in 1998.

He studied at the Mirkovich Academy with Professor Marina.

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