Bacewicz: Piano Works Joanna Sochacka

• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969): Piano Sonata No. 2:
• 1 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2: I. Maestoso 06:54
• 2 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2: II. Largo 07:36
• 3 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Toccata. Vivo 04:11
• 2 Piano Etudes:
• 4 Bacewicz: 2 Piano Etudes: No. 1, Moderato 03:58
• 5 Bacewicz: 2 Piano Etudes: No. 2, Etude in Thirds. Vivace 02:31
• Piano Sonata No. 1:
• 6 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 1: I. Moderato 06:02
• 7 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 1: II. Andante sostenuto 05:27
• 8 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 1: III. Scherzo. Molto allegro 03:11
• 9 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale. Molto allegro 05:29
• Grażyna Bacewicz:
• 10 Bacewicz: Concert Etude 03:22
• Piano Sonata:
• 11 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata: I. Moderato e maestoso 08:30
• 12 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata: II. Adagio 03:27
• 13 Bacewicz: Piano Sonata: III. Double fugue. Allegro ben moderato 02:50
• Total Runtime 01:03:28

Info for Bacewicz: Piano Works

For her debut album, pianist Joanna Sochacka performs works by Grazyna Bacewicz, including the world phonographic premieres of the Sonata (1930) and the Etude (1949).

"It is not very common to come across a composer whose genius is being praised, but whose music is more often discussed than performed at the same time. This is the paradoxical situation we are dealing with in the case of Grazyna Bacewicz and her compositional oeuvre. The creator herself was an outstanding figure, extremely versatile, belying the still popular in her time view that women, by their very nature, cannot act as creatively as men. Grazyna Bacewicz would successfully defy that deeply conditioned social belief that "female" music is inferior." - Joanna Sochacka

Joanna Sochacka is a polish pianist, originally from Mszana Dolna. So far, she has given recitals in several countries (England, France, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Estonia, the Netherlands, Italy, Moldova, USA, Israel) and has performed recitals in many prestigious concert halls, including: Carnegie Hall in New York, National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Royal Albert Hall in London, Beethoven-Haus Concert Hall in Bonn, National Philharmonic in Chisinau, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Krakow Philharmonic, Lodz Philharmonic, Villa "Atma" in Zakopane, the Concert Hall at the Esterhazy Castle in Eisenstadt, the Viennese Hall at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Concert Hall Ferenc Liszt in Raiding.

Joanna Sochacka, piano

Joanna Sochacka
polish pianist, described by critics: “one of the most promising artists of the young generation” (Classical Mag), “amazingly powerful and hypnotic, pianist who knows what she is about” (Lynn René Bayley), “pianist who explores with intelligence and great pianistic culture, the very different sound worlds” (Remi Franck, Pizzicato Magazine), ” she is not only playing…she lives in music” (Sonja Koller, General Anzeiger).

She performed in several countries (England, France, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Estonia, the Netherlands, Italy, Moldova, USA, Israel) in many prestigious concert halls, including: Carnegie Hall in New York, National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Royal Albert Hall in London, Beethoven-Haus Concert Hall in Bonn, National Philharmonic in Chisinau, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Cracow Philharmonic, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Ferenc Liszt Concert Hall in Raiding. Her debut CD with the piano music of Grażyna Bacewicz (DUX 1689), which was a world phonographic premiere, was acclaimed by the global press, radio and television. Soon there will be available her CD with Frederic Chopin’s music, recorded for the Sheva Collection in the Naxos distribution.

Since the very young age, she became a prizewinner of international competitions in England, USA, Estonia, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary incl. 17th Citta di Padova International Competition in Padua (I prize and all special prizes – 2019). She received numerous scholarships, including: the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Young Poland (2020), Julian Cochran Foundation (2020), Dartington Scholarship Trust in England (2007, 2013), Sapere Auso (2009-2014), the National Fund for Children (2008-2012), the National Adam Mickiewicz Institute (2010), Rita Zimmermann Musik Stiftung Bern in Switzerland (2019), SEMP Mobility Program in Geneva, Switzerland (2019).

She is a jury member at many international competitions including International Liszt Piano Youth Competition in China and Utrecht, Elevato International Piano Competition in Salzburg and Bern, IOPC- Instrumental Performance Competition, Kreisler International Competition in Bonn, artistic director of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize. Joanna provides masterclasses for Association Chinese Culture Music & Arts in China and Germany.

She currently studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, Austria in the class of prof. Milana Chernyavska. Moreover, she is a PhD student at the Academy of Music Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz in Łódź in the class of dr hab. Hanna Holeksa. She graduated from Academy of Music in Cracow, class of prof. Andrzej Pikul, and from Haute École de Musique de Genève in Switzerland, class of prof. Fabrizio Chiovetta.

She honed her under the supervision of many outstanding pedagogues: Dmitry Bashkirov, Paula Badura-Skoda, Dina Yoffe, Akiko Ebi, Kevin Kenner, Anna Malikova, Andrzej Jasiński, Jura Margulis, Dmitry Alexeev, Jean Marc Luisada, Tatiana Zelikman, Ronan O’Hora, Elza Kolodin, Piotr Paleczny, Bradley Bolen, Emanuel Krasovski, Aquilles delle Vigne, Janusz Olejniczak, Konstanze Eickhorst, Lilja Zilberstein.

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