PROKOFIEV’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PERFORMER

Anto Dimitrov

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Name: Anto Dimitrov Main Subject: Piano Research supervisor: Theo Verbey Title of Research: Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto from the perspective of a performer Research question: What are some creative and technical approaches to the challenging passages of the Second Piano Concerto by Sergey Prokofiev and what could be done to speed up the learning process? Summary of results: Since last quart of 20th century, Second Piano Concerto by Sergey Prokofiev have been one of the most popular choice in top piano competitions final rounds such as: Queen Elisabeth (Bruxelles), Tchaikovsky (Moscow), Rubinstein (Tel Aviv) and etc. For many artists, it is considered to be one of the most challenging concertos in piano literature and one of favorite choice to perform from Prokofiev. After performing this concerto, I realized that it is very important to have some methods to keep the piece in high performance standard. I saw that it is not possible to be limited with general piano playing traditions for fingering because of non-standardly written passages. By switching the lines on both hands we can make it much more comfortable to perform. Also by analyzing both the orchestral and solo part, we can have more clear idea about the role of the piano solo. Such a great artists recordings as Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich who were friends and the first interpreters of several compositions of Prokofiev are the closest references for the idea of his music. Biography: He started his piano education at the age of ten at Antalya Conservatory with Samir Mirzoev. At the age of thirteen he performed his first concert with orchestra. During 2004-2005 concert seasons he attended to the 23th April “Wonder Children” concert organized by Presidency State Symphony Orchestra. He won several awards at several competitions. Some of these are:   • First prize and Grand Prix at Third Varna International Piano Competition (2006)  • Second prize at Bach Competition Plovdiv 2011   • Third prize at Young Virtuosos Sofia 2012  In 2012 he successfully completed his bachelor education at Sofia New Bulgarian University under Prof. Milena Mollova. Since September 2014 he is studying master in Royal Conservatorium Den Haag with Prof. Naum Grubert.

type	research exposition
date	07/03/2016
published	23/08/2016
last modified	23/08/2016
status	limited publication
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url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/132452/258542
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

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