February 2012
Details of Lunchtime solo recital at Chichester Cathedral on Tuesday 20th March added - see 'Engagements' page |
November 2011
Tickets for my solo appearance with Petersfield Orchestra go on sale on Monday 7th November, priced at £14 with concessionary price (not known) for children under 16 years.
They will be available from the Petersfield Tourist Office on 01730 268829.
As of 8th November - "only a few tickets left"
Don't delay; ring today! |
October 2011
I can confirm that my week long trip to a recording studio in Warsaw during October's half term has been postponed until (probably) May/June time of next year. |
August - September 2011
I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted an invitation from Petersfield Orchestra to be their soloist for a performance of Edvard Grieg's 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor Op. 16' on Thursday 1st December at the Festival Hall, Petersfield. |
April 2011
Valentina is preparing to return to the Polish National Radio studios in Warsaw (date not yet agreed) – to record a solo album for the leading Polish recording label Acte Préalable of previously unrecorded piano works by a 20th Century Polish composer.
Dates not yet set – but early/mid autumn being the dates considered. |
November 2010
Guest soloist with Orion Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Toby Purser) at London's Cadogan Hall; Dorothy Howell - Piano Concerto in D minor. |
July 2010
Recording sessions for release on CD by Cameo Classics label: Ignaz Brüll: Piano Sonata No.3, Salomon Jadassohn: Bal Masque op. 26, Ferdinand Hiller: Modern suite op. 144 & Impromptu-Etude op. 30 No 2.
Release date not known (May '11?) |
October 2009
Memorial Concert dedicated to my late Professor - Dr. Prof. Lubomir Dinolov; "Pantcho Vladigueroff" National Academy of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria. |
September 2009
Recital by Piano Duo 'Va i Ve'; International Rachmaninoff Society - Annual General Meeting; Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Vladigueroff. |
January 2009
Recital by 'Va i Ve' - sponsored by The Steinway Piano Company; St Chad’s College, 18, North Bailey, Durham; Music for Four Hands; Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy. |
December 2008
Release of Zygmunt Noskowski ‘Piano Works 1’ solo CD on the leading Polish Record Label 'Acte Préalable'. |
May 2008
Warsaw, Poland: Performing and recording of piano works by Polish Romantic era composer Zygmunt Noskowski - for leading Polish Record Label 'Acte Préalable'. |
December 2008
Guest Soloist with The Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Hall, Petrazavodsk, Russia (Musical Director Marius Stravinsky). Salomon Jadassohn - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1, op. 89 in C Minor; believed to be the première public performance since the composer's death. |
October 2007
Recordings for Cameo-Classics documentary film about Jewish-German Composers of 19th C. (Mendelssohn, Jadassohn, Hiller.) |
August 2006
Times Educational Supplement reports that South Downs College has best Music Dept. results out of all similar colleges. |
April 2005
2nd Recital for The Rachmaninoff Society's A.G.M (President: Vladimir Ashkenazy), and in the presence of 2 of Rachmaninov's Great Grandchildren - pieces by Rachmaninov (Moments Musicaux No. 3 in B minor, Op.16.; Moments Musicaux No. 4 in E minor, Op.16.): Skriabin (3 Pieces for Piano Op.2 [Etude; Prelude; Impromptu alla Mazurka]): Vladigueroff (Prelude from '3 Pieces for Piano', Op.15. Pessen [Song] from 'Bulgarian Suite', Op.21 No.2.; Rhapsodie 'Vardar' Op.16.). |
June 2004
Concert Tour of NE England |
July 2003
Chichester Festivities - Solo Recital, St. John's Chapel - Schubert - Sonata in A minor, D537 (1817); Scriabin - Three Pieces, Op. 2; Raff - Trois Morceaux, Op. 2; Rachmaninov - Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 Nos. 3 & 4. |
December 2002
Release of Solo CD - previously unrecorded piano works of Joachim Raff. |
December 2001
Release of ‘Music for 2 Pianos’ CD |
September 1999
Began employment as Piano Lecturer at South Downs College, Waterlooville - Havant. |
21st August 1999
(Debussy’s Birthdate 22nd. Aug. 1862) Complete works of Debussy for 4 hands (‘Integrale’) with Emilia Mihaylova; Claude Debussy House and Museum, St. Germain en Laye, Paris. |
April 1999
'Closed’ solo recital performance of Rachmaninov cycles for the AGM of The Rachmaninoff Society (President: Vladimir Ashkenazy), Codshall, Nr. Wolverhampton. |
Autumn 1998
Moved to take up residency in UK. |
11th May 1997
Featured in a Television programme broadcast by Bulgarian National TV. |
Autumn 1996
Accepted as Assistant Professor of Piano & Lecturer at ‘Pantcho Vladigeuroff’ National Academy of Music, Sofia. |
Summer 1995
Accepted for postgraduate studies by Royal Academy of Music, London. (Funding problems prevented the taking up of this offer). |
November 1994
Awarded Master of Music (Theory) Degree together with all associated Teaching qualifications. |
