Valentina, Venera and 'The Wolf' after a recent performance of  Prokofiev's "Peter and The Wolf"

Sample programmes below

Va i Ve - Valentina Seferinova and Venera Bojkova's lives have been entwined for quite some time.  Both are piano performance and theory graduates of the same National Academy of Music, Sofia; both studied with Bulgaria’s foremost piano professor, Dr. L Dinolov.

Their careers as soloists and Chamber Music performers developed early, and as a piano duet their first performances together were as students.  The programmes often comprised their Professor’s successful transcriptions of popular works.

Fate has continued to entwine their lives by decreeing that both, quite independently, should now be settled in the UK.

Both still follow separate solo careers, but you can imagine the sheer fun for them both to also perform as a duet again.

In the autumn of 1999 they made their first tour in UK as a duet.  Their programme included Slavic music by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Dvořák and was presented in Portsmouth, Bognor Regis, London, and Durham.

During 2000 they were together again on tour - featuring a programme of British, Bulgarian, and Russian composers - a main stay of their repertoire.  They also attended Master Classes with Prof. Bernard Roberts at H.I.S.S., UK.

In December 2001 they appeared at the National Palace of Culture, Sofia in front of their life time mentor, Prof. Dr. Lubomir Dinolov and other peers; their programme of Rachmaninov (Suite for Two Pianos Opus 17), Benjamin Britten (Opus 23 Nos. 1 and 2 - Introduction and Rondo alla Burlesca, and Mazurka Elegiaca), Ferencz Liszt (Variations on a Theme of Paganini - arranged by Dinolov), and a short piece by Pancho Vladigerov (Horo Staccato) was received with acclaim.  A subsequent studio recording of this programme is now available on CD (see 'Recordings'  and 'CD Reviews' section of this web site).

Most recently they were invited to perform an open recital for the International Rachmaninoff Society's 2009 A.G.M. in Manchester, U.K.

Venera Bojkova Website

'Va i Ve'  Repertoire

for more information please contact Valentina Seferinova

                               Mazurka Elegiaca, Op. 23 No.2 (for two pianos)

Rachmaninov, Sergei    Suite opus 17 for two pianos

                                    Prelude in C # minor for 2 pianos (Rachmaninov's own 1938 transcription) 

Liszt, Ferencz           Variations on a Theme of Paganini (arr. Dinolov)

                                      Mar Dimitro lyo Opus 23 No 2  

                                      Pessen (Chant/Song) Opus 21 No 2 

More Photos of 'Va i Ve'

 ▲ 'Va i Ve' after a Steinway piano company sponsored recital. ▼

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