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One of only a handful of musicians worldwide to have been invited by the Trustees to play in the Yvonne Lefébure Auditorium at the Claude Debussy House & Museum, St. Germain-en-Laye, Paris on the Anniversary of the Composer's birth. |
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Valentina has also given recital performances for The Rachmaninoff Society's AGM (1999 & 2005) |
(President: Vladimir Ashkenazy).
"You played beautifully" - Natalie Wanamaker-Javier (Great Grand Daughter of Sergei Rachmaninov)
She has been invited back for an unprecedented 3rd time in 2008.
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Solo CD, of previously unrecorded works by Joachim Raff (1822-1882), the first ever CD devoted exclusively to Raff's piano music, is available, completely re-mastered, on-line from Cameo Classics. |
Awarded
out of 5 by The Raff Society.
"... grand technique and plays brilliantly. ..recording is very wide range and well placed. The notes are excellent" -
Carl Bauman - American Record Guide - May/June 2003.
"She is a fluent pianist, and does a fine job .." - Paul Turok of Turok's Choice, N.Y., U.S.A., September 2003.
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By invitation, has given a recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Sq. (London), in their |
'Pianists of the World' series.
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Valentina is featured in a recently released DVD "Forbidden Music" about the suppression of German-Jewish |
'Romantic era' composers during the late 19th and 20th Centuries, and whose works are now being rediscovered.
CC9026DVD released 17 February 2008 by Cameo Classics; audio only available as CC9026CD.
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New Solo CD coming soon: World Premier recordings of Piano Works of Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909) - recorded for leading Polish label Acte Préalable. |
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By invitation, Valentina has performed (30th May 2008) works by Polish Romantic era composer Zygmunt Noskowski at The Warsaw Music Society (WTM), Poland, where Noskowski was himself Director - 120 years ago! |
Master of Music (Theory)
Lecturer of Music
Asst. Prof. of Music
Accompanist & Ensemblist
Theorist & Analyst
Teacher & Advisor