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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)
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(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.
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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
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'Pianists of the World' series.
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Valentina is featured in a
recently released DVD "Forbidden Music" about the
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'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)
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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! |
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Master of Music
(Theory)
Lecturer of Music
Asst. Prof. of Music
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Accompanist & Ensemblist
Theorist & Analyst
Teacher & Advisor
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