the piano duo | das klavierduo
- Radio Cologne Great Concert Hall 2008 -
F.Busoni - Ouverture "The Magic Flute" (Excerpt)
J.Brahms - Haydn Variations (Excerpt)
F.Liszt - Reminiscences de Don Juan (Excerpt)
G.Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Fantasy (Excerpt)
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M.Ravel - La Valse
C.Saint-Saens - "The Wild Horses" from "The Carnival of the Animals"
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Formed
in its home city of Hanover in 1995, the sensational international concert
career of the Genova and Dimitrov duo began with winning all the major
piano duo competitions, including the 1996 ARD Music Competition in
Munich, the 1997 Murray Dranoff Piano Duo Competition in Miami, the 1996
Tokyo Piano Duo Competition and the 1995 Bellini Music Competition in
Italy.
Since then the duo has performed to great public and critical acclaim at
many of the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America, Asia
and Africa. Festival appearances include e.g. the Schleswig-Holstein,
Rheingau, Ludwigsburg, Schwetzingen, Gstaad, MDR Music Summer, the La
Roque d’Antheron Piano Festival and Ravello Festivals, the Music Festival
of the Hamptons, the Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki and the Lower
Saxony Music Festival. In 2002 Genova & Dimitrov played at the opening of
the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and also performed for the EXPO
2000 world exhibition in Hanover.
In addition, the artists have appeared with, among others, the orchestras
of the Bavarian, NDR Hanover, SWR Kaiserslautern, Bulgarian National and
Bucharest National radio stations, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the New
World and Savannah Symphonies, the NDR Hamburg Radio Choir, Sofia
Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ukrainian
National Philharmonic, the Cape Town and the Durban Philharmonics, Musica
Viva Moscow, the Minsk Orchestra and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic,
under conductors such as Eiji Oue, Ari Rasilainen, Alun Francis, Toshiyuki
Kamioka, Leos Svarovsky, Robin Gritton and Alexander Rudin.
Among the 2007/08 season highlights were the appearances with the Pacific
Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu in Orange County (Los Angeles), at
the Ludwigsburg Castle and Schwetzingen Festivals, at the Al Bustan Arts
Festival Beirut, at the Radio WDR Cologne concerts, at the Ghent Opera, in
Mexico City, as well as the release of the CD „Favorite Flavours“ for cpo
with significant works by Maurice Ravel.
The release of the recording of Mendelssohn piano duo concertos with NDR
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Eiji Oue for cpo is scheduled for 2009.
Further highlights of the 2008/09 season are the artists‘ appearances at
the Mettlach Chamber Music Festival, the USA and Puerto Rico concert
tours, the concerts in Luxemburg and Belgium as well as the St.Petersburg
Symphony Orchestra tour.
Named "Artists of the Year 2001", Genova & Dimitrov have released eight
CDs on cpo including world premiere recordings of piano duo works by
Shostakovich, Johann Christian Bach, Clementi, Vladigerov and Casadesus.
These releases have won critical acclaim from major international music
magazines and radio stations, especially the duo's recordings with the NDR
Philharmonic led by Eiji Oue (concertos by Martinu and Schnittke) and with
the SWR Orchestra led by Alun Francis (concertos by Milhaud, Poulenc, and
Casadesus). After their CD, „America for Two“, featuring works for two
pianos by Gershwin, Copland and Bernstein, in 2007 the artists released
the recent one „Favourite Flavors“, featuring the significant works by
Maurice Ravel, was released in 2007.
The Genova & Dimitrov Duo has appeared in countless radio and TV
broadcasts on all continents. In 2005 the duo also served as youngest
jurors of the ARD Competition in Munich. The Artists have also been given
master classes and workshops worldwide.
Both artists were born in Bulgaria of Greek origin, have been playing
piano since the age of five, and made their orchestra debuts at the age of
nine. They studied solo piano with Prof. Ganev at the Music Academy in
Sofia and since 1993 with Prof. Vladimir Krainev at the Hanover Music
Academy. In 2005, for their exceptional artistic achievements, the duo was
awarded the honorary citizenship by the German government.
In the fall of 2008, Genova and Dimitrov will join the faculty at the
Hannover State Academy of Music and Theatre to teach piano duo performance
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