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In Nice on February 14th will be held the next piano recital of Daniel Propper. The programme, which will be given at the "Hôtel Westminster", includes works by Beethoven (Sonata no. 13 "Quasi una fantasia"), Chopin (Nocturne, Preludes and Etudes) and Scriabin (Etudes).
On March 13th Daniel Propper and actress Marianne Karmel present 'Musical Pages'. A
program where the words from George Sand and Chopin's letters meet the
music of Chopin. The event will be held in the Swedish Church in Paris.
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Report from the Art November Festival in Moscow in Russia. Daniel Propper performed Bach's Goldberg Variations
in the State Art Institute in a concert on November 12th. On November
15, he teamed up with the young and promising cellist Sergei Suvorov
for a recital in the Chamber Hall
of the House of Music, also in Moscow. Their programme featured works
by
two composers: Beethoven and Grieg.
National television covered the event and Svetlana Petukhova wrote on the concerts on ForumKlassika:
(The Goldberg Variations)
'The
unsentimental, highly thoughtful and clear style of the pianist fully
deserved the epithet 'authentic', even though he was not playing on a
harpsichord'.
(Encore: Bach, Prelude in E-flat minor)
'music to keep you awake, to dance to, to assess and think about. This Bach you cannot find tirening, or escape from'
(Beethoven: Piano sonata no. 6)
'The
clarity of articulation, the finely-judged and accurate dynamics, the
melodic and textural gradations, the liveliness and flexibility of
expression were all attractive features of the pianist's style, both in
heavy densely-scored passages and in the straight exposition of
technical details. These splendid characteristics of the pianist were
also evident in the performances of the duets.'
(Grieg: Lyric Pieces)
'Here
also Propper managed to create something altogether new - a fantastical
world of images in which nothing is mundane, straightforward, following
a plot. On the contrary - dreams, unreality, mist. A nostalgia for
harmony and beauty, disappearing just as you try to pin it down.'
Daniel Propper gave two masterclasses in Dourdan during November and December. Piano
students from the Conservatory in Dourdan received advice on playing
and understanding Scandinavian composers, mostly on works by Grieg but
also including Rangström, Stenhammar and Alfvén. After the public
lessons the participants gave a
concert to an important crowd made up of family, friends and music
lovers.
Fourth part of the Beethoven complete sonata cycle in Paris. In
a recital on November 29th at the Maison Heinrich Heine Daniel Propper performed the
sonatas no. 12 to 15 including the "Moonlight" and the
"Pastoral".
Daniel Propper gave a recital in Danderyd in Sweden on October 15. This time he played works by Beethoven, Grieg and Liszt in his former home town.
Daniel Propper performed on October 3 in the beautiful concert hall of the Museum of Grenoble in France. In a recital dedicated to Scandinavian composers he played works by Beethoven, Stenhammar, Rangström, Peterson-Berger and Grieg.
Review in the September issue of Gramophone (UK): Daniel Propper's third CD of the Lyric Pieces by Grieg receives praise in an article by Jeremy Nicholas.
As every summer since many years Daniel Propper played on August 20
at the Château de Lourmarin in southern France. This time he
gave a piano recital including works by Haydn, Beethoven and Liszt.
Daniel Propper gave his first ever individual concerts in Norway on August 9. Invited
to give a piano recital at the Grieg Museum in Troldhaugen,
Bergen, he also played at the Kabuso Art Museum the same day. Daniel performed works by Liszt and Grieg.
In a private concert in Roma on June 30 Daniel performed works by mostly French composers: Rameau, Debussy, Ravel, Chopin and Liszt.
Fête de la musique on June 21. Daniel
Propper gave a piano recital in the Centre Culturel of his own town
Dourdan. The audience listened to his renditions of works by Bach,
Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
On June 14 Daniel played the third recital of the Beethoven sonatas again. This time in the Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris.
In a recital in Troyes on June 8 Daniel introduced a new programme to his repertoire. Invited
to the Festival Art et spiritualité he played Bach-Busoni
(Chaconne), Liszt and Messiaen (Regard de l'esprit de la joie).
Daniel Propper returned to play Beethoven sonatas on June 6 in the Swedish Church in Paris. This
third recital in the series featured sonatas 8 to 11 including the
well-known Pathétique sonata in C minor.
In a concert on May 20 Daniel performed with Klara Csordas, mezzo-soprano, at the Archipel in Paris.
Daniel played Schumann's Papillons and a selection of Grieg's lyric
pieces besides accompanying songs by the same composers.
On May 16 Daniel Propper played Chausson's Concert and Haydn's last trio with members of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris at a concert in Vendôme in France.
Daniel Propper gave a recital at the Athénée Theatre in Paris on May 4.
He performed Beethoven's 7th Sonata, 10 Lyric Pieces and Moods by Grieg and Liszt's
Après une lecture de Dante. Athénée - Theâtre Louis-Jouvet >
The third and last cd of the Lyric Pieces by Grieg was issued in France during the month of April. It includes the volumes 8, 9, 10 and the Moods, op. 73.
Daniel performed at the Queens Gate Terrace Concerts in London on April 30.
His
programme included the Variations in F minor by Haydn,
Beethoven's 7th Sonata, Grieg's Moods and Liszt's Après une
lecture de Dante.
On March 29 in the Château Courtry near Paris Daniel Propper perfomed works by Chopin with narrator Marianne Karmel reading letters and texts by George Sand and Chopin.
Daniel performed with pianist Isabelle Le Goux at a 2 piano recital in Salle Cortot in Paris on March 22. They had chosen works by Bennett, Lutoslawski and Gershwin, including their own version of the Concerto in F.
Daniel Propper and the violoninist Alexandre Brussilovsky gave 3 concerts in
Provence in southern France on March 15, 18 and 20. They played in Apt,
Lourmarin and in Aix-en-Provence. Their programme included the Spring
Sonata by Beethoven, Poem by Turina, Fantasy by Tansman and Frolov's
fantasy on themes from Porgy and Bess.
Daniel gave a piano recital at the Hôtel de Beauvais in Paris on March 8.
The programme included the 5th sonata by Beethoven, Moods by
Grieg, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude and
Après une lecture de Dante by Liszt.
At a concert in the Norwegian House at Cité Universitaire in Paris on February 12 Daniel played Schubert, Grieg - 10 Lyric pieces (one from each of the volumes) - and the Sonata by Liszt.
Daniel played the Sonatas No. 4 to No. 7 on January 25 at a second Beethoven recital in the Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris.
Daniel was back in Nice for a recital at the Westminster Hotel on January 18. He performed two sonatas by Beethoven, one sonata and the Wanderer-Fantasy by Schubert.
Daniel Propper performed the Goldberg Variations on January 9 in Bretagne at 'La Passerelle', the concert hall of Saint-Brieuc.
La Passerelle >
