Olga Scheps, Family Review
Olga Scheps is the daughter of two pianists and discovered the instrument for herself at the age of four. In 1992, her family moved to Germany, since then she has earned scholarships from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Scheps completed her studies with Professor Pavel Gililov in her adopted home of Cologne in 2013, passing her Concert Examination with Distinction. She rounded out her training with Professor Arie Vardi and Professor Dmitri Bashkirov. Scheps has developed her own unique style of keyboard playing, which combines intense emotiveness and powerful expressivity with extraordinary pianistic techniques. Scheps’s principal repertory consists of Classical and Romantic composers and is known for her interpretations of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nikolai Medtner, and Edvard Grieg. At the same time, she has a particular interest in compositions that are seldom heard in the concert hall, including the posthumous Études of Chopin, Liszt’s rarely performed Malédiction, Olivier Messiaen’s Les Oiseaux exotiques, Antonin Dvorak’s Piano Concerto, and pieces by Anatoly Lyadov. Since 2010, Scheps has been an exclusive Sony Classical artist, beginning with her debut album Chopin, which won an ECHO Klassik award. All her subsequent albums have reached the top ten in the classical charts. Scheps now lives in her adopted home of Cologne, traveling from there to classical music festivals and concert series in many different countries. She performs with worldwide leading orchestras and conductors. She is now releasing her latest album titled Family.
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Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
Grieg: Morning Mood Variation (Arr. for Piano from Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op. 36 by Ketan & Vivan Bhatti)
Chilly Gonzales (b. 1972):
Gonzales: Jeux De Maxim
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Piano Sonata No. 50 in D Major, Hob. XVI:37:
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50 in D Major, Hob. XVI:37: I. Allegro con brio
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50 in D Major, Hob. XVI:37: II. Largo e sostenuto
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50 in D Major, Hob. XVI:37: III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827):
Beethoven: Rage Over a Lost Penny, Op. 1290
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545:
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545: I. Allegro
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545: II. Andante
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545: III. Rondo. Allegretto
Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936):
Respighi: Siciliana (from "The Tree of Life", Arr. for Piano from Antiche Danze, Suite No. 3 by Ottorino Respighi)
Thomas Newman (b. 1955):
Newman: Nemo Egg (from "Finding Nemo")
Randy Newman (b. 1943):
Newman: When She Loved Me (from "Toy Story 2")
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):
Vivaldi: Four Seasons Variation (Arr. for Piano from Violin Concerto, RV 297, "Winter": II. Largo by Svetoslav Karparov)
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
Debussy: 2 Arabesques, CD 74/L.66: I. Andantino con moto
Michael Giacchino (b. 1967):
Giacchino: Stuff We Did (from "Up")
Henrik Oja (b. 1972) & Frida Johansson (b. 1970):
Oja, Johansson: Learning to Play (from "Unravel Two")
Christopher von Deylen (b. 1970):
Deylen: Arco Iris
James Horner (1953 - 2015):
Horner: I See You (from "Avatar")
Jacob Shea & Hans Zimmer (b. 1957):
Shea, Zimmer: Family Theme (from "The Blue Planet")
November 5, 2021
Sony Classical
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