Tania Stavreva

Genre: Classical
Secondary Genre: Contemporary Classical New York, New York USA Contact

"Bulgarian-born piano dynamo" -Steve Smith, Time Out New York

"Exceptional, entrancing, fun!" Harry Rolnick, ConcertoNet.com

"A fully formed and fearsomely talented pianist" - Steve Holtje, CultureCatch.com

"Bold, dynamic, magnificent!" - Harris Goldsmith, New York Concert Review

Artist Information

Biography


Short Bio:

Described by the music critics as "exceptional, entrancing, fun!" (Harry Rolnick, ConcertoNet.com), "a fully formed and fearsomely talented pianist" (Steve Holtje, CultureCatch.com) and "bold, dynamic, magnificent!" (Harris Goldsmith), the "Bulgarian-born piano dynamo" (Steve Smith, Time Out New York) Tania Stavreva made her Carnegie Hall debut in April 2009.

Ms. Stavreva has performed at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Kosciuszko Foundation Auditorium, Steinway Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Roulette, Galapagos Art Space, Bulgarian Consulate General, New York Public Library and the CSV Cultural Center in New York where she was featured live on NY1 News by NBC reporter Asa Aarons. She has performed also at the Grammy Museum Theater in Los Angeles, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, National Ethnographic Museum in Bulgaria, Cathedral San Lorenzo in Italy, and the Ruinekerk in The Netherlands.

In July 2011 her multimedia performance “Rhythmic Movement” took place at the Metropolitan Room in NYC where for a first time she performed body painted, connecting the music of Erik Satie to the work by artist Danny Setiawan. “Rhythmic Movement” was immediately featured on NY1 News as well as Time Out New York and New York Daily News. On May 10th, 2012 Ms. Stavreva collaborated with the internationally-acclaimed body painter and artist Derrick Little at Galapagos Art Space in New York on another multimedia project titled “Rhythmic Movement Multimedia”. This time live music and live body painting were connected through abstract music-color synesthesia. The young pianist and fine art model also made her acting debut with the Onomatopoeia Theater Company as Sasia in The Tempest by William Shakespeare - an off-off Broadway modern adaptation directed by Thomas Gordon. She is also one of the first pianists of her generation to present modern style classical music to younger audiences at such rock club venues as Webster Hall (NY) and Paradise Rock Club (Boston).

Tania Stavreva is a graduate of the "Dobrin Petkov" National Music School in Bulgaria, where she studied with renowned pedagogue Rositsa Ivancheva. She went on to earn her Bachelor's Degree from Boston Conservatory, where she was a full scholarship recipient and a winner of many competitions.

Full bio: http://objects.sonicbids.com/rider/2/141/rider_3682141.pdf?save=Tania_Stavreva_Full_Bio.pdf




Instrumentation

Tania Stavreva - Piano

Discography

Booking Contact:
Diane Saldick
Tel: (212) 213-3430
diane.saldick@verizon.net

Links

Audio

  • Sergei Prokofiev - Suggestion Diabolique Op. 4, No. 4
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  • Erik Satie - 3 Gnossiennes
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  • Vassil Kazandjiev - Toccata 1957
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  • Alexander Scriabin - Fantasy in B Minor, Op.28
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  • Alexander Scriabin - Sonata No.3, Op.23
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  • Samuel Barber - Piano Sonata Op.26 - Allegro energico
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  • Samuel Barber - Piano Sonata Op.26 - Allegro vivace e leggero
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  • Samuel Barber - Piano Sonata Op.26 - Adagio Mesto
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  • Samuel Barber - Piano Sonata Op.26 - Fuga: Allegro con spirito
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  • J.S. Bach - Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911
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Video

Alexander Scriabin - Vers la Flamme, Op.72 (Toward the Flame)

Alberto Ginastera - 4th Mov. from Sonata No.1, Op.22 (Ruvido Ed Ostinato)

Photo Gallery

Press

  • Tania Stavreva–Interview and Preview of her Galapagos Art Space Multimedia Show [+ Show ]

    On Thursday, May 10 at 8 PM, New York-based pianist-composer Tania Stavreva will perform a special e...

  • "I Have Seen the Future of Classical Music, and It Includes Drinks" - Review by Steve Holtje [+ Show ]

    Rhythmic Movement: A Modern View of the Classical Music Recital in the 21st Century The Metropolita...

  • The Modern Piano Project - Review by Harry Rolnick [+ Show ]

    Music Of The Century New York Roulette, 20 Greene Street 04/16/2010 The Modern Piano Proje...

  • Tania Stavreva New York Recital Debut@Carnegie Hall [+ Show ]

    Tania Stavreva, Piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall April 4, 2009 Tania Stavreva, a 25-ye...

  • Performers Paint A New Picture On Classical Music [+ Show ]

    An upcoming classical music concert may surprise fans of Bach or Beethoven, but the many artists inv...

  • Tania Stavreva: Total Artist [+ Show ]

    "Tania Stavreva, the young Bulgarian keyboard phenom, is a complete artist. Not only does she displ...

  • "Event not to be missed" [+ Show ]

    "Event not to be missed" review by Marc Rossi Tania Stavreva's piano recital on June 23rd 2009 at...

  • Tania Stavreva [+ Show ]

    The Bulgarian pianist is joined by body painter Danny Setiawan and electronic-sound artist Tim Daous...

  • “FROM SOFIA TO NEW YORK IN ONE HOUR” [+ Show ]

    March 31, 2012 THE TNT DUO presented an exciting selection of modern works for violin and piano i...

  • Performers gather to pay tribute to their cultural roots [+ Show ]

    Performers gather to pay tribute to their cultural roots Arts day celebrates Bulgarian heritage ...

  • Tania Stavreva - Three Piano Works [+ Show ]

    Tania Stavreva - Three Piano Works Genre: Classical Bulgarian classical pianist Tania Stavreva o...

  • Bulgarian Pianist plays Debussy and Vladigerov

    The article is available in Bulgarian only: http://plovdiv-sega.com/2011/08/6313

  • "Tania Stavreva podariava koncert na rodnia si grad"

    Available in Bulgarian only: http://www.marica.bg/show.php?id=65091

  • Bulgarian Night at the Grammy Museum, Los Angeles

    The review is available in Bulgarian only: http://www.aba.government.bg/?show=38&nid=1029

  • Tania Stavreva Piano Recital

    This article is available online in Bulgarian only: http://bgfocus.com/NEWS/news-tania.htm

  • "Leten bal shte sabere otnovo balgarskata obshtost v Boston" [+ Show ]

    The article is available in Bulgarian only: http://www.bulgariasega.com/interesting_facts/cultura_sa...

  • "Nai-dobrite mi priateli sa balgari" [+ Show ]

    This interview is available in Bulgarian only: http://tatyana.hit.bg/materiali/lica/lica_tanichka.ht...

Setlist

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Toccata in E minor BWV 914
Toccata in C minor BWV 911
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903
Partita No.1 in B-flat major, BWV 825
French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813
French Suite No.6 in E major, BWV 817
English Suite No.4 in F major, BWV 809
The Well Tempered Clavier:
-Prelude and Fugue No.1, Bk.I
-Prelude and Fugue No.2, Bk.I
-Prelude and Fugue No.3, Bk.I
-Prelude and Fugue No.4, Bk.I
-Prelude and Fugue No.6, Bk.I
-Prelude and Fugue No.10, Bk.I
-Prelude and Fugue No.17, Bk.I
-Prelude and Fugue No.21, Bk.I

Balakirev, Mily (1837-1910)
Islamey, Op.18 (An Oriental Fantasy)

Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Sonata op.26 in E-flat minor

Bates, Mason (b. 1977)
White Lies for Lomax (2007)

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119
Rondo a capriccioso op.129
Sonata op.13, No.8 "Patetique"
Sonata No.13, Op.27, No.1 "Quasi una fantasia"
Sonata No.14, Op.27, No.2 "Moonlight"
Sonata No.15, Op.28 "Pastoral"
Sonata No.19, Op.49, No.1
Sonata No.20, Op.49, No.2
Sonata No.21, Op.53 "Waldstein"
Sonata No.30, Op.109
32 Variations in C minor on an Original Theme WoO80

Bolcom, William (b.1938)
The Serpent’s Kiss (Rag Fantasy) from the Garden of Eden

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Rhapsody op.79, No.2

Cage, John (1912-1992)
"4'33" in three movements
"Story" from Living Room Music

Cage-Stavreva (b.1983)
"3'33" (2011) - transcribed for solo or multimedia by Tania Stavreva

Chopin, Frederic (1810-1849)
Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante in Eb major, Op.22
Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Ballade No.3 in A-flat major, Op.47
Etudes op.10, No: 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12
Etudes op.25, No: 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Etude without opus No.1 in f minor, seite 118
Nocturne Op.9, No.2 in E-flat major
Nocturne Op.27, No.1 in C-sharp minor
Nocturne Op.27, No.2 in D-flat major
Nocturne op.48, No1 in c minor
Nocturne op.72, No.1 in e minor
Nocturne in c-sharp minor, op. Posthumous
Preludes Op.28
Sonata No 2 in B-flat minor, op.35 "Funeral March"
Waltz Op.69, No.1 in A-flat Major

Cziffra-Korsakov (1921-1994)
Etude de concert No.1 - Le vol du bourdon ("The Flight of the Bumble-bee")

Daoust, Tim (b.1981)
"Moon, Tides, Cycles", 2011

Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Arabesque No.2
Bruyeres, from Bk. II
Clair de lune
La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Bk. I
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir, from Bk. I
L'isle Joyeus
Voiles, from Bk. I

Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne op.119, No.13

Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983)
Danzas Argentinas, Op.2 (1937):
-Danza del viejo boyero
-Danza de la moza donosa
-Danza del gaucho matrero
Sonata No.1, Op.22

Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.3

Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Sonata H XVI: 23 in F major
Sonata H XVI: 27 in E major
Sonata H XVI: 34 in E minor
Sonata H XVI: 49 in E flat major

Joplin, Scott (1867-1917)
Maple Leaf Rag
Pine Apple Rag

Kapustin, Nikolai (b.1937)
Concert Jazz Etudes:
- Prelude, No.1
- Toccatina, No.3

Kazandjiev, Vassil (b. 1934)
Toccata (1957)

Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Grande Etude de Paganini No.6 in A minor
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major
Polonaise No.2 in E major

Mozart, Wolfga

Basic Requirements

Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Jun 21, 2012 Thursday 12:00 AM Make Music New York New York, NY, US
Jun 21, 2012 Thursday 3:30 PM CULTUREfix New York, NY, US
Jun 21, 2012 Thursday 6:30 PM Studio 39 New York, NY, US
Jul 30, 2012 Monday 12:00 AM Boston International Summer Music Festival 7/30 - 8/12, 2012 Boston, MA, US
Jan 30, 2013 Wednesday 12:00 AM Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center Chicago, IL, US