BIOGRAPHY
Lilian Akopova
Pianist, Chamber Musician and University Teacher for Piano and Chamber Music
Kalaidos Academy of Music, Zurich, Switzerland and University of Music and Performing Arts, Munich, Germany
Keywords to the Vita of the pianist Lilian Akopova
– at the age of 5 she is discovered as an exceptional talent and giftedness,
– until the age of 18, she graduates with honors the elite Lysenko Central Music School Kiev, Ukraine, for highly gifted children and adolescents;
– to be followed by the Bachelor and Master studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, where she graduates with distinction.
– From the age of 7 she already has her first public appearances at concerts internationally and at the age of 11 she performs as a soloist in the famous concert hall of the Moscow State P.-I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
– Thus she begins her career as a soloist, during which she participates in 14 international piano competitions from 1996 to 2010, winning 6 first prizes and three further placings and three special prize for her performance during the final rounds..
– Today Lilian Akopova is a soloist and chamber musician of the international top class, about whom the judgments of the journalists and colleagues interviewed are summarized in the following quotes.
– Her other passion is teaching! Professors Valerie Koslow in Kiev and Elisso Virsaladse and Andras Schiff in Munich, her teachers, are her role models. She is an enthusiastic as well as experienced and dedicated teacher with more than 10 years of teaching experience by now.
University lecturers, colleagues and journalists about
Lilian Akopova
„Concerts by Lilian Akopova are elementary experiences that almost make you believe in miracles……..“
Gottfried Knapp
Renowned German cultural journalist at Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich Germany
„Now she plays Bach, the B flat major Partita No. 1, … … and she plays the
Bach with fresh ease, but also with a singing on every single note.
You almost feel – one must think of Glenn Gould“
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton for Music & Art
„I was very impressed with the scope of her pianistic abilities….“
Prof. Anne-Sophie Mutt
„Her playing shows sensitivity, spontaneity, fantasy and intelligence and her
outstanding pianistic abilities give her playing warmth and personality….“
Elisso Virsaladze
Tchaikowsky Conservatory, Moscow, and the University of Music and Theatre, Munich
„Her pianistic skills are world class and her interpretations
have an ideal balance of emotion and intelligence.“
Henri Sigfridsson
Professor for piano Folkwang University of the Arts Essen
First prices – won at international piano competitions
(see. Biography)
1st prize „Vianna da Motta International Music Competition“, Lisbon, Portugal
1st prize „International Piano Competition“, Carlet, Valencia, Spain
1st prize International Piano Competition „Premio Sulmona“, Sulmona, Italy
1st prize „Rome International Piano Competition“, Rome, Italy
1st prize Steinway-Price, Munich, Germany
1st prize „Vladimir Krainev International Piano Competition”, Kharkow, Ucrain
(more prices, awards and certficates, with which Lilian Akopova has been rewarded, see ‘Biography’)
Concert Calendar (German Language version)
12. Februar 2020
Galerie AMART, Halbgasse 17, A-1070 Wien
Finnisage der Ausstellung Marcus Jansen, USA
Modest Mussorgsky – Bilder einer Ausstellung
Lilian Akopova, Klavier
12. Februar 2020
Matinee im Jazz- und Musikclub PORGY & BESS, Riemergasse 11, A-1010 Wien
„Wild at Heart“ Kupferblum frühstückt mit Elmar Zorn
George Gershwin – RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Lilian Akopova, Klavier
26. Januar 2020
Neujahrs-Matinee
der Sudetendeutschen Stiftung, München
‚Adalbert-Stifter-Saal‘
Joseph Haydn – Trio Ungarese, G-Dur, Hob. XV:25
Andante – Poco Adagio, Cantabile – Rondo all’Ongarese. Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Klaviertrio E-Dur, KV 542
Allegro – Andante grazioso – Allegro
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Klaviertrio d-Moll, op. 49
Molto Allegro ed Agitato – Andante con moto tranquillo – Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace – Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
AVENTIN TRIO
Lilian Akopova, Klavier
Nicolas Koeckert, Violine
Julius Berger, Cello
14. Januar.2020
Konzert Frauenhofer Theater München
Maurice Ravel – Violoin Sonata No. 2
Allegretto – Blues. Moderato – Perpetuum Mobile. Allegro
Carl Niessen – Prelude. Theme op.48
Fritz Keissler – Rezitativ & Scherzo
Henryk Wieniawski – Fantasie brillante über Faust
für Violine und Klavier
Lilian Akopova, Klavier
Matthias Well, Violine
15. Dezember 2019
Solokonzert Kunstwerkstatt am Hellweg Bochum
Clara Schumann – Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann
– Nocturne op. 6 Nr. 2
Germaine Tailleferre – „Flurs de France“
Clara Schumann – Romanze op. 21 Nr.- 3
L.v. Beethoven – 32 Variationen
– Sonate op. 27 Nr. 2 (‚Mondschein‘)
George Gershwin – 3 Lieder: – „I’ll build a stairway to paraise“
– „The man I love“
– „I got Rhythm“
– Rhapsody in Blue
Solistin Lilian Akopova, Piano
13. Dezember 2019
Solokonzert Kunstwerkstatt am Hellweg Bochum
Clara Schumann – Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann
– Nocturne op. 6 Nr. 2
Germaine Tailleferre – „Flurs de France“
Clara Schumann – Romanze op. 21 Nr.- 3
L.v. Beethoven – 32 Variationen
– Sonate op. 27 Nr. 2 (‚Mondschein‘)
George Gershwin – 3 Lieder: „I’ll build a stairway to paraise
„The man I love“
„I git Rhythm“
Rhapsody in Blue
Solistin Lilian Akopova, Piano
08. Dezember 2019
Duo-Kammerkonzert an zwei Klavieren
Allerheiligen Hofkirche der Residenz München
W.A. Mozart – Sonate D-Dur KV 448 für zwei Klaviere
Franz Schubert . Fantasie f-Moll D940 zu vier Händen
D. Schostakowitsch – Concertino a-Moll op. 94 für zwei Klaviere
Joh. Brahms – Walzer op. 39 zu vier Händen
S. Rachmaninow – Suite Nr. 2 op. 17 für zwei Klaviere
Lilian Akopova, Piano
Henri Bonamy, Piano
Dmitrij Romanov, Piano (nur: Schostakowitsch)
25. November 2019
Kulturkreis Gasteig e.V.
Festkonzert „30 Jahre Winners & Masters“
Carl-Orff-Saal im Gasteig München
J. S. Bach – Partita Nr. 1, B-Dur, BWV 825
F. Mendelssohn – Variations Sérieuses, op. 54, (1841)
A. Ginastera – 3 Danzas Argentinas, op. 2
Solistin Lilian Akopova
Nach der Pause: NouWell Cousines u.a. Duo Matthias Well, Violine & Maria Well, Cello
28. September 2019
Unterföhring Solokonzert
Aula im Bürgerhaus
F. Liszt – Liebestraum Nr. 3
F. Chopin – Ballade Nr. 4, f-Moll, op. 52
P. Tschaikowsky – ‚Der Nußknacker‘ op. 71 „Andante Maestoso* Ballettsuite bearb. f. Klavier solo v. Mikhail Pletnev
G. Gershwin – Songs (from his Songbook)
G. Gershwin – ‚Rhapsody in Blue‘ (Piano solo version)
N. Kapustin – aus: Acht Konzert Etüden op. 40, Nr.3
A. Piazolla – Trio Vier Jahreszeiten „Winter“
Lilian Akopova, Klavier solo
22. September 2019
München/Pasing – Münchener Volkshochschule
Geburtstagskonzert 200 Jahre Clara Schumann
Lilian Akopova, Klavier solo
Clara Schumann –
– aus den Soirées Musicales
– Vaiationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann
– Drei Romanzen op. 11
– Romanze op. 21
– Scherzo Nr. 2, op. 14
Constantia Gourzi
– Wind Dances – Hommage an Federico Mompou (2017)
Germaine Tailleferre – Fleur de France
Shoshana Liessmann, Moderation
14. Juli 2019
Solokonzert Kunstwerkstatt am Hellweg Bochum
Mozart – Sonate KV 576
Schubert – Impromptu op. 90 Ges-Dur
Mendelssohn – Variations Sérieuses
Beethoven – Sonate op. 57, „Appassionata“
Chopin – Ballade nr. 4
A. Rosenblatt – Preludio e Fuga Lattino
Solistin Lilian Akopova, Piano
12. Juli 2019
Solokonzert Kunstwerkstatt am Hellweg Bochum
Mozart – Sonate KV 576
Schubert – Impromptu op. 90 Ges-Dur
Mendelssohn – Variations Sérieuses
Beethoven – Sonate op. 57, „Appassionata“
Chopin – Ballade nr. 4
A. Rosenblatt – Preludio e Fuga Lattino
Solistin Lilian Akopova, Piano
J.S. Bach: Partita Nr. 1, B-Dur, BWV 825
24. April 2019
Konzert Zürich
„Schwarzes Café“ im Löwenbräu Kunstareal
Limmatstrasse 268, & 270, 8005 Zürich, Schweiz
J.S. Bach: Partita Nr. 1, B-Dur, BWV 825
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Variations sérieuses für Klavier d-Moll, op. 54
Sergej Prokofiev: Violinsonate Nr. 1, op. 80 (mit Tami Pohjola, Violine)
Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas op. 2
1. Danza del viejo boyero, op. 2 no.1
2. Danza de la moza donosa, op. 2 no. 2
3. Danza del gaucho matrero, op. 2 no. 3
Lilian Akopova, Klavier
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