Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante Florian Noack

• Sergei Lyapunov (1859 - 1924): 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11:
• 1 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Berceuse in F-Sharp Major 03:38
• 2 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Rondes des fantômes in D-Sharp Minor 03:08
• 3 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Carillon in B Major 06:14
• 4 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Térek in G-Sharp Minor 04:20
• 5 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Nuit d'été in E Major 06:44
• 6 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Tempête in C-Sharp Minor 04:18
• 7 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Idylle in A Major 04:33
• 8 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Chant épique in F-Sharp Minor 08:44
• 9 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Harpes éoliennes in D Major 06:07
• 10 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Lesghinka in B Minor 06:37
• 11 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Rondes des sylphes in G Major 03:53
• 12 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: Élégie en mémoire de Franz Liszt in E Minor 11:44
• Total Runtime 01:10:00

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Florian Noack offers a clear, imaginative and vigorous reading of these brilliant yet still little- known pieces. Like Liszt’s Douze Études d’exécution transcendante, which Lyapunov revered, these visionary and colourful works, sometimes steeped in Russian folklore, require the performer to possess technical prowess and poetic sensibility in equal measure. Florian Noack overcomes their countless difficulties with magnificent brio and exemplary musicality.

Florian Noack, piano

Florian Noack
For his CD recording of his own piano transcriptions and paraphrases of orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninov, the young Belgian pianist Florian Noack was named “Nachwuchskünstler des Jahres 2015, Klavier” (Emerging Artist of the Year, piano”) by ECHO Klassik, a prestigious award which confirms the unique talent of this exceptional musician.

Florian Noack has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, including the Rachmaninov International Competition, the International Robert Schumann Competition and the Piano Competition in Cologne. He also won the “Grandpiano” Prize from the Belgian Vocational Foundation, and has received grants and scholarships from Spes, the Fondation Banque Populaire and from the Mozart Gesellschaft.

He performs regularly at many festivals in China, South Korea, the United States, France, Germany and Belgium, and gives recitals in among others the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Beijing Concert Hall, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, the Konzerthaus in Detmold and the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris. In France, he is a regular guest of many festivals including the Chopin Festival, the Festival of Annecy, Piano en Valois, l’Esprit du Piano, and Pianissimes.

Florian distinguishes himself by his passion for rare works from the romantic and post-romantic repertoire, and for his concert programs which often include composers such as Lyapunov, Alkan, Medtner and Dohnanyi. He has also authored transcriptions based on orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov, and which have been attracting the attention of musicians such as Boris Berezovsky and Cyprien Katsaris.

As soloist he has performed with orchestras including the WDR Rundfunkorchester, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, the Charlemagne Chamber Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of Aquitaine and the Philharmonisches Orchester Zwickau.

Florian has recently started recording the complete works for solo piano by Sergei Lyapunov for the German label Ars Produktion. For his recording of his own transcriptions and paraphrases for the same label he received an ECHO Klassik as well as a nomination for an International Classical Music Award.

Florian Noack was born in 1990 in Brussels. He began playing the piano at the age of 4, and aged 12, entered the Queen Elisabeth Musical Chapel in the program for Exceptional Young Talent, where he studied under Yuka Izutsu. He pursued his studies at the Musikhochschule in Cologne with the Russian pianist and composer, Vassily Lobanov, and at the Musikhochschule Basel with Claudio Martinez-Mehner.

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