Tansman: Piano Music Hanna Holeksa

• Alexander Tansman (1897 - 1986): 24 Intermezzi, Book 1:
• 1 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 1: No. 1, Allegro con moto 01:28
• 2 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 1: No. 2, Adagio sostenuto 02:41
• 3 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 1: No. 3, Allegretto grazioso 01:38
• 4 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 1: No. 4, Allegro con moto 01:50
• 5 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 1: No. 5, Andante cantabile 02:59
• 6 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 1: No. 6, Allegro deciso 02:41
• 24 Intermezzi, Book 2:
• 7 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 2: No. 1, Moderato 02:10
• 8 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 2: No. 2, Allegro capriccioso 01:20
• 9 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 2: No. 3, Andante cantabile 02:30
• 10 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 2: No. 4, Allegro scherzando 01:35
• 11 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 2: No. 5, Sostenuto 02:14
• 12 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 2: No. 6, Allegro barbaro 01:49
• 24 Intermezzi, Book 3:
• 13 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 3: No. 1, Moderato 01:23
• 14 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 3: No. 2, Allegro con moto 01:11
• 15 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 3: No. 3, Andante cantabile 01:15
• 16 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 3: No. 4, Allegro comodo 00:53
• 17 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 3: No. 5, Moderato 01:17
• 18 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 3: No. 6, Allegro agitato 02:00
• 24 Intermezzi, Book 4:
• 19 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 4: No. 1, Moderato 01:58
• 20 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 4: No. 2, Allegro molto ritmato 02:42
• 21 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 4: No. 3, Adagio lamentoso 03:55
• 22 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 4: No. 4, Allegro scherzando 01:33
• 23 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 4: No. 5, Allegretto grazioso “Hommage à Brahms” 01:47
• 24 Tansman: 24 Intermezzi, Book 4: No. 6, Andante cantabile 02:28
• Piano Sonata No. 5 “À la mémoire de Béla Bartók”:
• 25 Tansman: Piano Sonata No. 5 “À la mémoire de Béla Bartók”: I. Allegro deciso 03:39
• 26 Tansman: Piano Sonata No. 5 “À la mémoire de Béla Bartók”: II. Lento 04:03
• 27 Tansman: Piano Sonata No. 5 “À la mémoire de Béla Bartók”: III. Molto vivace 03:03
• 28 Tansman: Piano Sonata No. 5 “À la mémoire de Béla Bartók”: IV. Largo - Allegro con moto 04:58
• Total Runtime 01:03:00

Info for Tansman: Piano Music

Aleksander Tansman was a Polish composer of Jewish origin. Born in 1897 in the city of Lódz, he became a French citizen in 1938. In the initial stage of his career, his compositions did not appeal to many Polish music critics. This was because Tansman’s music, like that of Karol Szymanowski, went beyond the narrow confines of a specific historical setting. Even though he won the top prize at a composers’ competition in Warsaw in 1919, Tansman decided to leave for France. This proved a turning point in his career, paving his way to unprecedented international fame. Tansman’s works are presented on this new release by award-winning pianist Hanna Holeksa.

Hanna Holeksa, piano

Hanna Holeksa
Student of Prof. A. Jasiński, R. Strokosz-Michalak, and T. Herbut, Hanna Holeksa graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Katowice and Hochschule der Künste Bern.

Prize-winner of M. Magin International Piano Competition in Paris (1992, 2nd prize), 3rd National F. Liszt Piano Competition in Wrocław (1995, 1st prize), International K. Penderecki Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Krakow (1997, 2nd prize), Odd-Fellows Musikpreis in Bern (2003, 1st prize), and RAHN Musikpreis in Zurich (2004, 1st prize), she is also holder of several prizes and distinctions for collaborative pianists at international instrumental competitions, as well as at a number of national events.

As accompanist, she collaborates with violin, viola, cello and double-bass players, as well as flutists, clarinetists and vocalists. As soloist and chamber musician, she plays concerts at home and abroad.

Her repertoire covers solo and chamber pieces from the Baroque to contemporary music. In 2011, defended PhD dissertation “The Piano in the Works of Karol Szymanowski”, which was the pinnacle of several years of her fascination with the composer, and work on his chamber output.

In 2015, Hanna Holeksa was conferred a postdoctoral degree in art.

Currently a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Poznań, where she is a collaborative pianist, and heads class of chamber music.

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