Rossitza Banova

On Wednesday, March 18 – 7 p.m. at the Liberace Cabaret Showroom – Liberace Museum

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Rossitza Banova began piano studies at the age of five, and went on to study at the State Music High School of Bulgaria where she graduated in 1995. In 1997, she was accepted at the San Francisco Conservatory on a full tuition scholarship as a student of Professor Paul Hersh, where she won the Concerto Competition before completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance.

Rossitza has won First Prize in the UFAM International Piano Competition in Paris, France, Second Prize in the International Competition “Music and the Earth” in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Fourth Prize at the Usti Nad Labem Piano Competition in the Czech Republic. As an international solo recitalist, she has performed in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, and the United States, including the Bay Area, Bloomington, Boston, Las Vegas, and Portland. In addition, she has performed in master classes with artists Emmanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Andrjei Jasinski, and others.

Ms. Banova’s Program for Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Concert Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro"
Isolde's Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"
Legende of St. Francis of Assisi "The Sermon to the Birds"

Intermission

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition
            Promenade
            Gnomus
            Il Vecchio Castello
            Promenade
            Tuileries (Children Quarelling After Play)
            Bydlo
            Promenade
            Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
            Two Polish Jews, One Rich, the Other Poor
            Promenade
            Limoges, the Market Place
            Catacombae, Sepulcrum Romanum
            Con Moruis in Lingua Mortua
            The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
            The Great Gate of Kiev

Donations are encouraged and will be accepted to benefit The Liberace Foundation for the Performing & Creative Arts.

Call 702 798 5595 ext. 13 for reservations.

Admission: FREE for members, donors and friends, with reservations recommended.

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