Music in Dumfries Presents: Olga Stezhko

PianoOlga StezhkoOlga Stezhko is an award-winning concert pianist and critically acclaimed recording artist, renowned for her striking and idiosyncratic programmes that explore intriguing connections between music, science, and history spanning the last four centuries.Acclaimed by Classical Source as 'a supremely delicate master of her instrument' with 'an extraordinary presence', Olga has performed internationally, from Barbican Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, to the Salle Cortot in Paris and the Carnegie Hall in New York.A Debussy and Scriabin specialist, Olga is also currently Artist-By-Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge where she is collaborating with the Institute of Astronomy on a project that explores how groundbreaking ideas and cutting-edge research in astronomy can be communicated through an awe-inspiring interplay of music and science.Programme
Chopin - Nocturne in E major, Op.62 No.2
Bach - Toccata in E minor
Poulenc - Melancolie
Debussy - EstampesIntervalBeethoven - Sonata in E flat major 'The Hunt'
Ravel - Alborada del gracioso
Scriabin - Sonata No.4