Viviana Sofronitsky (russian: Вивиана Владимировна Софроницкая) is a Russian and Canadian classical pianist. Born in Moscow, her father was the Soviet-Russian pianist

Vladimir Sofronitsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Sofronitsky (or Sofronitzky; russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Софрони́цкий, ''Vladimir Sofronitskij''; – August 29, 1961) was a Soviet-Russian classical pianist, best known as an interpr ...

Life and career

She started her music studies at the Central Music School, and went on to earn a doctorate from the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

. In the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

she worked with both then-current early music ensembles, Madrigal and The Chamber Music Academy (directed by

Alexei Lubimov Alexei Lubimov (born 1944 as Алексе́й Бори́сович Люби́мов, Alexey Borisovich Lyubimov) is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist. Lubimov studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Nau ...

), while also touring as a solo artist in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Kiev,

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, Sverdlovsk, etc. In 1989, Sofronitsky moved to the United States, where she worked at the

Oberlin College Conservatory of Music The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a private music conservatory in Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1865 and is the second oldest conservatory and oldest continually operating conservatory in the United States. It is one of ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. In 1990, she moved to Canada, where she pursued an active career in performance and recording in Toronto, partnered with various members of the

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (also known simply as Tafelmusik) is a Canadian Baroque orchestra specializing in early music and based in Toronto. They often perform with choir and play period instruments. The orchestra was founded in 1979 by ob ...

."Music Life" Magazine 2008 N5. Fedorovich, Elena
"Vozvrashaya golosa ushedshikh epokh".
/ref> She was a founder and the first artistic director of the Academy Concert Series in Toronto. Sofronitsky has been a Canadian citizen since 1994. In 1999 she received historical performance degrees in harpsichord,

fortepiano A fortepiano , sometimes referred to as a pianoforte, is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1698 up to the early 19th century. Mo ...

and early music teaching from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Since 2001 she has lived in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, married to fortepiano builder

Paul McNulty Paul Joseph McNulty (born January 31, 1958) is an American attorney and university administrator who is currently the ninth president of Grove City College. He served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from March 17, 2006, to Jul ...

, performing and recording on his highly prized instruments an expanded repertoire from C.P.E. Bach to Liszt. Viviana Sofronitsky is regularly performing at music festivals and giving masterclasses. Among the festivals that she attended are
«Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival»
an
"Muziek Netwerk"
(Netherlands)
«Leipzig Bach Festival»
Germany)
«Klang& Raum Music Festival»
Irsee (Germany)
«Festival van Vlaanderen»
(Belgium), Musica Antiqua Bruges (Belgium)
«Berliner Tage für Alte Music»
(Germany), Bratislava Hammerklavier Festival (Slovakia)
«Chopin Festival»
(Poland), Tage Alter Musik Osnabruck (Germany)
«Midis-Minimes»
(Belgium)
«Oslo Chamber Music Festival»
(Norway),
«Vendsyssel Festival»
(Denmark)
«Piano Folia Festival»
Le Touquet (France), Printemps des Arts, Nantes (France). In 2010 Sofronitsky was first in the world to record all Mozart works for keyboard instrument with orchestra on original instruments (PMC/ETCetera label)Hudobny zivot
Interview about McNulty fortepianos with Viviana Sofronitsky.
Bratislava, Slovakia. and in 2017 she was first to perform on first world copy of Chopin's Warsaw piano – Buchholtz.

Recordings

* W. A. Mozart: ''11CD box, the first world complete works for piano and orchestra performed on original instruments.'' Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitsky; Orchestra: Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense "Pro Musica Camerata", Poland. * Felix Mendelssohn: ''Complete works for cello and fortepiano''. Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitsky, Violoncello:

Sergei Istomin Sergei Istomin (russian: Сергей Хохлов, or Истомин, Сергей Николаевич) is a cellist and a viola da gamba player. He began his violoncello studies at the age of six at the Gnessin School for gifted children in Mo ...

, «Passacaille Musica Vera», Belgium. * Francizsek Lessel: Works for Piano and Orchestra. Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitsky, Orchestra: Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense "Pro Musica Camerata", Poland. * Beethoven, Hummel, Neuling: Works for fortepiano and mandolin. Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitsky, Mandolin: Richard Walz "Globe", the Netherlands. * Ludwig van Beethoven: Trios for clarinet, violoncello and fortepiano op.11 and op.38 Viviana Sofronitsky with "Die Gassenhauer". Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitzki, Clarinet: Susanne Ehrhard, Violoncello: Pavel Serbin, "Suoni e colori", France. * Fryderyk Chopin: Complete works for cello and piano with

, Passacaille. * Franz Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie op. 15, Impromptus op. 142 and 90. AVI Music, Germany. * Johann Ladislaus Dussek: Sonatas Op.9 and Op.75. Brilliant Classics, Netherlands.

References

External links

Viviana Sofronitsky official website

* ttp://www.michael-moran.com/2012/06/warsaw-chamber-opera-concert-warszawska.html Paul and Viviana at Warsaw Chamber Operabr>Interview with Viviana Sofronitsky and Paul McNulty. Radio Prague International.

Viviana Sofronitsky and PORSCHE

Ohrenschmaus in fünf Gängen: Viviana Sofronitsky an der ETH Zürich (in German)

Die Zweisiedler. Interview with Viviana Sofronitsky. Fono Forum. (in German)

L’autre Sofronitsky. Artamag. (in French)Olga de Kort. Interview met Viviana Sofronitsky & Paul McNulty. ‘Elk instrument heeft een ziel’ (in Dutch)
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