HOMAGE TO BACH

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Part of the 4^th Bach Birthday Festival organised by Paphos Music Lovers.

A pleasant and exciting programme, which focuses on the transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach's orchestral, organ and choral works for solo, four and six hands, with special guest Ivelina Ruseva. There will be a short introduction, illustrating why these transcriptions have been chosen. The main attraction is the Brandenburg Concerto No.5 for four hands, a transcription which is new and has been done by the pianist Eleonor Bindman. It gives both pianists the chance to show their virtuosity.

 Galina Dimova-Georgieva studied piano at the Hristina Morfova Music Lyceum in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. She graduated in 1990 from the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Art in Plovdiv with an M.A. in Music Education and Piano Pedagogy. In 2017, Galina obtained a PhD, focusing on the piano compositions of the Cypriot pianist and composer Nicolas Economou under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Romeo Smilkov. She has presented her work at many international conferences and has made multiple publications in English and Bulgarian. Galina performs extensively as a soloist and is an avid chamber musician. She collaborated with the video artist Yiannos Economou as a composer. Galina is the Head of Music at The International School of Paphos and teaches the piano at Paphos Music School.

Nicola Georgiev was born in 2001 in Paphos, Cyprus. He studied piano since 2005 with the renowned Bulgarian teacher Ivelina Ruseva. Nicola is a laureate of the Second Prize at the International Piano Competition “Andrey Stoyanov” in Sofia in 2018. His highly expressive performance also brought him the Special Prize for a performance of Franz Liszt’s work. In 2018, Nicola attained his first Soloist Diploma - ABRSM Diploma in Piano Performance. He has given two solo recitals in 2017 and 2018 and has performed at numerous concerts and festivals in Cyprus such as “Piano Solo”, “Young Orpheus”, “Music for Dragana” and others. As a child, he performed the music of the documentary “Cementography” (2015) of Nicolas Iordanou and Sylvia Nicolaides. Nicola graduated from The International School of Paphos in 2020. He is currently studying piano performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK under the guidance of Eugene Asti.

Ivelina Ruseva was born in Ruse, Bulgaria. She began piano lessons at the age of seven and at ten was accepted in the music school "Vesselin Stoyanov" in Ruse.  Between 1992-1997, she studied at the National Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov" in Sofia from which she graduated with honors. She participated in many concerts and competitions for solo piano during her studies. In 2019, Ivelina completed her Master’s Degree in Piano Performance under the supervision of Prof. Ludmil Angelov at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. She has lived in Paphos since 1999 where she teaches piano and continues her musical career playing in concerts as a soloist or in ensembles.

Directions: The theatre is next to the Karavella bus station in the upper town, just off the Polis Road behind the petrol station. MARKIDEION MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PAPHOS, 27 Andrea Geroudi Street, Paphos. Tel: 26222286.