Piandemia Episode 2

We are a group of seven international Doctoral students from the piano studio of Dr. Tali Morgulis at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston. It was at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that the Piandemia Project was born. Due to travel restrictions, it was impossible for us to travel. In order to reconnect with our roots, we decided to embark on a homeward journey, through music. Each episode of the Piandemia series features an introductory note and performance of a piano piece written by a composer from our country of origin. Each piece (carefully selected by each performer) is an exemplary piano work by a fellow countryman that uniquely encapsulates certain aspects of our respective cultures. The Piandemia Artistic Director Dr. Tali Morgulis, and the Piandemia pianists Pablo Martínez Martínez (Spain), Eduard Gavril (Romania), Olena Blahulyak (Ukraine), Xuefei Liu (China), Andrea Benabent Follana (Spain), Ruslan Bayazitov (Kazakhstan), and Paul McCarroll (Ireland) would like to thank the Moores Opera House staff, Sammy Butts (CEO of Fathom), The Moores School piano technicians, and all of those involved in the creation of this project.
In this week's Piandemia episode we will have the pleasure of hearing Eduard Alexandru Gavril. The Romanian-born pianist will present his own arrangement for solo piano of Nicolae Kirculescu's Moment Musical, which was originally conceived as a fantasy for piano and orchestra. In Eduard's words: "this was one of the most challenging compositional endeavors I have ever embarked on. The first version was virtually unplayable, but I think this fifth one is much more coherent and really fun to play and listen to." Enjoy.

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