TRANSCRIPTIONS! Born in 1981 in Minsk (Belarus), Alesia Arnatovich started her piano studies when she was six years old. Alesia studied at the Belarusian State Academy of Music under the supervision of professor Sergey Turgel. In 2005, she obtained her Master of Music Art degree with the best grades possible. Alesia Arnatovich combined her teacher experience with her activities as a concertmaster and performing activities. She played in different countries, such as Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Bahrain and Indonesia. Transcription means rewriting a piece of music, either solo or ensemble, for another instrument or other instruments than which it was originally intended. During the 19th century piano transcriptions became very popular. F. Schubert – F. Liszt Songs - Transcriptions for Piano Solo Ferenc Liszt was a 19th century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher. Most of the concerts at this time were shared with other artists and consequently Liszt was among the first to give solo piano recitals in the modern sense of the word, he transcribed for piano numerous songs by Schubert. 1. Barcarole (Auf dem Wasser zu Singen) 2. Shelter (Aufenthalt) 3. You are My Peace (Du bist die Ruh) 4. Serenade (Ständchen) 5. Forest King (Erlkönig) P. Tchaikovsky - M. Pletnev Concert Suite from the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
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Mikhail Pletnev is a great Russian musician. He has made a significant contribution to the development of the genre of transcriptions for the piano. Pletnev created the transcription for piano of selected pieces from the famous ballet "The Sleeping Beauty", written in 1888-89 by Tchaikovsky. 1. Prologue 2. Dance of Pages 3. Vision 4. Andante 5. Fairy of Silver 6. The booted Tom-Cat and the White Cat 7. Gavotte 8. The Singing Canary 9. Little Red Riding Hood and Wolf 10. Adagio 11. Finale Taman Ismail Marzuki, Teater Kecil, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 29th 2011