The Magic of Two Pianos

2021 / 2022                    Kulyash Baiseitova Chamber Hall  the 9th Season

21 November * Sunday * 6.00 pm

 

An Evening of Piano Duets

The Magic of Two Pianos

The creative duet of famous pianists – Gulzhan Uzenbayeva and Dana Zhubanova-Ali will present a varied programme featuring works by the classics of the 18th – 20th centuries, as well as contemporary Kazakhstani composers.

 

Gulzhan Uzenbayeva – Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, member of the Union of Composers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, soloist of the Zhambyl Kazakh State Philharmonic, professor of the piano department at the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory.

 

Dana Zhubanova-Ali, being an associate professor of the piano department at the Kazakh National University of Arts, has trained more than 70 winners of republican and international competitions. She actively promotes Kazakhstani piano and chamber music in the country and abroad.

The concert will feature Two Tajik Dances by Akhmet Zhubanov, whose 115th birthday is celebrated by the country's musical community.

 

 

ON THE PROGRAMME:

J.S. Bach – A. Siloti. Prelude in B minor

D. Scarlatti. Two Sonatas

L. Beethoven. Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein

E. Grieg. Three pieces from Peer Gynt

J. Brahms. Three Hungarian Dances

C. Guastavino. Romance

G. Bizet – V. Gryaznov. Habanera for Two

G. Gershwin. Three Preludes

S. Prokofiev. Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet)

A. Zhubanov. Two Tajik Dances

G. Uzenbayeva. Samgau

A. Borodin. Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, arranged by G. Uzenbayeva

 

 

PERFORMED BY:

Gulzhan UZENBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan

Dana ZHUBANOVA-ALI, Associate Professor of the Kazakh National University of Arts

 

Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes

 

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed