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ANNE KAASA - PIANIST
The Norwegian pianist Anne Kaasa, living in Lisbon, has been described by the French musical magazine Le Monde de la Musique as “ a pianist that stands out in the crowded world of soloists by the depth of her interpretations, the fluidity of her playing, as well as the precision and the delicacy of her touch”.
Her activity as a soloist has brought her to play at prestigious venues like Wigmore Hall (London), the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Belém Cultural Center (Lisbon), the Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), the Scheremetev Palace (St. Petersburg) and the Gamle Logen (Oslo) among others. She has performed concertos with many orchestras, including the Gulbenkian, Madrid Community, Portuguese Symphony, Porto National and Baden-Baden Philharmonic in collaboration with conductors like Laurent Petitgirard, José Ramón Encinar, Yu Feng, Marc Tardue e Cesário Costa.
As a chamber musician, Anne Kaasa has enjoyed partnerships with musicians such as the cellist Truls Mørk, the violinists Arve Tellefsen, Ragnhild Hemsing and Aníbal Lima, the clarinetist António Saiote and the flutist Katharine Rawdon. Various composers have dedicated compositions to her, among them Philippe Fénelon, Clotilde Rosa and Sérgio Azevedo.
Anne Kaasa has recorded for national radios and televisions in France, Spain, Eslovenia, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Moldavia. Her CD recordings include works of Grieg and Ravel for the labels Grave (Paris), EMI Classics and Saphir (Paris), and have received enthousiastic critics by the press (Le Monde de la Musique, Diapason and Clássica, in Paris, La Stampa, in Rome and Aftenposten in Oslo). In 2011 a new CD with works of Debussy was released in Paris for Saphir. This recording has also received excellent reviews in Radio France and in French musical press, as well as the distinction 5 Diapasons in the prestigious music magazin Diapason.

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1st CONCERT
DEBUSSY, RAVEL and GRIEG
Wednesday, 22 de February 2011, at 7.30 p.m. sharp

EDVARD GRIEG                 “Do tempo de Holberg”, suite op. 40
(1843-1907)                       Praeludium
                                         Sarabande
                                         Gavotte
                                         Air
Rigaudon

CLAUDE DEBUSSY             Pour le piano
(1862-1918)                       Prélude
                                         Sarabande
                                         Toccata

                                         - Intervalo -

MAURICE RAVEL               Sonatine
(1875-1937)                       Modéré
                                         Mouvement de menuet
                                         Animé

CLAUDE DEBUSSY            Nocturne
                                         Rêverie
                                         Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)
                                         La plus que lente
                                         L’Isle joyeuse

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2nd CONCERT
DEBUSSY and the IBERIAN MUSIC
Friday, 25 de February 2011, at 7.30 p.m. sharp

CLAUDE DEBUSSY             De “Images (oubliées)”                                 
(1862-1918)                           1. Lent (mélancolique et doux)
                                             3. Quelques aspect de “ Nous n’irons plus au bois” parce qu’il fait un temp insupportable 
                                         Masques
                                         Estampes                               
                                             Pagodes
                                             La soirée dans Grenade
                                             Jardins sous la pluie
                                                                                                                     
MANUEL DE FALLA           Homenaje (Pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy)
(1876-1946)                       Dança ritual de fogo

                                         - Intervalo -

ANTÓNIO FRAGOSO          Dos  “Sete Prelúdios”
(1897-1918)                           III. VII. VI.e I.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY             Dos “Vinte e quatro Prelúdios”
                                               La Puerta del Vino
                                               Ondine
                                               La fille aux cheveux de lin
                                               La sérénade interrompue
                                               La cathédrale engloutie
                                               Les collines d’Anacapri
                                                          
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ                Da “Suite Espanhola”
(1860-1909)                             Asturias
                                         Da “Suite Iberia”        
                                               El Puerto
                                              El Albaicin

                                                                                                         

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