Biography

Viviana Sofronitsky - Russian-Canadian pianist, was born in Moscow, to the family of the distinguished Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky. She started her music study at the Central Music School and received a doctorate degree from Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

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In the Soviet Union she worked with both then-current early music ensembles, 'Madrigal' and 'The Chamber Music Academy', directed by Alexei Lubimov

Alexei Lubimov

Alexei Lubimov is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist.Alexei Lubimov studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lew Naumov...

, while also touring as a solo artist in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Sverdlovsk, et al.

In 1989 she moved to the US where she worked at Oberlin College, Ohio. In 1990 she moved to Canada, where in Toronto she pursued an active career in performance and recording, partnered with various members of the “Tafelmusik” orchestra. She was a founder and first Artistic director of Academy Concert Series, Toronto.

Viviana Sofronitsky has been a Canadian citizen since 1994.

In 1999 she received historical performance degrees in harpsichord

Harpsichord

A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...

, fortepiano

Fortepiano

Fortepiano designates the early version of the piano, from its invention by the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700 up to the early 19th century. It was the instrument for which Haydn, Mozart, and the early Beethoven wrote their piano music...

  and early music teaching from the Royal Conservatory

Royal Conservatory of The Hague

The Royal Conservatory of The Hague is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance, it is located in The Hague, Netherlands.-The Conservatory:...

  in The Hague.

Since 2001 she has lived in the Czech Republic, married to fortepiano builder Paul McNulty

Paul McNulty (piano maker)

Paul McNulty was born 21 October 1953 in Houston, Texas. In 1976 he attended the , then became interested in historical instruments, studying lute performance, etc. In 1978 he entered “The New England School of Stringed Keyboard Instrument Technology” where he studied under Bill Garlick...

, performing and recording on his highly prized instruments an expanded repertoire from C.P.E. Bach to Liszt.

Viviana is a permanent member of international music festivals: «Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival» and Muziek Netwerk" (Netherlands), «Leipzig Bach Festival» ,(Germany), «Klang& Raum Music Festival» Irsee, (Germany), «Festival van Vlaanderen», (Belgium), «Brugge Early Music festival», (Belgium), «Berliner Tage für Alte Music», (Germany), Bratislava Hammerklavier Festival, (Slovakia), «Chopin Festival», (Poland), Chopin festival, (Poland), Tage Alter Musik Osnabruck, (Germany), «Midis-Minimes», (Belgium), «Oslo Chamber Music Festival» , (Norway), «Vendsyssel Festival» , (Denmark), «Piano Folia Festival», Le Touquet, (France),
Printemps des Arts, Nantes, (France)

Recordings

• W.A. Mozart-11CD box the first world complete works for piano and orchestra performed on original instruments, Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitsky Orchestra: Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense “Pro Musica Camerata” Poland.
• Felix Mendelssohn-Complete works for cello and fortepiano, Fortepiano:Viviana Sofronitsky, Violoncello: Sergei Istomin
  Sergei Istomin
  -Biography:Sergei Istomin he began his violoncello studies when he was 6 years old at the Gnesin’s School for gifted children where he obtained his Bachelor Degree. Master Degree he completed at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Valentin Feighin...
  
  , «Passacaille Musica Vera» Belgium.
• Francizsek Lessel Works for Piano and Orchestra, Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitsky, Orchestra: Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense “Pro Musica Camerata” Poland
• Beethoven, Hummel, Neuling. Works for fortepiano and mandolin Fortepiano:Viviana Sofronitsky, Mandolin: Richard Walz “Globe” the Netherlands.
• Ludwig van Beethoven-Trios for clarinet, violoncello and fortepiano op.11 and op.38 Viviana Sofronitsky with "Die Gassenhauer" Fortepiano: Viviana Sofronitzki Clarinet: Susanne Ehrhard Violoncello: Pavel Serbin, “Suoni e colori” France.
• Fryderyc Chopin Complete works for cello and piano with Sergei Istomin , Passacaille

External links

• Viviana Sofronitsky homepage