Festival Internacional de Piano Concierto de clausura. Fali Pavri, Saša Gerželj, Mariana Gurkova

7 de septiembre de 2025 a las 19:00 h

C/ Prado, 21. 28014 Madrid

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Fali Pavri

enjoys a busy and varied international career as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. The many eminent musicians he has performed with include the cellists Mstislav Rostropovich, David Geringas, Franz Helmerson, Wolfgang Schmidt and Tim Gill; violinists, Nicola Benedetti and Ilya Gringolts; the London Sinfonietta, the Vellinger and Vertavo quartets, the Leopold Trio, Paragon Ensemble,  Scottish Ensemble; clarinetist Andrew Marriner; singers Roderick Williams and Mark Padmore and composer Mauricio Kagel. Fali is a member of the Rembrandt Piano Trio and he has an exciting duo with his wife, the cellist Naomi Boole-Masterson.

Fali had his first piano lessons in his native city of Mumbai, India with Shanti Seldon. This was followed by seven years in Moscow where he graduated with distinction from the Moscow Conservatory under Victor Merzhanov. While pursuing postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Christopher Elton he was invited by the great Russian cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich to be his pianist on an extensive concert tour of India. This was followed by his London debut at the Purcell Room and concerts in prestigious venues around the world.

He has played concertos with the St. Endellion Festival Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Scottish Proms), the Symphony Orchestra of India and the Edinburgh and Dundee Symphony Orchestras. Recitals include Wigmore Hall concerts with cellists Wolfgang Schmidt and Tim Gill, tours of India, South Africa, Norway and across the UK and performances at international music festivals in India, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus and the USA.

An enthusiastic proponent of contemporary music, he has given world premieres of works by many distinguished composers including a cello sonata by Giles Swayne with Robert Irvine at the Cheltenham International Festival; piano works by the British composer, Howard Skempton, at the Leamington Spa Festival and the world premiere of “In Memoriam”, a powerful new piece for piano and percussion by the Serbian-American composer Vera Stanojevic. Recent London performances have included works by Mauricio Kagel, Harrison Birtwistle and Arvo Pärt for the London Sinfonietta.

He gave the first performance of a newly commissioned sonata for cello and piano by the Scottish composer William Sweeney with the Finnish cellist Erkki Lahesmaa. In February 2013 he was invited to the USA as a guest artist at the National Conference of Composers at Ohio State University where he premiered works by Joshua Feinberg, Mei-Fang Lin and Vera Stanojevic. In November 2018 he premiered a new piano concerto written by Vera Stanojevic with the Wind Orchestra of Ohio State University.

Fali Pavri’s discography includes two discs of Swiss Piano concertos with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Another recording, featuring the music of Volkmar Andreae, was awarded the coveted ‘IRR Outstanding’ accolade by the International Record Review. Other discs on the Guild label include two critically acclaimed recordings with the cellist Timothy Gill, featuring world premieres of two works by the Indian composer, John Mayer (“Prabhanda” and “Calcutta Nagar”). In 2009 he recorded another world premiere, the song cycle “Black Sea” by the British composer Anthony Bolton, with the tenor Richard Edgar-Wilson. On the Delphian label, he has recorded CDs of works by Giles Swayne and William Sweeney with the cellist Robert Irvine.

Radio broadcasts include regular appearances on BBC Radio 3, where he has played some unusual and challenging repertoire including the Sinding Piano Quintet with the Vertavo Quartet and Alexander Goehr’s “Das Gesetz der Quadrille” with the baritone, Roderick Williams. A recent broadcast with the violinist Ilya Gringolts featured music by Shostakovich and Galina Ustvolskaja. He has recorded for All-India Radio with Mstislav Rostropovich and for CBC (the North American premiere of “La Trahison Orale” by Mauricio Kagel).

A committed and sought-after teacher with many international prize-winning students, Fali Pavri is Head of Keyboard and Professor of Piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has given masterclasses in many countries around the world including recently in Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Cyprus,  India, USA and South Africa, and served on the jury of many international piano competitions including Unisa in South Africa, the Van Cliburn Amateur in Texas, the Inaugural Olga Kern in New Mexico and Maltafest in Valetta.

Saša Gerželj

After beginning her studies at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Maribor in Slovenia, at the age of 16 Saša passed the piano performance entrance exam for the University for Performing Art and Music Graz, where she took her BMus and MMus with Dr. Walter Kamper.  She then left for Canada to study for a fully-funded Artist Diploma with John Perry at the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto, where she met and was also tutored by Leon Fleisher. Her studies were enriched by masterclasses with Pascal Rogé, Rudolph Kehrer, Marc Durand, Robert Mcdonald, Julian Martin, Evelyne Brancart and others.

While studying in Austria, she performed as a soloist with the Ensemble for New Music Graz and went on to numerous international venues and festivals, including World Music Days, Ciclo de Primavera Boadilla del Monte Madrid, Lange Nacht der Musik Graz, International EPTA Luzern, Roy Thompson Hall Toronto, Rising Stars Toronto, Yamaha Canada Showcase ROM,  Festival Lent, Mozart Gala RCM Toronto, Rising Stars Toronto, Glasbeni September, National Hall Maribor – Orchestral Cycle, Studio 14 RTV Slovenia, Piano Marathon Rogaška, Minoriten Saal Graz, and the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. She played Strauss’ Burleske, Op. 1 with the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra under Conrad von Alphen and SNG Maribor Orchestra, Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Scottish Sinfonia under Neil Mantle MBE and Schumann Piano Concerto with GCO. She has recorded for several radio stations: Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Radio Nacional de España and the CBC Canada.

Saša’s awards include the Zois Scholarship Slovenian government programme for gifted students in Slovenia (1994-2003), the Martha Debelli Prize for the most prospective student of the University for Music and Performing Arts Graz and the Ministerium für Kultur Austria Prize. Her study Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School of Music at the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto was funded by the Jun Fujimoto scholarship (2004, 2005) and the Margaret Phillips Award (2004, 2005).  She was also a prize winner at the Pianello Val Tidone International Piano Competition. In 2013 she received the Dr. Roman Klasinc Award from the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Maribor– Slovenia for exceptional achievements in music.

Saša has taught at both the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Maribor and the University for Performing Arts and Music Graz.  She has conducted piano masterclasses and sat on the jury for national and international piano competitions throughout Europe. She is the artistic director of the Carinthian International Piano Competition and the PAMT Summer Academy for young pianists.

Her students have been successful in winning piano competitions international level.

She was also invited as piano judge for BBC Young Musician for Scotland which was a very joyous experience. 

Mariana Gurkova

La “gran sensibilidad artistica” y “tecnica impecable”, unidos a “un toque fluido y muy

comunicativo”-enpalabrasdeloscriticos- hanllevado a esta pianista española deorigen bulgaro aactuar en prestigiosas salas de los cinco continentes. Comienza a estudiar el piano a la edad de cinco anos en Sofia (Bulgaria), su ciudad natal, realizando a los pocos meses varias actuaciones en publico con gran exito. A los diez anos da su primer recital y a los once actua por primera vez con orquesta, interpretando el concierto no 1 de Felix Mendelsohn. Tras graduarse en el Instituto de Musica de Sofia, continua sus estudios en

el Conservatorio Superior Nacional de Bulgaria bajo la direccion de Bogomil Starshenov. Asi

mismo, ha realizado cursos de perfeccionamiento con Hans Graf, Lev Vlasenco, Leon Fleisher y Paul Badura-Skoda. Desde 1988 reside en Madrid, ciudad donde estudia en el Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica con Joaquin Soriano, quien se convierte en su maestro y mentor en la autentica aproximacion al arte musical.

Mariana Gurkova ha sido premiada en numerosas ocasiones. Destacan los primeros premios de los concursos internacionales “Jacinto Guerrero” (Madrid), “Senigalia” (Italia) y de los nacionales “Sv. Obretenov” y “Juventudes Musicales de Bulgaria”; otros premios

internacionales como los segundos del “Ettore Pozzoli” de Seregno (Italia) y Concurso de Jaen (Espana); terceros premios en los concursos “Paloma O’Shea” de Santander y “Jose Iturbi” de Valencia, etc. Su predileccion por la musica espanola se ha visto recompensada en los premios obtenidos a la mejor interpretacion de la misma en los certamenes de Santander u “Jose Iturbi”.

En su paso por las mas prestigiosas salas de Espana –Auditorio Nacional, Palau de la Musica de Valencia, Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, Auditorio de Zaragoza, Auditorio de Murcia, y un largo etcetera - ha ofrecido un amplisimo repertorio de solista al que suma mas de treinta y cinco obras para piano y orquesta. Asi mismo, ha ofrecido recitales y conciertos en Bulgaria, Francia, Italia, Portugal, Alemania, Grecia, Checoslovaquia, EE.UU., Brasil, Mexico, Colombia,

India, Japon, Australia y Sudafrica, y grabado para distintas cadenas de radio y de television

tales como la RAI, RTVE, Radio Melbourne, Radio Yokohama, y RTV Bulgara. Entre las orquesta con las que ha tocado destacan la Filarmonica de Kiev, New Japan Philarmonic,

Wienerkammerorchester, Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE, Orquesta de Camara de Praga, Orquesta Rubistein de Polonia, Orquesta Filarmonica de Sofia, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Radio de Pilsen, Orquesta Sinfonica de la RAI-Milano, Filarmonica de Moravia, Filarmonica de Timisoara, Orquesta Sinfonica de Valencia, Orquesta de Camara del Ermitage, Orquesta “Andres Segovia”, todas las orquestas bulgaras. Ha actuado bajo la batuta de directores de la talla de S. Comisiona, Ph. Entremont, R. Stankovski, G. Kostin, A Rahbari, E. Garcia Asensio, M. Galduf, A. Soriano, T Mikelsen, A, Natanek, E. Bauer,

G. Pehlivanian, etc.

Su discografica abarca, entre otras, obras de Bach, Haydn, Liszt, Chopin, P. Soler, Albeniz,

Rachmaninov, Tchaikovski, Stravinski, M. Franco, M. Martinez Burgos, etc. Su interpretacion y grabacion de la integral de los estudios de Chopin ha merecido los mejores elogios del publico y la critica. En la actualidad compagina la actividad concertista con la docencia impartiendo cursos, master- clases y en su catedra de piano del Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Madrid.