Photos and press reviews from Sofya Gulyak's recitals in 2013
Sofya Gulyak, one of the most outstanding modern pianists, performed recitals in Katowice (Concert Studio of Radio Katowice, 19.05.2013), Głogow (F. Liszta Music School, 22.05.2013), Trzebnica (District Office, 23.05.2013), Oborniki Śląskie (Four Muse Parlour, 24.05.2013), Brzeg (Piast Dynasty Castle, 25.05.2013) and Wrocław (Aula Leopoldina of Wrocław University, 27.05.2013).
Concerts in Trzebnica were held under auspieces of Trzebnica Starost Robert Adach.
Concert review - Silesia Prezentuje (professional monthly magazine issued by the Music Promotion Institution „Silesia” in Katowice):
MASTER RECITAL OF SOFYA GULYAK
Meeting of nihilism with faith
On Sunday evening 19th May, the Concert Studio of the Polish Radio regaled us with a masterful performance. Played the well-known to Polish audience Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak. (…)
The artist began her performance with two Liszt's transcriptions of Wagner's works (Pilgrim Chorus from Tannheuser and Final Death of Isolde in Tristan and Isolde). (…)She played (…) straightforwardly, in a manly fashion, pursuing the principle of economies at different levels - from the economy of hand and body movements, to the economy of pace and dynamics. In similar vein, the pianist performed two Brahms's rhapsodies op. 79 (h-moll and d-moll) and Chopin's Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante op. 22. In the case of Chopin we could see how many new possibilities of interpretation lies in the music, now violently "antiqued" either by moving it back to the reality of the old piano, or through various stylistic redefinitions (opera influences, style brillant, "old" rubato ~ a la Vladimir de Pachman). All these measures seem unfamiliar to the pianist. Her way of thinking about music is rather closer to the "here and now". The result is surprisingly convincing. Chopin almost without any rubato - why not? - If played so brilliantly. (...)
The second part of the recital comprised of performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The pianist proposed performance of the whole in a very fast tempo and with virtually no intervals between pieces (...). This requires exceptional skills - physical and mental (concentration, attention variability), as the work is extremely varied in terms of tone, texture, tempo and expression. Tragic scenes mingle with fun; truly Russian nihilism meets with the grotesque and the fervent faith. (…) We could experience all this thanks to Sofya Gulyak. As an encore she added popular Prelude in C sharp minor by Rachmaninov.
Magdalena Dziadek - Silesia Prezentuje No. 103, Katowice, June-July 2013
Review by Master TV in Głogow:
http://www.tv.master.pl/video/2013/05/2013_05_28_9_recital_sofia_gulyak_muzyczna_02.wmv
Press previews and reviews:
- Concert previews - Nowa Gazeta Trzebnicka
photos-and-press-reviews-from-sofya-gulyaks-recitals-in-2013..pdf - Concert review - Nowa Gazeta Trzebnickaphotos-and-press-reviews-from-sofya-gulyaks-recitals-in-2013.[1].pdf
- Concert preview - Panorama - Tygodnik Lokalny [local weekly] - Brzegphotos-and-press-reviews-from-sofya-gulyaks-recitals-in-2013.[2].pdf
- Concert review - Silesia Prezentuje (professional monthly magazine issued by the Music Promotion Institution „Silesia” in Katowice)photos-and-press-reviews-from-sofya-gulyaks-recitals-in-2013.pdf
Concert in Katowice (photo by Bogdan Kułakowski - archives IPiUM SILESIA)
Concert in Katowice (photo by Bogdan Kułakowski - archives IPiUM SILESIA)
Concert in Katowice (photo by Bogdan Kułakowski - archives IPiUM SILESIA)
Concert in Katowice, from left: Zofia Gulyak, Ewa Kafel, Ewa Pawlik-Żmudzińska, Prof. Andrzej Jasiński (photo by Bogdan Kułakowski - archives IPiUM SILESIA);
Concert in Glogow (photo by Jerzy Popiel)
Concert in Glogow (photo by Jerzy Popiel)
Concert in Glogow (photo by Jerzy Popiel)
Concert in Glogow (photo by Jerzy Popiel)
Concert in Glogow (photo by Jerzy Popiel)
Concert in Glogow (photo by Jerzy Popiel)
Concert in Glogow, Sofya Gulyak and Magdalena Przybylska (Master TV in Głogów). Photo by Jerzy Popiel
Concert in Glogow, Magdalena Przybylska (Master TV in Głogów) and Juliusz Adamowski. Photo by Jerzy Popiel.
Poster of the concert in Trzebnica (photo by Juliusz Adamowski)
Concert in Trzebnica (photo by Zenobia Kulik)
Concert in Trzebnica (photo by Zenobia Kulik)
Concert in Trzebnica (photo by Zenobia Kulik)
Concert in Trzebnica (photo by Zenobia Kulik)
Concert in Trzebnica. Elżbieta Pancerz, Adam and Anna Kubiszyn , Krystyna Kubiszyn, Janina Zielińska during the concert intermission (photo by Zenobia Kulik)
Concert in Trzebnica. From left: Zenobia Kulik, Irena Kanalik, Wojciech Kowalski, Magdalena Szymańska during the concert intermission (photo by Zenobia Kulik)
Concert in Trzebnica. Sofya Gulyak and Robert Adach, Trzebnica Starost (photo by Zenobia Kulik)
Concert in Trzebnica. Sofya Gulyak signs in the memory book (photo by Zenobia Kulik).
Concert in Oborniki Slaskie (photo by Jolanta Nitka)
Concert in Oborniki Slaskie (photo by Jolanta Nitka)
Silesian Piast Dynasty Castle in Brzeg (photo by Jerzy Grycan)
Concert in Brzeg (photo by Andrzej Duber)
Concert in Brzeg (photo by Jerzy Grycan)
Concert in Brzeg (photo by Jerzy Grycan)
Concert in Brzeg (photo by Andrzej Duber)
Concert in Brzeg (photo by Jerzy Grycan)
Concert in Brzeg (photo by Jerzy Grycan)
Concert in Brzeg. From left: Barbara Duber, Sofya Gulyak, Zdzisław Bednarek, Maria Tokarska photo by Andrzej Duber)
Concert in Aula Leopoldina of Wrocław University (photo by Maciej Szwed)
Concert in Wroclaw (photo by Maciej Szwed)
Concert in Wroclaw (photo by Maciej Szwed)
Concert in Wroclaw photo by Maciej Szwed)
Concert in Wroclaw (photo by Maciej Szwed)
