Chamber music evening

Robertas Grod and Gergana Georgieva, two very active musicians, both in the concert and educational music sector, based in Cyprus, invite you to a beautiful classical music evening concert for cello and piano. The concert will take place at Technopolis 20 on Friday 13th of January, at 8pm and will include works by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

Programme to be presented:

Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke op. 73

Robert Schumannn - 5 Stücke im Volkston, op. 102

Johannes Brahms - Lerchengesang, No. 2, op. 70

Johannes Brahms - Cello Sonata, No. 2, op. 99

Entrance: €12

For information or reservations: 70002420

A few words about the musicians

Bulgarian-born Gergana Georgieva started receiving piano and music lessons at the age of six and by the age of ten she was accepted at the Pancho Vladigerov Music School in Burgas. During her studies she was the recipient of many awards at various seminars, concerts and competitions, including the 16th Competition for Performance “Varban Varbanov” where she won the First Prize.

In 2002, Gergana made her debut Prokofiev’s First Piano Concerto with the Burgas Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Ivan Kojuharov. She continued her studies at the National Music Academy of Sofia “Pancho Vladigerov”, attending piano classes with Stella Dimitrova-Maistorova and Ilia Chernaev. During her studies in the Academy she made her debut in Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann piano concertos with Sofia’s Academic Symphony Orchestra. As part of a piano trio she also participated in national competitions of Chamber Music, winning top prizes. Gerorgieva participated in the Contemporary Music Festival “Pianissimo” where she performed preludes and fugues by Shostakovich and Shchedrin and she has attended in various master classes with distinguished pianists such as Paolo Police, Cyprien Katsaris and Simon Trpčeski.

Since 2008, she has been living and working in Cyprus where she continues to participate in concerts and collaborate with Cypriot and foreigh artists as well as with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of the Georgiou Georgieva Duo.

Robertas Grod was born in 1991 in Lithuania. Started cello lessons at the age of six. He studied in Vilnius Balys Dvarionas Music School in the class of J. Veiveriene. He is laureate Prize Winner of national competitions such as the „B. Dvarionas“ and the „J. Urba“. In 2010 he entered Moscow State Concervatory in the class of Prof. N. Shakhovskaya. In 2012 he won the 1st prize at Kozolupov International Cello Competition in Moscow. In 2016 he graduated the conservatory with honours and since then he lives and works in Cyprus. Robertas often gives recitals across Cyprus and Lithuania, participating in national festivals.