Nora and Miki Skuta, who are both music and real-life partners, have been playing together since 1996, when they started studying the repertoire for Piano Duo of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Skuta Duo represents one of the most important musical partnerships in Slovakia, both pianists being famous even beyond the borders of their Country for their successful solo careers, as proven by the extraordinary critical response to their respective recording projects (we need just think of the acclaimed “Goldberg Variations” recorded by Miki Skuta or the multi award-winning Cage album by Nora). Their Duo performances of repertoires ranging from baroque to classical, from romantic to contemporary music brought them on tour to the major European capital cities, from Warsaw to Paris, from Salzburg to Berlin. The German label NEOS has published the CD of their concert featuring music by Ligeti and Reich recorded live in the context of the biennial Salzburg International Contemporary Music Festival. Their latest CD, on the other hand, was recorded in Bratislava on two Fazioli pianos with the same colorful programme featured in tonight’s concert.
... A brilliant performance worthy of the most prestigious world stages.
Agata Schindler, 2016, Berlin
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (Eisenach, 1685 – Lipsia, 1750)
Concerto in do maggiore, BWV 1061 (versione per due pianoforti)
- Allegro moderato
- Adagio ovvero Largo
- Fuga. Allegro
DMITRIJ ŠOSTAKOVIČ (San Pietroburgo, 1906 – Mosca, 1975)
Concertino in la minore per due pianoforti, op. 94
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IGOR STRAVINSKIJ (Lomonosov, 1882 – New York, 1971)
Le Sacre du Printemps
tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux parties
I. L'adoration de la terre
Introduction
Danse des Adolescentes
Jeu du rapt
Rondes printanières
Jeux des cités rivales
Cortège du Sage
L'adoration de la terre
Danse de la terre
II. Le sacrifice
Introduction
Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes
Glorification de l'élue
Évocation des ancêtres
Action rituelle des ancêtres
Danse sacrale : l'Élue