Nafis will perform Novelette No. 8
Paul Henley is from Worcester and is now based in south Shropshire near Bridgnorth. Sonata No. 4 was written in 2020. Nafis performed the world premier of this work on 22 September 2023 (last week) at the Corvedale Festival
i Stücke I
ii Stücke II
iii Stücke III
iv Albumblätter I
v Albumblätter II
vi Albumblätter III
vii Albumblätter IV
viii Albumblätter V
ix Novellete
x Präludium
xi Marsch
xii Abendmusik
xiii Scherzo
xiv Geschwindmarsch
Bunte Blätter (Colorful Leaves), Op. 99, is a collection of piano pieces by Robert Schumann assembled from earlier unpublished pieces after the success of the Album for the Young (Album für die Jugend), Op. 68. Upon publication the pieces were issued both as a complete set and individual pieces, the latter in differently coloured covers.
No. 1 in F major
No. 2 in D major
No. 3 in D major
No. 4 in D major
No. 5 in D major
No. 6 in A major
No. 7 in E major
No. 8 in F♯ minor
The Novellette, Op. 21, is a set of eight pieces for solo piano, written by Robert Schumann in 1838. This composition is dedicated to Adolf von Henselt
Nafis Umerkulova - Piano
Born in Tashkent, Nafis Umerkulova started piano at the age of 5 inspired by her mother who was also a pianist. In 2004 Nafis was awarded a full scholarship to continue her musical education in the UK at the Purcell School and later at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Her numerous performances in the UK feature solo, concerto and chamber music recitals in Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John’s Smith Square, Glasgow City Halls, Manchester Bridgewater Hall, Birmingham Symphony and Town Halls. Among various competition prizes and awards, Nafis is a prize winner of the International BRANT Piano Competition and a recipient of the Myre Hess award by Help Musicians UK.
Piano
5 October 2023
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