Kristina
Sunday 31 July 1pm FREE Entry
Ukrainian born pianist Kristina Avalian started making music at the age of 6. From 2014 to the present she has been a student of the Children's Art School, Kyiv (teacher: Svetlana Udovchenko). She is a laureate of All-Ukrainian and International competitions, including laureate of the Vladimir Horowitz International Competition.
At age 13 Kristina and her elder sister Karyna, accompanied by their mother, travelled to Scotland in July 2022 in order for the sisters to take up the offer of places at St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh to continue their education.
This is Kristina's debut recital in Edinburgh.
1. Viktor Kosenko - Mazurka, Op.3 No.1 in F-sharp minor
2. Gennadiy Sasko - "Babyn Torzhok" from the cycle "Echo of Ages"
3. Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No.1 in B-flat major, Prelude and Gigue, BWV 825
4. Sergei Rachmaninov - Etudes-Tableaux, Op.33 No.2 in C major and No.8 in G minor
5. Claude Debussy - Valse romantique
6. Sergei Prokofiev - Etude, Op.2 No.4
7. Alexander Scriabin - Fantasy Sonata, in G-sharp minor (without opus)
8. Frederic Chopin - Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20