Pushkin House Music Salon: Antonina Suhanova in Piano Recital

In her Pushkin House recital programme Latvian pianist Antonina Suhanova explores creative and personal bonds between early 20th century Eastern European composers. Brought together by their love of music and mutual teachers, Kalnins, Vitols, Arensky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Siloti socialised, conversed and inspired each other’s masterpieces, engaging in fierce disputes. Based either in Moscow or Saint Petersburg, some chose to stay in Russia, others acted as heralds of Russian music abroad. Some chose to uphold revered traditions, others created bold new styles. The programme invites the audience to reflect on the diversity of the styles of these five composers united by their love and appreciation of the Russian musical tradition.

Latvian pianist Antonina Suhanova has been performing on international stages since 2000.
She has participated in numerous masterclasses of world-renowned pianists, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dmitri Bashkirov, Boris Berman, Idil Biret, Pavel Gililov, Jaques Rouvier, Matti Raekallio, Richard Goode, Robert Levin and Yefim Bronfman.

She has given performances at the Great Guild Hall in Riga, Moscow International House of Music, Erin Arts Centre in Isle of Man, Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, St Martin in the Fields, St James’s Piccadilly, Milton Court Concert Hall and Barbican Hall in London.

Antonina Suhanova made her debut performance at the Barbican Hall with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Adrian Leaper as a finalist of the Guildhall Gold Medal Prize in May 2016, returning in December of the same year to perform a solo recital.

Her performances have been broadcasted by Latvian Radio 3 “Klasika”, Russian TV Channel One, Switzerland radio Espace 2 and BBC 3.

Antonina is the winner of Hattori Foundation Senior Award, Kenneth Loveland Gift, Help Musicians UK, Drake Calleja Trust, and the William Brown prize in the Scottish International Piano Competition (2017). In March 2018 she was nominated for the International German Piano Award 2018. In November 2018 she made her debut performance at the Wigmore Hall, being broadcast live on the BBC Radio 3.

Programme

Kalnins At Friend’s Grave – In Memoriam Emils Darzins (1913)
Vitols Ten folk songs Op. 29
Arensky Piano pieces Op. 53
Prokofiev Sonata no. 4, Op. 29, ‘From Old Notebooks’
Rachmaninov Sonata no. 1, Op. 28
Rachmaninov/Siloti Vocalise

Performer

Antonina Suhanova piano