Kyiv Piano Duo
Kyiv Piano Duo was founded by Oleksandra Zaytseva and Dmytro Tavanets. The duo performs a wide repertoire for piano four hands, two pianos, and concertos with orchestras.
Kyiv Piano Duo performed in Ukraine, Denmark, France, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy. They took part in Tavaszi Festival (Budapest), Virtuosos Festival (Lviv), Copenhagen Summer Festival, Schubertiade (Roskilde, Denmark), Ohrid Summer Festival (Macedonia), Beszady bez granic (Sanok, Poland), Ventimiglia International Piano Festival (Italy), Musical Season Premieres (Kyiv), Kyiv Music Fest, W Live (Lviv–Paris), Days of Ukrainian Music in Warsaw, Perugia Music Fest (Italy), and others.
Kyiv Piano Duo released a CD of Schubert's music for piano four hands in 2011 (Atlantic Music Artists Agency).
Oleksandra and Dmytro are organizers and artistic directors of the Chamber Music Session International Festival in Kyiv.
Awards
Winners of CMF International Piano Duo Competition (Paris, France), XIX Schubert International Piano Duo Competition (Czech Republic), International Competition for Piano and Six Hands (Marktoberdorf, Germany), V International piano Duo Competition in Kaunas (Lithuania), Valberg International Piano Duo Competition (Valberg, France), Edvard Grieg International Piano Duo Competition (Oslo, Norway).
Selected works
Oleg Bezborodko, Fanfare and fugue for piano four hands (2003/2022)
Performed by Kyiv Piano Duo
3 September 2023, Ukrainian Music Days in Warsaw festival, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Bohdan Sehin, Ru-um-bambar for piano four hands (1998/2023)
Performed by Kyiv Piano Duo
3 September 2023, Ukrainian Music Days in Warsaw festival, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
https://www.youtube.com/live/G3GkF8uXozs?si=_PPyg-9VlLVQxGEH&t=2176
Kostyantyn Vilensky, The devil's dance for two pianos (1998)
Performed by Kyiv Piano Duo
3 September 2023, Ukrainian Music Days in Warsaw festival, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
https://www.youtube.com/live/G3GkF8uXozs?si=qjylI8O-h3niSiNj&t=6070
Hennadiy Lyashenko, And the bells of strange sounds, and the fluttering of leaves in the wind… for two pianos (2004)
Performed by Kyiv Piano Duo
3 September 2023, Ukrainian Music Days in Warsaw festival, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
https://www.youtube.com/live/G3GkF8uXozs?si=znc23TKZatRXXui_&t=4386
John Pitts, Gaelic Faram Jig for two pianos and two percussions
Performed by Oleksandra Zaytseva (piano), Dmytro Tavanets (piano), Yevhen Ulianov (percussion), Oleksandr tomchuk (percussion)
12 September 2012, Chamber Music Session International Festival, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Kyiv
https://youtu.be/6xFN5JwDt58?si=kyaPQLGiGk19MH0v&t=40
John Pitts, Are you going? for piano six hands
Performed by Oleksandra Zaytseva, Dmytro Tavanets, Antonii Baryshevskyi
11 September 2010, Chamber Music Session International Festival, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Kyiv
Press
Ukraiński fortepian x 2. Polityka, 3 September 2023
Jaka jesteś muzyko ukraińska? Maestro, 5 September 2023
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