27.08.2021 |
Fantastic review of (re)creations from “Die Zeit”
“<...>The greatest delight on this album is the harpsichord Adagio in G minor by Giovanni Battista Grazioli, arranged for piano by Ignaz Friedman. On the harpsichord, Italianate and very baroque, somewhat angular and edgy, this piece hardly comes into its own: to its lyrical voice, that is. What Friedman, on the other hand, succeeds in doing with his transcription - almost wading in Romanticism; and Chochieva in her interpretation - is to make this piece sing in the Schubertian sense. If there is such a thing as universal beauty, the perfect balance of all internal and external qualities, this would be an example <...>
The most sensational choice Zlata Chochieva makes is Friedman's arrangement of the second movement from Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony, dedicated to Ferruccio Busoni <...> The fact that Zlata Chochieva succeeds in serving this genius in an almost solemn, relaxed mood as an intermediate course - without a big speech, without a big gesture, just like that - testifies to her masterly pianistic virtuosity and gives a deep insight into her disposition as an artist.”
Read the full review here: https://www.zeit.de/2021/35/zlata-chochieva-pianistin-klavier-musik-rachmaninoff-liszt-bach
20.08.2021 |
Live stream from Husum
Tune in Deutschlandfunk Kultur and listen to the live stream from Zlata Chochieva’s recital at the festival “Rarities of Piano Music”. Available for 30 days: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/audio-archiv.517.de.html?drau%5Bsubmit%5D=1&drau%5Bsearchterm%5D=zlata&drau%5Bbroadcast_id%5D=266
16.08.2021 |
New reviews from Norwegian critics, following Zlata’s performances at the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival
“Zlata Chochieva’s performance of Béla Bartók's Klaviersonate (1926) was for me the festival's most complete musical experience. It excelled through a superb rubato (variations in tempo), and combined temperament and explosiveness with precisely nuanced timbres.”
NRK
“Chochieva's natural authority and deep understanding of the material in Béla Bartók's only piano sonata Sz 80 was a highlight.”
Morgenbladet
17.05.2021 |
German Record Critics' Award
‘(RE)CREATIONS’ CD received one of the most respected recording awards
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik!
https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/2021/02
5.07.2021 |
Opus Klassik Awards
Zlata Chochieva has been nominated for "Best Instrumentalist of the Year" and best "Solo Recording-Instrument" at Opus Klassik for her album “(re)creations”! The recording has received unanimous praise from American Record Guide, Gramophone (an editor's choice) and International Piano (a rave review and critic's choice from Bryce Morrison).
26.04.2021 |
Digital edition of Berliner Klavier Festival
Despite cancellation of Berliner Klavier Festival in the Konzerthaus Berlin this year, Zlata Chochieva and Severin von Eckardstein continue to make music within digital edition of the Festival, starting from today till May 12th:
https://berliner-klavierfestival.de
5.07.2021 |
Opus Klassik Awards
Zlata Chochieva has been nominated for "Best Instrumentalist of the Year" and best "Solo Recording-Instrument" at Opus Klassik for her album “(re)creations”! The recording has received unanimous praise from American Record Guide, Gramophone (an editor's choice) and International Piano (a rave review and critic's choice from Bryce Morrison).
17.05.2021 |
German Record Critics' Award
‘(RE)CREATIONS’ CD received one of the most respected recording awards
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik!
https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/2021/02
26.04.2021 |
Digital edition of Berliner Klavier Festival
Despite cancellation of Berliner Klavier Festival in the Konzerthaus Berlin this year, Zlata Chochieva and Severin von Eckardstein continue to make music within digital edition of the Festival, starting from today till May 12th:
https://berliner-klavierfestival.de
23.03.2021 |
New interview with Eric Schoones for Pianist Magazine
English version of the interview is available on Pianostreet:
https://bit.ly/2NLggb3
19.03.2021 |
“(re)creations” Album has been selected as an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone
“Right from the first note, you realise Chochieva has not just drifted into the studio on a whim or simply to fulfil a contract. This is music-making of real purpose and conviction.”
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/gramophone-editor-s-choice-april-2021
16.02.2021 |
This week Zlata is a guest at Klassik Viral, a podcast by Crescendo
The interview with Arnt Cobbers is available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/54tLZDSB0gc0l6oRCRBMY8?si=IiPVP-72SymaEEGQV2TDzg
12.02.2021 |
The New Album “(re)creations” - out now!
Watch Online Release Concert and Interview with Barnaby Weiler about the New Album “(re)creations" on Foyer Crescendo:
https://foyer.de/mediathek/recreations-klaviertranskriptionen-von-liszt-rachmaninoff-und-friedman/
10.02.2021 |
Zlata Chochieva’s new disc ‘(re)creations’ will be released worldwide on 12 February 2021 by Accentus.
Zlata Chochieva’s new disc ‘(re)creations’ will be released worldwide on 12 February 2021 by Accentus. She presents piano transcriptions by three great pianists and composers, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Friedman, that lend new life to works by J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mahler and many more. Here is a look behind the scenes that gives a glimpse into this exceptional new release!
26.07.2020 |
James Brown Management
Zlata Chochieva joins the Artist roster of the newly announced James Brown Management for General Management.
https://www.jamesbrownmanagement.com/
15.05.2020 |
Online-Stream of the Berlin Piano Festival in the Konzerthaus Berlin
We await you on the digital stage of the Berlin Piano Festival in the Konzerthaus Berlin.
There will be a new video every day available from midnight to midnight.
https://berliner-klavierfestival.de/
5.05.2020 |
Jessica Duchen speaks to the Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva, who is taking the music world – and the Chopin etudes – by storm!
Zlata Chochieva is the Pianist magazine cover star. Get your copy here to read her full-length interview:
https://www.pianistmagazine.com/store/back-issues/pianist/pianist-114-jun20-issue-146-1
1.05.2020 |
Watch Zlata’s “Concert in Quarantine” from Schinkel Pavillon produced by Jan Schmidt-Garre and Naxos Audiovisual Division
12.12.2019 |
Recent review by Geoffrey Newman for Seen and Heard International: “Zlata Chochieva’s unique Chopin and Rachmaninoff arrive in Vancouver”
«I can think of few finer piano recitals than this. Chochieva never attempts to endow the music with extra drama or interpretation: she just reveals her personal struggle to expose the music as it is. Her probing honesty and imagination place the listener in a multi-layered emotional world which is both evolving and immediate, and one simply feels impelled to follow her». Read more: https://seenandheard-international.com/2019/11/zlata-chochievas-unique-chopin-and-rachmaninoff-arrive-in-vancouver/
10.12.2019 |
Zlata Chochieva joins BBC Scottish Symphony on February 6 & 9 to perform Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
Zlata Chochieva joins BBC Scottish Symphony at the Usher Hall and Glasgow City Halls to perform Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed4mzc
11.06.2019 |
Aachen Symphony Orchestra appoints Zlata Chochieva as 2019-20 season “Artist in Focus”
This role sees her play in five concerts under the baton of Christopher Ward. The programme includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Liszt “Malediction” and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Nicolas Dautricourt and Per Nyström.
10.05.2019 |
Zlata Chochieva named 2019-20 “Serate Musicali” Artist-in-Residence
After performing twice in the “Serate Musicali” series in Milan, Zlata Chochieva has been appointed its new “Artist in Residence” from 2019/20
23.03.2019 |
Chochieva at Wigmore Hall
Zlata Chochieva will give her Wigmore Hall debut this week, in a programme of works by Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt and Rachmaninov on 26th March. It includes Rachmaninov’s 1st piano sonata Op.28, a rarely performed pianistic masterpiece that had first brought Chochieva to international attention when she recorded it for Piano Classics.
For more information click HERE.