JOSÉ NAVARRO-SILBERSTEIN RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM VIBRANT RHYTHMS WITH GENUIN CLASSICS
Bolivian pianist José Navarro-Silberstein has released his debut album Vibrant Rhythms with GENUIN Classics. The album, launched on 8 September 2023, includes music by Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Marvin Sandi and Schumann.
About Vibrant Rhythms
José Navarro-Silberstein writes about Vibrant Rhythms:
'From time immemorial, dance has played a fundamental role in each civilization and belongs to the everyday life of diverse cultures. The development from folk to artistic dances is also reflected in particular forms of instrumental music. Each instrument shades and articulates dance differently.
Although the resulting keyboard music from the Middle Ages to modern times does not necessarily encourage dancing, the stylized “hybrid” becomes something very new and exciting. The pieces are characterized by a richness of alternating pulses, rhythms, and polyrhythms that intermingle with harmony and counterpoint. This album is a collection of piano works composed in this spirit, resulting in a colourful blend of contrasts.
I have taken the liberty to combine Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 with various 20th-century works from South America. Despite different zeitgeist and traditions, imagination and conciseness unite these 31 short pieces. While none of the pieces is characterized as a specific dance form, it is possible to surmise the influences.'
Vibrant Rhythms has been nominated for the 2024 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in the solo instrumental category. ICMA represents many of the world's leading classical music publciations.
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Press
'Navarro-Silberstein proves to be a master of subtleties. ... He is not afraid, he plays freely as well as very directly and impresses with an incredibly dense and present Schumann interpretation that is gripping and meaningful at every moment. "Vibrant Rhythms" is seventy minutes of musical intensity and great pianistic quality. A master seems to be growing up here.' Remy Franck, Pizzicato, 7 Sep 2023 'Navarro-Silberstein ist jedoch auch ein einfühlsamer und klug gestaltender Interpret, was schließlich auch das „Standard-Werk“ im Programm geradezu zu einer Neuentdeckung macht. Schumanns Davidsbündlertänze gelingen ihm beeindruckend ausdrucksstark und packend, mal frisch, mal grüblerisch, aber immer sehr natürlich. Tolles Debüt!' Arnt Cobbers, Klassik Festival, 23 Oct 2023 '“Vibrant Rhythms” aptly describes both the repertoire on this disc and the young Bolivian pianist José Navarro-Silberstein’s exuberant and incisive fingerwork. ... An impressive solo debut from a pianist well worth watching.' Jed Distler, Classics Today, Nov 2023 Interview with José Navarro-Silberstein about 'Vibrant Rhythms': Fanny Po Sim Head, Interlude, 3 Dec 2023 'The performances ... suggest there's nothing the pianist isn't capable of taking on.' Ron Schepper, Textura, January 2024 |
Helmut Peters, Piano News, Nov-Dec 2023
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Artist Biography
Bolivian pianist José Navarro-Silberstein performs throughout Europe, USA, and South America. Venues vary from the Teatro Municipal “Alberto Saavedra Pérez” in La Paz, his hometown, to the Vienna Musikverein.
As a soloist, he has performed with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Georgian Philarmonic Orchestra, La Paz Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Jóvenes Musicos Bolivianos and Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de Santa Cruz de la Sierra with conductors including Timothy Redmond, Markus Frank, Wojciech Rajski, Andreas Penninger. He is a prize winner at the Anton Rubinstein Piano Competition in Düsseldorf, Tbilisi International Piano Competition in Georgia, International Competition Young Academy Award, Rome and the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition in Chile. He was a finalist at the Eppan Piano Academy and at the 63rd Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.
In Bolivia he gave masterclasses in La Paz Conservatory, Sucre Conservatory Santa Cruz Fine Arts College and Laredo School in Cochabamba, and served as a jury member in national music competitions.
He was mentored by Paul Badura Skoda, who has inspired a particular interest in period instruments. He studied with Balasz Szokolay at the Franz Liszt University in Weimar and with Claudio Martínez Mehner at Cologne's University of Music and Dance. Currently he is on the Royal College of Music's Artist Diploma programme in London, studying with Norma Fisher and Ian Jones.
He received scholarships from Royal College of Music, Herrmann Foundaiton Liechtenstein- Bolivia, Theo and Petra Lieven Foundation of Hamburg, Clavarte Foundation in Bern and Elfrun Gabriel Foundation for Young Pianists, and since 2022, is supported by Talent Unlimited. From 2023 he is an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels, under the guidance of Frank Braley and Avedis Kouyoumdjian.
For Spanish biography, CLICK HERE.
Bolivian pianist José Navarro-Silberstein performs throughout Europe, USA, and South America. Venues vary from the Teatro Municipal “Alberto Saavedra Pérez” in La Paz, his hometown, to the Vienna Musikverein.
As a soloist, he has performed with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Georgian Philarmonic Orchestra, La Paz Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Jóvenes Musicos Bolivianos and Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de Santa Cruz de la Sierra with conductors including Timothy Redmond, Markus Frank, Wojciech Rajski, Andreas Penninger. He is a prize winner at the Anton Rubinstein Piano Competition in Düsseldorf, Tbilisi International Piano Competition in Georgia, International Competition Young Academy Award, Rome and the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition in Chile. He was a finalist at the Eppan Piano Academy and at the 63rd Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.
In Bolivia he gave masterclasses in La Paz Conservatory, Sucre Conservatory Santa Cruz Fine Arts College and Laredo School in Cochabamba, and served as a jury member in national music competitions.
He was mentored by Paul Badura Skoda, who has inspired a particular interest in period instruments. He studied with Balasz Szokolay at the Franz Liszt University in Weimar and with Claudio Martínez Mehner at Cologne's University of Music and Dance. Currently he is on the Royal College of Music's Artist Diploma programme in London, studying with Norma Fisher and Ian Jones.
He received scholarships from Royal College of Music, Herrmann Foundaiton Liechtenstein- Bolivia, Theo and Petra Lieven Foundation of Hamburg, Clavarte Foundation in Bern and Elfrun Gabriel Foundation for Young Pianists, and since 2022, is supported by Talent Unlimited. From 2023 he is an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels, under the guidance of Frank Braley and Avedis Kouyoumdjian.
For Spanish biography, CLICK HERE.
UPCOMING CONCERTS: FLAGEY, BRUSSELS
THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER 2023, 8.15PM
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467
with Sinfonia Varsovia and Augustin Dumay, conductor
Flagey, Studio 4, Place Sainte-Croix Ixelles, Bruxelles, 1050 Belgium (map location)
SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER 2023, 7.00 PM
Vibrant Rhythms Album Presentation Concert
Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Sandi, Schumann
Flagey, Studio 2, Place Sainte-Croix Ixelles, Bruxelles, 1050 Belgium (map location)
Concerts promoted by the Music Chapel Mozart Festival
THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER 2023, 8.15PM
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467
with Sinfonia Varsovia and Augustin Dumay, conductor
Flagey, Studio 4, Place Sainte-Croix Ixelles, Bruxelles, 1050 Belgium (map location)
SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER 2023, 7.00 PM
Vibrant Rhythms Album Presentation Concert
Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Sandi, Schumann
Flagey, Studio 2, Place Sainte-Croix Ixelles, Bruxelles, 1050 Belgium (map location)
Concerts promoted by the Music Chapel Mozart Festival
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