Piano Recital with Maria Vengou

Maria Vegou will offer a piano recital with masterpieces of the romantic repertoire to the music-loving audience of Thessaloniki.

The programme will begin with two of Chopin's Mazurkas that highlight more the melancholic - introverted side of the genius composer as well as Chopin's 3rd Ballade in a battle between light and darkness. Then 7 selected pieces from Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" The Seasons, a work rich in emotional contrasts , Russian melodies and lyricism, will be performed. The program will close with the famous Prelude in G minor and the Musical Moments No. 3 and 4 ,Op. 16 by the leading Russian composer Rachmaninoff.

Maria Vengou is a graduate of the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University and has deepened her knowledge of the art of the piano alongside important pianists, continuators of the tradition of the Russian School of Victor Merzanov, such as Lambis Vassiliadis, Hideyo Harada and Claudio Curro Dossi.

The recital will take place on Monday 22 September at 20:00 in the hall of the Vafopouleio Cultural Centre in Thessaloniki.