Tuesday Evening Season - 7th January, 2014
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
, ora 9.21
The presence
of the pianist Adela Liculescu on the bill of the Tuesday Evening
Season brought, on 7
th
January, 2014, a numerous and enthusiast audience that filled the
Small Hall of the Romanian Athenaeum. This proves that Adela
Liculescu is an already established name in the music world, a young
woman who confirms her pianistic talent with each performance where
she tries to present attractive programmes. After the previous
season, when we could listen to her with a programme consisting
entirely of works by Ludwig van Beethoven, last night the young
pianist proved an excellent technique and a wide range of nuances
interpreting Beethoven’s
Sonata Op.2,
No.1 in F Minor, Franz Schubert’s
Sonata in A Minor and
the suite
Gaspard de la nuit by
Maurice Ravel. The programme was carefully prepared and reflects the
interior and artistic evolution of the artist who affirms: ‘For
this season, I wished to create a repertory as diverse as possible.
Last year I focused on a single composer, so this year I thought I
should diversify; thus, I tried to interpret works belonging to very
different periods. This is the reason why for the encore I chose to
play Franz Liszt’s
Mephisto Waltz and
an étude by Alexander Scriabin, so that the programme would be
complete. I felt really good, the atmosphere at the Athenaeum is
quite special, because there are many friends coming and I enjoy
playing here, I feel I have a connection with the audience and,
actually, this is the most important trait that defines us as
artists.’
Once again, Adela Liculescu proved that she is a
pleasant presence on stage, an incredibly enjoyable musical
‘surprise’, fully appreciated by a numerous audience, including
the cellist Marin Cazacu:
‘What a wonderful evening…I was so happy to listen
to a young woman that I have known for a few years and witness her
great progress…she is already exceptional. In twenty years’ time
we’ll certainly talk about her as a great figure of the Romanian
music life…She is an accomplished pianist, because she has
everything she needs; her phrasing is full of culture and technique
and, more than that, of warmth coming from her heart. I discovered
her a few years ago and I was really delighted to listen to her again
now. She does honour to us in Vienna, where she studies, and I’m
happy that the Bucharest audience, present in large numbers this
evening, fully appreciated her presence on the stage of the Romanian
Athenaeum.’
A truly wonderful evening, ended with two encores –
works by Franz Liszt and Alexander Scriabin. Adela Liculescu’s
recital elicited the ovations of the music lovers who applauded for
minutes on end, with several curtain calls.
Jeanine Costache
Translated by Mihaela Olinescu and Elena Daniela Radu
MTTLC, The University of Bucharest