Liana Bertók

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Liana Bertók (* 1959 in Ocna Mureș , Romania , born Liana Vicol ) is a German pianist and composer of Romanian descent.

life and work

Liana Bertók began taking piano lessons in her hometown from the age of five. At the age of 16 she made her first appearances as a soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra Iași. There she studied piano and supplemented her training with composition lessons with Anton Zeman. In Germany she continued her studies in Berlin with Dieter Brauer. She took part in master classes with the French pianist Francois-Joel Thiollier and Viviane Goergen, among others.

From 1982 to the 1990s she worked as a concert pianist at the Sorbian National Ensemble and at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen . Concert appearances at home and abroad followed. She gave several master classes, including a. in Seoul ( South Korea ).

From 1985 to 2000 she was teaching at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music (Dresden). After that she devoted herself more and more to her own compositions. Her extensive output includes symphonic works, chamber music , songs and film music . She deals intensively with Sorbian music and received the Domowina Prize in 2009.

Liana Bertók took over ENA-Musikverlag in 2004 and is the editor of Sorbian compositions and works by unknown masters, including songs and chamber music by Leopold Schäfer and Johann Gottlieb Naumann . Liana Bertók is an individual member of the Saxon Music Council .

Stage works (selection)

  • The Chosen One (Musical Drama)
  • The summer (dance and singing scenes for solos, choir and orchestra)
  • The stolen crown (musical for children)
  • Where's Milenka? (Musical for children)
  • The cunning little fox (musical fairy tale for speaker and chamber orchestra)
  • Night of ballads (dance theater)
  • The Island of the Forgotten (Ballet)

Orchestral works (selection)

  • Pictures from the Klever Gardens (Fantasy for piano and orchestra), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Wolferl and the Time Machine (Fantasy for piano and orchestra on a theme by WA Mozart), ENA-Musikverlag

Vocal symphonies (selection)

  • In Memoriam KA Kocor (for soprano, two choirs and orchestra), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Cantata in honor of Dr. Gregorius Mättigs (cantata in honor of Dr. Gregorius Mättig for mezzo-soprano solo, choir, girls' choir, orchestra and organ), ENA-Musikverlag

Chamber music (selection)

  • Introduction and Rondo capriccioso (string quartet), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Petite Suite (string quartet), ENA music publisher
  • Sapphic songs (for mezzo-soprano, harp, violoncello and percussion), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Two love songs (for baritone, violoncello and piano), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Two songs based on texts by Mato Kosyk (for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Lunovis (duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano based on texts by Wilhelm Busch ), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Burlesque (for trumpet and piano), ENA music publisher
  • Katzenplanet (duet for soprano and baritone based on a text by Gisela Kraft ), ENA-Musikverlag
  • B-Eb-E variations (for clarinet and piano), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Five Romanian dances (for trumpet and piano), ENA-Musikverlag
  • Three movements for saxophone quartet , ENA-Musikverlag
  • Six character pieces for trombone and piano , ENA-Musikverlag
  • Duettino piacevole for clarinet and violoncello, ENA-Musikverlag
  • 1st string trio (The Polish), ENA-Musikverlag

Discography (selection)

  • 2002: Liana Bertók plays , piano concertos by Liana Bertók and Hans Thiemann
  • 2008: Night of Ballads , ballet music
  • 2011: Dresden songs, compositions from three centuries , songs by Weber, Schumann, Marschner, etc. a.
  • 2018: Lieder & Kanmermusik by Johann Gottlieb Naumann , with Romy Petrick (soprano) and Anett Baumann (violin), consonance 2018.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Music of the Romantic and Late Romantic periods. (No longer available online.) Sorbian National Ensemble, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 19, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sne-bautzen.de
personal data
SURNAME Bertók, Liana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vicol, Liana (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and composer of Romanian descent
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Ocna Mureș , Romania