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Date:    Sunday, 5 May 2013
Time:  18:30

Venue:     Kazakh State Philharmonia Concert Hall
Address:  ul. Kaldayakova 35, Almaty
Tickets:   +7 727  291-80-48,  291-81-57 (free delivery)

Programme: 
  - J.S. Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor (BWV 826)
  - J.S. Bach French Suite No. 5 in G major (BWV 816)
  - J.S. Bach Toccata in D minor (BWV 913)
 
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About Aizhana Nurkenova
Hailed by International Piano Magazine as "exhilarating" and "singing to heaven", Kazakh-born pianist and composer Aizhana Nurkenova combines captivating stage presence with rich musicality and masterful technique in a wide range of repertoire.  A recent Hodgson Fellow for Piano at the Royal Academy of Music (London) and a piano soloist of the Kazakh State Philharmonia, Aizhana is active in many concert venues around the world and is currently residing in London.  Her recent performances include solo recitals in the UK, Italy and Kazakhstan and chamber recitals at the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Juilliard School in New York City.  As a soloist of the Kazakh State Philharmonia, Aizhana regularly performs in her home country.  Her recent performance of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 with the Kazakh Philharmonia Orchestra in March 2012 was broadcast on the Kazakh National Channel "Kultura".  Aizhana's own compositions have been recorded on CD and broadcast on radio and television.

"Aizhana Nurkenova has already been garlanded with prizes, and my expectations of her Bach recital at Steinway Hall were not disappointed.  After giving the Bach-Feinberg Largo in A minor an organ-like breadth and stateliness, she showed her mettle with the fourth and fifth English Suites.  Her touch had a firm clarity, and her palette was wide; the Sarabande of the fourth suite sang to heaven, while that of the fifth was delivered with a surprisingly effective detache quality; the closing fugue was exhilarating." 
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