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Viviana Sofronitsky

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Viviana Sofronitsky (Russian: Вивиана Владимировна Софроницкая) is a Russian-born Canadian classical pianist. Born in Moscow, her father was the noted Soviet-Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky. She started her music studies at the Central Music School, and went on to earn a doctorate from the Moscow Conservatory. In the Soviet Union she worked with both then-current early music ensembles, Madrigal and The Chamber Music Academy (directed by Alexei Lubimov), while also touring as a solo artist in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Sverdlovsk, etc. In 1989, Sofronitsky moved to the United States, where she worked at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in Ohio. In 1990, she moved to Canada, where she pursued an active career in performance and recording in Toronto, partnered with various members of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. She was a founder and the first Artistic Director of the Academy Concert Series in Toronto. Sofronitsky has been a Canadian citizen since 1994. In 1999 she received historical performance degrees in harpsichord, fortepiano and early music teaching from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Since 2001 she has lived in the Czech Republic, married to fortepiano builder Paul McNulty, performing and recording on his highly prized instruments an expanded repertoire from C.P.E. Bach to Liszt.

     
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Larghetto con espressione on Dussek: Sonatas, Op. 9 & Op. 75, Vol. 6 by Jan Ladislav Dussek & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, KV 466: I. Allegro on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.7 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.21 in C Major, KV 467: I. Allegro on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.4 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.21 in C Major, KV 467: II. Andante on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.4 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, KV 466: III. Rondo allegro assai on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.7 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.9 in E Flat Major, KV 271'Jeunehomme': I. Allegro on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.1 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, KV 466: II. Romance on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.7 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.27 in B Flat Major, KV 595: I. Allegro on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.9 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Concerto For 3 Fortepianos No.7 in F Major, KV 242 'Lodron' II. Adagio on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.5 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky
Fortepiano Concerto No.12 in A Major, KV 414: I. Allegro on Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Vol.4 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense & Viviana Sofronitsky

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Franz Schubert: The Piano TriosFranz Schubert, Viviana Sofronitsky, László Paulik, Sergei Istomin2014Album
Fryderyk Chopin: Complete Works For Cello And PianoFrédéric Chopin, Viviana Sofronitsky, Sergei Istomin2010Album
Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and PianoforteFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Viviana Sofronitsky, Sergei Istomin2008Album
Mozart Fortepiano Concertos (Complete)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Viviana Sofronitsky, Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense2008Compil.
Works For Mandolin And FortepianoRichard Waltz, Viviana Sofronitsky1998Album
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