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Dear music and art lovers,
We are delighted to introduce two young talents to you. The Ukrainian violinist Sofiia Plakhtsinska, a recipient of numerous international awards and a regular on the prestigious stages of Europe and Asia, captivates audiences with her virtuosic brilliance and musical depth. At her side shines the Azerbaijani pianist Fatima Aliyeva, a prize-winner at numerous competitions and a sought-after soloist at international festivals. Together, the two young musicians present a programme entitled “Colours of the Soul”, about which they write:
Do souls have colour? Does colour have a soul? What does a person feel when they experience timbre?
Artists of every era have spent their lives exploring these sensitive questions. Despite the fashions of each age, they have – across the boundaries of style and genre – given free rein to their very personal emotions in order to share these personal messages with us in intimate musical letters.
Sofiia Plakhtsinska (violin) and Fatima Aliyeva (piano) will sensitively decipher these intimate musical letters for us. Experience these two outstanding young musicians performing a varied programme, both as powerful soloists and as a duo, featuring works by Niccolò Paganini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carlos Gardel and many others!
You can find the biographies of the two musicians below.
Saturday, 18 April 2026
17:00 h
at
Musikstudio & Galerie: Gabriele Paqué
Blücherstraße 14
53115 Bonn
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Programm:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
‘Andante’ & ‘Allegro’ from:
Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Miroslav Skoryk (1938–2020)
Caprice for Solo Violin (1978)
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
Capriccio No. 15
from: 24 Capricci for Solo Violin, Op. 1 (1802–17)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 (1821)
Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo – Allegro molto – Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – Fugue: Allegro, ma non troppo
Carlos Gardel (1887–1935)
‘Por una cabeza’ – Tango (1935)
(Arrangement for violin and piano)
Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
‘Méditation’
Symphonic Intermezzo from his opera ‘Thaïs’ (1894)
(Arrangement for violin and piano)
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’ from his opera ‘Porgy and Bess’ (1934/35)
(Arrangement for violin and piano)
Gabriel Fauré (1843–1924)
‘Après un rêve’, Op. 7, No. 1 (1878)
(Arrangement for violin and piano)
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 (1888)
for violin and piano
Sofiia Plakhtsinska is a young Ukrainian violinist and prize-winner at numerous international competitions, including the Rodolfo Lipizer, Jenö Hubay, Bohdan Warchal, Bohdan Kotorovych, Malaysia International and Oskar Rieding competitions.
She began her solo career at a young age and has performed with orchestras such as the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Kyiv Radio Symphony Orchestra, and youth and symphony orchestras from Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Europe. She has performed in renowned concert halls in Ukraine, Italy, Slovakia, the UAE, Turkey, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Hungary and France.
Sofiia has performed with artists such as Valeriy Sokolov, Daniel Hope, Anna Ulaeva, Rostislav Krimer and Frank Peter Zimmermann, and has drawn artistic inspiration from collaborations with Boris Kushnir, Sergey Malov, Oleksiy Semenenko and Maxim Brilinskiy, amongst others.
Since 2023, she has been studying at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, currently in the class of Prof. Marc Bouchkov, and in the same year received a scholarship from the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for her musical achievements.
Fatima Aliyeva was born on 7 March 2000 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and began taking piano lessons at the age of six. Since then, the young concert pianist has performed regularly and successfully on concert stages both at home and abroad, and has won numerous awards at international competitions, including first prize at the ‘Québec Music Competition’, ‘Russian Alborada’ and ‘Azad Aliyev’, as well as second prize at ‘Edelweiss’.
She has performed at festivals such as “Stars of the Future”, “From Festival to Festival”, “Haydn 285”, “Baroque Music”, “Heinrich Neuhaus Anniversary” and “New Names”, and is a scholarship holder of the “Live Music Now” foundation established by Yehudi Menuhin.
After completing her Bachelor’s degree with distinction at the Baku Music Academy, she went on to complete a Master’s degree in solo piano in Cologne. Fatima is currently studying chamber music with Professor Christian Beldi at the Cologne University of Music and Dance.
We’re looking forward to your visit!
Sincerely
Gabriele Paqué
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