Brazilian Pianist Based in London
Clélia Iruzun’s endearing artistic personality, which combines her native Brazilian spirit with her exceptional musical gifts, has enabled this much-admired London-based pianist to build an enviable reputation for her performances of a wide range of music, from the great classical repertoire to works by significant figures from across the Americas.
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26 November 2019 | 19:00 | Razumovsky Academy, 56 College Road, London NW10 5ET Clélia Iruzun, piano Oleg Kogan, cello Beethoven Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor op.57, Appassionata Nimrod Borenstein Water Droplets in Venice (world premiere) Chopin Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op.65 Fundraising event for Poliphonia Young Talents Series. Tickets and donations start at £30…
21 October 2019 | 13:10 | Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ Clélia Iruzun, piano Anthony Flint, violin Schubert Sonatina in D Major D.384 Ginastera Milonga; Danza de la Moza Donosa Leopoldo Miquez Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.14 Free event, more information: Blackheath Halls
Review from my recital at the Brazilian Embassy in London
Have a look at Clélia’s complete discography with recorded music from composers from Europe and the Americas
Reviews from Clélia’s concerts
“Clélia Iruzun is a great ambassador for Brazil, which was no better demonstrated than in her opening piece. Villa Lobos Fourth Bachianas Brasileiras. The Prelude was finely executed, it’s varied shades considered and aptly defined. The First Ballade by Chopin was a stylistic delight. Iruzun’s mellifluous technique melding notions into a dreamily clad whole.”
Musical Opinion, UK
“In the Allegro maestoso (Chopin Concerto No.1) her phrasing was exquisite, with refined touches of pedal, ending with a brilliant Coda; Clélia played the Larghetto with great variety of colour and in the Rondo Vivace she was exquisite again playing with great virtuosity… Her Concerto was serious, without unnecessary affectation and rigidity; she seems to caress the notes and everything in her playing is spontaneous and natural”
EL DIA, Zaragoza, Spain
“A concert of great success last night at the Teatro Sociale in Fasano … Protagonist Brazilian Clelia Iruzun, a very talented pianist who paid tribute to the audience with a program of Latin American and Spanish pieces, Iruzun offered music by Villa-Lobos, Nazareth, Mignone and Lecuona demonstratingan an exuberant pianistic texture. ”
OsservatOriO oggi.it, Italy
“As a tribute to her adopted land Clélia Iruzun performed some English composers in her latest recital in Rio de Janeiro. Two of them were entirely unknown to the Brazilian audiences. Arnold Bax, impressionist, wrote with extreme good taste his Nereid and York Bowen, considered the Rachmaninoff of this island, showed us in four Preludes a romantic and flamboyant language, in a way influenced by the Russian master.
Tribuna da Imprensa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Going to Portugal next week for a recital in Lisbon on the 11th December at Museu Nacional da Música at 19:00. #Beethoven @BorensteinN and four hands with @rammartins_uk and Joao Paulo Casarotti https://www.facebook.com/100000785682641/posts/2617158258320338/
The concert at Rasumovsky Academy Recital Hall is coming up on the 26 November #Beethoven Appassionata, #Chopin cello sonata with Oleg Kogan and a world premiere of @BorensteinN https://poliphonia.co.uk/fundraising-concert-clelia-iruzun-with-oleg-kogan/
Looking forward to playing #Beethoven Appassionata, #Chopin cello sonata with Oleg Kogan and a world premiere of @BorensteinN
The next event coming up on the 10th October will celebrate the centenary of the Brazilian composer Claudio Santoro with a lecture recital given by his son Alessandro Santoro at Chancellors Hall, Senate House. Tickets: https://www.echoesfestival.co.uk/10oct19 #ClassicalMusic #Brazilianmusic
