Sophia Agranovich Releases 'Album Leaf: Piano Works by Felix Mendelssohn'

October 5, 2023

"Album Leaf: Piano Works by Felix Mendelssohn" - Coming Soon on November 3, 2023.

Discover the latest album from award-winning pianist Sophia Agranovich, featuring rarely performed works by Felix Mendelssohn. Pre-order now and experience the mesmerizing performances of these emotionally nuanced pieces. 

Multi-award-winning virtuoso concert pianist and educator, Sophia Agranovich, will release her 11th solo piano album since 2010 - "Album Leaf: Piano Works by Felix Mendelssohn" on November 3, 2023. This album had already received many rave reviews.

The album consists of a three-movement sonata, the nineteen-part "Variations sérieuses", Albumblatt, Caprice in A minor, four etudes and Rondo Capriccioso. The album includes an eight-page booklet written by Sophia that includes a short biography of Mendelssohn as well as her thoughts and the history of the music that is included on the album.

"Agranovich is the great tragedian of the piano... Her feeling for tragedy makes the music sound almost overwhelming in its intensity...Every note is imbued with feeling; indeed, the opening movement is so expressively played that you almost feel like crying, so deep is her emotional commitment..." -ArtMusic Lounge

"The range of moods encompassed is enormous...Her performance has passion, humor, beauty, and above all, deep conviction. The recorded sound of her Steinway D is natural and full, and her program notes are illuminating..." 

"Five stars: A superlative recital of piano music by Mendelsohn" -Fanfare Magazine

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The masterpieces on this album are not often recorded and most of them are rarely performed live. They demand virtuosic technique of the highest order, and at the same time are deeply emotional. They mesmerize by tremendous amount of emotional nuances, sound textures and coloration, ranging from poetic intimacy and serene meditation to tragedy and overwhelming drama.

More information, reviews, video, listening and pre-order links: https://sophiagranovich.com/album-leaf.

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Internationally acclaimed pianist, recording artist, educator and artistic director, Sophia Agranovich is “a bold, daring pianist in the tradition of the Golden Age Romantics…A tigress of the keyboard” - Fanfare. Her performances are captivating audiences by the “orison of uncommon beauty” - Audiophile, “the ideal balance she achieves between the intellectual and the emotional” - Fanfare, “interpretation that dares to be different”, “magnificent shading and superior musicianship” - American Record Guide. A Steinway Artist, Ms. Agranovich has performed in USA, Europe, Israel, and Canada. Recently she played solo concerts at the Pennautier Festival and Juan-les-Pins in France and was invited to China and Brazil. Among her venues are David Geffen Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium and Paul Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Bargemusic, Salle Cortot, Théâtre Na Loba, Kaiser Hall, Ehrbarsaal, Gesellschaft für Musiktheater, Teatro di Marcello.

Ms. Agranovich has collaborated with prominent musicians, award-winning Emmy, Grammy, and Billboard top 10 musical artists, and members of the major orchestras. Sophia Agranovich’s 11-album discography received outstanding reviews Her albums are charting in top 10 on One World Music Radio and in World Top Airplay Charts. Sophia Agranovich was awarded 3 Gold and 15 Silver Medals by Global Music Awards, Winner of the American Prize in Piano Solo, 2 Gold Medals by Prestige Music Awards, Best Classical Album, Solo and Hall of Fame from Akademia Music Awards, 5 Best Classical Piano Albums by Clouzine International Music Awards, 6 Radio Music Awards, 2 Best Classical Recordings and Hall of Fame by Indie Music Channel, 4 Platinum, 3 Gold and Instrumentalist of the Year awards by LIT International Talent Awards, Best Classical Album by One World Music Radio, Best Instrumentalist by InterContinental Music Awards, Steinway Top Teacher Award, Industry Leader and Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Awards and more.Her recordings and live concerts are broadcast worldwide, most recently in Brazil on Universidade FM 106.9 “Company of the Music”, in Canada on CKWR “Women in Music”, Berlin, Munich, Rome, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, London, Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, Tel-Aviv, WMNR Fine Arts Radio, NPR WLPR-FM “Art on the Air”, WQXR Greene Space live with Elliott Forrest, on WWFM “Between the Keys” with Jed Distler, WWFM “Piano Matters” and WQXR “Reflections from the Keyboard” with David Dubal.

A native of Ukraine, Sophia Agranovich won the Ukrainian Young Artists Competition—now Mykola Lysenko International Competition--at 10, being the youngest participant. Her concerts were broadcasted on national TV and radio stations since she was 6. Her teachers were Anna Stolarevich and Alexander Edelmann, peers of Vladimir Horowitz in the class of Felix Blumenfeld and disciples of Heinrich Neuhaus. At 15, Ms. Agranovich entered the Juilliard School in New York where she studied with legendary professors Sascha Gorodnitzki and Nadia Reisenberg. Ms. Agranovich earned Bachelor and Master Degrees from the Juilliard, holding full scholarship and a Fellowship teaching Piano Minor at Juilliard, and won a First Prize in the Bergen Philharmonic Competition. Ms. Agranovich was working towards her Doctorate at the Columbia University, but deferred that pursuit to raise a family. Sophia Agranovich is an esteemed pedagogue, lecturer, master class clinician, adjudicator, and is a recipient of numerous teaching awards. Ms. Agranovich is listed in “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who in the World”. She is a voting member of NARAS, GrammyR -balloted artist, GrammyU Mentor, active member of various professional music organizations, Artistic Director of ‘Classicals at the Circle’ music series at the Watchung Arts Center,  Program Chair and Board member of Music Educators Association of New Jersey.                               

More about Sophia Agranovich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Agranovich.