![]() ![]() Ms Kotzia has broadcast both for radio and television, including the BBC and WNYC and given recitals at prestigious concert halls including Carnegie Hall, new York, the Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, the Wigmore Hall and the South Bank Centre, London, among others. Among her teachers were Julian Bream, Alexandre Lagoya and Timothy Walker. She won first prize in the 6th International Guitar Competition in Milan. ![]() Born in Alexandroupolis, Northern Greece, Eleftheria studied guitar at the National Conservatory in Athens, Conservatoire National Supérieure in Pris and at the Guildhall School of Music, london. It expresses the voice of the contemporary classical guitar and it’s music that I love playing.”ĭescribed by USA Review as doing for the Greek soul what Flamenco does for the Spanish, Eleftheria Kotzia has toured regularly both with orchestras and as soloist in Europe, Canada, the United States, South America, North Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East. This is wide-ranging repertoire of little known works which I hope will be both stimulating and entertaining. These, in turn, inspired me to research and record music which pulled all these diverse strands together in repertoire containing folkloric, ethnic elements from both the old and the new world. In a way, I feel as though I’ve come full circle since recording The Blue Guitar (including the first recording of Tippett’s Guitar Sonata), Mediterraneo (works by composers inspired by Greek music, which also reflect my Greek roots), La Guitarra Latina (South American music) and Fuoco (Mediterranean music). “It was the folkloric element, expressed by the special, intimate sound of the guitar which attracted me to the repertoire chosen for this recording. “ Her skill, unfailing beguiling tone and fluency” The TimesĪsked what inspired her to choose the repertoire for her recording of Gypsy Ballad, the well-known Greek guitarist Eleftheria Kotzia explains the significance of this enchanting new release from SOMM: “ Kotzia reminds you of the magic of the guitar: A superb disc, neatly tying together the lyrical and the fiery.” Gramophone April 2007 Also included are the famous tangos La Cumparsita and El Choclo from Argentina and Uruguay - the only two arrangements, alongside original salon music from Brazil, the infectious rhythms of the Afro-influenced music of the Caribbean and the purity of Venezuelan song. Her Gypsy Ballad, an extended work of considerable virtuosity, was inspired by the gypsies of Prague. Czech composer Sylvie Bodorova's music has been performed world-wide with commissions from many countries. It consists of Fandanguillo, a lively danced based on folksong followed by Arada, an evocation of the Spanish countryside and finally Danza, which was premiered by Torroba's friend André Segovia in Madrid, in 1922. The disc opens with Suite Castellana, written by a non-guitarist, the Spaniard Moreno Torroba. Music from Armenia, Macedonia, Spain, the Balkans and PersiaĪrmenia, Macedonia, Spain, the Balkans and Persia all appear on this disc in a beguiling melée of diverse rhythms and melodies.
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