veronika Kopjova
Lithuanian-born pianist Veronika Kopjova enjoys an active musical life as both a soloist and chamber musician, performing regularly in halls throughout Europe. She has played at prestigious venues such as Graz Musikverein, NDR Hannover, Auditorio Ciudad de León, National House of Vinohrady Prague, Lithuanian National Philharmonic and Kaunas State Philharmonic halls. As a soloist she has performed concertos with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Castilla y León and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Orchestra. Her performances have been broadcast on NDR Kultur, Germany and National Radio of Lithuania.
Veronika is a prize-winner of numerous international solo competitions. She received First Prize and Special Prize at the C. Bechstein Competition, Hannover and won YAMAHA-Scholarship Award in Vilnius. Furthermore, she was awarded a Finalist’s Diploma at the International M.K. Čiurlionis Piano Competition and is a laureate of the "15e Concours International de Piano Ile-de-France" in Maisons-Laffitte; the International S. Vainiūnas Piano Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania; the International Piano Competition “Ciudad de San Sebastian”, and the “Premio Piano Frenchilla – Zulloaga 2009” International Competition in Valladolid, Spain.
As a soloist and chamber musician Veronika Kopjova performs regularly throughout Europe in festivals as „Klassik in Spandau“, „Choriner Musiksommer“, „Christopher Summer Festival“, Aurora Spring Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), „VIII International Princess Daisy Chamber Arts Festival ENSEMBLE“, International Festival of Stars „FORTEpiano – Toruń 775” (Poland).
Veronika has benefitted from solo and chamber music masterclasses with distinguished musicians such as Elisabeth Leonskaja, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Hatto Beyerle, Sergio Perticaroli, Jacques Rouvier, Andrea Bonatta, Joaquín Soriano, Peter Eicher, Susan Tomes, Alexander Rudin and Jean-Guihen Queyras and others.
Veronika is currently based in Hannover, where she is studying on the renowned postgraduate concert soloist course ‘Soloklasse’ at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover with Prof. Markus Groh and Prof. Ewa Kupiec. From March 2014 Veronika will study piano chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Avedis Kouyoumdjian.
SOLO PIECES
Isaac Albéniz
“Evocación” from “Iberia”
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in F major, WTC I
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, WTC I
Prelude and Fugue in A major, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, WTC II
French Suite Nr.6 in E major, BWV 817
Vidmantas Bartulis
“Auksinių debesų lietus” (“The Rain of the Golden Clouds”)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata Op.31 No.2 in D minor “The Tempest”
Sonata Op.53 in C major “Waldstein”
Sonata Op.81a in E-flat major “Les adieux”
Sonata Op.101 in A major
Sonata Op.110 in A-flat major
Johannes Brahms
Klavierstücke Op.119
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No.4 Op.52 in F minor
Etudes Op.10 Nr. 4, 7, 8, 9, 12
Etudes Op.25 Nr. 1, 6, 11, 12
Fantasy in F minor op.49
Impromtu Op.29 No.1 in A-flat
Nocturne Op.48 No.2 F-sharp minor
Preludes Op.28 No.1-12
Scherzo Op.31 Nr.2 in B-flat minor
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Fuga in B minor VL 345 (5’)
“Jūra“ Mažų peizažų ciklas VL 317 („The Sea“ Cycle of a Small Landscapes) (6’)
Nocturne Op.4 No.1
Prelude Op.13 No.1
Claude Debussy
“Pour le piano”
“Danse bohémienne”
“L’Isle Joyeuse”
Joseph Haydn
Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:50
Enrique Granados
Allegro de concierto
“Quejas, o la maja y el ruiseñor” from “Goyescas”
Franz Liszt
Concert etude “Waldesrauschen”
Concert etude “Gnomenreigen”
Consolation Nr.3 in E-flat major
Olivier Messiaen
No.10 “Regard de l’Esprit de joie” from “Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus”
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No.8 Op 84 in B-flat major
Sergei Rachmaninov
Etude-tableaux Op.33 No.5 in E-flat minor
Etude-tableaux Op.39 No.6 in A minor
Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42
Maurice Ravel
“Un barque sur l’Ocean” and
“Alborada del gracioso” from “Miroirs”
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in G major K.348
Sonata in D major K.443
Sonata in G minor
Sonata in G major K.125
Raminta Šerkšnytė
„Trys ostinato preliudai“ („Three Ostinato Preludes“)
Robert Schumann
„Papillons“ Op.2
Alexander Scriabin
Sonata No.10 Op.70
Preludes Op.11 Nr.1-6
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue A minor Op.87 No.2
Prelude and Fugue D major Op.87 No. 5
Rodion Shchedrin
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, I Book
Stasys Vainiūnas
Aštuonios nuotaikos Op.43 (Eight moods)
“Pakalnutės žydi” iš ciklo “Gimtinės pievos” Op.31 (“Lilies of the valley bloom" from the suite "Homeland meadows”)
CONCERTOS WITH ORCHESTRA
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58
Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73 “Emperor”
Johannes Brahms
Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15
Frederic Chopin
Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
Edvard Grieg
Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.16
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No.12 in A major, KV 414
Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26
Maurice Ravel
Concerto in G major
Sergei Rachmaninov
Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
Robert Schumann
Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concerto No.1 in B-flat major, Op.23
Stasys Vainiūnas
Concerto No.4 Op.40
CHAMBER MUSIC
Violin and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for piano and violin No.2 Op.12 in A major
Sonata for piano and violin No.4 Op.23 in A minor
Sonata for piano and violin No.5 Op.24 in F major “Spring”
Sonata for piano and violin No.6 Op.30 in A major
Johannes Brahms
Sonata for violin and piano No.3 Op.108 in D minor
Claude Debussy
Sonata for violin and piano in G minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for violin and piano in A major KV 305
Sonata for violin and piano in G major KV 379
Sonata for violin and piano in B-flat major KV 378
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor No.1 Op. 80
Sonata for violin and piano in D major No.2 Op. 94a
Maurice Ravel
Sonata for violin and piano in G major
Franz Schubert
Sonatina for violin and piano in G minor D.408
Violoncello and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for piano and cello No.2 Op.5 in G minor
Sonata for piano and cello No.3 Op.69 in A major
Seven Variations for Cello and Piano in E-flat major on Mozart's "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" WoO 46
Johannes Brahms
Sonata for cello and piano No.2 Op.99 in F major
Benjamin Britten
Sonata for cello and piano in C Op.65
Claude Debussy
Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
Bohuslav Martinu
Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sonata for cello and piano in G minor Op.19
Alfred Schnittke
Sonata for cello and piano Nr.1
Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro op. 70
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sonata for cello and piano op.40 in D minor
Anatolijus Šenderovas
Two Songs of Sulamitha
Flute and Piano
Bohuslav Martinu
Sonata for flute and piano H.306
Francis Poulenc
Sonata for flute and piano in A minor FP 164
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata for flute and piano in D major Op.94
Franz Schubert
Variations on a Theme “Trockne Blümen” for flute and piano D. 802
Trio
Johannes Brahms
Trio No.1 Op.8 in B major
Sergei Rachmaninov
Trio Elegiaque No.2 Op.9 in D minor
Franz Schubert
Trio No.1 in B-flat major D.898
Quintet
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, “The Trout” D. 667
Other ensembles
Paul Hindemith
Kammermusik Nr.1 Op.24
E. Granados. “Allegro de concierto”
C. Debussy. "Danse bohémienne"
L. van Beethoven. Sonata for piano and violin Op.30 No.1 in A major, 1st mov. Violinist: Alexandra Conunova-Dumortier
„Performing the late Beethoven’s A-flat major Sonata Op.110, the pianist displays her great qualities: she plays freely and with aplomb, bringing musical breath, width and shape to every phrase. A very touching performance”
© Mannheimer Morgen, Dienstag, 14.01.2014 Eckhard Britsch
“The mixture of naturaleness and thoughtful seriousness gives Veronika’s playing special effect”
Darmstädter Echo, Silvia Adler 30.05.2011
„V. Kopjova is an artist with a strong will, great technical abilities, and unconventional thinking. Her mature, interesting and provocative interpretations were most memorable.”
Prof. Jurgis Karnavičius June 2009
„V. Kopjova is an artist of a romantic character. Her playing has a pictorial approach and she creates lyrical episodes by allowing each sound to flow in space while listening attentively. The pianist created memorable poetic landscapes.“
Daiva Tamošaitytė, LITERATŪRA IR MENAS (Literature and Art) 2007 10 05 Nr. 3159
“This is the pianist, who is capable of taking audiences attention by revealing the essence of the piece adapting her perfect technique”