| (Études d'éxecution trascendante) Considered musically one of the most difficult of the 12 etudes, Mazeppa imposes some extremely demanding technical difficulties as well. It requires a complete familiarity with the piano, as it contains a lot of very fast and wide jumps and octaves, and is usually only attempted by advanced players. CV (english) The 19 years old Spanish musician Félix González-Ardanaz, began his musical upbringing in La Rioja at the "Professional School of Music", finalizing bachelor at sciences and the Professional Degree of Music at the age of 17, and with the best qualifications, under the trusteeship of Begoña Axpe Basarrete and Elvira Guarás. From an early age, he has performed in its community many times, as chamber music performer and as soloist. He has taken part in several courses in the field of piano and conducting, as active student and as soloist. That was in the context of the Fifth International Summer Course "New Musical Generation" in Segovia; of the "Third International Forum of Music City of Toledo", and of the "50th International Summer Academy of Nice". He has also participated actively in the courses which usually take place in the Musikeon Academy, in Valencia, in charge of the Italian musician Luca Chiantore, and in those of the Eutherpe Foundation in Leon. He has received classes by spanish pianists of the stature of Guillermo González, Josep Colom... and Solomon Mikowsky, Brigitte Engerer, Jean-François Heisser and Michel Béroff ... |
