Sophie Pacini IN BETWEEN

When Sophie Pacini made her Warner Classics debut in 2016 with a programme of Beethoven and Liszt, Gramophone described the young German-Italian, a protégée of Martha Argerich, as “a prodigious pianist”. On her new album, called In Between, she performs works by four composers as she explores their personal and musical relationships: between Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn; between Schumann and his wife Clara, and between Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny. Their contemporary Franz Liszt also features on the album, as the transcriber for piano of one of Schumann’s most glorious songs, Widmung (Dedication), which was inspired by Clara.

Schumann and Mendelssohn are, of course, firmly established in the musical pantheon, but Clara Schumann (celebrated as a concert pianist) and Fanny Mendelssohn were notable composers too. For too long, their creativity and their compositions were underestimated, but in recent years their talents and influence have become more widely recognised.

Judith Pfeiffer KLAVIER

Judith Pfeiffer, born in Germany, holds five degrees in Piano Performance/Piano Education from three different countries.

Her CD, “Brahms and His Time,” features romantic piano works by Johannes Brahms,

Clara and Robert Schumann, and Frederic Chopin. A CD with piano works by women composers was released by Dreyer-Gaido Musikproduktionen (Germany) and acclaimed by critics and the general public alike.
Judith has performed throughout Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Italy, France, Portugal, and the United States. With her expertise of Brahms, she enthusiastically accepted the invitation from Friends of Goethe and the German Consulate in Atlanta to perform “Brahms and His Time” on a Southern tour. She also performed in several venues in Florida, including the Royalty Theater in Clearwater, Keene Faculty Center Recital Series at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and at the 7 th International Festival of Women Composers in Gainesville (recorded for National Public Radio).
An outstanding feature of her recitals is her illuminating commentary on the pieces, in which she draws from music history, philosophy, and psychology, thus allowing the audience to find new connections between the composer, the music, and itself.