Kateryna Titova QUASI UNA FANTASIA

“She is a revolutionary with a brilliant technique, someone who goes against the grain, no punk of the classical scene but not entirely refined either, an artist who tells stories with her hands,” MDR declared when Kateryna Titova’s debut recording of works by Rachmaninoff was released by Sony Classical in 2009.

A native of the Ukraine, Kateryna Titova has won first or second prizes at twenty international piano competitions, notably the 2002 Alicia de Larrocha Competition in Andorra, the 2004 International Russian Music Piano Competition in San José, California, the 2005 Anton G. Rubinstein Piano Competition in Dresden, the 2008 James Mottram International Piano Competition in Manchester and the 2013 Spanish Composers International Piano Competition in Madrid.

“Fantasy – it is only given to human beings: the ability to create images in the mind which do not exist in reality.
Without imagination there would be neither creativity nor progress, no art and no love! ” Kateryna Titova –
her new recording with the title “… quasi una fantasia” including Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata and other works by Mendelssohn, Skrjabin and Vorísek will be released in April 2017 at the label GWK.

Olga Scheps RUSSIAN ALBUM

"In Olga Scheps Russian Album she excellently captures the emotion of melancholy, magically showcases sadness and being reserved. You can feel the emotion of slight world pain and the suffering of the soul, like at the beginning of Mili Balakirevs “Au Jardin” (…). Once the main subject of the play  Glinkas/Balakirevs “Lerche” comes into play your ears will widen: Sorrow, and the emotion of saying goodbye is felt throughout her mastery of playing the piano, without being old-fashioned. A Schepstrademark is her way of playing Rachmaninows g-Moll-Prelude: Effortless, also not showcasing her true capabilities she goes through this prelude. Overall a great Cover of the matter, being focused on presenting the play in its true fashion, which is not being boasting and a certain reservedness." (Fono Forum)

"Scheps shows masterfully how to present the emotions of sadness and pain in her Russian album. The tears will be following her play, that’s what is the result of her mastery. Her album is a well-put program that opens up many doors of emotion. (NDR online)