Puzzle Sophie Pacini

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23:
• 1 Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 09:44
• Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29:
• 2 Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29 04:07
• Étude No. 11 in A Minor, Op. 25:
• 3 Chopin: Étude No. 11 in A Minor, Op. 25 03:46
• Études, Op. 25:
• 4 Chopin: Études, Op. 25: No. 12 in C Minor 02:33
• 5 Chopin: Études, Op. 25: No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor 05:33
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915): Preludes, Op. 11:
• 6 Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 11: No. 4 in E Minor 02:28
• 7 Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 11: No. 5 in D Major 01:42
• Frédéric Chopin: Études, Op. 25:
• 8 Chopin: Études, Op. 25: No. 10 in B Minor 04:15
• Waltzes, Op. 70:
• 9 Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 70: No. 1, Molto vivace in G-Flat Major 01:53
• 10 Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 70: No. 2 in F Minor 02:56
• Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 11:
• 11 Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 11: No. 22 in G Minor 01:49
• Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, B. 49:
• 12 Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, B. 49 03:57
• Valse in E-Flat Major, KK IVb/10:
• 13 Chopin: Valse in E-Flat Major, KK IVb/10 01:30
• Valse in A Minor KK IVb/11:
• 14 Chopin: Valse in A Minor KK IVb/11 02:13
• Valse in E-Flat Major, KK IVa/14:
• 15 Chopin: Valse in E-Flat Major, KK IVa/14 02:29
• Études, Op. 10:
• 16 Chopin: Études, Op. 10: No. 1 in C Major 02:04
• Total Runtime 52:59

Info for Puzzle

"PUZZLE" - with her ninth album, ECHO and ICMA award-winner Sophie Pacini looks through the kaleidoscope of her previous musical experiences that have shaped her life and presents what is probably her most intimate album. It is a look at her own artistic journey, marked by eminent pianistic development, but also by an exciting personal journey through life in the last decades on the circuit of the international music world.

"On this album I have combined works that have given me support, courage, vision, insight and confidence in brief but, in retrospect, essential moments of my life. I have also made new discoveries of my buried Jewish family history and thus found further cultural roots within myself, which I sense anew here on this album especially in the 1st Chopin Ballade and the C sharp minor Nocturne. So I've decided, as profoundly as I can, to turn my life inside out, to be myself and emotionally string the puzzle pieces of my life so far on a string of notes."

Sophie Pacini presents works by Chopin and Scriabin - composers who, in the eyes of the music press, make her "an ideal choice for 19th century piano music".

Sophie Pacini, piano

Sophie Pacini
Born in Munich in 1991, Pacini began her studies at the age of ten as a pupil of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Salzburg Mozarteum, where she was accepted two years later by the newly founded Institute for Highly Gifted Students. From 2007 she continued her studies in master classes given by Pavel Gililov, completing her diploma in 2011 with honours. In 2010 she became acquainted with Martha Argerich, who invited her the following year to give a recital as part of the Martha Argerich Project in Lugano, and who has since become an important figure in the young pianist’s career.

As a soloist she has performed with orchestras including Camerata Salzburg, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Dresden Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz, Tokyo Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Since 2013 Sophie Pacini has been supported by a scholarship from the Dortmund Mozart Society. In 2015 she received the ECHO Klassik Young Artist of the Year Award in the Piano category.

Booklet for Puzzle