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12 November 2026, at 6:00 p.m., “Sergiu T. Chiriacescu” Conference Centre, Transilvania University of Brașov

Transilvania University of Brașov, through the Music Centre, in collaboration with the Faculty of Music, invites the academic community, as well as all classical audiences to a piano recital offered by Julia Mortyakova and Valentin Bogdan, two internationally acclaimed artists who combine their successful concert career with a rewarding academic one, as professors at Mississippi University for Women (USA).

The event, which will be hosted in “Sergiu T. Chiriacescu” Conference Centre on Thursday, 12 November 2026, starting at 6:00 p.m., proposes a foray into a complex pianistic universe, which intertwines Romantic virtuosity, expressive refinement and the originality of contemporary creation.

The programme features compositions of Franz Liszt, Cécile Chaminade, Teresa Carreño, Olga Harris and Valentin Bogdan, and aims at highlighting the richness of the Romantic repertoire and the diversity of contemporary musical languages. These musical pieces include Ballade no. 2 in B minor by Franz Liszt, Piano Pages by Cécile Chaminade and Teresa Carreño, as well as Sonata no. 1 – “Antithetical References”, signed by Valentin Bogdan.

The recital closes with a spotlight on the piano duo repertoire, which reunites selections from Pièces romantiques, op. 55, by Cécile Chaminade and Two Tangos by Eduardo Arolas, in Valentin Bogdan’s arrangement. The artistic collaboration of the two pianists, laureates of Ellis Duo Piano Competition, in 2017, brings to the fore the musical dialogue and the expressiveness of performance as a whole.

The entrance is free, within the limit of available seats.