The Energy Passes Through Me When I Play: HARPSICHORDIST GIEDRE LUKSAITE-MRAZKOVA

Snejdarova focuses on harpsichordist Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova. She was born at the end of World War II in what is now Lithuania and was then part of the Soviet Union. Growing up in the Baltics, she encountered deportations, fear, and bullying. Despite this, she never lost her optimism and hope for t...

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Published inCzech music Vol. 21; no. 2; p. 14
Main Author Snejdarova, Dina
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Prague Czech Music Information 01.04.2021
Czech Music Information Centre
Subjects
Classical music
Harpsichord music
Interviews
Luksaite-Mrazkova, Giedre
Musical recordings
Musical styles
Musicians
Musicians & conductors
Personal profiles
Lithuania
Czech Republic
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Summary:Snejdarova focuses on harpsichordist Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova. She was born at the end of World War II in what is now Lithuania and was then part of the Soviet Union. Growing up in the Baltics, she encountered deportations, fear, and bullying. Despite this, she never lost her optimism and hope for the future. Luksaite-Mrazkova has lived in Prague since 1976 and has been a professor of harpsichord at the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) in Prague for over forty years, where she has taught a number of successful performers who have gone on to distinguished careers. She is an avid champion of Czech music and has recorded, among others, the works of Leopold Kozeluch, Josef Antonin Stepan (Joseph Anton Steffan), and Jan Ladislav Dussek, as well as presenting world premieres of works by Jiri Gemrot or Petr Eben.
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ISSN:1211-0264
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