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Rena Kyriakou
12+ albums
20th CenturypianocomposerfemaleGreek
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Rena Kyriakou was born in Heraklion, Crete, on 25 February 1917. Child prodigy, internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, and pedagogue. She was a member of the Greek Composers’ Union. The daughter of well-known architect Dimitrios Kyriakou and Kakia Archaniotaki, Rena grew up in a cultured environment that appreciated her talent and fostered its development very early on. On 31 December 1923, at the age of six, she made her first public appearance at the Parnassos Concert Hall, performing exclusively her own compositions (from Fifteen Children’s Pieces [Δεκαπέντε παιδικά κομμάτια]), which were greeted with positive comments by such musicians as Georgios Lambelet, Marios Varvoglis, Georgios Sklavos, Dionysios Lavrangas, Theodoros Synadinos, Manolis Skouloudis, Ivan Boutnikov, and Frank Choisy. These early works sustain a programmatic character with a marked romantic idiom. The Kyriakou family then went to Paris in order to seek the expert opinion of neuropathologists and musicians. According to the verdict issued by Charles Richet and the composers of the modern French school Albert Roussel, Gabriel Pierné, Jean Déré, and Vincent d’Indy, little Rena was a performing and composing genius. In Berlin, she played in the form of auditions before Franz Schreker, George Szell, and Max Von Schillings, winning praise once again. She completed theory and harmony with Richard Stöhr (Munich and Vienna), and Dr. Paul Weingarten (Vienna). She had her first piano lessons with Hilda Mül
top songs
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Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67: Lullaby in E Major
5152Songs Without Words, Book V, Op. 62: No. 30 In A Major "Spring Song"
2203Songs Without Words, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 27 in E Minor - Funeral March
2124Lutoslawski: Overture For String Orchestra
1015Songs Without Words, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 25 in G Major - May Breezes
966Songs Without Words, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major - Spring Song
897Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 31 in F-Sharp Major - Meditation
858Songs Without Words, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 26 in B-Flat Major - The Departure
859Lutoslawski: Die Strohkette For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinets And Bassoon - There Was A Little Old Lady
8410Lutoslawski: Die Strohkette For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinets And Bassoon - A Pear Tree Stood In The Field
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Lullaby - Classical Bedtime Music
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The Most Essential Classical Music for Your Baby
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Music Of Lutoslawski, Busoni, Szymanoski
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, 17 Variations Serieuses
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Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words And Piano Concertos
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Classical Music for Yoga and Relaxation
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Classical Music for Funeral and Mourning
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30 Best Classical Piano
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Isaac Albéniz Complete Piano Works (VOX Reissue)
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The Classical Horror!
Mendelssohn: Three Piano Sonatas
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Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto