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ALEXANDRE LEVY (1864 -1892)
PIANO WORKS - STUDY AND RECORDINGS
Allegro Appassionato
The Allegro Appassionato was composed in São Paulo, in 1887. The Levy Collection (https://acervolevy.com/) has two manuscripts of the work, which use opus 9. In the edition published by Levy Filhos (n.d.) it appears as op. 14. In one manuscript, there is a crossed-out dedication, “To Adelaide Moares”. On the other, the dedication, also crossed-out, is “À Arthur Napoleon”. In the version edited by Irmãos Vitale (1960) it is “To his student Arlette Cecília”. This is one of the most virtuosic pieces composed by Alexandre Levy and reflects the influence of Schumann and Mendelssohn.
Gabriella Affonso
Gabriella has a PhD from USP under the supervision of Eduardo Monteiro. She is a lecturer at the School of Music at the Federal University of Pará. Her researches are in the interpretive traditions in Chopin and Pleyel pianos of the period. She has a specialisation from the Chopin Institute in Warsaw in 2018. Having won awards in Brazil and abroad, she performed as a soloist with the Campinas Symphony and Theatro da Paz, among other orchestras. She holds a master's and bachelor's degree from the City University of New York, under the guidance of Edna Golandsky (Taubman approach). She was supervised by Arnaldo Cohen at Indiana University holding a Performer Diploma and by Edson Elias at École Normale de Musique in Paris
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