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ALEXANDRE LEVY (1864 -1892)
PIANO WORKS - STUDY AND RECORDINGS
2me Impromptu
Three manuscripts of the 2ème Impromptu were located, but no edition. Only one manuscript is complete and indicates the op. 6 and the date 23.04.1882. The musicologist Arnaldo Senise establishes 1887 as the date of composition and identifies this work as op. 7. The other two manuscripts are available in the Levy Collection, one of them, apparently, an earlier version, with significant differences. These documents contain the following observations: “original at the Municipal Theater Museum of Rio de Janeiro” and “handwriting by Madeweis” – who was Levy's composition teacher. The piece has a clear Chopinesque influence and both the tonality (F # M) and some structural aspects refer to Impromptu n. 2 op. 36 by the Polish composer. The surprisingly extensive central part (it is an ABA) draws attention, with an excerpt reminiscent of the central section of Fantasia Improviso op. 66, an unusual fugato and a Lisztian cadence.
Alexsandra Hsiao
Alexsandra Hsiao began her piano studies at an early age and won several prizes in national competitions. In her musical training she was heavily influenced by pianists such as Eduardo Monteiro, Luciana Sayure, Marisa Lacorte, Sylvia Maltese and Nahim Marun. She completed her bachelor's degree at the University of São Paulo and a master's in performance under the supervision of Dr William Goldenberg at Northern University of Illinois, where she received a Graduate Teaching Assistantship and helped prepare the Opera Theater at the NIU School of Music. She performed in concerts on the harpsichord. She currently resides in Chicago, where she is a lecturer at Northside Music Academy and Knight Music Academy.
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