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5 PM Doors & Pre-Reception
6 PM Recital
8 PM Post-Reception
Daria Vasileva: Tales Without Words
Gotham Arts in collaboration with Groupmuse is excited to present an intimate solo piano recital by pianist Daria Vasileva exploring the evocative late-romantic world of Medtner in alternation with English Suites by Bach and Chopin's celebrated First Ballade.
Daria seeks to cultivate a uniquely close and expressive interpretive bond between performer and audience. This performance, only her third in NYC after her thrilling NYC debut at Gotham Arts in February and subsequent recital here in June, is not to be missed.
Wine will be served.
Program
MEDTNER Sonata Reminiscenza Op. 38 No. 1
BACH English Suite No. 2 in a minor, BWV 807
Intermission
BACH English Suite No. 3 in g minor, BWV 808
MEDTNER Selected Skazki ("Tales")
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in g minor, Op. 23
About Daria Vasileva
Daria Vasileva is a passionate concert pianist and project author who inspires audiences and over 80,000 social media followers united by their love for classical music. Her artistic mission centers on popularizing the works of Alexander Scriabin, whose visionary and emotional music perfectly reflects her expressive character and bold artistic spirit.
Daria received her classical training at the Kazan Conservatory, one of Russia’s leading music institutions, where she developed as a concert performer, ensemble artist, accompanist, and teacher. After graduation and success in several international competitions, including winning the Smetana International Piano Competition in the Czech Republic, she was awarded an ESKAS grant from the Swiss government to study at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Lucerne.
Under the mentorship of Professor Benjamin Moser, Daria’s fascination with Scriabin’s music deepened, shaping the core of her artistic identity. In 2024, she received Second Prize and the Special Scriabin Prize at the Scriabin International Piano Competition in Italy. She also won Second Prize and the Malaga Symphony Orchestra Prize at the Campillos International Piano Competition in Spain.
Continuing her international career, Daria remains devoted to sharing Scriabin’s legacy through concerts and recordings. In 2026, she will release her debut album dedicated to Alexander Scriabin with the French label Aparté, marking a significant milestone in her artistic journey.
What's the music?
Tales Without Words is an evening of storytelling and evoking your imagination
Part I - At the Forgotten Ball
The evening opens with Medtner's Sonata Reminiscenza, a piece that feels like a memory rising to the surface before it has found words - searching, tender, incomplete. It leads into Bach's English Suite No. 2 in A minor, where storytelling takes on the shape of Baroque dance, full of life, wit and reflection.
Part II - Encountering Fate
Bach's English Suite No. 3 in G minor returns to that same courtly language in a darker key, before a set of Medtner's Skazki ("Tales") - some of the most explicitly narrative pieces ever written for solo piano, though what tale each one tells is left entirely to the listener. The evening closes with Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor, a piece that behaves like a story in the truest sense: it has a beginning, a rising tension, and a conclusion that arrives less like a resolution than an inevitability.
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