{"id":4098,"date":"2018-02-07T16:52:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T16:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2018-02-07T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T16:52:10","slug":"alexandra-dariescu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4098","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Dariescu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu joins the European Young Leaders\u2019\u00a0programme class of 2018, organised under the patronage of Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Romanian pianist\u00a0Alexandra Dariescu<\/strong>\u00a0joins the\u00a0European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme<\/strong>\u00a0class of 2018, organised under the patronage of\u00a0Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission<\/strong>. Led by Friends of Europe, EYL40 is a unique, inventive and multi-stakeholder programme that aims to promote a European identity by engaging the continent\u2019s most promising talents that will shape Europe\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Based on the premise that a group of talented leaders from different backgrounds, sectors and European countries can offer new responses to international challenges, it brings together established professionals under the age of 40 who have made their mark in a wide range of fields such as politics, science, business, media NGOs, the arts and civil society. Those selected to participate are creative, committed to changing the world, and have demonstrated potential to reach the highest levels of their chosen profession.<\/p>\n

As part of the programme, Dariescu joins other members of the Class of 2018 and alumni for two European seminars, encouraging \u2018out-of-the-box\u2019 thinking in open, constructive discussions: from\u00a08-10 March<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0in Warsaw and\u00a013-15 September 2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(location to be announced).<\/p>\n

Alexandra Dariescu said: \u2018I am thrilled and humbled to be part of the European Young Leaders (EYL40) and feel very privileged to join such an incredible group of leaders from all over Europe. I hope through the discussions and fantastic activities programme in Warsaw we will be able to identify solutions in creating a more unified, perceptive and prosperous Europe<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n

Dariescu also participates in the Guildhall School of Music & Drama\u2019s fifth international\u00a0Reflective Conservatoire Conference<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday 20-Friday 23 February 2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: this year\u2019s theme is \u2018Artists as Citizens.\u2019 She sits on Vice-Principal & Director of Guildhall Innovation\u00a0Professor Helena Gaunt<\/strong>\u2019s welcome panel on the opening day, and, as an alumna of their Creative Entrepreneurs scheme, joins others from the course in discussing their work and professional trajectory before performing at the end of the session.<\/p>\n

Dariescu has also been selected to present her project The Nutcracker and I, by Alexandra Dariescu at the Classical:NEXT conference, held in Rotterdam on\u00a016-19 May 2019<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, as part of their annual Project Pitches initiative. Each of the 14 participants have nine minutes to present and answer questions in front of leading and influential members of the music industry, allowing an insight into the most intriguing and innovative developments in the sector.<\/p>\n

She wants to challenge the traditional concert format and reach out to new audiences who might not have considered coming to a classical concert before. She has devised a ground-breaking 50-minute live multi-media performance piece for piano soloist, ballerina and digital animation.<\/p>\n

Dariescu has created her own personal take on this much-loved story which sees herself re-imagined as Clara: from little girl dreaming to concert pianist. On stage is a grand piano, played by Dariescu herself, and a ballerina\u00a0behind a see-through gauze screen. Projected onto the gauze and bringing the story to life are exquisite digital animations,\u00a0all hand drawn and created in advance by\u00a0Yeast Culture<\/strong>. They follow the music and engage live with the pianist and ballerina as they \u2018dance\u2019 across the screen.\u00a0The audience feel like they are actually in and a part of the Nutcracker story.<\/p>\n

Tchaikovsky\u2019s beloved ballet music features throughout and includes favourites such as Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Arabian Dance, Chinese Dance, Pas de Deux, and the Flower Waltz in 15 virtuosic arrangements by\u00a0<\/a>Mikhail Pletnev<\/strong>,\u00a0Stepan Esipoff<\/strong>,\u00a0Percy Grainger<\/strong>\u00a0and three brand new variations by\u00a0Gavin Sutherland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Having received its world premiere on 19 December 2017 on the Guildhall School\u2019s Alumni Recital Series at Milton Court, it is also being released as a special book and CD on\u00a0Signum Records\u00a0<\/strong>and will include all 15 piano transcriptions with narration by\u00a0Lindsey Russell<\/strong>, story by\u00a0Jessica Duchen<\/strong>, artwork created by\u00a0YeastCulture\u00a0<\/strong>and illustrated by\u00a0Adam Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For complete listings for Alexandra\u2019s schedule, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/alexandradariescu.com\/<\/a>\u00a0or Alexandra\u2019s general management Konzertdirektion Schmid\u00a0http:\/\/kdschmid.de\/artistdetail\/items\/alexandra-dariescu.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu joins the European Young Leaders\u2019\u00a0programme class of 2018, organised under the patronage of Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Romanian pianist\u00a0Alexandra Dariescu\u00a0joins the\u00a0European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme\u00a0class of 2018, organised under the patronage of\u00a0Jean-Claude Juncker, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}