2024-25 Season

California State University, Fresno • Concert Hall

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Zlata Chochieva

Friday, March 28, 2025 • 7:30PM

Born in Moscow and now a resident of Berlin, Zlata Chochieva has gained international recognition for her “consistently inspired, masterfully executed and beautiful sounding interpretations” (Gramophone). Protegé of the legendary Mikhail Pletnev, she is firmly established as one of the leading pianists of her generation having performed to great acclaim in many of the world’s major venues including Herkulessaal in Munich, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Philharmonie de Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, and the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

Concert Program

J.S. BACH
Lento from Organ Sonata in G Major, BWV 530 (arr. Bartók)
SCHUMANN
Symphonic Etudes, Op.13
BRAHMS
Scherzo in E-flat minor, Op.4
RACHMANINOFF
Selections from Preludes, Op.23 and Preludes, Op.32
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42
MENDELSSOHN
Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Op.61 (arr. Rachmaninoff)