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A mesmerising master interpreter
SIMON DUFF delights in Marija Bokor's supreme piano craft in the latest recording of Bartok, Vaughan Williams and Yusupov
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Marija Bokor
Piano Bartok Vaughan Williams Yusupov
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THE debut album from Swiss pianist Marija Bokor is majestic master-class tone poem adventure. Featuring works for solo piano by three composers, Bela Bartok, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Yusupov, recorded over three days in April 2021, in co-operation with with Radio SRF 2 Kultur at the Radiostudio Zurich hall.
It’s a debut that will further enhance Boker’s growing reputation on the world stage. Born in 1992 at St Gallen, north-east Switzerland, of Serbian heritage, Boker grew up surrounded by music from an early age, beginning her piano studies when she was five years old. She graduated with a Soloist Diploma at the University of Lucerne in the class of Konstantin Lifschitz.
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