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JÓZEF KAZIMIERZ HOFMANN
JOSEF HOFMANN
(1876 - 1957)

PIANO WORKS

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Artem Yasynskyy, Piano

"This is my first recording, and working towards it has been a source of enormous gratification to me. Hofmann, who probably knew the piano better than anybody else, wrote magnificently for the instrument. His piano works are a thrilling mixture of styles, marking the composer’s personal and musical development. While largely confining himself to classical structures, Hofmann’s music nevertheless always comes directly from the heart. He explores the huge possibilities for sonority to the fullest and develops a palette unique to himself." - Artem Yasynskyy

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Józef Kazimierz Hofmann (1876 – 1957)
Josef Hofmann

About this Recording

Józef Kazimierz Hofmann was one of the greatest Romantic virtuosi of his age, a towering technician and a poet of the keyboard. He also wrote extensively for the piano, crafting a richly contrasted set of Charakterskizzen, Op. 40, a Sonata in F major, Op. 21 that reveals the influence of Schumann, and a finely wrought Theme with Variations and Fugue, Op.14. Artem Yasynskyy won the Hofmann Prize at the First German Piano Competition of Polish Music in Hamburg in 2013.

    Charakterskizzen, Op. 40 (1908)
1) No. 1. Vision (05:07)
2) No. 2. Jadis (02:42)
3) No. 3. Nenien (06:18)
4) No. 4. Kaleidoskop (04:51)

5) Etude for the Left Hand Alone in C Major, Op. 32
     (03:51)

6) 2 Mazurkas, Op. 16: No. 1 in A Minor^* (05:00)

     Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 21
7) I. Moderato (05:47)
8) II. Scherzo (02:51)
9) III. Andante (Recitativo. Tempo di marcia) (03:46)
10) IV. Allegro moderato (06:17)

11) Mazurka in B Minor (1885)^* (02:16)

12) Mazurka in D Minor (1886)^* (04:18)

13) Theme with Variations and Fugue, Op. 14^* (16:06)

TOTAL TIME: 69:08

Artem Yasynskyy

Artem Yasynskyy was born in 1988 in Donetsk, Ukraine into a family of professional musicians. He gave his first public concert at the age of eight and, over the next ten years, enjoyed success as a prizewinner in several competitions for young pianists, including the Horowitz International Piano Competition for Young Pianists, held in Kiev.

After graduating with honours from the Prokofiev State Academy of Music in 2010, he pursued postgraduate piano studies with Patrick O’Byrne at the University of the Arts in Bremen, Germany. At the inaugural German Piano Competition of Polish Music held in Hamburg in 2013, he was awarded the Hofmann Prize (a contract to record works by Józef Kazimierz Hofmann) as well as a concert tour of Poland, during which he performed as soloist with the Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra.

He has given numerous concert appearances throughout Germany; also in Italy, South Korea, Greece, Japan, Spain, and Russia. In April 2013, he performed as soloist with the Donetsk State Orchestra at the Opening Ceremony of the Prokofiev International Piano Competition in Donetsk.