Karajeva plays Schubert, Skriabin

On this album Austrian-born pianist Christiane Karajeva, who besides pursuing an international solo and chamber music career has been teaching at the University of Music and dramatic Arts Vienna for more than thirty years, presents works by Alexander Skrjabin and Franz Schubert. The Preludes Op. 11 by Skrjabin stand in the tradition of the ones by Frederic Chopin. Similarly, Skrjabin drafts his 24 compact piano pieces as a tour through all musical keys. The Sonata G major Op. 78 D 894 by Franz Schubert came to be his last piano sonata which has been published during his lifetime. It captivates the listener with atmospheres which can be accurately described by antonyms and terms like movement and calmness, joy and despair, solitude, aspiration and solace.

Christiane Karajeva Since her first piano recital at the age of ten, the Viennese pianist plays a prominent role as soloist, chamber musician and teacher in the international musical life. She finished her studies with honors at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and at the Tschaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Among her teachers were Richard Hauser, Dieter Weber, Eliso Wirsaladse, Lev Naumov and Wilhelm Kempff. At the age of seventeen she was the youngest prize-winner at the International Beethoven Competition. Solo engagements have taken her through Europe, Canada, Mexico and the Near East. Christiane Karajeva has been teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna for more than 30 years. In the year 2000 she has been appointed professor at the department of musical pedagogy.