21.05.1950 Leningrad

"Usually, composing for me means self-immersion, touching beauty, connecting with the immaterial world. Composers — not all of them, of course — have much in common with priests and gardeners."
Elena Firsova

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 PIANOVERSAL listening tips: Elena Firsova

Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 5 (1971)
Viola Morkosch, piano & Eckhardt Stahl, cello
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For Alissa – Variations Op. 102 (2002)
Piano: Alissa Firsova (Elena Firsova's daughter)
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Meditation in the Japanese Garden, op.54, fl, va, pf (1992)
Duruflé Trio (Clare Simmonds, piano; Rosie Bowker, flute; Henrietta Hill, viola)
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All works with piano are listed in the PIANOVERSALRegister.

Elena Firsova: Composer of the Week No. 5 / February 2018