Olga Pashchenko

04.08.2025 - 21:00

ABOUT THE ARTIST

  • Olga Pashchenko (harpsichord / piano)

Olga Pashchenko, one of the most versatile and internationally recognized pianists, specializes in performing on both historical and modern instruments, ranging from Bach and Beethoven to Ligeti. Based in the Netherlands, she has an eclectic concert career as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Notable performances include recitals with Alexander Melnikov at Musikfest Berlin, tours performing Clara Schumann’s piano concerto with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, and solo concerts with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and Collegium 1704. She is a regular presence at early and contemporary music festivals such as the Jordi Savall Festival, the Utrecht Early Music Festival, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.Olga has collaborated with renowned musicians like Giovanni Antonini, Evgeny Sviridov, and Dmitry Sinkovsky, and has performed as a soloist in prestigious venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Cité de la Musique. In the 2022/23 season, she held recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, and the Fundación Juan March. She is an exclusive artist for Alpha Classics, with which she has released critically acclaimed recordings, including Mozart’s Piano Concertos. She studied modern piano and fortepiano with Alexei Lubimov and organ at the Moscow Conservatory and completed her studies in harpsichord and fortepiano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In 2017, she became a professor at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatory of Ghent.

Scarlatti & Ligeti

György Ligeti (1923-2006)

Passacaglia ungherese, for harpsichord 

Andante

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1755)

Sonata in D Minor, K. 141

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 1 

Sostenuto - Misurato - Prestissimo

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in D Minor, K. 213

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 2 

Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in A Minor, K. 265

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 3 

Allegro con spirito

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in D Major, K. 397

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 4 

Tempo di Valse (poco vivace – “à l’orgue de Barbarie”)

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in A Minor, K. 175

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 5 

Rubato - Lamentoso

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in E Minor, K. 292

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 6 

Allegro molto capriccioso

György Ligeti

Hungarian Rock (Chaconne), for harpsichord

Vivacissimo molto ritmico

Musica ricercata nº 7 

Cantabile, molto legato

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in C-sharp Minor, K. 246

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 8. 

Vivace. Energico

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in E-flat Major, K. 253

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 9. (Béla Bartók in memoriam) 

Adagio. Mesto - Allegro maestoso

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in C Minor, K. 115

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 10. 

Vivace. Capriccioso

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in D Minor, K. 262

György Ligeti

Musica ricercata nº 11 (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi)

Andante misurato e tranquillo

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in C Minor, K. 58

György Ligeti

Continuum, for harpsichord

Prestissimo