Pro Musica / Mélodînes | Piano four hands delight with La Fiammata

Interview by Alain Brunet

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La Fiammata, duo of Linda Ruan and Charissa Vandikas seeks and explores the repertoire for piano four hands. For this concert presented in Montreal on Wednesday April 28 at Wilfrid-Pelletier’s Piano Nobile, 12:15 PM. they will perform pieces from Rachmaninov, Schubert, Saint-Saëns, and Cécile Chaminade. La Fiammata won Second Prize and the Henle Urtext Prize, in addition to being the youngest piano duo finalist at the 70th ARD International Music Competition in Munich. La Fiammata also wan first prizes at the Lancaster International Chamber Music Competition (2021), the Suzana Szörenyi International Piano Duo Competition (2019) and the Northwest International Piano Ensemble Competition (2018). Linda Ruan and Charissa Vandikas first met in piano competitions when they were tenagers, they after studied together and became close friends before playing together the piano four hands repertoire and also transcriptions from other pieces. PAN M 360 brought them together in this video interview before their MTL performance.

La Fiammata, duo composé de Linda Ruan et Charissa Vandikas, explore et met en valeur le répertoire pour piano à quatre mains. Lors de ce concert présenté à Montréal le mercredi 28 avril au Piano Nobile de Wilfrid-Pelletier, à 12 h 15, elles interpréteront des œuvres de Rachmaninov, Schubert, Saint-Saëns et Cécile Chaminade. La Fiammata a remporté le deuxième prix et le prix Henle Urtext, en plus d’être le plus jeune duo de pianistes finaliste du 70e Concours international de musique ARD à Munich. La Fiammata a également remporté le premier prix au Concours international de musique de chambre de Lancaster (2021), au Concours international de duos de pianistes Suzana Szörenyi (2019) et au Concours international d’ensembles de pianistes du Nord-Ouest (2018). Linda Ruan et Charissa Vandikas se sont rencontrées pour la première fois lors de concours de piano alors qu’elles étaient adolescentes ; elles ont ensuite étudié ensemble et sont devenues des amies proches avant de jouer ensemble le répertoire pour piano à quatre mains ainsi que des transcriptions d’autres pièces. PAN M 360 les a réunies dans cette interview vidéo avant leur concert à Montréal.

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Works

Cécile Chaminade, Op. 55, 6 Romantic Pieces

Sergueï Rachmaninov, 6 Pieces (Selections), Op. 11

Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940

Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (arr. Ernest Guiraud)

Artists

Piano: Linda Ruan, Charissa Vandikas

ProductionProduction / PresentationPro Musica

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