"Ивайла Кирова притежава едно изключително високо артистично ниво"
Интервю за английското списание "Mouvement Nouveau"
Hi!
How are you? What’s
on your schedule right now?
Hi! I’m fine, thank you. I’m teaching a master course and
I’m giving a concert in Bulgaria in May, after my jury membership
in the International Piano Competition "Classical and Contemporary".
If you hadn’t chosen music, what do you think you would do right
now?
My two great passions are music and flying. I’ve been fascinated
by flying since earliest childhood, but I wanted to be a musician more.
If I hadn’t, I’d certainly be a pilot. That’s my unfulfilled
dream.
What
or who was your biggest influence as an artist?
Gerhard Oppitz, my piano professor. I had the big chance to take his master
class in Munich and that was the most important period of my musical education.
What’s
the hardest part about being a musician and what’s the best?
The hardest and the best is the development as a musician... Until a concert
pianist receives his master degree, he takes 18-20 years of piano lessons.
In other occupations only 4-5 years are necessary. However, to receive
recognition and to
be successful as a musician is a great and indescribable feeling.
What’s
your view on the classical music scene at present? Is there a crisis?
No, I don’t think that there is a crisis. Classical music was always
for a selected, intelligent circle of people and not for the crowd.
Some
feel there is no need to record classical music any more, that it’s
all been done before. What do you tell them?
People have listened to classical music for centuries and enjoy it over
and over again. In fact, you can never play one piece in the same way
twice, but not many people understand this. Nowadays there are many pop
song releases every day which get forgotten by the next week. Is there
really any need to record them?
What
constitutes a good live performance in your opinion? What’s your
approach to performing on stage?
Charisma is very important during a live performance, in addition to all
other qualitites. My approach to performing on stage is to be concentrated,
to forget the public and to be free. I believe this is necessary for success.
What
does the word “interpretation” mean to you?
To present as precisely and faithfully as possible the composer’s
conception, not one’s own. The classical performers are like interior
designers - they furnish a
house, but they don’t build it. It’s a pity that over and
over again even well-known performers interpret some composers so that
you can barely recognize them...
True
or false: It is the duty of an artist to put his personal emotions into
the music he plays.
True, but this is not the most important thing. As I said before, the
performer must above all understand the composer as well as possible.
The personal emotions must not predominate.
True
or false: “Music is my first love”.
True, but it isn’t only love, it’s much more...
True
or false: People need to be educated about classical music, before they
can really appreciate it.
False. Either you feel love for classical music in your heart or not.
Of course the influence by the family or education can contribute to this,
but that isn’t decisive. You cannot educate feelings or love for
music into someone.
You
are given the position of artistic director of a concert hall. What would
be on your program for this season?
In my opinion, the people in Europe know not nearly enough about bulgarian
music and I have always tried to popularize it more. Composers like Vladigerov,
Nenov, Pipkov are regarded as national celebrities in Bulgaria. Earlier
musicians like David Oistrach, Arthur Nikisch and Wilhelm Furtwängler
presented these compositions. Herbert von Karajan passed his state examination
with the first piano concerto of Vladigerov. In Germany, however, find
you the names on the concert programs only rarely...
What’s
your favourite classical CD at the moment?
I listen to the 24 Preludes and the 2-nd Sonata of Rachmaninov with Vladimir
Ashkenazy now. It is an exceptionally beautiful CD!
Have
you ever tried playing a different instrument? If yes, how good were you
at it?
Yes, I tried several as a child, just out of curiosity. However, I always
only took piano lessons. I know exactly what I wanted.
април 2005
StZ News
"През тази есен отново се провежда клавирния конкурс "Класика и съвременност". Журито се състои от пет проминентни музиканти, пианисти и педагози: проф. д-р Куртев, проф. Димов, доц. Гатев, доц. Кирова от Германия, възпитаничка на Старозагорското Музикално Училище и на Музикалните Академии в София и Мюнхен, както и художествения директор на конкурса г-жа Маринчева..."
октомври 2004
Süddeutsche Zeitung
"Пианистката Ивайла Кирова представи с успех в рамките на концертния цикъл "Млади артисти" в Мюнхен Шопен-Соната оп. 35, Лист-Испанска рапсодия, Ненов-Токата, Барток..."
януари 1998
StZ News
"Журито награди лауреатите на четвъртия клавирен конкурс "Класика и съвременност", избрани сред всички участници в общо четири възрастови групи. Специалната награда на доц. Ивайла Кирова получи Деница Добрева от Националното Училище по изкуствата "В. Стоянов" в Русе..."
октомври 2004
Klassik Online
"Един сериозен, рядко хубав CD запис! Изключително виртуозен и с голяма изразителна сила. Стигнал докрая, човек отново го връща отначало, за да го чуе още и още веднъж...
юли 2001