The Swiss Ukrainian pianist Andriy Dragan, currently based in Basel, regularly performs in Switzerland and Europe. His curiosity as a pianist has enabled him to optimize his musical work with new projects and an extended repertoire, including works by Franz Xaver Mozart and Ukrainian composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, and to inspire audiences. Andriy impressively proves this with Franz Xaver Mozart’s piano concertos, which still radiate surprising musical finesse to this day, more than 200 years after their composition. One may ask why such masterpieces, particularly the Second Piano Concerto, have not “yet” entered the standard repertoire. This is probably primarily due to the “myth” of his famous father, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but probably also to the sometimes inadequate printed music material. The present concerto was revised and completed by Gunhard Mattes Verlag and Andriy Dragan himself.
Born in the Ukraine into Oksana Rapita and Myroslav Dragan’s musical family, Andriy began his pianistic path in Lviv at the age of 6 at the Music Boarding School and later continued at the National Music Academy. His talent was soon recognized and encouraged by his professor, Lidia Krych. When he was 17, Andriy enrolled at the Basel Music Academy on the recommendation of his teachers. He was accepted in Adrian Oetiker’s class, where he received encouragement and was prepared to complete his studies as a concert pianist. The numerous competition successes associated with his training, in particular the Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes Prize in 2009, opened the doors to concert halls for Andriy. He has performed, amongst others, at the Lucerne Festival, Verbier Festival, Festival La Roque d’Anthéron, Zaubersee Festival Lucerne, Bergen Festival, Zermatt Music Festival, Kontraste and Virtuosen Festival in Lviv, as well as with the Munich Radio Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Zermatt Festival Orchestra, Scharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, MDR Symphony Orchestra at the Gewandhaus Leipzig and INSO Lviv Orchestra.
Andriy Dragan’s confident, nuanced playing immerses the listener in a subtle and refined sound world. His virtuosity at the service of music characterizes the musician.
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