Fathers & Daughters

Borys Fedorov, Mikhail Zemtsov, Anna Fedorova, Dana Zemtsov

What are the origins of the Mexican/Dutch/Russian violist Dana Zemtsov and Ukrainian/Dutch pianist Anna Fedorova? Throughout years of friendship, they discovered many similarities in their upbringing. Both Dana and Anna’s parents met in Moscow’s conservatory. Dana’s parents - Julia Dinerstein and Mikhail Zemtsov - are both renowned violists. Anna’s parents - Tatiana Abayeva and Borys Fedorov - are incredible pianists and famous piano professors. With the album Fathers & Daughters, they embark on a journey through generations of the two families! It features works performed by each daughter with her father, the fathers together, the daughters together, and the daughters with their fathers. With music by Evgeny Zemtsov, Frédéric Chopin, Nikolai Roslavets, Alexander Glazunov, Alexander Scriabin, Michael Kugel and Mikhail Zemtsov, plus a piece written by Borys Fedorov especially for this album, it is a perfect, nostalgic portrayal of the environment in which Dana & Anna’s ancestors grew up in.

Borys Fedorov, Yevgeny Zemtsov (1940-2016) , Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) , Nikolaj Roslavets (1881-1944) , Alexander Tsfasman (1906-1971) , Michael Kugel (b. 1946) , Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) , Alexander Glasunow (1865-1936) , Mikhail Zemtsov (b. 1978)

anon.: Cielito Lindo
anon.: Shalom Aleichem
Chopin: Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2
Fedorov: Amarcord, Childhood Memories
Glazunov: Elegy, Op. 44
Kugel: Preghiera for viola and string orchestra
Roslavets: Viola Sonata No. 1
Scriabin: Fantasy in A minor Op. post.
Tsfasman: Es tut mir Leid
Zemtsov: Melodie im Alten Stil for viola and piano
Zemtsov: Tango Suite

January 2024

Bringing these hugely talented musicians together results in some exceptionally insightful playing. Furthermore, the way this enormously eclectic recital is arranged has an immediacy that replicates the kind of spontaneous music-making that might well take place in one of their homes.

January 2024

‘Fathers and Daughters’ celebrates the close familial and professional ties between these four musicians across a varied and judiciously conceived anthology that undeniably plays to their individual and collective strengths...The performers seem as closely attuned to the music as they evidently are to one another.