Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova plays Étude Op. 25, No. 11 in A minor, a solo piano technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836. The piece is often referred to as the Winter Wind in English and literarily Seasoned Plants in some other languages.
- Camera: Kamil Klapsa, Aleksandra Wróbel, Natalia Zahora, Mateusz Zahora
- Editing: Kamil Klapsa
- Corrections: Mateusz Papiernik
- Sound Engineer: Grigoriy Mokritskiy
- Camera Equipment: Krzysztof Paczyński, Mateusz Zahora
- Producer: Mateusz Zahora
- annafedorova.com
The piece is a study for developing stamina, dexterity, and technique – essential skills for any concert pianist. It begins with a piano introduction to the main melody. The first theme follows, consisting of tumultuous cascades of semiquaver-tuplets (sixteenth-note-tuplets) and a leaping figure for the left hand in the relative major, C major, which shortly segues into a repetition of the first theme. It finishes with a short development into a fortissimo coda and ends with one final statement of the theme.
![Evgeny Kissin plays Winter Wind [Chopin]](https://cdn-0.andantemoderato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Evgeny-Kissin-Winter-Wind-1024x576.jpg)
Related: Chopin – Winter Wind [Evgeny Kissin]
Sources
- Étude Op. 25, No. 11 (Chopin) on Wikipedia
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Amazing talent
I am bum-fluxed over this presentation. First, we have a brilliant interpretation of the 25th Etude, then subjected to ludicrous exploitation of the young woman. Ugly, and demeaning. Only a jealous man could have dreamed this up!