July 2010
The 2009-2010 season was very exciting and successful for Martina Filjak . It began with First Prize and additional Special Prizes (best performances of Beethoven as well as best of contemporary music) at the Cleveland International Piano Competition, continuing with successful debuts and performances at venues such as the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Musikverein in Vienna, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa .
Described as “versatile and adventurous” by Donald Rosenberg; a “pianist to watch” by Anthony Tomassini in the New York Times; and as giving an “impressive debut “ at the Wiener Zeitung , Martina Filjak also gave numerous concerto performances as a soloist performing concerti by Mozart , Beethoven , Grieg , Schumann , Chopin , Rachmaninov , Tchaikovsky , Hindemith and Bartok with orchestras such as the Bilbao Symphony, Tenerife Symphony, Torino Philharmonic, and the South Carolina Philharmonic .
Her 2009 Buenos Aires debut received the Argentinian Music critics Award. Additionally, in the Autumn of 2009, she was awarded the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize.
June 2010
On June 6th Martina Filjak performed with great success the 4 Temperaments by Hindemith with the Cantus Ensemble in Zagreb Croatia .
Shortly afterwards , on June 11th she performed a joint solo and duo recital with Alexander Ghindin at the Severance Hall in Cleveland .
On June 19th , Martina Filjak was a soloist in the 2nd concerto by Chopin at the Strasbourg Festival , accompanied by Sinfonia Iuventus and Theodor Guschlbauer , and on June 26th she performed a joint recital evening together with the renowned pianist Ewa Kupiec at the Festival Eusopäische Festspielwochen in Passau . Both concerts earned excellent reviews :
May 2010
During July and August Martina will perform the 5th concerto by Beethoven with the South East Europe Youth Orchestra under the baton of Heinrich Schiff , the Schumann Piano Concerto at the Dubrovnik Festival as well as with the Chile National Symphony Orchestra , the Ravel Piano Concerto with the Chautauqua Symphony and Stefan Sanderling and recitals at the Santa Cristina Festival in Spain and at the Duszniki Festival in Poland . The exact schedule will soon be published in the Concert section .
April 2010
Martina Filjak succesfully finished her USA tour that included several recitals and a performance of Bartok's 3rd piano concerto with the South Carolina Philharmonic on April 24th . The Bartok performance earned her excellent reviews describing the concert as a 'heavenly performance' and ' one of the best soloists we've had in a long time ' . Read the entire review on the following link
March 2010
Standing ovations and excellent reviews followed Martina Filjak's performance of the 1st Piano Concerto by Tchaikovsky in Potsdam , Germany :
On March 25th Martina held a recital at the Bösendorfer Hall in Vienna . A day before , on March 24th she held a lecture recital at the Vienna Conservatory .