PRESENTING ICSM RECORDS by Robert Schulslaper, Fanfare
Fiammetta Tarli and Ivo Varbanov, pianists and creative partners in life and work, have banded together with a dedicated team of recording and design professionals to launch ICSM Records, a company with impressively high aspirations: “Independent Creative Sound and Music (ICSM) Records—made by musicians for musicians—is committed to uncompromising quality in every aspect of the recording, creating artistic statements beyond time and fashion.” Before probing more deeply into ICSM’s plans and philosophy, however, let’s learn something about the people behind the scenes. Tell me a little...
Read MoreMODERN RECORDINGS STINK OF SURGICAL SPIRITS AND PLASTIC by Norman Lebrecht, Slippedisc
August 15, 2014 by Norman Lebrecht Husband and wife pianists Ivo Varbanov and Fiammetta Tarli are starting a new record label next month. We asked them to explain the USP of ICSM Records. Fiamma, being Italian, muttered something about fighting the mafia. Ivo objects to the over-production that takes place on major labels. We asked them to talk it through. So they did. Right here: ICSM RECORDS Ivo and Fiamma, why your own record label? Fiamma: The cultural system these days is dysfunctional. Ivo: Little public (and private) funding for classical music has not helped the present...
Read MorePIANISTS FROM THE INSIDE by Malan Wilkinson
Pianists From the Inside Tag Archives: Ivo Varbanov DECEMBER 4, 2012 · 8:44 PM Ivo Varbanov What motivates you to play Piano? I love music and arts in general. Piano is simply a medium for expressing artistic values and ideas. First of all you have to be a all-round human being, then a fine musician, and finally a good pianist to express all. Of course I am fascinated by the instrument – piano, but it is less important than music itself. Can you tell us more about your work supporting and promoting Bulgarian Art and Culture in the UK, why is this work important to you? I am very happy...
Read More2014. The launch of ICSM Records
2014. The launch of our new independent record label – ICSM Records Available on the web and in the very few left shops dedicated to classical music around the world
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“That is how we are in 2014 at a photo session in rainy London, January 2014”
Read MoreNew release ICSM Records (ICSM 002)
NEW RELEASE ICSM RECORDS ICSM 002 “Legacy” Release date – August 2014 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 –1827), Bagatelles Op. 126 (1823), Robert Schumann (1810 –1856), Gesänge der Frühe (Songs of Dawn), Op. 133 (1853), and Johannes Brahms (1833 –1897) from the Chorale Preludes Op. 122 (1896) (transcription for piano by Ferruccio Busoni). Ivo Varbanov, piano The first release of Ivo Varbanov on ICSM Records (ICSM 002) features the last piano works by Ludwig van Beethoven (Bagatelles Op. 126), Robert Schumann (Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133),...
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NEW RELEASE ICSM RECORDS ICSM 001 BRAHMS: WALTZES for piano four hands Release date – JUNE 2014 Johannes Brahms, Walzer for piano four hands, Op. 39 (1865), Liebeslieder Walzer for piano four hands, Op. 52a (1869), and Neue Liebeslieder Walzer for piano four hands, Op. 65a (1874-1877): Fiammetta Tarli and Ivo Varbanov, piano four hands The first release of ICSM Records (ICSM 001) features the complete recording of Brahms four-hand Waltzes. Dance music was in Johannes Brahms’s blood. Two particular dance-measures fascinated him throughout his life, the waltz and...
Read MoreStudy Period October 2014 – June 2015
In the period October 2014 – June 2015 I have committed my time mainly for new repertoire and the preparation for the next 2 seasons. The concerts in this period will be announced here.
Read More15 November 2014, Radom, Poland
Alfred Schnittke, Piano Concerto Ivo Varbanov, piano Radom Chamber Orchestra Stanislav Oushev
Read More14 November 2014, Radom, Poland
Alfred Schnittke, Piano Concerto Ivo Varbanov, piano Radom Chamber Orchestra Stanislav Oushev
Read MoreJuly 2014, Radom, Poland
Recordings of cello & piano sonatas by Brahms, Pétrouchka and Rite of Spring by Stravinsky for piano duet
Read More28 July 2014, Cervo International Festival, Cervo, Italy
Johannes Brahms , Piano Quintet Johannes Brahms , Clarinet Quintet Allegri Quartet Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet Ivo Varbanov, piano
Read More24 July 2014, Bayreuth, Germany
Johannes Brahms, Sonata for Two Pianos, in F minor, Op. 34b (earlier version of the Piano Quintet, Op. 34 1863): Igor Stravinsky, Pétrouchka, Reduction for Piano Duet (Revised Version 1947): Darius Milhaud, Scaramouche, Op.165b (1937); after the incidental music Le médécin volant, Op.165: Fiammetta Tarli and Ivo Varbanov, pianos
Read More21 May 2014 Kings Place, London, United Kingdom
Johannes Brahms, Waltzes for piano four-hands, Op. 39 (1865) Johannes Brahms, Sonata in A major, Op. 100 (1886) Johannes Brahms, Liebeslieder Waltzes for piano four hands, Op. 52 (1869-1874). German textx by Georg Friedrich Daumer after traditional folksongs Johannes Brahms, Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Ofer Falk, violin Jozef Luptak, cello Fiammetta Tarli and Ivo Varbanov, piano
Read More24 March 2014 Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain
Igor Stravinsky – Petrouchka Reduction for Piano Duet (Revised Version 1947) Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps Reduction for Piano Duet Fiammetta Tarli & Ivo Varbanov – Piano Duet
Read More23 March 2014, Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain
Igor Stravinsky – Petrouchka Reduction for Piano Duet (Revised Version 1947) Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps Reduction for Piano Duet Fiammetta Tarli & Ivo Varbanov – Piano Duet
Read More20 March 2014, Kings College London, United Kingdom
Igor Stravinsky – Petrouchka Reduction for Piano Duet (Revised Version 1947) Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps Reduction for Piano Duet Fiammetta Tarli & Ivo Varbanov – Piano Duet
Read More14 March 2014 , St. Saviours Church, London, United Kingdom
Igor Stravinsky – Petrouchka Reduction for Piano Duet (Revised Version 1947) Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps Reduction for Piano Duet Fiammetta Tarli & Ivo Varbanov – Piano Duet
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