Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475 - Sonata in C Minor, K. 457 - Quartet in G Minor, K. 478 - Eni Dibra Hoffmann

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475 – Piano Sonata No.14 in C Minor, K. 457: I. Molto Allegro – II. Adagio – III. Allegro assai – Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478: I. Allegro – II. Andante – III. Rondo

Eni Dibra Hoffmann, piano
Daniel Kobyliansky, violon
Shelley Sörensen, alto
Matthias Walpen, violoncelle

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Eni Dibra Hoffmann

Eni Dibra Hoffmann was born in Tirana into a family of artists. From an early age, she took part in various Albanian competitions such as “EPTA”, the “Competition of Albanian Works” and “Young Pianists”, winning first prize in the latter. After completing her studies at the “Jordan Misja” Music High School in Tirana, she continued her training in Neuchâtel.

As a student in Sylviane Deferne’s class, she obtained her soloist diploma. She then deepened her knowledge of chamber music and Lied accompaniment under the guidance of Marc Pantillon. She also attended masterclasses with Naum Shtarkman, Luiz de Moura Castro, Paul Badura-Skoda, Florent Boffard and Gerardo Vila.

In 2006, she won the prize for best accompanist at the 12th “Concorso Internazionale di Canto Solistico” in Gorizia. With the support of Pro Helvetia, she toured Albania with various chamber music ensembles and performed Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of Albanian Radio and Television.

Together with her mother, Anita Tartari, she appeared as a duo at the “Pianodrom” festival in Tirana. She currently lives in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. She is enthusiastically involved in various concert projects and, alongside her performing activities, teaches at the Seeland Music School and the Biel Music School, where she passes on her passion for music to her students.

Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475, and Sonata in C Minor, K. 457

Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K. 475, and Sonata in C minor, K. 457, have been linked since their creation and were published together by Artaria.

For a long time, however, the manuscript was considered irretrievably lost, until a librarian discovered it in Philadelphia in 1990 while dusting the shelves. The Salzburg Mozart Foundation subsequently acquired it for nearly two million dollars. These two works are among Mozart’s most remarkable compositions for piano. The fantasia probably originated in the improvisations he gave during the subscription concerts he organized in Vienna; it is one of the few to have been written down. After the powerful opening accents in C minor, it moves through various keys, even offering joyful passages in major, before returning to the initial key.

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