ar Ingrid Fliter: Chopin as an Aphrodisiac

It’s finally here: Ingrid Fliter’s solo debut for EMI. “Chopin: Piano Works” is now available worldwide and has turned into a highly personal album for the Argentinian Pianist: “It wouldn't be an overstatement to say that if it had not been for Chopin's music I wouldn't have been born”, Ingrid Fliter recounts, “My mother noticed my father for the first time while he was playing some Chopin waltzes during a party!” The album comes only a month after her recording sessions with British broadcaster BBC as part of their BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists project and is bound to catapult Ingrid Fliter into the top of today’s classical performers. Previous releases were live recordings and DVDs distributed by American specialist label VAI and secured her a sort of cult following – next to collecting strong live reviews almost anywhere she performed. The EMI deal did therefore not come falling from the sky completely – even though things had to wait until the announcement that Ingrid Fliter would be the recipient of the 2006 Gilmore Award before the deal could finally be struck.

Maybe this gradual growth has kept Ingrid Fliter an extremely modest and thankful artist, who still feels strong ties to her Argentinian roots. “Chopin: Piano Works”, too, is full of memories of home: “When I started my studies in Argentina I was lucky to be introduced to Chopin’s music very soon and thanks to this I discovered the beauty of piano playing as well as the importance of developing a singing tone on the instrument.”, Ingrid Fliter said, adding that she had always enjoyed the depth of the composer’s oeuvre: “Through the years of my studies I was very touched by discovering his darker side, his sense of tragic, which plays a fundamental role in his music as much as the "joie de vivre" does.”

It will be interesting to see how this CD of Chopin pieces will do in comparison to the other notable Chopin-related “newcomer” on the record market, Raphal Blechacz. In terms of her approach, Ingrid Fliter certainly had an interesting bipolar take on the subject: “Probably a good balance between his romantic soul and his classical expression is one of the most difficult things to achieve while playing his music.”

Homepage: Ingrid Fliter
Homepage: EMI Classics
By Tobias Fischer, published 2008-01-29

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