DUO AVDIEIEVA
The mother, pianist Kateryna, and her daughter, violinist Evgeniya, are refugees from Kyiv.
In Luxembourg they form a high-level duo, performing a variety of pieces from the classical and light classical repertoire.
Katerina Avdieieva
Was born in Kyiv and studied for 12 years at the National Academy. A refugee in Luxembourg, she now lives in Echternach with her daughter Evgenia and young son Ivan. She has been active as a concert pianist, accompanist, and teacher in Kyiv, Lviv, Sharm el-Sheikh and Jordan, has taken part in numerous competitions. In Luxembourg, she has already performed in several concerts with her daughter and currently works as a piano teacher at the Echternach Music School.
Evgenia Avdieieva
Evgenia, a Ukrainian refugee in Luxembourg since late 2022, studied at Kyiv’s M. Lysenko School and Moscow’s Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire. Since 2022, she has studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England with Alex Redington and Roman Mints. Her mother, Katerina, teaches piano in Luxembourg, and together they perform as „Duo Avdieieva” since 2023.
TRIO AVDIEIEVA
The Trio Avdieieva consists of the Duo above plus the South African-born viola player, Renata van de Vyver, who teaches at the Echternach Music School. A typical programme includes solos by all three instruments. The specialty of the trio is Mozart’s delightful Sinfonia Concertante (version with piano).
Renata van der Vyver
Renata, originally from Cape Town, completed her doctorate in viola performance at the University of Texas in 2014 with Roger Myers, after studies also at the University of North Texas and the University of Southern California. Since then, she has lived in Luxembourg, teaching violin and viola at the Echternach Music School and performing in diverse projects from Baroque to contemporary. She also appears regularly as a substitute with ensembles including the OPL, and previously played with the Austin Symphony and the Austin Lyric Opera Orchestra.
Repertoire:
Piano Solo
- Chopin
- Etude No. 24 (L’Océan)
- Etude 10/5 (Black Keys)
- Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66
- Haydn
- Sonata in Eb Major Hob.XVI/52
- Lysenko
- Elegy
- Schumann
- Sonata
- Carnaval
- Kreisleriana
Violin Solo
- Bach
- Sonata No. 1
- Paganini
- Caprice No. 15
- Caprice No. 24
- Ysaye
- Sonata No. 3
Duo Performances
- Bazzini
- Dance of the Goblins
- Beethoven
- Spring Sonata
- Piano Sonata No. 1
- De Falla
- Spanish Dance No. 1
- Dvorak
- Humoresque
- Elgar
- Salut d’Amour
- Kreisler
- Präludium and Allegro
- Liszt
- Grande Étude de Paganini “La Chasse”
- Rachmaninov
- Vocalise
- Ravel
- Tzigane
- Saint-Saëns
- Rondo Capriccioso
- Sarasate
- Zigeunerweisen
- Skoryk
- Melody
- Elegy
- Carpathian Rhapsody
- Maria-Theresa von Paradis
- Sicilienne
- Tartini
- Sonata “Devil’s Trill”
- Wagner
- Albumblatt
- Wieniawski
- Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4
Concertos
Piano
- Haydn
- Concerto No. 11 in D Major
Violin
- Mozart
- Concerto No. 1 in B Major
- Paganini
- Concerto No. 1 in D Major
- Sibelius
- Concerto
- Vieuxtemps
- Concerto No. 4 in D Min
