Organ talk: Bach managed to convey everything this theme can give Olga Kotlyarova on Passacaglia

, OrganTalk, Mariinskyinterview, Mariinskyorgan The third issue of the Organ talk series features Olga Kotlyarova (St. Petersburg). After describing the opportunities of the organ Alfred Kern et fils at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Olga analyses the Passacaglia and Fugue by J. S. Bach and tells the story of the reviving of Bach s legacy by Romantic composers: Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt. Watch the video to the end not to miss the little master classes on organ registration in it :: Olga Kotlyarova was born in Moscow. She began to play the piano at the age of four. She graduated from the RimskyKorsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (piano class of Yekaterina Murina), where she began to study the organ and harpsichord (classes of Tatiana Chausova and Ivan Rozanov). А prizewinner at the Serebryakov AllRussian Piano Competition (Volgograd, 1996; 1st prize), the Beethoven Chamber Ensembles Competition (St Petersburg, 2001; 2nd prize),