Anna’s music is marked by a particular use of dissonances and a neoclassical style reminiscent of compositions from the early 20th century. The Paris-based composer has a unique and introspective sound world; her live performances are highly expressive and dynamic. Anna Bondareva’s piano pieces create delicate and meditative atmospheres, where music becomes a form of personal and intense expression. The artist is committed to building sonic environments that reflect her inner world, exploring themes such as introspection, vulnerability and personal growth. Anna has a strong interest in experimental music and improvisation. Her innovative piano techniques can be heard expanding sonic possibilities. This approach allows the musician to move from tradition to innovation, creating evocative and transformative compositions. Since 2018, Anna has been releasing her solo piano albums under the label 𝘈𝘉 𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, performing her own compositions, with a total of more than 50 albums available on streaming platforms. Anna Bondareva is a founder and artistic director of Piano Revenge festival.

1. When and how did you realize that your whole life would be linked to music?

Music became my main refuge from a very young age, I started playing as soon as I saw the piano, which had been brought by my grandmother from Germany to our home. It was a superb instrument made by Amati, the Amati family is an illustrious family of Italian violin makers, five members of which are responsible between 1520 and 1740 for the renown of Cremona as the Italian center of violin making. My first concert was at the age of 7.

2. Which composer has most influenced your musical imagination?

At first I played a lot of Bach, later I knew that it really helped to develop a structural musical thought, but to free yourself you have to feel and live, only then do you know what you really like. I remember hearing Alfred Brendel say that it was only when he was much older that he could begin to really understand Mozart’s piano music and its depth, and I can only agree. Today’s piano music would be impossible to imagine without the Scriabin legacy.

3. What is your main creative motto?

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

4. What would you like to express during your performance at the festival? What will your program consist of and why this choice?

I have already played twice on the stage of this theater, and the piano that belonged to Alain Kremski, his instrument is surely something special for me, who knew and admired this great musician and both times it was a fantastic experience, an improvised performance that will surprise me and that will surprise the audience, which will be guided by the energy collected that day.

5. What goals do you set for yourself, what projects do you have on the horizon?

I have learned to live day by day, and that is the best possible way to build your future, because that way you won’t lack anything and every detail becomes important.

6. How do you see the future of piano music?

Nothing is certain, maybe the whole planet Earth would disappear… but if we survive, there will be piano!

7. What does Paris represent for you, do you have a special relationship with this city and why did you accept the invitation to participate in the festival?

I arrived in Paris when I was 16, I was very young and proud to live alone, and it was as if I had always lived in this city, nothing seemed new to me, it was like meeting your soul mate. And this is not my first festival, I founded and directed other festivals in Paris, rock music festivals, at the Montmartre theater, but today I know that I have to play the piano, and right next to Notre Dame, on the banks of the Seine, what else could you want? And being alongside other artists, that’s how Piano Revenge was born!

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