DESSY Dimitrova-Pawlas
FLUTE ARTIST
In 2016 Dessy was honored to take part of Berten D'Hollander's project 12 Fantasias for Flute Solo by Georg Phillip Telemann and appointed as an artistic director at his recording of the Fantasias.
In 2018 Dessy played the First Fantasia in A Major for Stefan Ragnar Höskuldsson at the British Flute Society convention in London.
The following video has been filmed during the lockdown in June 2020, where Dessy was recording at home in response to request of the British Flute Society regarding an online competition.
Over the lockdown period, Dessy created an educational video series, called D&P Music ABRSM Tutorials. These videos are meant to help students prepare towards ABRSM exams by playing along with, learn the exact performance directions and required tempi.
''...Dozens of composers since have been inspired by The Four Seasons. One of our favorite takes is Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Las cuatro estaciones porteñas). Piazzolla is known for having pioneered nuevo tango, or new tango, which incorporates diverse musical elements. In The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires we hear Piazzolla’s love of 18th-century works and modern jazz masterpieces, both styles in which improvisation is essential.
Unlike Vivaldi’s concertos, Piazzolla’s Four Seasons wasn’t originally intended to be a series. Piazzolla wrote the first of the four compositions Summer (Verano porteño) ,followed by Autumn (Otoño porteño), Spring (Primavera porteña), and Winter (Invierno Porteño) came around five years later...''
