Ekaterina Litvintseva

Dora Pejacevic: Piano Music Ekaterina Litvintseva

Born in Budapest in 1885 as Maria Theodora, Dora Pejacevic grew up as a member of the Croatian aristocracy, the daughter of a Hungarian-Croatian Count and a Hungarian Baroness. Though firmly rooted in the Romantic tradition, with hints from French Impressionism, Pejacevic found her own compositional voice, a major figure in Croatian cultural life and a shining beacon for all female musician-composers. She died in Munich in 1923.

Ekaterina Litvintseva is one of the most remarkable pianists of her generation. Her recordings won her enthusiastic acclaim in the international press: "a notable moment in the history of Chopin interpretation" (Fanfare); "a sense of spontaneous invention" in Mozart's K.271 (Gramophone) and "an expressive depth" in Brahms's 1st Piano Concerto (BBC Music Magazine).