December 25, 2020
The double album with Scriabin's ten piano sonatas was officially released on December 25, 2020, in honor of the composer's birthday, and is now available for purchase through Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, other popular streaming services as well as on this website.
Recorded, edited and mastered by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon, NY
Assistant engineers: Teng Chen, Edwin Huet and Charles Mueller
Hamburg Steinway D tuned by Dan Jessie
Cover design: Elina Christova
Art and photography: Aglika Darakchieva
Produced by Paper Heart Media © 2020
Alexander Scriabin
Ten Piano Sonatas
Official Release December 25, 2020
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Ten Piano Sonatas
Double CD, recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon, NY
Connecticut's Own Concert Series
September 15, 2019
Wilton Library
Wilton, CT
Chamber works by Bohuslav Martinů and Monte Morgenstern
Rosewood Fanning Piano Competition
June 29-30, 2019
Union College
Schenectady, NY
Adjudicator and participant in juror recital
Solo Recital
November 2, 2019
All Saints' Episcopal Church
Harrison, NY
Works by Philip Glass, Pancho Vladigerov and Nikolai Kapustin
Summit Music Festival and Institute
July 30, 2019
Manhattanville College
Purchase, NY
Faculty Recital with Albert Markov, violin
Scriabin Piano Sonatas Session 4
June 15, 2019
Oktaven Audio
Mt. Vernon, NY
Recording of complete Scriabin sonatas
Summit Music Festival & Institute
July 30, 2019
Manhattanville College
Purchase, NY
Albert Markov | violin
Elina Christova | piano
Recital featuring the music of Albert Markov and J. S. Bach
Chapel of the Holy Spirit
February 7, 2018
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT
Solo faculty recital
International Piano Festival
June 1, 2017
Cervantes Hall
Havana, Cuba
All-Scriabin recital
Sofia Music Weeks Festival
May 31, 2014
National Palace of Culture
Sofia, Bulgaria
Solo recital
World Piano Teachers Conference
June 27-July 3, 2018
Isidor Bajic Music School
Novi Sad, Serbia
All-Scriabin recital
Chamber Music Recital
September 16, 2017
Niskayuna Library,
Niskayuna, NY
With violinist Stanichka Dimitrova
Musical Treasures from Bulgaria
May 24, 2017
Weill Recital Hall
New York, NY
Solo/chamber music recital with violinist Stanichka Dimitrova
Performance
Past
Chamber Music
Elina has been paired up with great musicians for some fabulous music over the years, and she is always on the lookout for new projects. In 2017 she performed with Bulgarian violinist Stanichka Dimitrova at Weill Recital Hall, where the highlight of their program was the violin sonata by Milcho Leviev. In 2012 Elina recorded the complete Beethoven violin sonatas as part of the Elan Duo at Radford University in Virginia, after performing the works extensively throughout the US. She has worked with fantastic singers, performing Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Ives and Bernstein songs, and a song cycle by Lee Hoiby with soprano Jennie Foster. As part of the Baroque to Modern Concert Series in Trumbull, she performed Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time with clarinetist Sam Kaestner, violinist Andrew Smith and cellist Andrea Mills.
Weill Recital Hall, NY
Accompaniment
Well-versed in the standard and lesser known vocal and instrumental repertoire, Elina is a frequently requested pianist for Juilliard and MSM Prep auditions, local orchestra competitions, and recitals. She most recently performed with violinist Albert Markov in a recital featuring his own compositions at the Summit Music Festival and Institute at Manhattanville College.