The great Bulgarian pianist and composer of Greek origin, Emile Naoumoff who was Nadia Boulanger’s last disciple, continues his collaboration with the Parisienne label Melism Records. Presenting a recital entirely dedicated to Schumann’s music, the programme consists of two cornerstones of German Romanticism, the Carnaval, op.9, a cycle of twenty-one “scènes mignonnes” set on four notes, and the Fantasie in C major, op.17.

Emile Naoumoff has been likened to both Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein as a pianist, displaying – as one critic remarked – the fire of the former and the poetry of the latter. He was also signed as a composer at age 18 – the youngest on their roster – with the music publisher Schott, Mainz.