Dora Pejačević, born in Budapest in 1885 and died in Munich in 1923, was a composer of the Croatian noble family.
This Ouverture en ré mineur pour grand orchestre is one of her fascinating collection of works that allow for deep expression through the use of harmony that sometimes pushes the limits, as is typical around the beginning of the 20th century.
This piano reduction was commissioned by the Japan Croatia Music Society and was completed in August 2021, and premiered in Tokyo on 18 September by the great pianist Mr. Tomohiro Adachi.
Arranger Yuki Hasegawa, biography
Arranger, pianist, conductor and producer.
She completed the department of piano at the Kunitachi College of Music, and the departments of chamber music, écriture musicale and orchestration at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris-CNR. She also studied écriture musicale at the CNSM-Lyon. She studied under Profs. Alain Louvier, Bernard de Crépy and other representative professors in France in terms of composition and arrangement.
She later completed the conducting biennio department at the Milano Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado, and in recent years has been the guest conductor at the Japan Croatia Music Society. She travels to various parts of Croatia to research music, visits music research institutes and composers, and strives for understanding. As a chamber musician, she has also worked on numerous experimental harmony works of the same era as Dora Pejačević, and has also recorded on CD.
She is a member of the Irish Music Rights Organisation. Her works can be licensed for performance by representative organisations in each country. (Regarding the use of recording, she has withdrawn her works from Songtrust management and she is considering joining MCPS).
Representative of the Edition les bons concerts and cooperating artist of the Pro Arte Musicae Co., Ltd. Japan.
(As of Dec. 2021) Latest information & inquiries: https://yukihasegawa.com
Dora Pejačević: Ouverture in D minor for large orchestra, (op.49) / Arrangement for piano by Yuki
