Piano Revenge Festival : Passionate & visionary

The Artistic Director and founder of the festival, Anna Bondareva, emphasises the main and important aspects of her vision and dedication to the project. Anna is a passionate, innovative and committed founder, whose mission is to redefine the place of the piano in the modern world while celebrating its heritage and future potential:

1. Passionate & visionary

“I’m passionate about music, especially the piano. The Piano Revenge festival was born of a vision: to restore the piano to its central place in contemporary culture, by combining tradition and innovation. I believe in the power of music to inspire, surprise and bring people together.”

2. Innovative & daring

“I’m someone who likes to push the boundaries. Piano Revenge is no ordinary festival: it’s an immersive experience where the piano becomes a tool of artistic rebellion. We explore a variety of styles, from revisited classics to avant-garde creations, to show that the piano is a timeless and universal instrument.”

3. Committed & collaborative

“For me, Piano Revenge is much more than a festival: it’s a community. I work hand in hand with artists, technicians and enthusiasts to create an event that celebrates diversity and creativity. My role is to unite these talents around a common vision.”

4. Resilient & determined

“My career hasn’t always been easy, but I’ve always believed in this project. Piano Revenge is a response to those who think that the piano is an instrument of the past. It’s my way of saying, “The piano is still here, and it still has a lot to offer.””

5. Inspiring & connected

“I want Piano Revenge to be a source of inspiration for the pianists of tomorrow. As founder, I strive to build bridges between generations, cultures and musical styles. The piano is a universal language, and I’m proud to contribute to its evolution.”

For a few days now, the festival has been open for submissions.

Piano Revenge Festival is looking forward to receiving your applications and are continuously preparing for our new festival in 2026, in April from 14th to 17th.

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Fusion Of Traditions – Piano Revenge Festival

Some composers spent their entire lives searching for a new sound. It would seem that there is nothing new for piano music, when everything has already been said by such geniuses as Mozart, Chopin or Scriabin….Piano Revenge Festival sets itself the unusual task of combining the music of renowned composers and founders of the neoclassical movement, taking us back to the beginning of the twentieth century, with new pianists and composers who are gaining popularity in our days.

Listen now to Piano Revenge Festival Spotify Playlist!

Precious and Divine

Metaphysical meaning of divine…

An artist, musician or composer sets himself different tasks before he starts to create. However, in music there is certainly one component that separates it and places it above all the arts, this is what brings it closest to understanding the invisible or divine. External music is heard with the outer ears. The divine Music is heard with the ‘ear’ of the soul, the hearing faculty of the soul.
There is but one Mind, and that Mind cannot be separated or divided, because, like the principle of mathematics, it is indivisible. All that we can say of the one Mind is that it is absolute and that all its manifestations are in essence like itself. Divine Mind, creative power of–The functioning of the principles of Being; Spirit in action.

Mind is not a thing; Mind is. It is that which, through orderly processes, produces things. Divine Mind first conceives the idea, then images its fulfillment. Man, acting in co-operation with Divine Mind, places himself under this same creative law and thus brings his ideas into manifestation.

AB NeoClassical Music new piano releases Precious and Divine  by Anna Bondareva will be out on the 20th and 21st of December 2025 on the streaming platform of your choice !

Piano concert by Anna Bondareva Théâtre de l’Ile Saint-Louis Les Études et Nocturnes néoclassiques

Piano concert by Anna Bondareva, Neoclassical Studies and Nocturnes.

Théâtre de l’Ile Saint-Louis Paul Rey, Paris, Friday September 13th and Saturday October 5th at 9pm!

La musique liée à toute l’expérience humaine… la sensualité haletante,
la passion rugissante et la spiritualité mystique.
Toute la vie humaine est ici : son extase et son agonie, de tumulte, de passion et sa beauté.
La miniature… la musique des extrêmes… c’est « hyper tout ».
Le langage est complexe, souvent atonal et fréquemment presque impénétrable…
excessive, surmûre, décadente, moderne et fraîche, sensuelle et frénétique.
Théâtre de l’Île Saint-Louis, Paris 4e
Vendredi 13 Septembre : 21h00
Samedi 5 Octobre à 21h

Réservation : 01 46 33 48 65 ou sur https://www.billetreduc.com

Simple Studies by Anna Bondareva

The etude is one of the oldest and most durable of the many genres of music composed for the piano.  Anna’s new album contains ten piano etudes.

The new musical pieces by Anna Bondareva from Simple Studies album are of interest not only for their pianistic qualities, but also because they illustrate, by virtue of their constant exploration of a unique piano sound in her earlier released works, and Anna’s compositional development, which went from simple diatonic harmony to ultra-chromaticism and atonality.

New album by composer and pianist Anna Bondareva @AB Neoclasscial Music will be released on the 5th of September!

Live At The Castel

The splendid music of this fascinating composer Anna Bondareva receives gloriously eloquent advocacy from the composer’s live performance. Wonderful music, performed with charm, affection and, when required, fabulous virtuosity. New album contains recent compositions, such as sonatas, etudes, toccatas and nocturnes.

Album release day: Friday 17 May 2024 ©  AB Neoclassical Music

Making-of : Les chroniques réelles – nouvelle édition

Auteure-compositrice-interprète, écrivaine et actrice, Anna Bondareva. En 2019, elle publie un ouvrage autobiographique intitulé Beauté Éternelle.

Son roman Marie Lancel est sorti en France en 2022 (Le Lys Bleu Editions). À l’automne de la même année, les livres Sonate pour HélèneÉchos de rouge et la nouvelle La Belle Madeleine sont publiés en français.

En 2023, L’Arche de la Lune, un roman autobiographique d’Anna Bondareva est sortie.

Making-of : Les chroniques réelles est un roman autobiographique dont les personnages principaux sont réalisateurs, producteurs, acteurs, musiciens et artistes peintres. Le livre reflète bien la vie des artistes, souvent liés au monde du cinéma. La nouvelle édition du livre est maintenant disponible sur Amazon!

 

 

 

Contes Marins

Claude Debussy once said that if he hadn’t been a musician, he would have become a sailor; he loved the sea. For as long as classical music has existed, composers have attempted to capture the sea in music.

The sea ocean embodies all the moods that inspire composers in their symphonies, tone poems, operas and ballets—the tempestuous storms, the blissful calms, the surging waves, and the rippling, glistening, undulating textures emerging from the ever-changing whims of the weather.

“Contes Marins” is an upcoming piano album by Anna Bondareva, which is going to be released on the 23rd of March!

Music is a visceral and an intimate expression but it’s also something external to her. It’s her relation to her surroundings, her connection to her past and generation, nature forces and spirit. New album includes nine compositions: Rhapsody, Promenade, Berceuse, Canon, Cantate, Bagatelle, Capriccio, Sarabande and Rondeau.

Spring Piano

Is there anything that brings on more joy than the cold dark of winter giving way to the brightness of spring with its longer days full of sunshine and all the color popping up around us in early spring flowers? To celebrate all the beautiful parts of this time of year, AB Neoclassical Music has prepared something very special, New Playlist Spring Piano is now available on Spotify!