Born in 1988 in Sibiu, Romania, Ioana Ilie is mostly known for the art of classical improvisation which has become a prerequisite in her concerts, allowing her to perform throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan. She started playing the piano at 3 and won her first competition at the age of 6. The "Constantin Silvestri" Scholarship granted her the privilege of studying in England between 2005-6 and in 2014 she was awarded a three-year scholarship by the Young Musicians Programme of the Notenstein-La Roche Bank. A tireless composer, she finds a lot of inspiration in nature, history and literature: Her latest album, "Zodion" features her piano compositions on the 12 zodiac signs. Ioana taught improvisation at the Music Academy Trossingen, Germany from 2011 to 2015, and from February 2015 on she teaches piano at the Music Academy, Basel. She published a comprehensive online course in improvisation which is available in 3 levels at www.pianist.academy/a/16478/ENeLLKkz
Ioana Ilie
Happy New Year to all of you! 🎉🥂🍾
#piano #music #improvisation #challengeme #maxreger #christmas #happynewyear
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Ioana Ilie
Next Challenge will be in the style of Max Reger - and I will try my best to make it as Christmas-sy as possible...!
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Ioana Ilie
My next Challenge is to improvise on the gorgeous Benny Goodman jazz standard "Stompin' at the Savoy". My challenger wishes for a few versions in different classical styles. Which style would you be most curious about?
#jazz #music #piano #improvisation #challengeme #nextvideo
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Ioana Ilie
Thank you all for your votes regarding the title of my newest video! The winner has been chosen ⬇️🏆 Now you can have even more fun giving titles to my improvisations too!
This time I was challenged to improvise in the style of Erik Satie. His compositions are usually very short and often bear absurd titles like "Truly Flabby Preludes (for a dog)". 🐾
I decided to improvise a set of 6 miniature pieces in this style and thought it would be so much more fun to let YOU give each of them a title! 🗯️
I look forward to your impressions and comments! 💬
#music #video #eriksatie #classicalmusic #piano #improvisation #title #uptoyou #challengeme #ioanailie
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Ioana Ilie
Which title should my upcoming Satie video have?
My next Challenge video presents a set of miniature improvisations in the style of Erik Satie. Apart from his “Gymnopédies”, he was known for the rather absurd titles he assigned his pieces - such as “Truly Flabby Preludes (for a dog)”.
I would like to give my vide a similarly “intriguing” title so I put together some suggestions.
Which one would you choose? ⬇️
#piano #music #improvisation #eriksatie #funny #title #absurd #poll #challengeme #newvideo #ioanailie
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Ioana Ilie
My next challenge comes from @RasiRon who wished for an improvisation in the style of Erik Satie! 🎹
#piano #improvisation #challengeme #eriksatie
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Ioana Ilie
This is what happens when a nerd like me turns a Lana del Rey song into a Chopin Mazurka 😅
Thanks to @annawilson9699 for the suggestion and inspiration!
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Ioana Ilie
I was inspired and challenged by @mrsmokpiano who wished for an improvisation on the following suggestion:
AI speaks to Rameau and it's in Baroque style.
When I first got this challenge I thought “wow, that is quite a challenge”! And indeed, it took me quite a while to come up with something I considered worthy of uploading 😅
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Ioana Ilie
I was inspired and challenged by Georgi Frunz, who wished for an improvisation on one of her favourite tracks from the soundtrack of the video game "Hollow Knight". After listening to her favourite songs, I eventually decided for the one called "City of Tears". 🏙️
I am always truly thankful for your suggestions - they help me get better and better every day! 🙏🏻
Stay tuned for the next Challenge: "Rameau & A.I." 🤖
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Ioana Ilie
Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Challenge me! 🩵
This is quite an extraordinary episode because this time I am not performing alone! A very special guest has not only agreed to make music with me ON CAMERA, but also gave me the idea for this video in the first place…
We have recorded a tribute to one of the greatest singers in the style of one of the greatest composers. The art of song is what distinguishes this composer best from the other Greats, as he has forever influenced this music form and what proved to be his purest way to express himself - something that can be said about the singer too…
We hope you will enjoy this music video! 😊
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