VITA
Valentina (Valiantsina) was born in Belarus in 1991. At the age of 7 she started to learn music in Borisow Music School, 2008-2011 study in College of Arts, 2011-2016 State Music Conservatory in Minsk. Since 2017 she lives in Germany. Based in Heidelberg.
MUSIC STYLE
CLASSIC, FALK, JAZZ and MODERN MUSIC. Yes, all this music styles are loved to be interpreted with Cimbaly by Valentina. She did a lot of arrangements of classic, falk and rock compositions. Collabarations with vocal, piano, guitar, mountain dulcimer and dancers brought a lot of inspiration.
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
2017 - First prize on music competition in Zhyvec, Poland
2018 - Music festival "ENJOY CLASSIC" in Mannheim
2019 - Solo concerts in Mannheim, Schwetzingen
2021 - "LUST4LIVE" Festival/Kultursommer in Heidelberg; "Belarus" concerts; "ZWIESCHENZEIT" festival in Mannheim
2022 - "HEIDELBERGER FRÜHLING RE:START" in Heidelberg;
"KULTURSOMMER FESTIVAL" in Ludwigshafen (DIALOG: Jazz-Visuals with Valeria Maurer Jazz-band; POLET DUSHI - Inselsommer).
Solo and charity performances, concerts with Windflüchter (Rainer Kröhn, Guitar ) in Heidelberg, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Jockgrimm.
THE RASMUS show in Wiesbaden.
COMPOSITIONS
For Cimbaly:
2020 -"Through A Dream", "Lilac Pillow"
2021 - Caprice h moll, "To you"
2022 - "Turn To The Light" (feat. Valeria Maurer), "Heidelberg" (feat. Brian Bohlman)
For Piano:
"Die Sterne Über Dem Neckar" (2020)
MUSIC COLLABORATIONS
Daria Lenz (opera vocal)
Valeria Maurer (jazz vocal)
Rainer Kröhn (guitar)
Brian Ballmain (mountain dulcimer)
Alexander Peschko (butoh)
Rezensionen:
https://www.stadtteil-portal.de/Nachrichten-Mannheim/Kultur/Ich_moechte_das_Instrument_bekannter_machen_4388.html
https://www.wochenblatt-reporter.de/ludwigshafen/c-ausgehen-geniessen/valeria-maurer-quartett-feat-valentina-batura-und-liquid-lisa_a388670
Rheinpfalz zu „Enjoy Classic“
https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/ludwigshafen_artikel,-durchsichtige-melodien- _arid,1385113.html
Die Stadtredaktion zu LUST4LIVE:
https://www.die- stadtredaktion.de/2021/07/rubriken/politik/gemeinderat/kultursommer-lust4live-rund- 18-500-zuschauerinnen-und-zuschauer/
Vorankündigung Heidelberger Frühling 2022:
https://www.heidelberger-fruehling.de/heidelberger- fruehling/programm/veranstaltung/?id=47683/
https://www.valeria-maurer.com/post/russischer-kulturabend-beim-zwischenzeitfestival-in-mannheim
https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/ludwigshafen_artikel,-cinema-paradiso-valeria-maurer-bringt-jazz-zum-schweben-_arid,5376055.html?reduced=true