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Video 01 (14:26): Groningen, October 2, 2008 In a full house of 'De Oosterpoort' (1100 people) Marietta Petkova performs Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Noord Nederlands Orkest conducted by Michel Tabachnik. The entire second movement is included! The press was unanimous: '...pure magic...', '...ideal interpreter...'.

Video 02 (7:38): Rotterdam, October 4, 2008 In a full house of 'de Doelen' (2200 people) Marietta Petkova plays Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Noord Nederlands Orkest conducted by Michel Tabachnik. Press reactions: 'Chopin is seldomly interpreted with such delicacy. Remarkably, Petkova kept being audible all the time. In a word: this was pure magic.'

Video 03 (4:02): ‘Music is my homeland’ In this video you can see and hear Marietta Petkova in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, performing Bach Adagio (1994) and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 (2006), and in interviews for Dutch radio with Lex Bohlmeijer (‘Casa Luna’, 2006) and Arjan Peters (‘Opium’, 2007).

Video 04 (4:26): ‘Greetings from me and from Rachmaninoff’ This video shows Marietta Petkova in a post-recital CD signing session (Amsterdam 2006), in Mozart Piano Concerto K 271 (Amsterdam, 2003) and in a live performance of Rachmaninoff Prelude Opus 32 No. 12 (Haarlem, 2006).

Video 05 (8:18): ‘I completely panicked’ In this video we see and hear Marietta Petkova in live performances of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (Amsterdam, 2006), Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rousse, 1993) and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (Geneva, 2004). In interviews for Dutch and French radio and television (2001, 1997 and 2007), Petkova talks about the differences between Chopin and Rachmaninoff, about stage fright and about György Sebök (conversation with Janine Voskamp).

Video 06 (6:35): ‘Moments de grâce’’ This video shows Marietta Petkova in live performances of Schubert’s Piano Sonata D 960 and Rachmaninoff’s Etude-tableau Opus 33 No. 9 (Groningen, 2007). In an interview for Belgian television, Petkova comments the performances of five finalists in the Brussels Queen Elisabeth Competition 2007: Anna Vinnitskaya, Ilya Rashkovskiy, Miyeon Lee, Hyo-Sun Lim and Plamena Mangova.

Video 07 (2:42): ‘A true masterpiece’ This video includes an interview with Marietta Petkova for Dutch radio in 2007 (by Janine Voskamp). Petkova talks about the original version of the Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto, of which she gave the Dutch premiere in 2006. With fragments of Marietta Petkova’s live performances of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos No. 3 (1992) and No. 4 (2006), and photos by Chris van Koeverden, Mike van den Toorn, Theo Noort and Chris Hoefsmit.

Video 08 (6:43): ‘Close to home’ In an interview for Dutch television in her home town (2003), Marietta Petkova talks about her grandfather, who used to be a beekeeper. In the background we hear Rachmaninoff’s Prelude Opus 23 No. 4 (Lausanne, 2002). The video also shows Petkova during a 2007/2008 recital tour in The Netherlands (Zwolle, Amsterdam, Tilburg, Groningen), performing works by Kreisler/Rachmaninoff (‘Liebesleid’) and Chopin (Fantaisie-Impromptu Opus 66, Waltz Opus 64 and Fantasy Opus 49).

Video 09 (7:02): ‘Living in the moment’ This video shows Marietta Petkova during a 2007/2008 recital tour in The Netherlands (Zwolle, Groningen, Tilburg), performing works by Chopin (Fantasy Opus 49, Ballad No. 2, Polonaise Opus 53), Schumann ‘Träumerei’, Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninoff (Lullaby). In an interview for Dutch radio in 2007 (by Janine Voskamp), Petkova talks about her own style of performing.

Video 10 (5:49): ‘The gate is open’ This video shows Marietta Petkova performing Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Opus 109 (Zwolle and Amsterdam, 2008), Chopin’s Fantasy Opus 49 (Tilburg, 2008) and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 2 (Haarlem, 2006). In an interview for Dutch radio in 2006 (with Lex Bohlmeijer), Petkova talks about ‘the road to mastery’.