Geoffrey Saba
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Geoffrey Saba (born 1946) is an Australian classical pianist of Lebanese descent, based in London.
Saba was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, where his parents established a well-known haberdashery store. He attended Toowoomba Grammar School. He was awarded the University of Queensland Music Scholarship for 1963, and chose to take it at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
After graduating, he moved to London in the late 1960s, and has resided there ever since. He has worked with Stefan Askenase and Vlado Perlemuter.
He was one of the competitors awarded a bronze medal at the First Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 1974.
He tours in North America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Japan, South East Asia and Australia.
In its facsimile edition of Franz Schubert's C major Sonata, Relique, D.840, the International Franz Schubert Institute, Vienna, published Saba's essay on a performer's approach to playing Schubert's unfinished piano sonatas.
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- Four Impromptus, F Minor, D935: I. Allegro moderato - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Four Impromptus, A Flat Major, D935: II. Allegretto - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Four Impromptus, B Flat Major, D935: III. Andante - Theme and Variations - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Four Impromptus, F Minor, D935: IV. Allegro scherzando - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Four Impromptus, A Flat Major, D899: IV. Allegretto - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Three Piano Pieces, E Flat Minor, D946: I. Allegro assai - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Three Piano Pieces, E Flat Major, D946: II. Allegretto - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Three Piano Pieces, C Major, D946: III. Allegro - Schubert: Four Impromptus & Three Piano Pieces - Geoffrey Saba
- Estampes, L100: I. Pagodes - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Estampes, L100: II. La Soirée Dans Grenade - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Estampes, L100: III. Jardins Sous la Pluie - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Java Suite: VIII. The Gardens of Buitenzorg - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Jeux d'eau, M. 30 - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Masques, Op 34: 1. Sheherazade - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Cantéyodjayâ - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Harbour Dreaming - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- AgMaTa 1 - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Three Chinese Pieces, Op. 5: I. A Shanghai Tragedy - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Three Chinese Pieces, Op 5: II. Flirtation in a Chinese Garden - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Three Chinese Pieces, Op. 5: III. Rush Hour in Hong Kong - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Beautiful Fresh Flower - The Lure of the East, Pt. 1 - Geoffrey Saba
- Cinq Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3: Elégie - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Cinq Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3: Sérénade - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Cinq Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3: Mélodie - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Cinq Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3: Prélude - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Cinq Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3: Polichinelle - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Vers la flamme, Op. 72: Allegro Moderato - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Five Preludes, Op. 74: No. 1 - Douloureux déchirant - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Five Preludes, Op. 74: No. 2 - Trés lent, contemplatif - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Five Preludes, Op. 74: No. 3 - Allegro drammatico - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Five Preludes, Op. 74: No. 4 - Lent, vague, indécis - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Five Preludes, Op. 74: No. 5 - Fier, belliqueux - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: Allegro - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: Lento - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
- Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: Allegro molto - Saba plays Rachmaninoff & Scriabin - Geoffrey Saba
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