2021 Online Competitors

Abdiel, Calvin

AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA | 23 JANUARY 2001

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS THE BRENNAN LYNCH FOUNDATION FUND

Calvin Abdiel is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Music (Performance) Degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, studying piano under Natalia Ricci. He has received masterclasses in Australia from such acclaimed pianists as Angela Hewitt, Orli Shaham, Ingar Rose and Ingo Dannhorn, Justas Dvarionas, Michael Endres, Andrzej Pikul, Helen Krizos and Vyacheslav Gryaznov – as well as in Singapore and Indonesia with pianist and conductor Jahja Ling. In 2019, Calvin won the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship, which allowed him to attend further masterclasses in Weimar and Portugal with renowned pianists Ferenc Rados, Dénes Várjon and Boris Berman. Competition successes led to his orchestral debut with the St Petersburg State Capella Symphony Orchestra and subsequent performances with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and the Swiss orchestra Les Chambristes. He has also performed in Indonesia, Germany, Denmark, and Israel. He has been broadcast by ABC Classic FM and Fine Music Sydney.

AWARDS

2018 Third Prize, Category C: International Piano Competition (Val de Travers, Switzerland) 2017 Winner: Theme and Variations National Piano Foundation Award (Sydney, Australia) 2017 Second Prize, Category C: International Competition for Young Pianists “Steps to Mastery” (St Petersburg, Russia) 2017 Second Prize, Concerto Prize, The Griffith University People’s Choice Prize, Queensland Symphony Orchestra Vote Prize, Best Performance of an Australian Work: Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition (Brisbane, Australia) 2017 Frank Carroll Memorial Award for Most Promising Pianist: Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition (Townsville, Australia)

“The only way I counteract the pressures of performing is to just enjoy the music, to focus on the melodic details, the different colours, the subtle nuances.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.5 Op.53

Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 1: V. Les collines d’Anacapri from Préludes Book 2: XII. Feux d’artifice

Igor Stravinsky:

Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’ I. Russian Dance II. Petrushka’s Cell III. The Shrovetide Fair

Alexander Scriabin:

from 12 Etudes Op.8: X. Etude in D♭ major

ENCORE

Percy Grainger:

In Dahomey: ‘Cakewalk Smasher’

SEMI FINAL Enrique Granados:

El Pelele (The Straw Man) from Goyescas Book 1 III. El Fandango del Candil – Fandango by Candle Light

Domenico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in A minor K.175

Antonio Soler:

Keyboard Sonata in C# minor R.21

Isaac Albéniz:

from Iberia Book 1 T.105: III. Fêté-Dieu à Séville from Iberia Book 4 T.105: III. Eritaña

Ernesto Halffter:

Danza de la Gitana

Manuel de Falla:

Fantasía Bética

FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni:

from 10 Chorale Preludes VIII. In dir ist Freude BWV 615 V. Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr BWV 639 IV. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen BWV 734

Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in B minor Hob.XVI:32 I. Allegro moderato II. Minuet – Trio III. Finale. Presto

Johannes Brahms:

Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35 Book 1 (Theme and Variations 1–14) Book 2 (Variations 15–28)

Leopold Godowsky:

from Java Suite I. Gamelan II. Wayang-Purwa, Puppet Shadow Plays III. Hari Besaar, The Great Day

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Études-tableaux Op.39 III. Allegro molto VI. Allegro

Samuel Barber:

Sonata Op.26 I. Allegro energico II. Allegro vivace e leggiero III. Adagio mesto IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito

ENCORES

Johannes Brahms:

from 6 Klavierstücke Op.118 II. Intermezzo. Andante teneramente

Isaac Albéniz/Leopold Godowsky:

from Iberia Book 2 T.105: VI. Triana

Balogh, Ádám

HUNGARY | 30 OCTOBER 1997

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS MARTIN AND SUSIE DICKSON

Ádám Balogh studied in Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy of Music, completing his Bachelor of Music Degree as a student of Attila Némethy and Gábor Eckhardt. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree at Hannover’s Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, studying piano under Arie Vardi. He has taken lessons and masterclasses with Dimitry Bashkirov, the late Zoltán Kocsis, Roger Muraro, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Tamás Vásáry, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Douglas Humpherys, Alexander Kobrin and Matti Raekallio. Making his concerto debut at the age of thirteen with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer, he has since performed with the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hungarian National Symphonic Orchestra, Concerto Budapest, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Danubia Orchestra, the NYCA Symphonic Orchestra and the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra. Ádám has performed in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Croatia, Malta, Israel, Vietnam and the United States, including chamber music with the Kodály String Quartet and cellist István Várdai.

AWARDS

2019 Second Prize: Bartók World Competition (Budapest, Hungary) 2019 Second Prize: Solo Piano Competition, Chautauqua Festival (Chautauqua, USA) 2018 Winner Artist Recognition Scholarship Competition Award: International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York, USA) 2017 Finalist Prize: New York Concert Artists’ Worldwide Debut Audition (New York, USA) 2015 Prize for the Best Performance of a Lyrical Work: Cliburn Junior Competition (Fort Worth, USA)

“Winning the competition would be a big personal moment for me. As for most competitors, this early period of my career is a big search with a lot of selfdiscovery. Maybe this is how it will always be, but somebody acknowledging you are going the right way is always the biggest reward in my opinion.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Percy Grainger:

from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies IV. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. Ramble on the Last Love Duet

Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni:

from 10 Chorale Preludes V. Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr BWV 639

Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.7 Op.64

Igor Stravinsky/Guido Agosti:

The Firebird: Suite for Piano I. Infernal Dance II. Lullaby III. Finale

ENCORE

Alexander Scriabin:

from 2 Poèmes Op.69 I. Allegretto

SEMI FINAL Béla Bartók:

Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op.20 I. Molto moderato II. Molto capriccioso III. Lento rubato IV. Allegretto scherzando V. Allegro molto VI. Allegro moderato molto capriccioso VII. Sostenuto rubato VIII. Allegro

Frédéric Chopin:

Mazurkas Op.59 I. Moderato II. Allegretto III. Vivace

Béla Bartók:

Suite for Piano Op.14 I. Allegretto II. Scherzo III. Allegro molto IV. Sostenuto

Frédéric Chopin:

Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52

Béla Bartók:

2 Romanian Dances Op.8a I. Allegro vivace II. Poco allegro

FINAL Joseph Haydn:

Divertimento in A♭ major Hob.XVI:46 I. Allegro moderato II. Adagio III. Finale. Presto

Maurice Ravel:

Gaspard de la Nuit I. Ondine II. Le Gibet III. Scarbo

Franz Liszt:

La lugubre gondola S.200/2

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.8 in B♭ major Op.84 I. Andante dolce II. Andante sognando III. Vivace

ENCORES

Maurice Ravel:

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Sergei Rachmaninoff:

Lullaby Op.16 No.1

Baryshevskyi, Antonii

UKRAINE | 10 OCTOBER 1988

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR DR DI BRESCIANI OAM

Antonii Baryshevskyi studied at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, completing his Master’s degree with Professor Valeriy Kozlov. He has also graduated from the École Normale de Musique de Paris ‘Alfred Cortot’, studying with Professor Marian Rybicki. Antonii regularly gives recitals at home in Ukraine and performs internationally with such orchestras as the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, St Petersburg State Governor’s Symphony, Israel Philharmonic and Heidelberg Philharmonic. He has performed in London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmoniker, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall in St. Petersburg. He has appeared in international music festivals that include Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, Switzerland, Chautauqua Festival in the USA, Copenhagen Summer Festival in Denmark and the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Festival in Bolzano, Italy. He has participated in masterclasses given by Daniel Pollack, Lily Dorfman, Alfred Brendel and Richard Goode and has himself given masterclasses at the International Summer Academy of Music in Ochsenhausen, Germany.

AWARDS

2014 First Prize: Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (Tel Aviv, Israel) 2011 Second Prize (equal): Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy) 2009 First Prize: International Piano Competition Premio Jaén (Jaén, Spain) 2008 First Prize, Orchestra Finals: Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial Competition (Novi Sad, Serbia) 2005 Second Prize, Intermediate (equal): International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horovitz (Kiev, Ukraine)

“My wish for each of the competitors is to enjoy this experience and be happy with any result. It is such a great opportunity to show ourselves and to discover something new about ourselves, so I hope everyone will be satisfied.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles: I. Darkly

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles: II. Leggiero e legato

SEMI FINAL Robert Schumann:

Carnaval Op.9 I. Préambule II. Pierrot III. Arlequin IV. Valse noble V. Eusebius VI. Florestan VII. Coquette VIII. Réplique (Sphinxes) IX. Papillons X. A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A.: Lettres Dansantes XI. Chiarina XII. Chopin XIII. Estrella XIV. Reconnaissance XV. Pantalon et Colombine XVI. Valse allemande XVII. Paganini XVIII. Aveu XIX. Promenade XX. Pause XXI. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins

Maurice Ravel:

Jeux d’eau

Olivier Messiaen:

from Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus X. Regard de l’Esprit de Joie

FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 850

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109 I. Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo II. Prestissimo III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

Frédéric Chopin:

Mazurka in C major Op.56 No.2 Nocturne in F minor Op.55 No.1 Scherzo No.2 in B♭ minor Op.31

Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.3 in F# minor Op.23 I. Drammatico II. Allegretto III. Andante IV. Presto con fuoco Valentin Sylvestrov: Kitsch Music No.1

Igor Stravinsky:

Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’ I. Russian Dance II. Petrushka’s Cell III. The Shrovetide Fair

ENCORES

Igor Stravinsky:

Tango

Antonii Baryshevskyi:

Toccata

Belyavsky, Sergey

RUSSIA | 2 NOVEMBER 1993

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR MAURICE CASHMERE

Sergey Belyavsky graduated from the the Russian Central Music School, followed by Honours at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and continued in Tel-Aviv at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music. He is currently studying at the Kalaidos Musikhochschule in Switzerland in the Meisterklasse of Professor Lev Natochenny. Sergey has toured in Israel, USA, Germany, Spain, Italy, San Marino, France, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, South Korea, Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Ukraine, Poland, Greece, Morocco and Australia. He has performed as a soloist with many internationally acclaimed symphony orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Szeged Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Kazakhstan State Symphonic Orchestra. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Catalana, BOZAR in Brussels, Salle Gaveau and Salle Cortot in Paris and in the Keimyung Arts Center in South Korea. Sergey has released three solo CDs.

AWARDS

2019 First Prize: Juries in Competition (Salzburg, Austria) 2018 First Prize: Gegen den Strom International Piano Competition (Bad Ems, Germany) 2018 Bronze Medal: Gina Bachauer International Artists Competition (Salt Lake City, USA) 2016 Second Prize and Audience Prize: International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Budapest, Hungary) 2014 Second Prize and Audience Prize: Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Barcelona, Spain)

“It has been sweet and sour, like a cocktail mix, joining at the last minute. A very sweet and pleasant surprise with sour excitement and anxiety. Exactly how I like it to be done.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY

Franz Schubert:

Wanderer-Fantasie in C major D.760 I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo II. Adagio III. Presto IV. Allegro

Franz Liszt:

from Transcendental Études S.139 XII. Chasse-neige V. Feux follets XI. Harmonies du soir

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles IV.

SEMI FINAL Robert Schumann:

Carnaval Op.9 I. Préambule II. Pierrot III. Arlequin IV. Valse noble V. Eusebius VI. Florestan VII. Coquette VIII. Réplique (Sphinxes) IX. Papillons X. A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A.: Lettres Dansantes XI. Chiarina XII. Chopin XIII. Estrella XIV. Reconnaissance XV. Pantalon et Colombine XVI. Valse allemande XVII. Paganini XVIII. Aveu XIX. Promenade XX. Pause XXI. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

FINAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Piano Sonata No.10 in C major K.330 I. Allegro moderato II. Andante cantabile III. Allegretto

Frédéric Chopin:

Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor Op.35 I. Grave – Doppio movimento II. Scherzo – Più lento III. Marche funèbre IV. Finale. Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.12 in A♭ major Op.26 I. Andante con variazioni II. Scherzo. Allegro molto – Trio III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un eroe. Maestoso andante IV. Allegro

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.6 in A major Op.82 I. Allegro moderato II. Allegretto III. Tempo di valzer, lentissimo IV. Vivace

ENCORES

Domenico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in E major K.380 Keyboard Sonata in D minor K.141

Burla, Alice

CANADA | 5 AUGUST 1996

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR MICK M c CORMACK

Alice Burla, as one of the youngest students ever accepted at the Juilliard School, studied piano under Oxana Yablonsakya before going to the late Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid from 2013-2016. She is currently pursuing her Soloist Master’s degree with Professor Claudio Martínez Mehner in Basel.

She has performed both as soloist and chamber musician in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Teatro la Fenice, Salle Cortot, and the World Economic Forum in Geneva. She has participated in major international festivals in Verbier, Salzburg, Santander, Israel, Poland and Hamamatsu and has worked with renowned musicians Leonidas Kavakos, Richard Goode, Stephen Kovacevich, Ferenc Rados, Dmitri Alexeev, Maxim Vengerov, François Benda and Péter Eötvös, amongst many others. With Pierre Delignies, Alice co-founded the piano duo IndiviDUAL, performing to acclaim at Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and at the Royal Concertgebouw as part of the Holland Festival. In 2018, she performed Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with the Sinfonieorchester Basel. Other orchestral engagements include concertos with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, New York Sinfonietta, Donetsk Philharmonic Orchestra and the Torun Symphony Orchestra.

AWARDS

2020 Soloist Prize: Jmanuel und Evamaria Schenk Stiftung (Zofingen, Switzerland) 2020 Prizewinner: Migros-Kulturprozent (Zurich, Switzerland) 2020 Prix Collard: Kiefer Hablitzel /Göhner Music Prize (Bern, Switzerland) 2019 Third Prize: Royal Birmingham International Piano Festival Competition (Birmingham, UK) 2019 Third Prize: Concours International de Piano Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Saint-Priest, France)

“Each piece that I play becomes an era in my life. It teaches me something new and leaves a bit of its energy inside of me, helping me develop.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in G major Hob.XVI:6 I. Allegro II. Minuet - Trio II. Adagio III. Allegro molto

Franz Liszt:

Bagatelle sans Tonalité S.216a

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles I. Darkly II. Leggiero e legato III. Gentle IV.

Franz Liszt:

Nuages gris S.199

Béla Bartók:

Dance Suite Sz.77 I. Moderato II. Allegro molto III. Allegro vivace IV. Molto tranquillo V. Comodo VI. Finale. Allegro

ENCORE

Alexander Scriabin:

from 4 Preludes Op.37 No.1 in B♭ minor

SEMI FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

Overture in the French Style BWV 831 I. Overture II. Courante III. Gavotte I/II IV. Passepied I/II V. Sarabande VI. Bourrée I/II VII. Gigue VIII. Echo

Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 2 IV. Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses VIII. Ondine from Préludes Book 1: XII. Minstrels from Préludes Book 2: XII. Feux d’artifice

Olivier Messiaen:

from Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus X. Regard de l’Esprit de Joie

FINAL Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:

Freie Fantasie in F# minor H.300

Robert Schumann:

Concert sans Orchestre in F minor Op.14 (1836 version) I. Allegro brillante II. Quasi variazioni. Andantino de Clara Wieck III. Prestissimo possibile

György Kurtág:

from Játékok Book 3: Hommage à Farkas Ferenc (3) (evocation of Petrushka) from Játékok Book 3: Hommage à Schubert from Játékok Book 6: Les Adieux (in Janácek’s Manner)

Gabriel Fauré:

from 3 Nocturnes Op.33 I. Nocturne in E♭ minor

Samuel Barber:

Sonata in E♭ minor Op.26 I. Allegro energico II. Allegro vivace e leggiero III. Adagio mesto IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito

ENCORES

Luciano Berio:

from 6 Encores for piano Wasserklavier

György Ligeti:

from Études Book 1 IV. Fanfares

Cai, Yangrui

CHINA | 13 NOVEMBER 2000

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS ROBERT AND JENNIFER RAVENS

Yangrui Cai began to play the piano at age four, and from the age of eight commenced studies with Jay Sun followed by Dr Vivian Li at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music, graduating with distinction in July 2019. He has furthered his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ohio USA, with world-renowned pianist, Professor Stanislav Ioudenitch.

From an early age, Yangrui has given solo recitals in Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States. He has appeared as a soloist in China with the China Hong Kong Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, in Japan with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, and in Todi, Italy with TIMM Ensemble. Yangrui received scholarships to attend festivals in the United States, including Morningside Music Bridge in Boston and the Tanglewood Festival in Massachusetts. He has participated in masterclasses with esteemed musicians Dmitri Bashkirov, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Krzysztof Jablonski and Horacio Gutiérrez.

AWARDS

2019 Jury’s Special Prize: Sendai International Music Competition (Sendai, Japan) 2019 Third Prize (Senior Category): Bosendorfer and Yamaha USASU Competition (Phoenix, USA) 2018 First Prize: Oberlin International Piano Festival (Oberlin, USA) 2017 First Prize: The Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition (Guangzhou, China)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Carl Vine:

Five Bagatelles I. Darkly II. Leggiero e legato III. Gentle IV. V. Threnody

Franz Liszt:

from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173 III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

Johannes Brahms:

Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35 Book 1 (Theme and Variations 1–14)

ENCORE

Dominico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata K.98 in E minor

SEMI FINAL Franz Schubert:

Four Impromptus D.899 I. Allegro molto moderato II. Allegro III. Andante IV. Allegretto

Igor Stravinsky:

Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’ I. Russian Dance II. Petrushka’s Cell III. The Shrovetide Fair

FINAL Franz Schubert:

Piano Sonata in A major D.664 I. Allegro moderato II. Andante III. Allegro

Franz Liszt:

Transcendental Études S.139 I. Preludio II. Molto vivace III. Paysage IV. Mazeppa V. Feux follets VI. Vision VII. Eroica VIII. Wilde Jagd IX. Ricordanza X. Allegro agitato molto XI. Harmonies du soir XII. Chasse-neige

ENCORES

Frédéric Chopin:

from 24 Preludes Op.28 No.4 E minor

Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt:

Die Forelle

“Playing for a panel of world-renowned judges excites me. It makes me even more eager to perform and to share because I feel very honoured and fortunate to have this kind of chance.”

Chamot, Dominic

SWITZERLAND | 27 JULY 1995

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR PHILIP BACON AM

Starting the piano at the age of nine, it was only three years later that Dominic Chamot was accepted into the class of Sheila Arnold in the Pre-College division of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Cologne, Germany. In 2014 he began studies with Claudio Martínez Mehner at the University of Music in Basel, subsequently completing his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (Specialized Performance–Soloist). He has also participated in masterclasses with renowned professors Ferenc Rados, Matti Raekallio and Dimitri Bashkirov. Dominic has played throughout Europe in such hallowed halls as the Berlin and Cologne Philharmonies and Vienna’s Musikverein, but also in New York’s Steinway Hall as part of the Classic Bridge Festival. He has collaborated with orchestras including the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, ORF Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Basel Symphony Orchestra and the St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra with conductors such as Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Cornelius Meister and Joseph Bastian. Dominic is an avid chamber musician and accompanist: he has been invited to prestigious European chamber music festivals, and worked as an accompanist and musician-actor for Theater Basel.

AWARDS

2019 Winner, Prix Collard: Kiefer Hablitzel, Göhner Musikpreis, (Bern, Switzerland) 2019 First Prize, Press Prize and Audience Prize: Euregio Piano Award, International Piano Competition (Geilenkirchen, Germany) 2019 First Prize: Compositores de España International Piano Competition, (Madrid, Spain) 2019 Second Prize: Brescia Classica International Piano Competition (Brescia, Italy) 2018 First Prize: Stiftung für Junge Musiktalente Meggen (Meggen, Switzerland)

“Every piece I will play in the competition has accompanied me in my musical development at different stages of my life. Compiling these into my competition repertoire means a lot to me and playing (hopefully all of it) will be a very emotional experience.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Leoš Janáček:

In the Mists I. Andante II. Molto adagio III. Andantino IV. Presto

Franz Liszt:

Réminiscences de Norma de Bellini S.394

ENCORE

Arthur Benjamin:

Scherzino

SEMI FINAL Domenico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in E major K.380

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:

Keyboard Sonata in G minor H.47

Franz Liszt:

Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

FINAL Franz Schubert:

Piano Sonata in B♭ major D.960 I. Molto moderato II. Andante sostenuto III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.8 in B♭ major Op.84 I. Andante dolce II. Andante sognando III. Vivace

ENCORES

Johann Sebastian Bach:

from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Prelude in B♭ minor BWV 867 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Fugue in B♭ minor BWV 867

Chow, Kevin

AUSTRALIA | 14 NOVEMBER 1996

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR RICHARD COBDEN SC

Kevin Chow has a Bachelor of Music with Honours degree from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, having studied piano under Glenn Riddle. He is currently completing a Master of Music Degree on a full scholarship at Yale University, studying with Boris Slutsky after previous work under Boris Berman and the late Peter Serkin. He has collaborated in masterclasses with notable musicians Lang Lang, Paavali Jumppanen, Alessio Bax and Leslie Howard. Kevin has performed extensively throughout Australia and given recitals in China, America, Thailand, Morocco, Greece, New Zealand and Indonesia. He has performed as a soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of Fremantle Symphony Orchestra. A keen chamber musician, he has worked with the New Haven New Music Initiative and will perform in the 2021 Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Key highlights in Kevin’s career have included performing for HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall in Melbourne and having his performances broadcast on radio throughout Australia and New Zealand.

AWARDS

2018 First Prize (Piano) and Grand Finalist: The ABC Australian Young Performers Award (Sydney, Australia) 2017 First Prize and The John Allison/Henderson Piano Scholarship: Sydney Eisteddfod (Sydney, Australia) 2016 Winner: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Concerto Competition (Melbourne, Australia) 2015 Fourth Prize: Thailand International Piano Competition (Nakhon Pathom, Thailand)

“Music to me is a medium where I can express the vast, profound emotions of the soul. It is something that I could not live without and I hope to be remembered for being able to use my music to touch many lives and spread the joys of music.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Johann Sebastian Bach:

Toccata in C minor BWV 911

Percy Grainger:

from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies IV. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. Ramble on the Last Love Duet

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor Op.36 (1931 version) I. Allegro agitato II. Non allegro – Lento III. L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto

ENCORE

Nikolai Kapustin:

from Eight Concert Etudes Op.40 VIII. Final. Prestissimo

SEMI FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Prelude and Fugue in E♭ minor BWV 853

Franz Liszt:

from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173 III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.7 Op.64

Igor Stravinsky/Guido Agosti:

The Firebird: Suite for Piano I. Infernal Dance II. Lullaby III. Finale

FINAL Joseph Haydn

Sonata No.55 in B♭ major Hob.XVI:41 I. Allegro II. Allegro di molto

Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt:

Am Tage Aller Seelen - Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen D.343

Robert Schumann:

Waldszenen Op.82 I. Eintritt II. Jäger auf der Lauer III. Einsame Blumen IV. Verrufene Stelle V. Freundliche Landschaft VI. Herberge VII. Vogel als Prophet VIII. Jagdlied IX. Abschied

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major Op.106 ‘Hammerklavier’ I. Allegro II. Scherzo. Assai vivace III. Adagio sostenuto IV. Introduzione. Largo – Fuga: Allegro risoluto

ENCORES

Claude Debussy:

from Deux Arabesques L.66 No.1 Andantino con moto

Nikolai Kapustin:

from Eight Concert Etudes Op.40 VII. Intermezzo

Foster, Maxwell

AUSTRALIA | 19 JULY 1991

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR ROSS BLACKMORE IN MEMORY OF DENISE BLACKMORE

A native of Brisbane, Australia, Maxwell Foster studied piano at the Australian National Academy of Music under the guidance of Rita Reichman. Moving to the United States to further his studies, he gained his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at the Juilliard School, followed by his Master of Musical Arts Degree at Yale University. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins under the guidance of Yong-hi Moon. Maxwell has performed with major orchestras in Australia, at Hamer Hall, the Sydney Opera House, the Perth Concert Hall, and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. He has also performed at international venues such as Carnegie Hall, New York and Wigmore Hall, London. Maxwell has taught music at all levels at institutions including Melbourne’s Scotch College and Yale University and in the educational outreach programs of the Julliard, Yale and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

AWARDS

2014 Medal of Encouragement: Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Barcelona, Spain) 2008 Young Performers Award: Symphony Services International (Sydney, Australia)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Carl Vine:

Five Bagatelles I. Darkly II. Leggiero e legato III. Gentle IV. V. Threnody

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Sonata No.3 in C major Op.2 No.3 I. Allegro con brio II. Adagio III. Scherzo. Allegro – Trio IV. Allegro assai

Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.4 in F# major Op.30 I. Andante II. Prestissimo volando

ENCORE

Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt:

Gretchen am Spinnrade

SEMI FINAL Robert Schumann:

Waldszenen Op.82 I. Eintritt (Entry) II. Jäger auf der Lauer (Hunters on the lookout) III. Einsame Blumen (Lonely Flowers) IV. Verrufene Stelle (Haunted Place) V. Freundliche Landschaft (Friendly Landscape) VI. Herberge (Wayside Inn) VII. Vogel als Prophet (Bird as Prophet) VIII. Jagdlied (Hunting Song) IX. Abschied (Farewell)

Johannes Brahms:

Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5 I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante espressivo III. Scherzo. Allegro energico – Trio IV. Intermezzo. Andante molto V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato

FINAL Franz Schubert:

Piano Sonata in G major D.894 I. Molto moderato e cantabile II. Andante III. Menuetto. Allegro moderato – Trio IV. Allegretto

Maurice Ravel:

Le Tombeau de Couperin I. Prélude II. Fugue III. Forlane IV. Rigaudon V. Minuet VI. Toccata

ENCORES

Franz Schubert:

from Four Impromptus D.899 I. Impromptu in C minor

Alexander Scriabin:

from 24 Preludes Op.11 XI. Allegro assai in B major

“To me music is the abstraction of human feeling and expression. By translating it into harmony and sound, we are able to feel and comprehend what it means to be a living and feeling being.”

Gadjiev, Alexander

ITALY/SLOVENIA | 23 DECEMBER 1994

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS ANTHONY AND SUZANNE MAPLE-BROWN

Alexander Gadjiev began studying piano with his father, Siavush Gadjiev, making his concert debut at the age of nine and giving his first solo recital a year later. He received his Master’s degree at the Mozarteum of Salzburg, under the guidance of Pavel Gililov. Following his Master’s degree, Gadjiev took his Konzertexamen in Berlin under Eldar Nebolsin.

Alexander has performed at prestigious festivals, including Verbier, the Rubinstein Festival in Łódź, the Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Ravenna Musica and the Kammermusik Salzburg Festival. In demand as a soloist with orchestras, and as a recitalist, he has performed in the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Great Hall of Ljubljana’s Philharmonie, La Fenice in Venice and the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. A tour of Japan included engagements in Tokyo, Osaka and Sapporo. Recently he was selected for the 2019 – 2021 BBC New Generation Artists Scheme, which provides opportunities for him to perform in many of the major festivals and series in the UK, both in recital and as soloist with the BBC orchestras, and to record regularly for BBC Radio 3.

AWARDS

2018 First Prize, Prix Ranieri 111: Monte-Carlo Piano Masters (Monte Carlo, Monaco) 2015 First Prize and Audience Award: Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Hamamatsu, Japan)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in C major Hob.XVI:48 I. Andante con espressione II. Rondo. Presto

Frédéric Chopin:

Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles III. Gentle V. Threnody

Olivier Messiaen:

from Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus XV. Le Baiser de l’enfant-Jésus

ENCORE

Alexander Scriabin:

from 3 Morceaux Op.45 No.1 Feuillet d’Album

SEMI FINAL Dmitry Shostakovich:

Prelude and Fugue No.4 in E minor Op.87

Sergei Prokofiev:

from Vision fugitives Op.22 I. Lentamente II. Andante III. Allegretto IV. Animato VII. Pittoresco (Arpa) IX. Allegro tranquillo XI. Con vivacità XII. Assai Moderato XIV. Feroce XV. Inquieto XVI. Dolente XVII. Poetico XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza XX. Lento irrealmente

Alexander Tcherepnin:

from 8 Pieces Op.88 I. Meditation V. Invocation

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.7 in B♭ major Op.83 I. Allegro inquieto II. Andante caloroso III. Precipitato

FINAL Franz Liszt:

from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173 VII. Funérailles

Frédéric Chopin:

Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor Op.35 I. Grave – Doppio movimento II. Scherzo – Più lento III. Marche funèbre IV. Finale. Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven/Franz Liszt:

Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92/S.464 I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace II. Allegretto III. Presto IV. Allegro con brio

ENCORE

Frédéric Chopin:

from 24 Preludes Op.28 No.13 F# major

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from 10 Preludes Op.23 VII. Allegro

“The greatest achievement is to gain some simple respect for the work you have done. How I try to achieve that? Just be 120% in the music!”

Geniushene, Anna

RUSSIA | 1 JANUARY 1991

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS GREEBA PRITCHARD AND ROBERT MITCHELL

Anna Geniushene earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. In 2018 she completed a Master of Arts with Distinction and an Advanced Diploma at London’s Royal Academy of Music, studying piano under Professor Christopher Elton. Anna has also taken part in masterclasses with Ferenc Rados, Kirill Gerstein, Rita Wagner, Stephen Hough, Paul Lewis, Imogen Cooper, Pascal Rogé and Steven Osborne. Her solo and chamber music performances have taken her to such major concert halls as the Great Hall of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, the Konzerthaus ‘Neue Welt’ and Chamber Hall of the Berliner Philharmonie, the Salle Cortot in Paris and Wigmore Hall in London.

A keen chamber musician, Anna has a piano duo with her husband, Lukas Geniušas, and a close collaboration with the Quartetto di Cremona. She also directs an annual festival in collaborative music-making, NikoFestCollection, in Moscow.

AWARDS

2018 First Prize: Orbetello International Piano Competition (Orbetello, Italy) 2017 Second Prize: International Piano Competition, Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize (Barletta, Italy) 2017 Third Prize, Junior Jury Prize and Chamber Music Prize: Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy) 2015 First Prize Maria Yudina International Competition (St Petersburg, Russia)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Frank Hutchens:

Two Little Birds

Alfred Hill:

Doves

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Seven Bagatelles Op.33 I. Andante grazioso quasi allegretto II. Scherzo – Allegro III. Allegretto IV. Andante V. Allegro ma non troppo VI. Allegretto quasi andante VII. Presto

Béla Bartók:

Piano Sonata Sz.80 I. Allegro moderato II. Sostenuto e pesante III. Allegro molto

ENCORE

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Études-tableaux Op.33 II. Allegro

SEMI FINAL Robert Schumann:

3 Fantasiestücke Op.111 I. C minor II. A♭ major III. C minor

Alexander Scriabin:

Vers la Flamme Op.72

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:

Grand Sonata in G major Op.37 I. Moderato e risoluto II. Andante non troppo quasi Moderato III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace IV. Finale. Allegro Vivace

FINAL Joseph Haydn:

Variations in F minor Hob.XVII:6

Johannes Brahms:

Ballades Op.10 I. Andante II. Andante III. Intermezzo. Allegro IV. Andante con moto

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.8 in B♭ major Op.84 I. Andante dolce II. Andante sognando III. Vivace

ENCORES

Edvard Grieg:

from Lyric Pieces Op.62 No.5 Drommesyn

Arno Babadjanian:

Humoresque

“I always put the scores under my pillow the night before the concert – and I eat dozens of dark chocolates in the hope of stimulating my brain!”

Kinasov, Maxim

RUSSIA | 17 JUNE 1993

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR SILVANA d’IAPICO

Maxim Kinasov completed his Bachelor of Music Degree with Distinction in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory and his Master of Music (Performance) with Distinction at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He is currently studying an International Artist Diploma course at the RNCM. Maxim has been a soloist of the St. Petersburg Music House since 2012 and has performed in prestigious venues across Russia, Italy, Spain, UK, Brazil and US, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. He has performed internationally with the St Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hallé. In April 2020 Maxim garnered multiple awards including Artist of the Month for the Talent Unlimited Music Charity and an Ian Fleming Award at the Help Musicians Postgraduate Awards. Maxim has participated in the International Rachmaninoff Music Festival and the ‘Gathering Friends’ International Music Festival in Russia, the South Downs Summer Music Festival and the Chester Music Festival in the UK.

AWARDS

2019 First Prize and Special Jury Mention: Citta di Cantù 29th International Piano and Orchestra Competition (Cantù, Italy) 2019 Second Prize and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Prize: 15th Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition (Hastings, UK) 2018 Gold Medal Winner: Royal Northern College of Music Gold Medal Competition (Manchester, UK) 2017 First Prize, Special Tatiana Gaydamovich Award and Special Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Prize for the best performance of a work by Taneyev: Sixth International Sergei Taneyev Chamber Ensembles Competition (Kaluga, Russia)

“Joining the competition at the last moment has been a challenge, particularly the spoken introductions and performing to an empty hall. But it’s a challenge I’ve embraced and hope the emotion in my music still comes through to audiences.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Sergei Slonimsky:

Intermezzo in Memory of Brahms

Johannes Brahms:

Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35 Book 1 (Theme and Variations 1–14)

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.7 in B♭ major Op.83 I. Allegro inquieto II. Andante caloroso III. Precipitato

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles: V. Threnody

SEMI FINAL Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109 I. Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato - Adagio espressivo II. Prestissimo III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

César Franck:

Prélude Fugue et Variation in B minor Op.18 I. Prélude. Andantino II. Lento III. Fugue. Allegretto ma non troppo IV. Variation. Andantino

Samuel Barber:

Sonata in E♭ minor Op.26 I. Allegro energico II. Allegro vivace e leggiero III. Adagio mesto IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito

FINAL Sergiu Natra:

Three Street Cortèges I. Festival II. Funeral III. Revolt

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Études-tableaux Op.33 II. Allegro in C major III. Grave in C minor VIII. Grave in C# minor

Franz Liszt:

from Années de Pèlerinage Book II S.161 VII. Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

ENCORES

Johann Sebastian Bach/Alexander Siloti:

Prelude in B minor BWV 855

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from 10 Preludes Op.23 I. Largo

Klinton, Dinara

UKRAINE | 6 JULY 1989

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR HELEN MEDDINGS

Dinara Klinton studied with Valery Piassetski at the Moscow Central Music School, before joining the class of Eliso Virsaladze at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. She subsequently earned her Master’s degree and Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music in London, studying piano under Dina Parakhina. Currently, Dinara is an Assistant Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music. Her orchestral engagements have included the Philharmonia in London, the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. She has performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Leipzig Gewandhaus, New York’s 92nd Street Y and in Cleveland’s Severance Hall. Festival appearances have included Lugano’s Progetto Martha Argerich, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh Proms and France’s La Roque d’Anthéron. An experienced recording artist, Dinara has released Chopin: Works on contemporary instruments (2017), the complete Études d’exécution transcendante by Liszt in 2016 (voted BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month) and Music of Chopin and Liszt in 2007. In March 2021, she released her latest album of Prokofiev’s nine piano sonatas.

AWARDS

2016 Third Prize: Cleveland International Piano Competition (Cleveland, USA) 2014 Third Prize: BNDES International Piano Competition in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2013 Second Prize: International Paderewski Competition (Bydgoszcz, Poland) 2007 Second Prize: Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Sergei Taneyev:

Prelude and Fugue in G# minor Op.29

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.28 in A major Op.101 I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung Allegretto ma non troppo II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig. Vivace all marcia III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affeto. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit Allegro.

Percy Grainger:

A Bridal Lullaby

Franz Liszt /Vladimir Horowitz:

Wedding March and Variations from ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

ENCORE

Earl Wild:

Etude No.3 based on George Gershwin’s “The Man I Love”

SEMI FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Prelude and Fugue in C# minor BWV 849

Frédéric Chopin:

Scherzo No.3 in C# minor Op.39

Robert Schumann:

Symphonic Études Op.13

FINAL Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.24 in F# major Op.78 I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo II. Allegro vivace

Franz Liszt:

Transcendental Études S.139 I. Preludio II. Molto vivace III. Paysage IV. Mazeppa V. Feux follets VI. Vision VII. Eroica VIII. Wilde Jagd IX. Ricordanza X. Allegro agitato molto XI. Harmonies du soir XII. Chasse-neige

ENCORES

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from 5 Morceaux de Fantaisie Op.3 I. Elégie

Franz Liszt:

from Liebesträume S.541 III. Oh lieb, so lang du lieben kannst

“For me, performing precious music written by geniuses is similar to performing surgery: should there really be any difference in doing so for a king – or for a simple man?”

Kliuchko, Aleksandr

RUSSIA | 15 AUGUST 2000

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR THE HON BRONWYN BISHOP AO

Aleksandr Kliuchko started playing piano at the age of six, and gave his first recital the following year. He studied with Sergey Arsibashev in the F. Chopin Moscow State College of Musical Performance. He is currently studying piano under Réna Shereshevskaya at the École Normale de Musique de Paris ‘Alfred Cortot’ and has participated in masterclasses with Dmitry Bashkirov and Paolo Giacometti. Aleksandr has performed with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra and Governor’s Orchestra of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic. He has also performed with the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the Catalan Youth Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic and the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra in Kazakhstan, under the direction of such conductors as Miguel Ángel and Gómez Martínez.

Aleksandr has appeared in various international festivals, including the Stars on the Baikal Festival (Southern Siberia), the Gradus International Piano Festival (Denmark) and the Musical Olympus International Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia).

AWARDS

2019 Second Prize: Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Barcelona, Spain) 2018 First Prize: Concours Ile-de-France International Piano Competition (Maisons-Laffitte, France) 2018 Third Prize: Paloma O’Shea Santander Piano Competition (Santander, Spain) 2017 First Prize (equal) and Grand Prix: Astana Piano Passion International Festival of Classical Music and the Competition for Young Pianists (Astana, Kazakhstan)

“By recording our performances we must achieve a higher level of quality in our playing as the slightest inaccuracies are more evident than during a live performance. I really hope that when concert life returns, we can combine these approaches and reach new heights in performance.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 ‘The Tempest’ I. Largo – Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegretto

Franz Liszt:

Rhapsodie espagnole S.254

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.3 in A minor Op.28

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles II. Leggiero e legato

SEMI FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

English Suite No.2 in A minor BWV 807 I. Prélude II. Allemande III. Courante IV. Sarabande V. Les agréments de la même Sarabande VI. Bourrée I alternativement VII. Bourrée II VIII. Gigue

Frédéric Chopin:

Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20

Igor Stravinsky:

Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’ I. Russian Dance II. Petrushka’s Cell III. The Shrovetide Fair

FINAL Franz Liszt:

from Années de Pèlerinage Book II S.161 VII. Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Frédéric Chopin:

Nocturne in B major Op.62 No.1

Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.5 in F# major Op.53

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

ENCORES

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Études-tableaux Op.33 II. Allegro

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles V. Threnody

Li, Siqian

CHINA | 12 DECEMBER 1992

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS RON AND RHONDDA M c CALLUM

Siqian Li received a Bachelor of Music Degree at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music as a student of Madame Huiqiao Bao followed by her Master of Music Degree at the New England Conservatory, Boston, with Professor Alexander Korsantia. In 2020, she received her Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music, London, under the tutelage of Professor Norma Fisher. Siqian has participated in masterclasses with Emanuel Ax, Sergei Babayan, Russel Sherman, Rodin Shchedrin, Boris Slutsky, Oxana Yablonskaya, Arie Vardi and Ramzi Yassa. She has performed in recitals across China, USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Japan and South Korea and has collaborated with international chamber musicians, appearing in concerts with Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, Xiamen Opera Symphony Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Ukraine State Symphony Orchestra and the Central Conservatory of Music Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Siqian has participated in festivals including Hamamatsu International Piano Academy, Imola Summer Piano Academy and Festival, Annecy Classical Festival, Puigcerda Piano Festival, Beijing International Piano Festival, Festival d’Auvers-sur-Oise and Shanghai International Music Festival.

AWARDS

2020 First Prize and Chappell Medal: Chappell Medal Piano Competition (RCM, London, UK) 2019 Silver Medalist and Special Prize Winner: San Jose International Piano Competition (San Jose, USA)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

9 Variations on a Minuet by Duport in D major K.573

Carl Vine:

Five Bagatelles I. Darkly II. Leggiero e legato III. Gentle IV. V. Threnody

Alexander Scriabin:

Fantasie in B minor Op.28

ENCORE

Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 1 VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin

SEMI FINAL Frédéric Chopin:

Étude in C# minor Op.10 No.4 Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor Op.35 I. Grave – Doppio movimento II. Scherzo – Più lento III. Marche funèbre IV. Finale. Presto Nocturne in D♭ major Op.27 No.2 Nocturne in C# minor Op.27 No.1 Rondo in E♭ major Op.16 Étude in C minor Op.10 No.12

FINAL Domenico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in A major K.113 Keyboard Sonata in D minor K.141

Franz Schubert:

Piano Sonata in G major D.894 I. Molto moderato e cantabile II. Andante III. Menuetto. Allegro moderato – Trio IV. Allegretto

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from 10 Preludes Op.23 II. Maestoso IV. Andante cantabile V. Alla marcia from 13 Preludes Op.32 V. Moderato VIII. Vivo IX. Allegro moderato

Maurice Ravel/Alexander Korsantia:

La Valse

ENCORES

Frédéric Chopin:

Étude in E major Op.10 No.3

Claude Debussy:

from Estampes III. Jardins sous la pluie

“It was incredibly challenging joining late, but I thought it was exactly one of those moments in life where I explore my potential.”

Liu, Ziyu

CHINA | 11 MAY 1998

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS BRIAN ABEL AND MARK MANTON

Ziyu Liu began his musical education under Professor Ling Yuan at the Central Conservatory of Music, Middle School, in Beijing. In 2015, he became a student at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, studying piano under Ewa Kupiec and Arie Vardi. Ziyu has performed in such major concert halls as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Weimarhalle, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, the Shanghai Concert Hall and the Shandong Grand Theatre. He has performed concertos with the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, the Jenaer Philharmonie in Germany and the Orchestra Filarmonica Mihail Jora din Bacău in Romania. He has taken part in the Mozart International Music Festival in Salzburg, the Weimar Music Festival and the Coburg Music Festival in Germany.

AWARDS

2019 First Prize: Viotti International Music Competition (Vercelli, Italy) 2019 First Prize and Best Beethoven Concerto: Città di Cantù International Piano and Orchestra Competition (Como, Italy) 2019 First Prize: Singapore International Piano Competition (Singapore)

“It’s a big challenge to play for judges, but on the other hand, judges are also my listeners. I feel like it’s a concert and I can fully immerse myself in the music. Just think about the music and forget the world.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Frédéric Chopin:

Ballade No.2 in F major Op.38

Robert Schumann:

Carnaval Op.9 I. Préambule II. Pierrot III. Arlequin IV. Valse noble V. Eusebiu VI. Florestan VII. Coquette VIII. Réplique (Sphinxes) IX. Papillons X. A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A.: Lettres Dansantes XI. Chiarina XII. Chopin XIII. Estrella XIV. Reconnaissance XV. Pantalon et Colombine XVI. Valse allemande XVII. Paganini XVIII. Aveu XIX. Promenade XX. Pause XXI. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

Toccatissimo

SEMI FINAL Claude Debussy:

from Images (Deuxième Série) II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut from Préludes Book 2 VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque No.3 Clair de Lune

Johannes Brahms:

Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5 I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante espressivo III. Scherzo. Allegro energico – Trio IV. Intermezzo. Andante molto V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato

Peixun Chen:

Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake

FINAL Ludwig van Beethoven:

Six Bagatelles Op.126 I. Andante con moto, cantabile e con piacevole II. Allegro III. Andante, Cantabile ed espressivo IV. Presto V. Quasi allegretto VI. Presto – Andante amabile e con moto

Maurice Ravel:

La Valse

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

Alberto Ginastera:

Piano Sonata No.1 Op.22 I. Allegro marcato II. Presto misterioso III. Adagio molto appassionato IV. Ruvido ed ostinato

ENCORES

Johann Sebastian Bach/Egon Petri:

from Was mir behagt ist nur die muntre Jagd IX. Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)

Frédéric Chopin:

Waltz in F major Op.34 No.3

Lynov, Philipp

RUSSIA | 6 JANUARY 1999

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS ROB THOMAS AO AND SAM MEERS AO

In 2017, Philipp Lynov graduated with honours from the Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, having studied piano under Natalya Bogdanova. He is currently furthering his studies there with Professor Eliso Virsaladze. He has participated in masterclasses with Dmitri Alexeev, Hyoung-Joon Chang, Mikhail Voskresensky, Alexander Kobrin and Uta Weyand. Philipp has toured extensively in Russia, Germany, Austria, Poland, Spain, Italy, Israel and Switzerland. He has performed with the Irkutsk Governor’s Symphony Orchestra and the Lipetsk Symphony Orchestra, the Astana Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra and Spain’s Region of Murcia Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors including Kai Bumann, Gonzalo Berná Pic, Yerzhan Dautov, Yury Tkachenko and Vladislav Bulakhov. Philipp has participated in such festivals as the Rheingau Musik Festival in Germany and Stars on Baikal International Music Festival in Russia.

He has given recitals and concerts in Poland, the Netherlands, Georgia, Germany and USA.

AWARDS

2019 First Prize: International Paderewski Piano Competition (Bydgoszcz, Poland) 2017 First Prize: Astana Piano Passion International Competition for Young Pianists IV (Astana, Kazakhstan) 2015 First Prize: International Stanislav Neuhaus Piano Competition (Chelyabinsk Russia)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Piano Sonata No.17 in B♭ major K.570 I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegretto

Sergei Taneyev:

Prelude and Fugue in G# minor Op.29

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles I. Darkly II. Leggiero e legato IV.

Sergei Prokofiev:

Four Études Op.2 I. Allegro II. Moderato III. Andante semplice IV. Presto energico

ENCORE

Francis Poulenc:

Improvisation No.15 in C minor Hommage à Edith Piaf

SEMI FINAL Domenico Scarlatti

Keyboard Sonata in B minor K.27 Keyboard Sonata in A major K.113

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 ‘The Tempest’ I. Largo – Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegretto

Béla Bartók:

Piano Sonata Sz.80 I. Allegro moderato II. Sostenuto e pesante III. Allegro molto

FINAL Robert Schumann:

Fantasie in C major Op.17 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten

Frédéric Chopin:

Mazurka in C minor Op.30 No.1 Mazurka in D♭ major Op.30 No.3 Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor Op.35 I. Grave – Doppio movimento II. Scherzo – Più lento III. Marche funèbre IV. Finale. Presto

Samuel Barber:

Sonata Op.26 I. Allegro energico II. Allegro vivace e leggiero III. Adagio mesto IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito

ENCORES

Francis Poulenc:

from Huit Nocturnes VII. Assez allant

Franz von Vecsey/György Cziffra:

Valse Triste

“It would be very pleasant to be highly appreciated for my hard work, to get some recognition and engagements. But at the same time, winning is only a beginning of a very serious trial where the winner must prove that he is worthy of such a high estimation.”

Ma, Ke

CHINA | 10 JUNE 1994

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS ANGELA RAYMOND AND CAROLE ROUSSEL

Ke Ma received her Bachelor and Master degrees with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is currently pursuing her Doctoral studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Professor Joan Havill, Rolf Hind and Dr Alexander Soares. Ke has performed extensively across the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary and the US. Solo highlights have included appearances with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Sichuan Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Young Musicians Symphony, Suffolk Symphony Orchestra and the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc at the Palace of Arts in Budapest. She was the first Chinese pianist to perform at the York Minster, where she was also invited to discuss the influence of the pandemic on musicians. Ke has made her debut at Wigmore Hall and has undertaken a Tunnell Trust Award tour of Scotland. She has recorded music by Vieuxtemps for Champs Hill Records with violist Timothy Ridout.

AWARDS

2020 Finalist: Gold Medal Instrumentalists Concerto Competition at Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London, UK) 2016 First Prize: ‘City of Maisons-Laffitte’ and Karoly Mocsari Special Prize: Concours Ile-de-France International Piano Competition (Paris, France) 2016 Fifth Prize: Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition (Hastings, UK) 2015 Silver Medal: Prince’s Prize Competition awarded by the Worshipful Musicians’ Company at Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London, UK) to discuss the influence of pandemic on musicians.

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Piano Sonata No.9 in D major K.311 I. Allegro con spirito II. Andante con espressione III. Rondeau: Allegro

Maurice Ravel:

Gaspard de la Nuit I. Ondine II. Le Gibet III. Scarbo

ENCORE

Arthur Benjamin:

Jamaican Rumba

SEMI FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Prelude and Fugue in B major BWV 868

Frédéric Chopin:

Prélude in C# minor Op.45 24 Preludes Op.28 I. C major II. A minor III. G major IV. E minor V. D major VI. B minor VII. A major VIII. F# minor IX. E major X. C# minor XI. B major XII. G# minor XIII. F# major XIV. E♭ minor XV. D♭ major XVI. B♭ minor XVII. A♭ major XVIII. F minor XIX. E♭ major XX. C minor XXI. B♭ major XXII. G minor XXIII. F major XXIV. D minor Prelude in A♭ major Op. Posthumous

FINAL Johannes Brahms:

8 Klavierstücke Op.76 I. Capriccio. Un poco agitato II. Capriccio. Allegretto non troppo III. Intermezzo. Grazioso IV. Intermezzo. Allegretto grazioso V. Capriccio. Agitato, ma non troppo presto VI. Intermezzo. Andante con moto VII. Intermezzo. moderato semplice VIII. Capriccio. Grazioso ed un poco vivace Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35 Book 2 (Theme and Variations 15–28)

Claude Debussy:

Suite Bergamasque I. Prélude II. Menuet III. Clair de Lune IV. Passepied

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.6 in A major Op.82 I. Allegro moderato II. Allegretto III. Tempo di valzer, lentissimo IV. Vivace

ENCORES

Frédéric Chopin:

Waltz in A minor Op. Posthumous

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Anton Arensky:

Flight of the Bumblebee

“This is the third time I’ve been asked to step into a recital at the last minute. It has been a good test for me to always be prepared and ready as a musician and I have found it more exciting than scary.”

Malikov, Alexander

CANADA | 2 MAY 1989

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR A/PROF MICHAEL STUBBS IN CELEBRATION OF AUSTRALIAN PIANIST RUTH GERALD

Alexander Malikov performs extensively across Canada and the United States as soloist and chamber musician. Most recently he has performed virtual recitals in Texas, the Toronto Arts and Letters Club and the Vancouver Müzewest Concerts and has recorded Beethoven’s Cello sonatas Nos.2 & 5 with the principal cellist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Johnson. Alexander has been featured as Artist in Residence with Minnesota Public Radio and has worked with conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Boris Brott, Gaddiel Dombrowner and Michelle Merrill. He has performed at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheater in Toronto, the Banff International String Quartet Festival, as ‘Montague Artist’ at the Heidelberg University in Ohio and at the ‘Rising Star’ series at the Texas State International Piano Festival. A composer himself, Alexander gave the world première of his own piano concerto in 2016. Alexander graduated from Oberlin College and the Juilliard School, followed by an Artist Diploma at the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Texas. He is currently completing an Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto. Last year he was awarded the Young Arts Educator Award in Florida, USA.

AWARDS

2020 Second Prize: Walled City Music Online International Piano Competition (Derry, Ireland) 2019 Gold Medal: Manhattan International Music Competition Online (New York, USA) 2015 First Prize: Carl Baldassare Composer-Virtuoso Competition (Cleveland, USA)

“Joining the Sydney Competition at the last moments is a special kind of honor and a tremendous thrill. It brings a unique spontaneity to sharing the music.’

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Domenico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in F minor K.519 Keyboard Sonata in B♭ major K.545

Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in C major Hob.XVI:50 I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro molto

Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 1 II. Voiles

Franz Liszt:

from Deux Légendes S.175 II. St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots

Enrique Granados:

Allegro de Concierto Op.46

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles III. Gentle

SEMI FINAL Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.2 in G# minor Op.19 I. Andante II. Presto

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

Dmitri Shostakovich:

Prelude and Fugue No.15 in D♭ major Op.87

FINAL George Walker:

Sonata No.1 for Piano I. Allegro energico II. Moderato III. Allegro con brio

Sergei Prokofiev:

Sonata No.4 in C minor Op.29 I. Allegro molto sostenuto II. Andante assai, III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiero

Claude Debussy:

Suite Bergamasque I. Prélude II. Menuet III. Clair de Lune IV. Passepied

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio, ed appassionato II. Arietta - Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

ENCORES

John Adams:

China Gates

Franz Schubert:

from 4 Impromptus D.899 III. Andante G♭ major

Muradov, Rustam

RUSSIA | 14 OCTOBER 1987

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR BUNNY GARDINER-HILL

Rustam Muradov launched his piano career in Vladikavkaz, graduating from the Middle Specialised College of Music of the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire and the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Rustam has taken part in prestigious international piano competitions held in Kazakhstan, in the Southern Highlands of Australia (where he won equal second prize in 2011), in Pörtschach, Austria and in Odessa, Ukraine. He received the Yuri Temirkanov Prize in 2004 and in 2010 he received the Prize of the President of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. Rustam has taken part in masterclasses with Sergei Osipenko, Mira Yevtich, Alexander Sandler, Nina Seryogina, Daniel Pollack, Willem Brons and Dmitri Bashkirov. He has toured extensively throughout Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Estonia, France, China, and Australia, performing with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Hobart Earle, Dorian Wilson, Timor Zangiev and Vladimir Spivakov. Rustam has also performed with high profile orchestras including the Mariinsky Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Odessa Symphony Orchestra.

AWARDS

2017 First Prize: 8th Almaty International Piano Competition (Almaty, Kazakhstan) 2016 First Prize: Alexei Skavronsky Competition (Volgodonsk, Russia) 2013 Second Prize: Gyorgos Thymis International Piano Competition (Thessaloniki, Greece) 2012 Second Prize: Mykola Lysenko Music Competition (Kiev, Ukraine)

“I have been to Australia once, it was the Southern Highlands region and I experienced the amazing nature and wild animals – I hope one day to return to perform for the Australian audiences.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Johannes Brahms:

7 Fantasien Op.116 I. Capriccio. Presto energico II. Intermezzo. Andante III. Capriccio. Allegro passionato IV. Intermezzo. Adagio V. Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento VI. Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente VII. Capriccio. Allegro agitato

Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in C minor Hob.XVI:20 I. Moderato II. Andante con moto III. Finale. Allegro

Carl Vine:

Toccatissimo

ENCORE

Dominico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in B minor K.87

SEMI FINAL César Franck:

Prélude Choral et Fugue in B minor I. Prélude. Moderato II. Choral. Poco più lento – Poco allegro III. Fugue. Tempo I

Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 1 X. La Cathédrale engloutie

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 Theme. Andante. Variation 1. Poco piu mosso Variation 2. L’istesso tempo Variation 3. Tempo di Minuetto Variation 4. Andante. Variation 5. Allegro (ma non tanto) Variation 6. L’istesso tempo Variation 7. Vivace Variation 8. Adagio misterioso Variation 9. Un poco più mosso Variation 10. Allegro scherzando Variation 11. Allegro vivace Variation 12. L’istesso tempo Variation 13. Agitato Intermezzo Variation 14. Andante (come prima) Variation 15. L’istesso tempo Variation 16. Allegro vivace Variation 17. Meno mosso Variation 18. Allegro con brio Variation 19. Più mosso. Agitato Variation 20. Più mosso Coda. Andante

Maurice Ravel:

Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn from Le tombeau de Couperin VI. Toccata. Vif.

FINAL Franz Liszt:

from Années de Pèlerinage Book II S.161 I. Sposalizio

Robert Schumann:

Fantasie in C major Op.17 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten

Maurice Ravel:

Miroirs I. Noctuelles II. Oiseaux tristes III. Une barque sur l’océan IV. Alborada del gracioso V. La vallée des cloches

Igor Stravinsky/Guido Agosti:

The Firebird: Suite for Piano I. Infernal Dance II. Lullaby III. Finale

ENCORES

Maurice Ravel:

Prélude

Claude Debussy:

from Twelve Études Book 2 No.11 Pour les arpèges composés

Mustakimov, Timur

RUSSIA | 2 OCTOBER 1987

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS MARTIN AND SUSIE DICKSON

Timur Mustakimov began his piano studies at the Music School for Gifted Children in Kazan with Alfiya Burnasheva. He received his Master of Music and Professional Studies Diploma from the Mannes School of Music (The New School), studying piano under Vladimir Feltsman. He continued his studies in Piano Performance in the Postgraduate Diploma program at Kazan Conservatory. In early 2020, he received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from Temple University in Philadelphia, USA. As a soloist, Timur has performed with the Mannes Symphony Orchestra at the Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Centre and with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic in New York under the baton of Vladimir Feltsman. He has also played concertos with the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, with the Orchestra Sinfonica Città di Grosseto in Italy and with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony in Iowa, USA. This year, Timur released a debut CD of sonatas by Scriabin and Myaskovsky on the Blue Griffin label.

AWARDS

2018 Second Prize and Schubert Prize: Alaska International Piano-e-Competition (Fairbanks, USA) 2016 First Prize and Audience Choice Award: Midwest International Piano Competition (Cedar Falls, USA) 2014 First Prize, featured in documentary: NTD International Piano Competition (New York, USA) 2013 First Prize (equal): Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition (Westport, USA) 2013 Winner: Mannes Concerto Competition, (New York, USA)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in C minor Hob.XVI:20 I. Moderato II. Andante con moto III. Finale. Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach/Timur Mustakimov:

Prélude from Cello Suite No.2 in D minor BWV 1008

Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni:

Chaconne from Violin Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004

ENCORE

Percy Grainger:

from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies VI. Dowland: Now, O now, I needs must part

SEMI FINAL Ludwig van Beethoven:

Six Bagatelles Op.126 I. Andante con moto, cantabile e con piacevole II. Allegro III. Andante, Cantabile ed espressivo IV. Presto V. Quasi allegretto VI. Presto – Andante amabile e con moto

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

Overture in the French Style BWV 831 I. Overture II. Courante III. Gavotte I/II IV. Passepied I/II V. Sarabande VI. Bourrée I/II VII. Gigue VIII. Echo

Franz Schubert:

Piano Sonata in A major D.959 I. Allegro II. Andantino III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento IV. Rondo. Allegretto

Mily Balakirev:

Islamey – Fantasie Orientale Op.18

ENCORES

Johann Sebastian Bach:

Sinfonia in E♭ major BWV 791

Röstäm Yaxin:

Sandugash

“Just a cup of coffee and a bit of silence before going on the stage. Every moment before playing has its own mood and temperature. It seems to me that you feel it instantaneously and decide what to do with it.”

Nitahara, Yu

JAPAN | 24 OCTOBER 1990

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR JANE M c CALLUM

Yu Nitahara graduated with honours from the Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) for both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees, having studied piano under Professors Michiko Kasuya-Ohno and Akira Eguchi. Yu has performed widely throughout his native Japan as well as in other Asian and European countries. He has made appearances in such major festivals as the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany and the Zilina Spring Festival in Slovakia. He has performed in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Groβer Saal of the Mozarteum, Salzburg and has appeared as soloist with the Morocco Philhamonic Orchestra, the Slovakia Philhamonic Orchestra, Gstaad Menuhin Festival Orchestra, the Salzburg Orchestra Soloists, Kyusyu Symphony Orchestra and the Geidai Philhamonic Orchestra in Japan. He also enjoys performing as a chamber musician. Yu received a full scholarship from the Japanese Cultural Affairs and Meiji Yasuda Cultural Foundation to complete his formal studies under Professor Pavel Gililov at University Mozarteum Salzburg, where he now works.

AWARDS

2020 Third Prize: International Mozart Competition (Salzburg, Austria) 2019 First Prize, Piano: Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra International Music Competition (Casablanca, Morocco) 2019 First Prize: Swedish International Duo Competition – Violin and Piano (Katrineholm, Sweden) 2018 Prize for the Best Piano Accompanist: Enescu International Competition (Bucharest, Romania) 2017 First Prize: Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition (Bratislava, Slovakia)

“I always feel pressure when I play for someone, because I have a responsibility to convey the true message from the composer and I need to trust my music from the bottom of my heart. It is always a big challenge, but also so much fun!”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 1 V. Les collines d’Anacapri VI. Des pas sur la neige VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin

Johannes Brahms:

7 Fantasien Op.116 I. Capriccio. Presto energico II. Intermezzo. Andante III. Capriccio. Allegro passionato IV. Intermezzo. Adagio V. Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento VI. Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente VII. Capriccio. Allegro agitato

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles II. Leggiero e legato

SEMI FINAL Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor K.310 I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante cantabile con espressione III. Presto

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

Toccata in D major BWV 912

Maurice Ravel:

Le tombeau de Couperin I. Prélude. Vif II. Fugue. Allegro moderato III. Forlane. Allegretto IV. Rigaudon. Assez vif V. Menuet. Allegro moderato VI. Toccata. Vif

Franz Schubert:

Piano Sonata No.20 in A major D.959 I. Allegro II. Andantino III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento IV. Rondo. Allegretto

ENCORES:

Robert Schumann:

from Waldszenen Op.82 IX. Abschied (Farewell)

Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 1 XII. Minstrels

Ota, Shion

JAPAN | 20 FEBRUARY 2000

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR SANDY WATSON

Originally from Osaka, Shion Ota graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School and won a special scholarship to attend Tokyo College of Music where she completed the Piano Performance Course ‘Excellence’. She is currently undertaking a Master’s degree at Nagoya University of the Arts under Yukio Yokoyama after which she will begin studying at the Berlin University of the Arts under Björn Lehmann. Shion has performed with leading Japanese orchestras, including the Osaka Philharmonic, the Kansai Philharmonic, the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and overseas, with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra. She has attended several piano academies, including the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy, the Villa Sandra Piano Academy and the Classical Bridge Festival. From 2013 to 2015, she was the recipient of a Yamaha Foundation Scholarship, in 2017, the Aoyama Music Foundation Scholarship and in 2019, the Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship. In 2018, Shion was selected as one of five musicians to perform in Japan’s prestigious CHANEL Pygmalion Days competition.

AWARDS

2018 Second Prize: Malta International Piano Competition (Valletta, Malta) 2013 First Prize, Nomura Prize, Aiko Iguchi Prize, Yasuko Fukuda Prize and Music Encouragement Prize: Student Music Concours of Japan, Junior High School Division (Tokyo, Japan ) 2013 Fifth Prize, Most Promising Artist: Hamamatsu International Piano Academy (Hamamatsu, Japan)

“It is a great honour to have distinguished people and audiences listen to my performance. On stage, I feel invincible. The stage has special powers. It is the happiest time for me.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Jean-Philippe Rameau:

Quatrième suite de pièces de clavecin RCT.5 VII. Gavotte et six doubles

Maurice Ravel:

La Valse

Sergei Prokofiev:

Four Études Op.2 I. Allegro II. Moderato III. Andante semplice IV. Presto energico

Percy Grainger:

from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies IV. Strauss. Der Rosenkavalier. Ramble on the Last Love Duet

ENCORE

Richard Strauss/Leopold Godowsky:

from 6 Lieder von Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack No.2 Ständchen

SEMI FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni:

Chaconne from Violin Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 Theme. Andante. Variation 1. Poco piu mosso. Variation 2. L’istesso tempo. Variation 3. Tempo di Minuetto. Variation 4. Andante Variation. 5. Allegro (ma non tanto). Variation 6. L’istesso tempo. Variation 7. Vivace. Variation 8. Adagio misterioso. Variation 9. Un poco più mosso. Variation 10. Allegro scherzando. Variation 11. Allegro vivace. Variation 12. L’istesso tempo. Variation 13. Agitato Intermezzo. Variation 14. Andante (come prima). Variation 15. L’istesso tempo. Variation 16. Allegro vivace. Variation 17. Meno mosso. Variation 18. Allegro con brio. Variation 19. Più mosso. Agitato. Variation 20. Più mosso Coda. Andante.

Franz Liszt:

Rhapsodie espagnole S.254

FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

English Suite No.2 in A minor BWV 807 I. Prélude II. Allemande III. Courante IV. Sarabande V. Les agréments de la même Sarabande VI. Bourrée I alternativement VII. Bourrée II VIII. Gigue

Alexander Scriabin:

from Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand Op.9 I. Prelude Piano Sonata No.5 in F# major Op.53

Claude Debussy:

Images (Deuxième Série) I. Cloches à travers les feuilles II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut III. Poissons d’or

Robert Schumann:

Piano Sonata No.1 in F# minor Op.11 I. Introduzione: Un poco Adagio – Allegro vivace II. Aria III. Scherzo: Allegrissimo – intermezzo: Lento IV. Finale: Allegro, un poco maestoso

ENCORES

Robert Schumann:

from Gesänge der Frühe Op.133 I. D major

Fritz Kreisler/Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Three Old Viennese Dances II. Liebesleid

Park, Kyoungsun

SOUTH KOREA | 5 MAY 1992

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS DAVID AND IDA CONSTABLE

Kyoungsun Park earned his Bachelor of Music Degree at Seoul National University, studying piano with Professor Hie-Yon Choi. He was awarded an ABRSM scholarship to attend the Royal College of Music in London, where, as a student of Professor Dmitri Alexeev, he received a Master of Performance Degree with Distinction. He is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in Germany under Professor Michael Schäfer and has participated in masterclasses with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Ian Hobson, Peter Frankl, Julian Martin, Jerome Rose and Matti Raekallio. In 2012, Kyoungsun made his concerto debut with the Seoul National University Symphony Orchestra in the Concert Hall of the Seoul Arts Center, composing his own jazz-inspired cadenza for the occasion. He has performed as soloist with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Mihail Jora Philharmonic Orchestra in Bacău, and in Korea, with the TIMF Orchestra, the Daejeon Arts Orchestra and the Korea University Orchestra.

AWARDS

2020 Second Prize: Singapore International Piano Competition (Singapore) 2020 First Prize: Windsor International Piano Competition (Windsor, UK) 2019 Second Prize: ISANGYUN International Music Competition (Tongyeong, South Korea) 2018 Sixth Prize: Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition (Hastings, UK) 2017 First Prize: Japan Piano Open International Competition (Tokyo, Japan)

“When I was young, there was a day where I had to choose between a piano competition and a math contest. My math teacher suggested I participate in the math contest, ignoring music. That is why I am studying music now.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Peter Sculthorpe:

Nocturnal

Carl Czerny:

Variations on a theme by Rode in E♭ major Op.33

Ottorino Respighi:

from 6 pieces for Piano I. Valse Caressante. III. Notturno.

Igor Stravinsky:

Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’ I. Russian Dance II. Petrushka’s Cell III. The Shrovetide Fair

ENCORE

Alexander Scriabin:

from Deux Poèmes Op.32 I. Andante cantabile

SEMI FINAL Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

12 Variations on a Minuet by Fischer K.179

Frédéric Chopin:

Rondo in C minor Op.1

Johannes Brahms:

Piano Sonata No.1 in C major Op.1 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Scherzo. Allegro molto e con fuoco IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

FINAL Maurice Ravel:

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Franz Liszt:

Grandes études de Paganini S.141 I. Preludio II. Andante III. La Campanella: Allegro moderato IV. Vivo V.La Chasse: Allegretto VI. Theme and Variations: Quasi presto

Johann Sebastian Bach:

French Suite No.5 in G major BWV 816 I. Allemande II. Courante III. Sarabande IV. Gavotte V. Bourrée VI. Loure VII. Gigue

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

ENCORES

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Gigue in G major K.574

Jeonghwi Kim:

from Hymn Suite No.2 Be Thou My Vision

Pavlova, Alexandra

KAZAKHSTAN | 17 JANUARY 1992

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS JUDY HUNT AND HUGH HALLARD

Alexandra Pavlova began her piano studies at Zhaniya Aubakirova’s Music School at the age of nine. She continued her music education with Natalia Ushakova at the St. Petersburg Conservatory’s Academy of Music, taking part in various festivals and concerts both as soloist and chamber musician. After graduation she continued her studies at the Moscow State Conservatory in the class of Professor Ruvim Ostrovsky. Alexandra has participated in masterclasses with Fabio Bidini, Jean Marc Luisada, Filippo Faes, Hortense Cartier Bresson, Stanislav Pochekin, Mikhail Voskresensky and Boris Petrushansky. In 2014, she attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, under Professor Lilya Zilberstein. Alexandra is currently studying with Professor Eldar Nebolsin in Berlin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.

AWARDS

2019 Nikolai Lugansky Special Prize: 1st International Russian Music Piano Competition (Ryazan, Russia) 2018 6th Prize: Neapolitan Masters International Piano Competition (Naples, Italy)

“I was in the deepest depression when I received the call to join the competition. I asked myself, is this a sign from God that I can’t finish like this, that I have to continue with music? It was really significant.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Mieczyslaw Weinberg:

Piano Sonata No.6 Op.73 I. Adagio II. Allegro molto

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.2 Op.14 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Scherzo. Allegro marcato III. Andante IV. Vivace

Mikhail Glinka/Mily Balakirev:

The Lark

ENCORE

Elena Kats-Chernin:

Russian Rag II

SEMI FINAL

Modest Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition [Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto I. The Gnome [Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza II. The Old Castle [Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesantemente III. Tuileries IV. Oxen [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News) VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs X. The Great Gate of Kiev

Claude Debussy:

Estampes I. Pagodes II. La soirée dans Grenade III. Jardins sous la pluie Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon

FINAL César Franck:

Prélude Choral et Fugue I. Prélude II. Choral III. Fugue

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.31 in A♭ major Op.110 I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo II. Allegro molto III. Adagio ma non troppo; Arioso dolente; Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo

Robert Schumann:

Carnaval Op.9 I. Préambule II. Pierrot III. Arlequin IV. Valse noble V. Eusebius VI. Florestan VII. Coquette VIII. Réplique (Sphinxes) IX. Papillons X. A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A.: Lettres Dansantes XI. Chiarina XII. Chopin XIII. Estrella XIV. Reconnaissance XV. Pantalon et Colombine XVI. Valse allemande XVII. Paganini XVIII. Aveu XIX. Promenade XX. Pause XXI. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins

ENCORES

Frédéric Chopin:

from 12 Études Op.25 No.1 in A♭ major

Clara Schumann:

from Soirées musicales Op.6 II. Notturno

Sakiya, Akihiro

JAPAN | 16 OCTOBER 1988

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR JENNIFER HARRIS

Akihiro Sakiya began his piano studies at the age of six, remaining in Japan until he was 18. He graduated as Dux from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris as a pupil of Professor Jacques Rouvier and then continued his studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts with Professor Akiyoshi Sako, gaining his Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Akihiro has given many recitals in Europe, Asia, North and South America, including the Yokohama International Piano Concert, in the Festival de Nohant and in the Saõ Paulo Beethoven Festival. He has performed with such distinguished orchestras as the Osaka Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, Orquestra Ciudad de Granada and Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española. Akihiro has been working on a progressive recording project of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, with five CDs already released. Another CD, Akihiro Sakiya Piano Recital was released in 2015. In August 2019 he made his debut as a conductor, leading Salon Opera’s production of Don Giovanni.

AWARDS

2015 Finalist Prize: Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition (Santander, Spain) 2014 First Prize, Spanish Music Prize and Audience Prize: International Piano Competition Premio Jaén (Jaén, Spain) 2013 Third Prize (equal): Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy) 2011 First Prize: International Piano Competition of Lyon (Lyon, France)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Percy Grainger:

from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies VII. Fauré: Après un Rêve Op.7 No.1

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Études-tableaux Op.39 No.9 Allegro moderato. Tempo di marcia

Johannes Brahms:

Piano Sonata No.1 in C major Op.1 I. Allegro II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede) III. Allegro molto e con fuoco – Più mosso IV. Allegro con fuoco – Presto non troppo ed agitato

ENCORE

Claude Debussy:

from Suite Bergamasque No.3 Clair de Lune

SEMI FINAL José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado:

from Cartas Celesetes II I. Grande Nuvem De Magalães II. Constelação I (Pavão) III. Alfa e Beta do Índio IV. Constelação II (Peixe Austral) V. Mercúrio (o Planeta mais próximo do Sol)

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor Op.27 No.2 Sonata quasi una fantasia ‘Moonlight’ I. Adagio sostenuto II. Allegretto - III. Presto agitato

Claude Debussy:

from Préludes Book 2 VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune

Franz Liszt:

Réminiscences de Don Juan S.418

FINAL Johannes Brahms:

Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5 I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante espressivo III. Scherzo. Allegro energico IV. Intermezzo. Andante molto V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato

Robert Schumann:

from Gesänge der Frühe Op.133 I. Im ruhigen Tempo II. Belebt nicht zu rasch V. Im Anfange ruhiges, im Verlauf bewegteres Tempo

Franz Liszt:

Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

ENCORES

Johannes Brahms:

from 4 Klavierstücke Op.119 I. Intermezzo. Adagio

Enrique Granados:

El Pelele (The Straw Man)

“In deciding my repertoire, I wanted to express my musicianship rather than to choose just competition winning pieces. All pieces are what I love, what I understand, and what I want to perform from the bottom of my heart. I hope you will also love them.”

Salimdjanova, Tamila

UZBEKISTAN | 9 NOVEMBER 1991

SUPPORTED BY AN ANONYMOUS CLUB 32 DONOR

Tamila Salimdjanova began her studies at the Uspensky Music School in Tashkent with Tamara Popovich. She went on to study at the Central Music School of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Irina Plotnikova. She completed her Bachelor of Music Degree, a Master of Performance and Artist Diploma in Performance in the UK at the Royal College of Music, studying piano with DmitrI Alexeev and Vanessa Latarche. Currently, she is at the Bern University of the Arts in Switzerland, studying under Tomasz Herbut.

Tamila has performed with the Orquestra Experimental de Repertório, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia, Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Thames Chamber Orchestra in venues including Sala São Paulo and Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro, Teatro Castro Alves in Salvador and St Martinin-the-Fields in London. She has appeared as a guest artist at the Radio France Festival in Montpellier. Tamila’s recent performances include the Festival Les Pianos-Folies du Touquet-Paris-Plage in France and Festival de Inverno Campos do Jordão in Brazil.

AWARDS

2019 Second Prize (equal): Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition (Lagny-sur-Marne, France) 2018 Third Prize: Campillos International Piano Competition (Málaga, Spain) 2016 Second Prize and Audience Prize: Birmingham International Piano Competition (Birmingham, UK) 2013 First Prize (equal): Massarosa International Piano Competition (Lucca, Italy) 2012 First Prize, Audience Prize: BNDES International Piano Competition (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Johann Sebastian Bach:

Toccata in D major BWV 912

Muzio Clementi:

from 6 Piano Sonatas Op.25 V. F♯ minor

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.7 in B♭ major Op.83 I. Allegro inquieto II. Andante caloroso III. Precipitato

ENCORE

Carl Vine:

from Five Bagatelles I. Darkly II. Leggiero e legato III. Gentle

SEMI FINAL Alexander Scriabin:

Piano Sonata No.2 in G# minor Op.19 I. Andante II. Presto

György Kurtág:

from Játékok Book 6: Al-Modoz-Va (Day dreaming) from Játékok Book 5: Capriccioso-luminoso from Játékok Book 6: Tears from Játékok Book 5: Hommage tardif à Karskaya from Játékok Book 6: Marina Tsvetayeva: It’s Time from Játékok Book 1: Hommage à Tchaikovsky from Játékok Book 3: Hommage à Schubert

Robert Schumann:

Fantasie in C major Op.17 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten

FINAL Claude Debussy:

Estampes I. Pagodes II. La soirée dans Grenade III. Jardins sous la pluie

Frédéric Chopin:

Mazurkas Op.56 I. Allegro non tanto II. Vivace III. Moderato

Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in C minor Hob.XVI:20 I. Moderato II. Andante con moto III. Finale. Allegro

Franz Liszt:

Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

ENCORES

Frédéric Chopin:

Prélude in C# minor Op.45

Domenico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in D minor K.213

“I made my orchestra debut at the age of nine years old playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.15 K.450 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan under the baton of Kuvanch Usmanov, my grandfather.”

Sin, Dmitry

RUSSIA | 18 NOVEMBER 1994

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS ELIZABETH CLARK AND DIANA M c VEAGH

Dmitry Sin studied piano from the age of 14 at Moscow’s Gnessin State Musical College, working with Elena Plyashkevich. After his success at the Kabalevsky Competition in Moscow in 2012, he was invited to study with Professor Réna Shereshevskaya at the École Normale de Musique de Paris ‘Alfred Cortot’, graduating with a Concert Diploma four years later. Dmitry continues to study under Professor Shereshevskaya. In 2018, Dmitry made his debut at the Festival International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron in southern France, and has participated in others such as Pianoscope, the Nohant Festival Chopin, Les Pianos Folies Du Touquet-Paris-Plage and the Festival Liszt en Provence. He has performed as a soloist with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Symphony Orchestra of the MIA of Russia, Toulon Opera Symphony Orchestra, the Pasdeloup Orchestra and the Orchestre de Cannes.

AWARDS

2020 Golden Medal with High Distinction: Fifth Manhattan International Music Competition (New York, USA) 2020 Second Prize: Neapolitan Masters Piano Competition – International Online Piano Edition (Naples, Italy) 2018 Second Prize: Kyungsung International Piano Academy and Competition (Busan, South Korea) 2017 First Prize and Special Prize: International Adilia Alieva Piano Competition (Annemasse, France) 2017 Second Prize: 2017 International Piano Competition of the Town of Gagny (Gagny, France)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Johann Sebastian Bach:

Toccata in E minor BWV 914

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Fantasia in C Minor K.475

Maurice Ravel:

La Valse

Lindley Evans:

Vignette

ENCORE

Olivier Messiaen:

from Quatre Études de rythme I. Ile de Feu

SEMI FINAL Frédéric Chopin:

Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52

Robert Schumann:

Grand Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.14 (1853 version) I. Allegro II. Scherzo. Molto commodo III. Quasi variazioni. Andantino De Clara Wieck IV. Prestissimo possibile

Anatoly Lyadov:

from Trois Morceaux Op.57 I. Prélude

FINAL Joseph Haydn:

Sonata (Divertimento) in A major Hob.XVI:12 I. Andante II. Menuet – Trio III. Finale

Robert Schumann:

Davidsbündlertänze Op.6 I. Lebhaft II. Innig III. Mit Humor IV. Ungeduldig V. Einfach VI. Sehr rasch VII. Nicht schnell VIII. Frisch IX. Lebhaft X. Balladenmäßig – Sehr rasch XI. Einfach XII. Mit Humor XIII. Wild und lustig XIV. Zart und singend XV. Frisch – Etwas bewegeter XVI. Mit gutem Humor XVII. Wie aus der Ferne XVIII. Nicht schnell

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.28 I. Allegro moderato II. Lento III. Allegro molto

ENCORES

Franz Liszt:

from Grandes études de Paganini S.141 VI. Quasi presto

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Études-tableaux Op.39 V. Appassionato

“Before going to the stage, I try to concentrate on the music and what I am going to say with it, no matter who is (or is not!) sitting in the audience. I always try to play my best and be honest and sincere with the audience – in fact, it’s genius music that I am playing.”

Wu, JunLin

CHINA | 12 DECEMBER 1999

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS DONALD AND KATE MAGAREY

JunLin Wu started his piano studies at the age of six with Professor Qi Li at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangdong, China. Further studies under Professor Jay Peng Chueh Su and Dr Vivian Li, culminated in his winning a place at the Royal College of Music on a Bowerman Charitable Trust Scholarship, to study with Professor Dmitri Alexeev. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music Degree there. JunLin has participated in masterclasses with renowned pianists, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Craig Sheppard, John Perry and Antonio Pompa-Baldi. He has appeared regularly on Chinese and international stages and had the honour of being selected to perform in London for the First Lady of the People’s Republic of China, Madame Peng Liyuan. From 2011 to 2015 JunLin was selected to take part in the Morningside Music Bridge at the New England Conservatory, Boston and made a successful debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall in March 2019.

AWARDS

2018 First Prize: Chappell Medal Piano Competition, Royal College of Music (London, UK) 2018 First Prize: “In Musica” Roma International Piano Competition (Rome, Italy) 2018 First Prize: Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition (London, UK) 2015 First Prize: Lang Lang International Piano Competition (Shenzhen, China)

“Winning a competition at this level would mean a very important decision I made many years ago was right. In my mind, winning means a beginning of the next step, and we are always going forward, so it should be an encouragement, rather than just an award.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Graham Hair:

Under Aldebaran

Alexander Scriabin:

Fantasie in B minor Op.28

Isaac Albéniz:

from Iberia Book 1 T.105 VII. El Albaicín from Cantos de España Op.232 IV. Córdoba

Maurice Ravel:

La Valse

ENCORE

Maurice Ravel:

Jeux d’eau

SEMI FINAL Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Piano Sonata No.1 in C Major K.279 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro

Frédéric Chopin:

2 Nocturnes Op.62 I. Andante II. Lento

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor Op.36 I. Allegro agitato II. Non allegro – Lento III. L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto

FINAL George Frideric Handel:

Suite No.3 in D minor HWV 428 I. Präludium II. Allegro (Fugue) III. Allemande IV. Courante V. Air & Five variations VI. Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven:

33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli Op.120 Tema. Vivace I. Alla marcia maestoso II. Poco allegro III. L’istesso tempo IV. Un poco più vivace V. Allegro vivace VI. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso VII. Un poco più allegro VIII. Poco vivace IX. Allegro pesante e risoluto X. Presto XI. Allegretto XII. Un poco più moto XIII. Vivace XIV. Grave e maestoso XV. Presto scherzando XVI. Allegro XVII. Allegro XVIII. Poco moderato XIX. Presto XX. Andante XXI. Allegro con brio – Meno allegro - Tempo primo XXII. Allegro molto alla ‘Notte e giorno faticar’ di Mozart XXIII. Allegro assai XXIV. Fughetta. Andante XXV. Allegro XXVI. Piacevole XXVII. Vivace XXVIII. Allegro XXIX. Adagio ma non troppo XXX. Andante sempre cantabile XXXI. Largo molto espressivo XXXII. Fuga: Allegro XXXIII. Tempo di Menuetto moderato

ENCORES

Frédéric Chopin:

Mazurka in D♭ major Op.30 No.3

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from 10 Preludes Op.23 VII. Allegro

Xu, Ziang

CHINA | 12 SEPTEMBER 1992

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS TOM BREEN AND RACHAEL KOHN AO

Making his solo debut at the age of 11, Ziang Xu studied at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in Liaoning province, China. He pursued his undergraduate studies in the United States at the Mannes School of Music in New York as a student of Vladimir Feltsman and Victor Rosenbaum, with whom he continued to study for his Master of Music Degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston.

Ziang has distinguished himself in several international competitions and has performed widely, including at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, The Ukrainian Institute of America, Hunter College in New York and in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. Ziang is currently studying with Bruce Brubaker as a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the New England Conservatory in Boston, USA.

AWARDS

2018 First Prize: New Orleans International Piano Competition (New Orleans, USA) 2017 First Prize: The Steinway Society of Puerto Rico Award (San Juan, Puerto Rico) 2017 First Prize: The Princeton Festival Piano Competition (Princeton, New Jersey, USA) 2017 First Prize: East Coast International Music Competition (New Jersey, USA) 2017 Second Prize: International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York, USA)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Franz Liszt:

Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

Johann Sebastian Bach:

French Suite No.1 in D minor BWV 812 I. Allemande II. Courante III. Sarabande IV. Menuet I V. Menuet II VI. Gigue

ENCORE

Peter Sculthorpe:

Djilile

SEMI FINAL Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major Op.106 ‘Hammerklavier’ I. Allegro II. Scherzo. Assai vivace III. Adagio sostenuto IV. Introduzione. Largo – Fuga: Allegro risoluto

FINAL Johann Sebastian Bach:

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

ENCORES

Franz Liszt:

Nuages gris S.199

Philip Glass:

from Glassworks I. Opening

“All the pieces I choose are close to my personality. I like lyrical and sentimental works with refined culture. And I like to imagine that I am playing for the composer himself.”

Yasynskyy, Artem

UKRAINE | 24 JULY 1988

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONOR LYNDALL M c CORMACK

At age seven Artem Yasynskyy became a pupil at the Special School for Gifted Children run by the Prokofiev Academy in Donetsk, giving his first public concert a year later. In 2006 he was awarded a scholarship to the Prokofiev State Academy of Music, graduating with Honours in 2010. In 2018 he received his Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Künste, Bremen, studying under Patrick O’Byrne. Artem has performed at the Paderewski Festival in Raleigh, USA, the Musikfest Bremen, the Raritäten der Klaviermusik in Husum, Germany and the Kiev Musical Summernights Festival, among others. Numerous concert engagements have taken him to Canada, USA, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Greece, Norway, Russia and Germany. Artem’s first CD with works by Joseph Hofmann was released in 2015. His second CD of Scarlatti Sonatas was released in January 2018. He teaches piano and chamber music at the Hochschule für Künste, Bremen.

AWARDS

2017 Third Prize: Top of The World International Piano Competition (Tromsø, Norway) 2015 Gold Medal and Audience Prize: Cincinnati World Piano Competition (Cincinnati, USA) 2014 Bronze Medal: Gina Bachauer Artist Competition (Salt Lake City, USA) 2013 Hofmann Prize: First German Piano Competition of Polish Music (Hamburg, Germany) 2013 Third Prize and Audience Prize: Sendai International Music Competition (Sendai, Japan)

“I love improvising. Every time I learn something new I play it in the manner of famous composers, warming up with improvisations.”

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Johann Sebastian Bach:

Partita in G major BWV 829 I. Preambulum II. Allemande III. Corrente IV. Sarabande V. Tempo di Minuetto VI. Passepied VII. Gigue

Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni:

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565

Dulcie Holland:

The Scattering of Leaves

Johannes Brahms:

Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35 Book 1 (Theme and Variations 1–14)

ENCORE

Domenico Scarlatti:

Keyboard Sonata in G major K.431

SEMI FINAL Benjamin Britten:

Holiday Diary Op.5 I. Early Morning Bathe II. Sailing III. Fun Fair IV. Night

Myroslav Skoryk:

Prelude and Fugue in F major

Jehan Alain:

L’Oeuvre de piano Tôme 3 I. Étude sur un Thème de 4 Notes II. Petite Rapsodie III. Dans le Rêve laissé par la Ballade des pendus de François Villon IV. Taras Bulbas

Józef Hofmann:

Charakterskizzen Op.40 I. Vision II. Jadis III. Nenien IV. Kaleidoskop

FINAL Joseph Haydn:

Sonata in C major Hob.XVI:50 I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro molto

Karol Szymanowski:

Variations in B♭ minor Op.3 Theme: Andantino tranquillo e semplice I. (Listesso tempo) II. Agitato III. Andantino quasi tempo di mazurka IV. Con moto V. Lento dolce VI. Scherzando molto vivace VII. Allegro agitato ed energico VIII. Meno mosso. Mesto IX. Maggiore. Tempo di valse. Grazioso X. Andantino dolce XI. Andantino dolce affetuoso XII. Allegro con fuoco

Johann Sebastian Bach:

from 15 Sinfonias I. C major BWV 787 II. C minor BWV 788 III. D major BWV 789 VI. E major BWV 792 XI. G minor BWV 797 XIII. A minor BWV 798 XV. B minor BWV 801

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.8 in B♭ major Op.84 I. Andante dolce II. Andante sognando III. Vivace

ENCORES

Maurice Ravel:

À la manière de Borodine

Georges Bizet/Vladimir Horowitz:

Variations on Themes from Carmen

Yoo, Se-Hyeong

SOUTH KOREA | 28 FEBRUARY 1990

SUPPORTED BY CLUB 32 DONORS JAN M c DONALD AND JANICE TUYNMAN

Se-Hyeong Yoo’s formal piano tuition began at the Seoul National University in South Korea, followed by studies in Hannover’s Hochschule für Musik and at the Royal College of Music in London under eminent masters Dmitri Alexeev, Peter Jablonski, Matti Raekallio, Olivier Gardon and Hee Sung Joo. Currently he is studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, Germany under Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy. Se-Hyeong has performed widely in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal and South Korea. He has collaborated with orchestras such as the Harbin Symphony, Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa, the Busan Philharmonic and the Bucheon Sinfonietta and conductors including Piotr Borkowski and Osvaldo Ferreira. Chamber ensemble performances have taken him to unexpected and noteworthy venues like The Blue House – the official residence of the President of South Korea – and the Jinhae Naval Base. Se-Hyeong has established himself as a creative interpreter of a wide range of music.

AWARDS

2019 First Prize: International Music Competition Harbin (Harbin, China) 2018 Second Prize: Valsesia Musica International Competition (Valsesia, Italy) 2016 First Prize: Euregio Piano Award International Piano Competition (Geilenkirchen, Germany)

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY Ludwig van Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No.27 in E Minor Op.90 I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen

Frédéric Chopin:

Nocturne in B major Op.62 No.1 Ballade No.3 in A♭ major Op.47

Sergei Rachmaninoff:

from Études-tableaux Op.39 V. Appassionato

ENCORE

Percy Grainger:

Shepherd’s Hey

SEMI FINAL Sergei Prokofiev:

from Ten Pieces for Piano from the ballet ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Op.75 IV. Young Juliet V. Masks VI. Montagues and Capulets VII. Friar Laurence VIII. Mercutio

Sergei Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No.8 in B♭ major Op.84 I. Andante dolce II. Andante sognando III. Vivace

FINAL Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Piano Sonata No.10 in C major K.330 I. Allegro moderato II. Andante cantabile III. Allegretto

Frédéric Chopin:

Barcarolle in F# major Op.60

Aleksandr Scriabin:

Waltz Op.38

Robert Schumann

Kreisleriana Op.16 I. Äußerst bewegt II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch III. Sehr aufgeregt IV. Sehr langsam V. Sehr lebhaft VI. Sehr langsam VII. Sehr rasch VIII. Schnell und spielend

ENCORES

György Ligeti:

from Études Book 3 XVIII. Canon. Vivace poco rubato – Prestissimo

Franz Liszt:

from Transcendental Études S.139 VIII. Wilde Jagd

“This is a competition. But it is also great opportunity to share the music of every fellow competitor, not caring about the result as much as enjoying the music of pianists from all over the world.”