XVII competition — 2023 year

Moscow

• 13:00

  Min Joo Yi

  Yangtze River

USA
Min Joo Yi

Born in Bellevue, Washington. Currently studying at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) with Professor Yong-Hi Moon.

Laureate of the Bösendorfer & Schimmel Competition (2011), New York Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition (USA, 2013), the Campus International Piano Competition (USA, 2019), the Wonderlic Competition (USA, 2022). Princeton University Scholarship (2014-2016). Winner of the Leo B. Swinderman Prize (2018-2019), the Caswell and Constance Caplan Career Development Grant (2020-2021), the Sarah Stuhlman Zierler Prize (2022), the Albert P. Schaefer Endowed Scholarship (2022), etc.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato / Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Romance, Op. 16 No. 1

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8

Franz Liszt
Étude No. 3 La campanella from Grandes études de Paganini

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Impromptu, Op. 1 No. 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Concert Suite from The Nutcracker

Robert Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9

Mily Balakirev
Oriental Fantasy Islamey

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Maestoso / Larghetto / Allegro vivace

• 13:50

  Xianfei Liu

  Yangtze River

China
Xianfei Liu

He studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement régional de Versailles, his teachers were François Chaplin, Xiao Luo, Ting Zhou and Zhijue Chao. He is currently a student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (class of Moye Chen).

Winner of the WPTA Singapore International Piano Competition (Grand Prix), the Chopin International Piano Competition (USA), Shanghai Piano International Competition for Young Artists, the Rönisch Auckland Secondary Schools Piano Competition (Germany, absolute prize), the Imola International Piano Competition (Italy), the Stars in Tenerife International Competition (absolute prize), the Carles and Sofia competition (Spain), the G-Clef online International Music Competition (South Korea), the Piano Talents International Piano Competition (Milan), the Danubia Talents International Music Competition (Hungary). Yamaha Scholarship Holder (2020).

He has played in Europe and China, including at the Shanghai He Luting Hall and the Hengshui Poly Grand Theatre, performing solo and as a member of the Hogwarts Trio.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A-flat major, Op. 10 No. 10

Franz Liszt
Étude No. 1 in G minor from Grandes études de Paganini

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Op. 10 No. 1
May (White Nights) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:52
Allegro moderato / Adagio / Finale. Presto

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in C minor, Op. 39 No. 1

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
May (White Nights) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis

Frederic Mompou
Variations on a Theme by Chopin

Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau

Sergei Prokofiev
Six pieces from 10 Pieces, Op. 12 (№№ 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Allegro molto moderato / Adagio / Allegro moderato molto e marcato

• 15:00

  Stanislav Korchagin

  Steinway

Russia
Stanislav Korchagin

Born in 1993 in Moscow Region, Stanislav Korchagin completed his studies at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Tatiana Zelikman, further honing his skills in its postgraduate program.

He is a laureate of the International Competition of the World Association of Piano Teachers (Madrid, 2022), the International Piano Competition in Procida (Italy, 2022), and the International Piano Music Competition "Scriabin Award" in Grosseto (Italy, 2023).

Korchagin has participated in the Mariinsky International Piano festival. In 2020, he performed in the Kawai concert series in Germany (Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Lindenberg), and in March 2023, he took part in the Chopin Society of Germany's festival in Darmstadt.

He currently serves as a faculty member at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music piano department.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 886, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:45
Moderato / Andante / Finale. Allegro di molto

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A-flat major Op. 10 No. 10

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 4 Mazeppa

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Five pieces from Concert Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Prologue / Dance of Pages / Vision / Fairy of Silver / Adagio

Round 2

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Chant élégiaque, Op. 72 No. 14

Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2

Maurice Ravel
La Valse (arranged for piano)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 15:50

  Xuanyi Mao

  Yamaha

China
Xuanyi Mao

Doctoral student at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (class of Professor Danwen Wei). She also studied with Gary Graffman, Pascal Rogé, Ilja Scheps, and Wu Ying. Participated in master classes by Vanessa Latarche, Sergio Tiempo, Natalia Antonova, Stanislav Yudenich, and others.

Laureate of the Hong Kong-Asia Open Piano Competition (2009), the Macau-Asia Open Piano Competition (2010), the National Piano Competition of Colleges and Universities (2017), the Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers and Conductors (Moscow, 2022).

She has performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Romanian Athenaeum, and the largest concert halls of China: Guangzhou Xinghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen Wuyuan Concert Hall, Yichang Theatater, and others. Played with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, etc.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6

Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor

Round 2

Carl Vine
Piano Sonata No. 1
Half note = 48 / Leggiero e legato

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor (Sonata-Fantasy), Op. 19
Andante / Presto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12 Variations in B-flat major, KV 500

Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro non troppo / Allegro appassionato / Andante / Allegretto grazioso

• 16:40

  Intermission

China
Intermission
Doctoral student at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (class of Professor Danwen Wei). She also studied with Gary Graffman, Pascal Rogé, Ilja Scheps, and Wu Ying. Participated in master classes by Vanessa Latarche, Sergio Tiempo, Natalia Antonova, Stanislav Yudenich, and others.

Laureate of the Hong Kong-Asia Open Piano Competition (2009), the Macau-Asia Open Piano Competition (2010), the National Piano Competition of Colleges and Universities (2017), the Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers and Conductors (Moscow, 2022).

She has performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Romanian Athenaeum, and the largest concert halls of China: Guangzhou Xinghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen Wuyuan Concert Hall, Yichang Theatater, and others. Played with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, etc.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6

Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor

Round 2

Carl Vine
Piano Sonata No. 1
Half note = 48 / Leggiero e legato

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor (Sonata-Fantasy), Op. 19
Andante / Presto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12 Variations in B-flat major, KV 500

Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro non troppo / Allegro appassionato / Andante / Allegretto grazioso

• 19:00

  Sergei Davydchenko

  Yamaha

Russia
Sergei Davydchenko

Born in 2004 in Alexandriyskaya, Stavropol region, Sergey Davydchenko graduated with distinction in 2022 from the specialized secondary music school affiliated with the Rostov Conservatory, where he was mentored by Professor Sergey Osipenko. He continues his studies at the Rostov Conservatory under the same tutelage.
He is the winner of the Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2016), the Astana Piano Passion (2017), and the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow, 2021).
He has participated in various festivals such as 'Stars on Baikal' (Irkutsk), 'Stars of the White Nights' (Saint Petersburg), 'White Lilac' (Kazan), and the Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2022). He has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and at the Philharmonics of Saint Petersburg, Kislovodsk, North Ossetia, Rostov, Surgut, and Tver.
Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 891, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:42
Andante con espressione / Vivace assai

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Marche funèbre (No. 4) and Scherzo (No. 6) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 5 Feux folletsSergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Prelude (No. 1) and Fugue (No. 2) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op.84
Andante dolce/ Andante sognando / Vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 19:50

  Marcel Tadokoro

  Yamaha

Japan/France
Marcel Tadokoro

Marcel Tadokoro was born in Japan in the Littératuri family to a Japanese father and a French mother. Graduated from the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris. He is currently studying at the École Normale de Musique de Paris ‘Alfred Cortot” under the guidance of Professor Rena Shereshevskaya.
Laureate of several international competitions, including the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022), winner of the John Giordano Jury Chairman Award of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA, 2022). Finalist at the Montréal International Musical Competition (2021).
He has played with the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra. He makes frequent recital appearances across France and in Japan.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
Allegro vivace / Adagio grazioso / Rondo. Allegretto – Presto
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Feux follets
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 7
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Danse caractéristique (No. 4) and Scherzo fantaisie (No. 10) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Round 2
Evgeny Svetlanov
Moderato (No. 1) and Vesnyanki (No. 9) from 12 Preludes
Alexander Scriabin
3 Études, Op. 65
Allegro fantastico / Allegretto / Molto vivace
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 80
Allegro con fuoco / Andante / Allegro vivo / Allegro vivo
Charles Trenet – Alexis Weissenberg
En avril à Paris
Round 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, KV 595
Allegro / Larghetto / Allegro
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (original version)
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Allegro vivace assai / Allegro con fuoco

• 21:00

  Ilya Papoyan

  Yamaha

Russia
Ilya Papoyan

Born in 2001 in Saint Petersburg, he is studying at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Alexander Sandler. He has participated in masterclasses with Andrey Diev, Pavel Nersessian, Alexander Mndoyants.

He is a grant recipient from the President of Russia and has been a fellow of the Artis Futura Foundation since 2021. Winner of the Tchaikovsky Youth and Astana Piano Passion competitions (2017), and Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (Moscow, 2022). Winner in the Cidade de Vigo pianist competition (Spain, 2021).

He has participated in Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2016, 2017), "White Lilac" (2018), "International Conservatories Week" (2020), Pianissimo (2022, 2023), etc. He performs on leading stages in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, other Russian cities and abroad. In 2022 he gave his debut solo concert in the Grand Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic. He has been a soloist at the Saint Petersburg House of Music since 2016.


Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 879, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo / Prestissimo / Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in B minor, Op. 39 No. 4
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Theme and Variations, Op. 19 № 6
Round 2
Robert Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 28
Sehr markiert / Einfach / Sehr markiert
Camille Saint-Saëns – Franz Liszt
Danse macabre, Op. 40 (arrangement by Vladimir Horowitz)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Echo rustique (No. 13) and Chant élégiaque (No. 14) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (first version)
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (composer’s version)
Allegro brillante e molto vivace / Andante non troppo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 21:50

  Alessandro Villalva

  Kawai

Italy
Alessandro Villalva

Born in 1998 in Conegliano (Italy). Alessandro studied at the Slovenian Center for Musical Education E. Komel in Gorizia (class of Professor Siavush Gadjiev). Since 2017 he has been studying at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg (class of Professor Pietro De Maria). He also took lessons with Jacques Rouvier, Pavel Gililov, Alfred Brendel, Imre Rohmann, and Natalia Trull.
Laureate of the Rachmaninoff Competition in Frankfurt am Main (2010), the International Piano Competition in Usti nad Labem, (Czech Republic, 2011), winner of the International Piano Talents Competition in Milan (2011), the Master Orchestra Competition in Brescia (2022), the Amadeus Piano Competition in Lazise (2022), Giulio Rospigliosi Piano Competition (2022), etc.
He has performed at the Lucca Classica Festival, held recitals, and participated in chamber music concerts in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.
Since 2022 he has been teaching at a private school in Munich.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Feux follets
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Four excerpts from The Seasons
March (Song of the Lark) / August (The Harvest) / October (Autumn Song) / December (Christmas)
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2
Round 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on a theme by Paisiello, KV 398
Johannes Brahms
Fantasien, Op. 116
Capriccio in D minor / Intermezzo in A minor / Capriccio in G minor / Intermezzo in E major / Intermezzo in E minor / Intermezzo in E major / Capriccio in D minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Impromptu, Op. 72 No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro inquieto / Andante caloroso / Precipitato
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 22:40

  Day End

Italy
Day End
Born in 1998 in Conegliano (Italy). Alessandro studied at the Slovenian Center for Musical Education E. Komel in Gorizia (class of Professor Siavush Gadjiev). Since 2017 he has been studying at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg (class of Professor Pietro De Maria). He also took lessons with Jacques Rouvier, Pavel Gililov, Alfred Brendel, Imre Rohmann, and Natalia Trull.
Laureate of the Rachmaninoff Competition in Frankfurt am Main (2010), the International Piano Competition in Usti nad Labem, (Czech Republic, 2011), winner of the International Piano Talents Competition in Milan (2011), the Master Orchestra Competition in Brescia (2022), the Amadeus Piano Competition in Lazise (2022), Giulio Rospigliosi Piano Competition (2022), etc.
He has performed at the Lucca Classica Festival, held recitals, and participated in chamber music concerts in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.
Since 2022 he has been teaching at a private school in Munich.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Feux follets
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Four excerpts from The Seasons
March (Song of the Lark) / August (The Harvest) / October (Autumn Song) / December (Christmas)
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2
Round 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on a theme by Paisiello, KV 398
Johannes Brahms
Fantasien, Op. 116
Capriccio in D minor / Intermezzo in A minor / Capriccio in G minor / Intermezzo in E major / Intermezzo in E minor / Intermezzo in E major / Capriccio in D minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Impromptu, Op. 72 No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro inquieto / Andante caloroso / Precipitato
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Moscow

• 12:00

  Zijing Zeng

  Steinway

China
Zijing Zeng

Born in China in 1997, she concluded her studies at the Wuhan Conservatory Мusic Сchool (Wang Xian, Associate Professor; Pan Chun, Central Conservatory Professor). She subsequently graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Olga Zhukova and her assistant Eleonora Karpukhova). Now she continues her postgraduate training at the Moscow Conservatory (Associate Professor Dmitry Kaprin). She participated in masterclasses led by Alexander Kobrin, Vovka Ashkenazy, and Philipp Kopachevsky.
She is the winner of "Islamey" Moscow Interregional Competition (2019), Allegretto Grazioso in Moscow International Art Festival-Competition (2021), and she was a laureate at the Klavierpodium competition in Munich (2021). In 2022 she was chosen as a participant in the Glocal Piano Project, that served as a first round of the 64th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.
She has performed in many prestigious concert halls across Russia, Europe, and China.
She currently serves on the Faculty of Arts at Moscow University.
Repertoire
Round 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo / Prestissimo / Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 874, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
October (Autumn Song) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 10 in F minor
Round 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Six Moments musicaux, Op. 16
Andantino / Allegretto / Andante cantabile / Presto / Adagio sostenuto / Maestoso
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Chant élégiaque, Op. 72 No. 14
Franz Liszt
Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata from Années de pèlerinage II
Round 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Allegro con brio / Largo / Rondo. Allegro
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (composer’s version)
Allegro brillante e molto vivace / Andante non troppo / Allegro con fuoco

• 12:50

  Anchi Mai

  Kawai

France
Anchi Mai

Born in 2002 in Taipei. She studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris with Elena Rozanova and Michel Beroff. She is currently a student at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (class of Professors Jonas Vitaud and Claire Marie Le Guay).
Laureate of the International Piano Competition of Île-de-France (2017, 2018), the Manhattan International Music Competition, the Valsesia Musica Competition (Varallo, Italy, 2021), participated in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022.
Performed concerts in Italy.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo / Prestissimo / Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation from 18 Pieces, Op. 72 No. 5
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Feux follets
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in A minor, Op. 39 No. 6
Round 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor (Sonata-Fantasy), Op. 19
Andante / Presto
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
So rasch wie möglich / Andantino. Getragen / Scherzo. Sehr rasch und markiert / Rondo. Presto
Franz Liszt
Four Transcendental Études
Prelude / Molto vivace / Paysage / Mazeppa
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando

• 13:40

  Nikolai Kuznetsov

  Steinway

Russia
Nikolai Kuznetsov

Born in Moscow in 1994, Nikolay Kuznetsov completed his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and its postgraduate program (Professor Sergey Dorensky and his assistants Nikolay Lugansky, Andrey Pisarev, and Pavel Nersessian).
A recipient of scholarships from the Moscow Government and President of the Russian Federation, he holds the Grand Prix of Monte Carlo Piano Masters competition and Prince Rainier III Award (Monaco, 2021). He has also emerged victorious in the Ricardo Viñes Competition (Spain, 2018), Wandering Music Stars (Israel, 2019), Euregio Piano Award (Germany, 2020), etc.
Kuznetsov has toured across Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Japan, Oman, Colombia, and Panama. He has performed accompanied by the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Mariinsky Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, etc. Since 2018, he has been a participant in the "Stars of the 21st Century" Moscow Philharmonic's federal program.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente –
Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39 No. 5
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 4 Mazeppa
Round 2
Modest Musorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Alberto Ginastera
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22
Allegro marcato / Presto misterioso / Adagio molto appassionato / Ruvido ed ostinato
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando

• 15:00

  George Harliono

  Yamaha

United Kingdom
George Harliono

George Studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under Pascal Nemirovski until 2023. Priour to this studied with William Fong at the Purcell School and a the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of music in London, before going on to complete his undergraduate studies with Vanessa Latarche at the Royal Colloge of Music in London, 2021.
Participated in master classes by Dmitry Bashkirov, Vladimir Ashkenazi, Vladimir Ovchinnikov and Simon Lepper.
Prize winner of the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow), Sendai International Music Competition (Japan), Gina Bachauer Piano Competition (Salt Lake City, USA), Concours International de Lagny-sur-Marne (France), and the Dinu Lipatti Piano Competition in Bucharest.
George performs in the USA, Russia, Europe, and Asia: at the Wigmore Hall and the Royal Albert Hall (London), the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Centre, the Zaryadye Hall, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, etc. He plays with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago, the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, the Tyumen and Sendai Philharmonic Orchestras, etc. Collaborates with Denis Matsuev, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sladkovsky, Sebastian Weigle.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
Allegro / Scherzo. Allegretto vivace / Minuet. Moderato e grazioso / Presto con fuoco
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in A minor, Op. 39 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Harmonies du soir
Round 2
Franz Schubert
Fantasia in C major Wanderer, D 760
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation from 18 Pieces, Op. 72 No. 5
Maurice Ravel
Une Barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 15:50

  Kyoungsun Park

  Yamaha

South Korea
Kyoungsun Park

He studied at Seoul National University with Professor Hie-Yon Choi, at the Royal College of Music in London with Professor Dmitri Alexeev, at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Professor Michael Schäfer. He is currently studying at the Universität der Künste Berlin under Professor Markus Groh.
Laureate of the Singapore International Piano Competition, the Isang Yun International Music Competition (South Korea), the Vladimir Horowitz Memorial International Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine - Switzerland). Winner of the Windsor International Piano Competition, the Artur Schnabel Piano Competition in Berlin, winner of the First Prize of the München Gasteig Culture Centre.
He has performed as a soloist with the Suisse Romande Orchestra, the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mihail Jora Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), the orchestra of the TIMF Orchestra of the Music Festival in Tongyeong (TIMF, South Korea) and the Korea University Orchestra.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:50
Allegro / Adagio / Allegro molto
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 39 No. 8
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
May (White Nights) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Theme and Variations, Op. 19 No. 6
Round 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
March (Song of the Lark) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Frédéric Chopin
Rondo in C major, Op. 73
Sergei Bortkiewicz
10 Preludes, Op. 33
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV 453 (cadenza by Kyoungsun Park)
Allegro / Andante / Allegretto

• 16:40

  Intermission

South Korea
Intermission
He studied at Seoul National University with Professor Hie-Yon Choi, at the Royal College of Music in London with Professor Dmitri Alexeev, at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Professor Michael Schäfer. He is currently studying at the Universität der Künste Berlin under Professor Markus Groh.
Laureate of the Singapore International Piano Competition, the Isang Yun International Music Competition (South Korea), the Vladimir Horowitz Memorial International Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine - Switzerland). Winner of the Windsor International Piano Competition, the Artur Schnabel Piano Competition in Berlin, winner of the First Prize of the München Gasteig Culture Centre.
He has performed as a soloist with the Suisse Romande Orchestra, the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mihail Jora Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), the orchestra of the TIMF Orchestra of the Music Festival in Tongyeong (TIMF, South Korea) and the Korea University Orchestra.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:50
Allegro / Adagio / Allegro molto
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 39 No. 8
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
May (White Nights) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Theme and Variations, Op. 19 No. 6
Round 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
March (Song of the Lark) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Frédéric Chopin
Rondo in C major, Op. 73
Sergei Bortkiewicz
10 Preludes, Op. 33
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV 453 (cadenza by Kyoungsun Park)
Allegro / Andante / Allegretto

• 19:00

  Yan Fang

  Steinway

China
Yan Fang

He graduated from the Colburn School of Music (class of Professor Myong-joo Lee) and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston (class of Professor Alexander Korsantia). He is currently studying at the Juilliard School with Professors Jerome Lowenthal and Hung-Kuan Chen.
He has performed at the Alfred Lener Hall of Columbia University in New York City, the Alice Tully Hall of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Boston Jordan and Boston Symphony Halls, the Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, the Sala dei Notari and Teatro Del Pavone (Perugia), the Maestro Georgi Atanasov Concert Hall, the Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall, the Quanzhou Grand Theater and others.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente –
Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation from 18 Pieces, Op. 72 No. 5
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 7 Eroica
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Round 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
June (Barcarolle) and October (Autumn Song) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Johann Sebastian Bach – Ferruccio Busoni
Chaconne from Violin Partita in D minor
Alexander Scriabin
Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major
Allegramente / Adagio assai / Presto

• 19:50

  Anton Yashkin

  Yamaha

Russia
Anton Yashkin

Born in 1998, Anton Yashkin graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Natalia Trull, 2021).
He is a laureate of the "Step to Mastery" competition (St. Petersburg, 2015), the Pavel Serebryakov Piano Competition (Volgograd, 2015), the Jazeps Vitols Piano Competition (Latvia, 2017), and the Cidade de Vigo competition (Spain, 2017). He emerged as the victor in the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Weimar - Bayreuth, 2018). Anton Yashkin appears on concert stages as a solo performer both domestically and internationally.
He has collaborated with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Baltic Symphony Orchestras.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente –
Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 12 Chasse-neige
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Chant élégiaque, Op. 72 No. 14
Round 2
Franz Liszt
Two Legends
St. François d’Assise: la prédication aux oiseaux / St. François de Paule: marchant sur les flots
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
December (Christmas) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28
Allegro moderato / Lento / Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando

• 21:00

  Angel Stanislav Wang

  Yamaha

USA
Angel Stanislav Wang

Born in 2003 in Los Angeles. Graduated from the Central Music School - Academy of Performing Arts (Moscow). Student of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Natalia Trull). Participated in master classes by Alexander Ghindin, Daniel Pollak, Andreas Frölich, Philip Ruskin, Antonio Pompa-Baldi and others.
The winner of the Moscow International G. G. Neuhaus Competition (Moscow, 2018) and International Rachmaninoff Piano Competition (Moscow, 2020), the International Piano Competition Val de Travers (Switzerland, 2021), the Premio Jaen International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022) and others. Scholarship recipient of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation and the Life Line Charity Foundation.
Participant of the Pianissimo Festival (Russia), the Rheingau Muzik Festival (Germany), the American Fine Arts Festival, etc. Collaborates with symphony orchestras of Moscow, Spain, the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, the Madrid Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, etc. He gives solo concerts in the USA, Russia, and European countries. He has performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Vienna Musikverein, the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Zaryadye Concert Hall, the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, the Ridotto del Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, the Minsk Philharmonic.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Appassionata, Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 2 in A minor
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Enrique Granados
Quejas o la maja y el ruesenor, No. 4 from Goyescas
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Benjamin Britten
Piano concerto in D major, Op. 13
Toccata. Allegro molto e con brio / Waltz. Allegretto / Impromptu. Andante lento / March. Allegro moderato sempre a la marcia

• 21:50

  Yelaman Yernur

  Steinway

Kazakhstan
Yelaman Yernur

Born in 1995 in Kazakhstan, Yelaman Yernur graduated from the A. Zhubanov Republican Kazakh Specialized Music Boarding School for Gifted Children (class of Gulzhan Kazybekova) before completing his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and its postgraduate internship program (under the guidance of Professor Alexander Mndoyants). He further honed his skills under the tutelage of Ekaterina Mechetina.
Yernur is an award-winning pianist, having earned accolades at the A. Zhubanov Young Talents Competition in Almaty (2012), the Abu Dhabi Piano Competition (UAE, 2015), the Almaty Piano Competition (2017), the Cidade de Vigo competition (Spain, 2020), the N.K. Metner Memorial Competition in St. Petersburg (2022), and the Shabyt Creative Youth Competition in Astana (2022), among others.
He performs solo and as part of chamber ensembles in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Japan.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonatа (Partita) in G major, Hob.XVI:6
Allegro / Menuetto / Adagio / Molto allegro
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Berceuse, Op. 72 No. 2
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 10 in F minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Chant élégiaque (No. 14) and Un poco di Chopin (No. 15) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Frédéric Chopin
Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 4
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Scène dansante: Invitation au trépak, Op. 72 No. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Claude Debussy
Prélude No. 8 La fille aux cheveux de linImages (Book 1)
Reflets dans l’eau / Hommage à Rameau / MouvementÉtude No. 5 Pour les octaves from Études
Nikolay Medtner
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.5
Allegro / Intermezzo. Allegro/ Largo / Finale. Allegro risoluto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Round 3
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10
Allegro brioso / Andante assai / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
Allegro brillante e molto vivace / Andante non troppo / Allegro con fuoco

• 22:40

  Day End

Kazakhstan
Day End
Born in 1995 in Kazakhstan, Yelaman Yernur graduated from the A. Zhubanov Republican Kazakh Specialized Music Boarding School for Gifted Children (class of Gulzhan Kazybekova) before completing his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and its postgraduate internship program (under the guidance of Professor Alexander Mndoyants). He further honed his skills under the tutelage of Ekaterina Mechetina.
Yernur is an award-winning pianist, having earned accolades at the A. Zhubanov Young Talents Competition in Almaty (2012), the Abu Dhabi Piano Competition (UAE, 2015), the Almaty Piano Competition (2017), the Cidade de Vigo competition (Spain, 2020), the N.K. Metner Memorial Competition in St. Petersburg (2022), and the Shabyt Creative Youth Competition in Astana (2022), among others.
He performs solo and as part of chamber ensembles in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Japan.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonatа (Partita) in G major, Hob.XVI:6
Allegro / Menuetto / Adagio / Molto allegro
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Berceuse, Op. 72 No. 2
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 10 in F minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Chant élégiaque (No. 14) and Un poco di Chopin (No. 15) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Frédéric Chopin
Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 4
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Scène dansante: Invitation au trépak, Op. 72 No. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Claude Debussy
Prélude No. 8 La fille aux cheveux de linImages (Book 1)
Reflets dans l’eau / Hommage à Rameau / MouvementÉtude No. 5 Pour les octaves from Études
Nikolay Medtner
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.5
Allegro / Intermezzo. Allegro/ Largo / Finale. Allegro risoluto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Round 3
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10
Allegro brioso / Andante assai / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
Allegro brillante e molto vivace / Andante non troppo / Allegro con fuoco

Moscow

• 13:00

  Timofey Dolya

  Steinway

Russia
Timofey Dolya

Born in Moscow in 1993, Timofey Dolya completed his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and its assistantship-internship under Professor Andrey Pisarev. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Professor Jan von Arnim, 2019–2022). Currently, he is studying at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts (Professor Markus Schirmer) and at the Imola Piano Academy (Professor Boris Petrushansky). He has participated in masterclasses with Sergey Dorensky, Dmitry Bashkirov, Michel Beroff, and others.
Winner of the Pianale (Germany, 2016), Grand Prix of the Rudolf Kehrer International Piano Competition (Moscow, 2021), etc. Received a scholarship from the President of Russia (2016).
Soloist of the St. Petersburg House of Music (since 2017), Moscow Philharmonic (since 2018). He performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, etc. Artist of KNS Classical. Released debut album in 2017.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI:23
Allegro / Adagio / Finale. Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Romance, Op. 5
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Scène dansante. Invitation au trépak, Op. 72, No. 18
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Franz Liszt
Concert étude No. 3 in D-flat major Un sospiro
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Klavierstücke, Op.118
Intermezzo in A minor / Intermezzo in A major / Ballade in G minor / Intermezzo in F minor / Romance in F major / Intermezzo in E-flat minor
Nikolay Medtner
Three Tales, Op. 42
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation, Op. 72 No. 5
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro inquieto / Andante caloroso / Precipitato
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op.26
Andante – Allegro / Tema con variazioni / Allegro, ma non troppo

• 13:50

  Suah Ye

  Steinway

South Korea
Suah Ye
Born in Seoul. Suah He is studying with Arie Vardi at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover and has studied with Soo-Jung Shin in Korea.
Winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Novosibirsk (2015) and the Arthur Rubinstein International Youth Piano Competition in Beijing (2016). Laureate of the Seoul International Music Competition (2020), winner of the Mendelssohn Academy Prize 2022 in Leipzig.
She has performed with the Moscow State, Novosibirsk and Israel Symphony Orchestras and others on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Seoul Arts Center, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall.
Suah served as a junior jury at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017) and a member of the jury at the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow (2022).
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53
Allegro con brio / Introduzione. Adagio molto / Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 2 in F minor from 3 Études de Concert
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Andante Maestoso from The Nutcracker
Round 2
Frédéric Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Un poco di Chopin (No. 15) and Scène dansante. Invitation au trépak (No. 18) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Robert Schumann
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 15:00

  Aleksandr Kliuchko

  Yamaha

Russia
Aleksandr Kliuchko

Born in 2000 in Saransk, Alexander Klyuchko is an alumnus of the Moscow College of Musical Performance (class of Sergey Artsibashev) and the Alfred Cortot School of Music in Paris (Professor Rena Shereshevskaya). Since 2021 he has been a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Pavel Nersessian).
He emerged victorious at various competitions as Astana Piano Passion (2017), Ile-de-France Piano Competition (2018), Manhattan Music Competition (2020), and the Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (2022).
Klyuchko has graced the stages of the Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg Academic Capella, Cortot Hall (Paris), Palace of Catalan Music (Barcelona), etc. He has participated in the "Stars on Baikal" festival (Irkutsk), Gradus Piano Festival (Denmark), and "Musical Olympus" (St. Petersburg), performing with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, etc.
Since 2022 he has been a Yamaha artist.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato / Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Passé lointain, Op. 72 No. 17
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Frederic Chopin
Étude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 8 Wilde Jagd
Round 2

Franz Liszt
Four Études d’exécution transcendante
Preludio / Molto vivace / Paysage / Mazeppa
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Scherzo (Allegro molto vivace) from Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 (arranged by Samuil Feinberg)
Karol Szymanowski
Variations in B-flat minor, Op. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 ( 2nd version)
Allegro agitato / Non allegro / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro non troppo / Allegro appassionato / Andante / Allegretto grazioso

• 15:50

  Koki Kuroiwa

  Yamaha

Japan
Koki Kuroiwa

Born in 1992 in Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts, then studied at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Budapest).
Winner of the Tokyo and Japanese music competitions, the Kyungsung International Piano Competition (South Korea) and others.
Koki has been playing the piano solo and chamber music, has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Japanese and New Japanese Philharmonic Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London), the Roma Tre Orchestra (Rome), the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, etc.
He has released two albums: "Sailing Day" and "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B major BWV 892, No. 23 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI:32
Allegro moderato / Menuet / Finale. Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
November (On the Troika) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 3 La campanella from Grandes études de Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Concert Suite from The Nutcracker 
Alexander Scriabin
Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28
Mily Balakirev
Nocturne No. 3 in D minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 16:40

  Intermission

Japan
Intermission
Born in 1992 in Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts, then studied at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Budapest).
Winner of the Tokyo and Japanese music competitions, the Kyungsung International Piano Competition (South Korea) and others.
Koki has been playing the piano solo and chamber music, has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Japanese and New Japanese Philharmonic Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London), the Roma Tre Orchestra (Rome), the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, etc.
He has released two albums: "Sailing Day" and "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B major BWV 892, No. 23 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI:32
Allegro moderato / Menuet / Finale. Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
November (On the Troika) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 3 La campanella from Grandes études de Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Concert Suite from The Nutcracker 
Alexander Scriabin
Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28
Mily Balakirev
Nocturne No. 3 in D minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 19:00

  Bogdan Dugalić

  Steinway

Serbia
Bogdan Dugalić

Born in 2003. He is currently studying at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Professor Pavel Gililov. Participated in master classes by Konstantin Bogino, Dmitry Alexeev, Dina Yoffe, and others.
Laureate of the International Piano Competition Isidor Bajic Piano Memorial in Novi Sad (Serbia, 2021), Maj Lind International Piano Competition (Finland, 2022), Arona International Piano Competition (Italy, 2022), etc. Scholarship recipient of the Accademia Lorenzo Perosi in Biella (Italy, 2019) and the Dobar Glas Foundation (2022), the scholarship for the gifted young artists, supported by the Serbian Government.
Collaborated with the Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Serbian Symphony Orchestra, the Serbian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Strings of St. George Orchestra, the Kamus Quartet; performed under the baton of Anna-Maria Helsing, Bojan Suđić and many others. Bogdan played at the Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Helsinki Music Centre, etc.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Presto / Largo e mesto / Menuetto. Allegro / Rondo. Allegro
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etude No. 8 Wilde Jagd
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Round 2
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Grave – Doppio movimento / Scherzo / Marche funèbre / Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
February (Carnival) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Claude Debussy
Images (Book 1)
Reflets dans l’eau / Hommage à Rameau / Mouvement
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro inquieto / Andante caloroso / Precipitato
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 19:50

  Qiao Liu

  Yangtze River

China
Qiao Liu

Born in China. She studied at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, Mannes School of Music of The New School in New York, the Manhattan School of Music with Jerome Rose, Victor Rosenbaum and Alexandre Moutouzkine. Currently studying under the tutelage of Matti Raekallio in New York.
Winner of the New York Artist International Competition, the Singapore International Piano Competition, the Bradshaw & Buono Piano Competition, the Rondo Young Artists Competition, the Montecatini International Piano Competition, the Asian TOYAMA Piano Competition and Xinghai Cup Piano Competition, etc.
Participates in the Honeywell Arts Academy Festival, the International Keyboard Festival, the Piano Island Festival. She has played at the Carnegie Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Marc A. Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center, the Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic Hall (Bydgoszcz), Meininger Theater and the Montecatini Terme Concert Hall, etc.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Franz Liszt
Concert étude in D-flat major Waldesrauschen
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in B minor, Op. 39 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A-flat major, Op. 10 No. 10
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Op. 10 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Round 2
Samuel Barber
Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26
Allegro energico / Allegro vivace e leggiero / Adagio mesto/ Fuga. Allegro con spirito
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Claude Debussy
Images (Book 1)
Reflets dans l’eau / Hommage à Rameau / Mouvement
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op. 58
Allegro moderato / Andante con moto / Rondo. Vivace

• 21:00

  Konstantin Khachikyan

  Steinway

Russia
Konstantin Khachikyan

Born in 1995 in Moscow, Konstantin Khachikyan graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (Professor A.A. Pisarev). He is currently pursuing postgraduate degree (Professors A.A. Pisarev and N.L. Lugansky).
He is a laureate of multiple international competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Canberra (Australia, 2017), Piano Competition in Lyon (France, 2018), Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (Moscow, 2022), and Piano Competition in Hong Kong (2022). Furthermore, he clinched victory in the Chopin Competition in Moscow (2016), Vienna International Music Competition (Austria, 2021), and All-Russian Music Competition (2022).
He has graced the stage in the most prestigious concert halls across Russia and beyond, including performances in Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Japan, Australia, among others.
He collaborates with leading orchestras and eminent conductors such as V. Fedoseyev, T. Currentzis, D. Raiskin, F. Korobov, V. Uruypin, M. Alsop, and others.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 878, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No.18 in D major, KV 576
Allegro / Adagio / Allegretto
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 12 Chasse-neige
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation, Op. 72 No. 5
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 4
Scherzo humoristique, Op. 19 No. 2
Round 2
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Three pieces from The Seasons, Op.37-bis
June (Barcarolle) / July (Song of the Reaper) / August (Harvest)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Maurice Ravel
La Valse (arrangement for piano)
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 21:50

  Valentin Malinin

  Steinway

Russia
Valentin Malinin

Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 22:40

  Day End

Russia
Day End
Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 00:00

  Round I Results

Russia
Round I Results
Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Moscow

• 13:00

  Xianfei Liu

  Yangtze River

China
Xianfei Liu

He studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement régional de Versailles, his teachers were François Chaplin, Xiao Luo, Ting Zhou and Zhijue Chao. He is currently a student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (class of Moye Chen).

Winner of the WPTA Singapore International Piano Competition (Grand Prix), the Chopin International Piano Competition (USA), Shanghai Piano International Competition for Young Artists, the Rönisch Auckland Secondary Schools Piano Competition (Germany, absolute prize), the Imola International Piano Competition (Italy), the Stars in Tenerife International Competition (absolute prize), the Carles and Sofia competition (Spain), the G-Clef online International Music Competition (South Korea), the Piano Talents International Piano Competition (Milan), the Danubia Talents International Music Competition (Hungary). Yamaha Scholarship Holder (2020).

He has played in Europe and China, including at the Shanghai He Luting Hall and the Hengshui Poly Grand Theatre, performing solo and as a member of the Hogwarts Trio.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A-flat major, Op. 10 No. 10

Franz Liszt
Étude No. 1 in G minor from Grandes études de Paganini

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Op. 10 No. 1
May (White Nights) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:52
Allegro moderato / Adagio / Finale. Presto

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in C minor, Op. 39 No. 1

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
May (White Nights) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis

Frederic Mompou
Variations on a Theme by Chopin

Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau

Sergei Prokofiev
Six pieces from 10 Pieces, Op. 12 (№№ 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Allegro molto moderato / Adagio / Allegro moderato molto e marcato

• 14:00

  Stanislav Korchagin

  Steinway

Russia
Stanislav Korchagin

Born in 1993 in Moscow Region, Stanislav Korchagin completed his studies at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Tatiana Zelikman, further honing his skills in its postgraduate program.

He is a laureate of the International Competition of the World Association of Piano Teachers (Madrid, 2022), the International Piano Competition in Procida (Italy, 2022), and the International Piano Music Competition "Scriabin Award" in Grosseto (Italy, 2023).

Korchagin has participated in the Mariinsky International Piano festival. In 2020, he performed in the Kawai concert series in Germany (Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Lindenberg), and in March 2023, he took part in the Chopin Society of Germany's festival in Darmstadt.

He currently serves as a faculty member at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music piano department.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 886, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:45
Moderato / Andante / Finale. Allegro di molto

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A-flat major Op. 10 No. 10

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 4 Mazeppa

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Five pieces from Concert Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Prologue / Dance of Pages / Vision / Fairy of Silver / Adagio

Round 2

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Chant élégiaque, Op. 72 No. 14

Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2

Maurice Ravel
La Valse (arranged for piano)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 15:20

  Xuanyi Mao

  Yamaha

China
Xuanyi Mao

Doctoral student at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (class of Professor Danwen Wei). She also studied with Gary Graffman, Pascal Rogé, Ilja Scheps, and Wu Ying. Participated in master classes by Vanessa Latarche, Sergio Tiempo, Natalia Antonova, Stanislav Yudenich, and others.

Laureate of the Hong Kong-Asia Open Piano Competition (2009), the Macau-Asia Open Piano Competition (2010), the National Piano Competition of Colleges and Universities (2017), the Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers and Conductors (Moscow, 2022).

She has performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Romanian Athenaeum, and the largest concert halls of China: Guangzhou Xinghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen Wuyuan Concert Hall, Yichang Theatater, and others. Played with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, etc.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6

Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor

Round 2

Carl Vine
Piano Sonata No. 1
Half note = 48 / Leggiero e legato

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor (Sonata-Fantasy), Op. 19
Andante / Presto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12 Variations in B-flat major, KV 500

Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro non troppo / Allegro appassionato / Andante / Allegretto grazioso

• 16:20

  Sergei Davydchenko

  Yamaha

Russia
Sergei Davydchenko

Born in 2004 in Alexandriyskaya, Stavropol region, Sergey Davydchenko graduated with distinction in 2022 from the specialized secondary music school affiliated with the Rostov Conservatory, where he was mentored by Professor Sergey Osipenko. He continues his studies at the Rostov Conservatory under the same tutelage.
He is the winner of the Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2016), the Astana Piano Passion (2017), and the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow, 2021).
He has participated in various festivals such as 'Stars on Baikal' (Irkutsk), 'Stars of the White Nights' (Saint Petersburg), 'White Lilac' (Kazan), and the Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2022). He has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and at the Philharmonics of Saint Petersburg, Kislovodsk, North Ossetia, Rostov, Surgut, and Tver.
Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 891, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:42
Andante con espressione / Vivace assai

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Marche funèbre (No. 4) and Scherzo (No. 6) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 5 Feux folletsSergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Prelude (No. 1) and Fugue (No. 2) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op.84
Andante dolce/ Andante sognando / Vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 17:20

  Intermission

Russia
Intermission
Born in 2004 in Alexandriyskaya, Stavropol region, Sergey Davydchenko graduated with distinction in 2022 from the specialized secondary music school affiliated with the Rostov Conservatory, where he was mentored by Professor Sergey Osipenko. He continues his studies at the Rostov Conservatory under the same tutelage.
He is the winner of the Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2016), the Astana Piano Passion (2017), and the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow, 2021).
He has participated in various festivals such as 'Stars on Baikal' (Irkutsk), 'Stars of the White Nights' (Saint Petersburg), 'White Lilac' (Kazan), and the Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2022). He has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and at the Philharmonics of Saint Petersburg, Kislovodsk, North Ossetia, Rostov, Surgut, and Tver.
Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 891, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:42
Andante con espressione / Vivace assai

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Marche funèbre (No. 4) and Scherzo (No. 6) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 5 Feux folletsSergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Prelude (No. 1) and Fugue (No. 2) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op.84
Andante dolce/ Andante sognando / Vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 19:00

  Marcel Tadokoro

  Yamaha

Japan/France
Marcel Tadokoro

Marcel Tadokoro was born in Japan in the Littératuri family to a Japanese father and a French mother. Graduated from the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris. He is currently studying at the École Normale de Musique de Paris ‘Alfred Cortot” under the guidance of Professor Rena Shereshevskaya.
Laureate of several international competitions, including the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022), winner of the John Giordano Jury Chairman Award of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA, 2022). Finalist at the Montréal International Musical Competition (2021).
He has played with the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra. He makes frequent recital appearances across France and in Japan.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
Allegro vivace / Adagio grazioso / Rondo. Allegretto – Presto
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Feux follets
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 7
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Danse caractéristique (No. 4) and Scherzo fantaisie (No. 10) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Round 2
Evgeny Svetlanov
Moderato (No. 1) and Vesnyanki (No. 9) from 12 Preludes
Alexander Scriabin
3 Études, Op. 65
Allegro fantastico / Allegretto / Molto vivace
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 80
Allegro con fuoco / Andante / Allegro vivo / Allegro vivo
Charles Trenet – Alexis Weissenberg
En avril à Paris
Round 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, KV 595
Allegro / Larghetto / Allegro
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (original version)
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Allegro vivace assai / Allegro con fuoco

• 20:00

  Ilya Papoyan

  Yamaha

Russia
Ilya Papoyan

Born in 2001 in Saint Petersburg, he is studying at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Alexander Sandler. He has participated in masterclasses with Andrey Diev, Pavel Nersessian, Alexander Mndoyants.

He is a grant recipient from the President of Russia and has been a fellow of the Artis Futura Foundation since 2021. Winner of the Tchaikovsky Youth and Astana Piano Passion competitions (2017), and Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (Moscow, 2022). Winner in the Cidade de Vigo pianist competition (Spain, 2021).

He has participated in Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2016, 2017), "White Lilac" (2018), "International Conservatories Week" (2020), Pianissimo (2022, 2023), etc. He performs on leading stages in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, other Russian cities and abroad. In 2022 he gave his debut solo concert in the Grand Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic. He has been a soloist at the Saint Petersburg House of Music since 2016.


Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 879, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo / Prestissimo / Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in B minor, Op. 39 No. 4
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Theme and Variations, Op. 19 № 6
Round 2
Robert Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 28
Sehr markiert / Einfach / Sehr markiert
Camille Saint-Saëns – Franz Liszt
Danse macabre, Op. 40 (arrangement by Vladimir Horowitz)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Echo rustique (No. 13) and Chant élégiaque (No. 14) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (first version)
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (composer’s version)
Allegro brillante e molto vivace / Andante non troppo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 21:20

  Alessandro Villalva

  Kawai

Italy
Alessandro Villalva

Born in 1998 in Conegliano (Italy). Alessandro studied at the Slovenian Center for Musical Education E. Komel in Gorizia (class of Professor Siavush Gadjiev). Since 2017 he has been studying at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg (class of Professor Pietro De Maria). He also took lessons with Jacques Rouvier, Pavel Gililov, Alfred Brendel, Imre Rohmann, and Natalia Trull.
Laureate of the Rachmaninoff Competition in Frankfurt am Main (2010), the International Piano Competition in Usti nad Labem, (Czech Republic, 2011), winner of the International Piano Talents Competition in Milan (2011), the Master Orchestra Competition in Brescia (2022), the Amadeus Piano Competition in Lazise (2022), Giulio Rospigliosi Piano Competition (2022), etc.
He has performed at the Lucca Classica Festival, held recitals, and participated in chamber music concerts in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.
Since 2022 he has been teaching at a private school in Munich.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Feux follets
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Four excerpts from The Seasons
March (Song of the Lark) / August (The Harvest) / October (Autumn Song) / December (Christmas)
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 40 No. 2
Round 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on a theme by Paisiello, KV 398
Johannes Brahms
Fantasien, Op. 116
Capriccio in D minor / Intermezzo in A minor / Capriccio in G minor / Intermezzo in E major / Intermezzo in E minor / Intermezzo in E major / Capriccio in D minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Impromptu, Op. 72 No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro inquieto / Andante caloroso / Precipitato
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 22:20

  Nikolai Kuznetsov

  Steinway

Russia
Nikolai Kuznetsov

Born in Moscow in 1994, Nikolay Kuznetsov completed his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and its postgraduate program (Professor Sergey Dorensky and his assistants Nikolay Lugansky, Andrey Pisarev, and Pavel Nersessian).
A recipient of scholarships from the Moscow Government and President of the Russian Federation, he holds the Grand Prix of Monte Carlo Piano Masters competition and Prince Rainier III Award (Monaco, 2021). He has also emerged victorious in the Ricardo Viñes Competition (Spain, 2018), Wandering Music Stars (Israel, 2019), Euregio Piano Award (Germany, 2020), etc.
Kuznetsov has toured across Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Japan, Oman, Colombia, and Panama. He has performed accompanied by the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Mariinsky Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, etc. Since 2018, he has been a participant in the "Stars of the 21st Century" Moscow Philharmonic's federal program.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente –
Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39 No. 5
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 4 Mazeppa
Round 2
Modest Musorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Alberto Ginastera
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22
Allegro marcato / Presto misterioso / Adagio molto appassionato / Ruvido ed ostinato
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando

• 23:20

  Day End

Russia
Day End
Born in Moscow in 1994, Nikolay Kuznetsov completed his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and its postgraduate program (Professor Sergey Dorensky and his assistants Nikolay Lugansky, Andrey Pisarev, and Pavel Nersessian).
A recipient of scholarships from the Moscow Government and President of the Russian Federation, he holds the Grand Prix of Monte Carlo Piano Masters competition and Prince Rainier III Award (Monaco, 2021). He has also emerged victorious in the Ricardo Viñes Competition (Spain, 2018), Wandering Music Stars (Israel, 2019), Euregio Piano Award (Germany, 2020), etc.
Kuznetsov has toured across Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Japan, Oman, Colombia, and Panama. He has performed accompanied by the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Mariinsky Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, etc. Since 2018, he has been a participant in the "Stars of the 21st Century" Moscow Philharmonic's federal program.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente –
Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39 No. 5
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 4 Mazeppa
Round 2
Modest Musorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Alberto Ginastera
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22
Allegro marcato / Presto misterioso / Adagio molto appassionato / Ruvido ed ostinato
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando

Moscow

• 13:00

  George Harliono

  Yamaha

United Kingdom
George Harliono

George Studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under Pascal Nemirovski until 2023. Priour to this studied with William Fong at the Purcell School and a the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of music in London, before going on to complete his undergraduate studies with Vanessa Latarche at the Royal Colloge of Music in London, 2021.
Participated in master classes by Dmitry Bashkirov, Vladimir Ashkenazi, Vladimir Ovchinnikov and Simon Lepper.
Prize winner of the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow), Sendai International Music Competition (Japan), Gina Bachauer Piano Competition (Salt Lake City, USA), Concours International de Lagny-sur-Marne (France), and the Dinu Lipatti Piano Competition in Bucharest.
George performs in the USA, Russia, Europe, and Asia: at the Wigmore Hall and the Royal Albert Hall (London), the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Centre, the Zaryadye Hall, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, etc. He plays with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago, the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, the Tyumen and Sendai Philharmonic Orchestras, etc. Collaborates with Denis Matsuev, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sladkovsky, Sebastian Weigle.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
Allegro / Scherzo. Allegretto vivace / Minuet. Moderato e grazioso / Presto con fuoco
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in A minor, Op. 39 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Harmonies du soir
Round 2
Franz Schubert
Fantasia in C major Wanderer, D 760
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation from 18 Pieces, Op. 72 No. 5
Maurice Ravel
Une Barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 14:00

  Angel Stanislav Wang

  Yamaha

USA
Angel Stanislav Wang

Born in 2003 in Los Angeles. Graduated from the Central Music School - Academy of Performing Arts (Moscow). Student of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Natalia Trull). Participated in master classes by Alexander Ghindin, Daniel Pollak, Andreas Frölich, Philip Ruskin, Antonio Pompa-Baldi and others.
The winner of the Moscow International G. G. Neuhaus Competition (Moscow, 2018) and International Rachmaninoff Piano Competition (Moscow, 2020), the International Piano Competition Val de Travers (Switzerland, 2021), the Premio Jaen International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022) and others. Scholarship recipient of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation and the Life Line Charity Foundation.
Participant of the Pianissimo Festival (Russia), the Rheingau Muzik Festival (Germany), the American Fine Arts Festival, etc. Collaborates with symphony orchestras of Moscow, Spain, the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, the Madrid Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, etc. He gives solo concerts in the USA, Russia, and European countries. He has performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Vienna Musikverein, the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Zaryadye Concert Hall, the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, the Ridotto del Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, the Minsk Philharmonic.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Appassionata, Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 2 in A minor
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Enrique Granados
Quejas o la maja y el ruesenor, No. 4 from Goyescas
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Benjamin Britten
Piano concerto in D major, Op. 13
Toccata. Allegro molto e con brio / Waltz. Allegretto / Impromptu. Andante lento / March. Allegro moderato sempre a la marcia

• 15:20

  Suah Ye

  Steinway

South Korea
Suah Ye
Born in Seoul. Suah He is studying with Arie Vardi at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover and has studied with Soo-Jung Shin in Korea.
Winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Novosibirsk (2015) and the Arthur Rubinstein International Youth Piano Competition in Beijing (2016). Laureate of the Seoul International Music Competition (2020), winner of the Mendelssohn Academy Prize 2022 in Leipzig.
She has performed with the Moscow State, Novosibirsk and Israel Symphony Orchestras and others on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Seoul Arts Center, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall.
Suah served as a junior jury at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017) and a member of the jury at the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow (2022).
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53
Allegro con brio / Introduzione. Adagio molto / Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 2 in F minor from 3 Études de Concert
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Andante Maestoso from The Nutcracker
Round 2
Frédéric Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Un poco di Chopin (No. 15) and Scène dansante. Invitation au trépak (No. 18) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Robert Schumann
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 16:20

  Aleksandr Kliuchko

  Yamaha

Russia
Aleksandr Kliuchko

Born in 2000 in Saransk, Alexander Klyuchko is an alumnus of the Moscow College of Musical Performance (class of Sergey Artsibashev) and the Alfred Cortot School of Music in Paris (Professor Rena Shereshevskaya). Since 2021 he has been a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Pavel Nersessian).
He emerged victorious at various competitions as Astana Piano Passion (2017), Ile-de-France Piano Competition (2018), Manhattan Music Competition (2020), and the Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (2022).
Klyuchko has graced the stages of the Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg Academic Capella, Cortot Hall (Paris), Palace of Catalan Music (Barcelona), etc. He has participated in the "Stars on Baikal" festival (Irkutsk), Gradus Piano Festival (Denmark), and "Musical Olympus" (St. Petersburg), performing with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, etc.
Since 2022 he has been a Yamaha artist.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato / Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Passé lointain, Op. 72 No. 17
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Frederic Chopin
Étude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 8 Wilde Jagd
Round 2

Franz Liszt
Four Études d’exécution transcendante
Preludio / Molto vivace / Paysage / Mazeppa
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Scherzo (Allegro molto vivace) from Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 (arranged by Samuil Feinberg)
Karol Szymanowski
Variations in B-flat minor, Op. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 ( 2nd version)
Allegro agitato / Non allegro / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro non troppo / Allegro appassionato / Andante / Allegretto grazioso

• 17:20

  Intermission

Russia
Intermission
Born in 2000 in Saransk, Alexander Klyuchko is an alumnus of the Moscow College of Musical Performance (class of Sergey Artsibashev) and the Alfred Cortot School of Music in Paris (Professor Rena Shereshevskaya). Since 2021 he has been a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Pavel Nersessian).
He emerged victorious at various competitions as Astana Piano Passion (2017), Ile-de-France Piano Competition (2018), Manhattan Music Competition (2020), and the Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (2022).
Klyuchko has graced the stages of the Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg Academic Capella, Cortot Hall (Paris), Palace of Catalan Music (Barcelona), etc. He has participated in the "Stars on Baikal" festival (Irkutsk), Gradus Piano Festival (Denmark), and "Musical Olympus" (St. Petersburg), performing with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, etc.
Since 2022 he has been a Yamaha artist.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato / Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Passé lointain, Op. 72 No. 17
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Frederic Chopin
Étude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 8 Wilde Jagd
Round 2

Franz Liszt
Four Études d’exécution transcendante
Preludio / Molto vivace / Paysage / Mazeppa
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Scherzo (Allegro molto vivace) from Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 (arranged by Samuil Feinberg)
Karol Szymanowski
Variations in B-flat minor, Op. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 ( 2nd version)
Allegro agitato / Non allegro / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro non troppo / Allegro appassionato / Andante / Allegretto grazioso

• 19:00

  Koki Kuroiwa

  Yamaha

Japan
Koki Kuroiwa

Born in 1992 in Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts, then studied at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Budapest).
Winner of the Tokyo and Japanese music competitions, the Kyungsung International Piano Competition (South Korea) and others.
Koki has been playing the piano solo and chamber music, has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Japanese and New Japanese Philharmonic Orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London), the Roma Tre Orchestra (Rome), the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, etc.
He has released two albums: "Sailing Day" and "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B major BWV 892, No. 23 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI:32
Allegro moderato / Menuet / Finale. Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
November (On the Troika) from The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 3 La campanella from Grandes études de Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Concert Suite from The Nutcracker 
Alexander Scriabin
Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28
Mily Balakirev
Nocturne No. 3 in D minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 20:00

  Konstantin Khachikyan

  Steinway

Russia
Konstantin Khachikyan

Born in 1995 in Moscow, Konstantin Khachikyan graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (Professor A.A. Pisarev). He is currently pursuing postgraduate degree (Professors A.A. Pisarev and N.L. Lugansky).
He is a laureate of multiple international competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Canberra (Australia, 2017), Piano Competition in Lyon (France, 2018), Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (Moscow, 2022), and Piano Competition in Hong Kong (2022). Furthermore, he clinched victory in the Chopin Competition in Moscow (2016), Vienna International Music Competition (Austria, 2021), and All-Russian Music Competition (2022).
He has graced the stage in the most prestigious concert halls across Russia and beyond, including performances in Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Japan, Australia, among others.
He collaborates with leading orchestras and eminent conductors such as V. Fedoseyev, T. Currentzis, D. Raiskin, F. Korobov, V. Uruypin, M. Alsop, and others.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 878, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No.18 in D major, KV 576
Allegro / Adagio / Allegretto
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 12 Chasse-neige
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation, Op. 72 No. 5
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 4
Scherzo humoristique, Op. 19 No. 2
Round 2
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Three pieces from The Seasons, Op.37-bis
June (Barcarolle) / July (Song of the Reaper) / August (Harvest)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Maurice Ravel
La Valse (arrangement for piano)
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 21:20

  Valentin Malinin

  Steinway

Russia
Valentin Malinin

Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 22:20

  Day End

Russia
Day End
Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 23:30

  Round II Results

Russia
Round II Results
Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Moscow

• 18:00

  Stanislav Korchagin

Russia
Stanislav Korchagin

Born in 1993 in Moscow Region, Stanislav Korchagin completed his studies at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Tatiana Zelikman, further honing his skills in its postgraduate program.

He is a laureate of the International Competition of the World Association of Piano Teachers (Madrid, 2022), the International Piano Competition in Procida (Italy, 2022), and the International Piano Music Competition "Scriabin Award" in Grosseto (Italy, 2023).

Korchagin has participated in the Mariinsky International Piano festival. In 2020, he performed in the Kawai concert series in Germany (Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Lindenberg), and in March 2023, he took part in the Chopin Society of Germany's festival in Darmstadt.

He currently serves as a faculty member at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music piano department.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 886, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:45
Moderato / Andante / Finale. Allegro di molto

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A-flat major Op. 10 No. 10

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 4 Mazeppa

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Five pieces from Concert Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Prologue / Dance of Pages / Vision / Fairy of Silver / Adagio

Round 2

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Chant élégiaque, Op. 72 No. 14

Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 2

Maurice Ravel
La Valse (arranged for piano)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 19:45

  Xuanyi Mao

China
Xuanyi Mao

Doctoral student at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (class of Professor Danwen Wei). She also studied with Gary Graffman, Pascal Rogé, Ilja Scheps, and Wu Ying. Participated in master classes by Vanessa Latarche, Sergio Tiempo, Natalia Antonova, Stanislav Yudenich, and others.

Laureate of the Hong Kong-Asia Open Piano Competition (2009), the Macau-Asia Open Piano Competition (2010), the National Piano Competition of Colleges and Universities (2017), the Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers and Conductors (Moscow, 2022).

She has performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Romanian Athenaeum, and the largest concert halls of China: Guangzhou Xinghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen Wuyuan Concert Hall, Yichang Theatater, and others. Played with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, etc.


Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6

Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor

Round 2

Carl Vine
Piano Sonata No. 1
Half note = 48 / Leggiero e legato

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor (Sonata-Fantasy), Op. 19
Andante / Presto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12 Variations in B-flat major, KV 500

Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Allegro non troppo / Allegro appassionato / Andante / Allegretto grazioso

• 21:30

  Sergei Davydchenko

Russia
Sergei Davydchenko

Born in 2004 in Alexandriyskaya, Stavropol region, Sergey Davydchenko graduated with distinction in 2022 from the specialized secondary music school affiliated with the Rostov Conservatory, where he was mentored by Professor Sergey Osipenko. He continues his studies at the Rostov Conservatory under the same tutelage.
He is the winner of the Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2016), the Astana Piano Passion (2017), and the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow, 2021).
He has participated in various festivals such as 'Stars on Baikal' (Irkutsk), 'Stars of the White Nights' (Saint Petersburg), 'White Lilac' (Kazan), and the Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2022). He has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and at the Philharmonics of Saint Petersburg, Kislovodsk, North Ossetia, Rostov, Surgut, and Tver.
Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 891, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:42
Andante con espressione / Vivace assai

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Marche funèbre (No. 4) and Scherzo (No. 6) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 5 Feux folletsSergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Prelude (No. 1) and Fugue (No. 2) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op.84
Andante dolce/ Andante sognando / Vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

• 22:15

  Day End

Russia
Day End
Born in 2004 in Alexandriyskaya, Stavropol region, Sergey Davydchenko graduated with distinction in 2022 from the specialized secondary music school affiliated with the Rostov Conservatory, where he was mentored by Professor Sergey Osipenko. He continues his studies at the Rostov Conservatory under the same tutelage.
He is the winner of the Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2016), the Astana Piano Passion (2017), and the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow, 2021).
He has participated in various festivals such as 'Stars on Baikal' (Irkutsk), 'Stars of the White Nights' (Saint Petersburg), 'White Lilac' (Kazan), and the Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2022). He has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and at the Philharmonics of Saint Petersburg, Kislovodsk, North Ossetia, Rostov, Surgut, and Tver.
Repertoire
Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 891, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:42
Andante con espressione / Vivace assai

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Marche funèbre (No. 4) and Scherzo (No. 6) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5

Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 5 Feux folletsSergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Prelude (No. 1) and Fugue (No. 2) from Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21

Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op.84
Andante dolce/ Andante sognando / Vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Andantino – Allegretto / Scherzo. Vivace / Intermezzo. Allegro moderato / Finale. Allegro tempestoso

Moscow

• 18:00

  Ilya Papoyan

Russia
Ilya Papoyan

Born in 2001 in Saint Petersburg, he is studying at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Alexander Sandler. He has participated in masterclasses with Andrey Diev, Pavel Nersessian, Alexander Mndoyants.

He is a grant recipient from the President of Russia and has been a fellow of the Artis Futura Foundation since 2021. Winner of the Tchaikovsky Youth and Astana Piano Passion competitions (2017), and Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (Moscow, 2022). Winner in the Cidade de Vigo pianist competition (Spain, 2021).

He has participated in Mariinsky International Piano Festival (2016, 2017), "White Lilac" (2018), "International Conservatories Week" (2020), Pianissimo (2022, 2023), etc. He performs on leading stages in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, other Russian cities and abroad. In 2022 he gave his debut solo concert in the Grand Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic. He has been a soloist at the Saint Petersburg House of Music since 2016.


Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 879, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo / Prestissimo / Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in B minor, Op. 39 No. 4
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Theme and Variations, Op. 19 № 6
Round 2
Robert Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 28
Sehr markiert / Einfach / Sehr markiert
Camille Saint-Saëns – Franz Liszt
Danse macabre, Op. 40 (arrangement by Vladimir Horowitz)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Echo rustique (No. 13) and Chant élégiaque (No. 14) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (first version)
Allegro agitato / Non allegro – Lento / L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (composer’s version)
Allegro brillante e molto vivace / Andante non troppo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve

• 19:45

  George Harliono

United Kingdom
George Harliono

George Studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under Pascal Nemirovski until 2023. Priour to this studied with William Fong at the Purcell School and a the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of music in London, before going on to complete his undergraduate studies with Vanessa Latarche at the Royal Colloge of Music in London, 2021.
Participated in master classes by Dmitry Bashkirov, Vladimir Ashkenazi, Vladimir Ovchinnikov and Simon Lepper.
Prize winner of the Grand Piano Competition (Moscow), Sendai International Music Competition (Japan), Gina Bachauer Piano Competition (Salt Lake City, USA), Concours International de Lagny-sur-Marne (France), and the Dinu Lipatti Piano Competition in Bucharest.
George performs in the USA, Russia, Europe, and Asia: at the Wigmore Hall and the Royal Albert Hall (London), the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Centre, the Zaryadye Hall, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, etc. He plays with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago, the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, the Tyumen and Sendai Philharmonic Orchestras, etc. Collaborates with Denis Matsuev, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sladkovsky, Sebastian Weigle.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
Allegro / Scherzo. Allegretto vivace / Minuet. Moderato e grazioso / Presto con fuoco
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in A minor, Op. 39 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 5 Harmonies du soir
Round 2
Franz Schubert
Fantasia in C major Wanderer, D 760
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation from 18 Pieces, Op. 72 No. 5
Maurice Ravel
Une Barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Moderato / Adagio sostenuto / Allegro scherzando
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 21:30

  Angel Stanislav Wang

USA
Angel Stanislav Wang

Born in 2003 in Los Angeles. Graduated from the Central Music School - Academy of Performing Arts (Moscow). Student of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Natalia Trull). Participated in master classes by Alexander Ghindin, Daniel Pollak, Andreas Frölich, Philip Ruskin, Antonio Pompa-Baldi and others.
The winner of the Moscow International G. G. Neuhaus Competition (Moscow, 2018) and International Rachmaninoff Piano Competition (Moscow, 2020), the International Piano Competition Val de Travers (Switzerland, 2021), the Premio Jaen International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022) and others. Scholarship recipient of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation and the Life Line Charity Foundation.
Participant of the Pianissimo Festival (Russia), the Rheingau Muzik Festival (Germany), the American Fine Arts Festival, etc. Collaborates with symphony orchestras of Moscow, Spain, the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, the Madrid Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, etc. He gives solo concerts in the USA, Russia, and European countries. He has performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Vienna Musikverein, the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Zaryadye Concert Hall, the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, the Ridotto del Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, the Minsk Philharmonic.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Appassionata, Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 2 in A minor
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Enrique Granados
Quejas o la maja y el ruesenor, No. 4 from Goyescas
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Benjamin Britten
Piano concerto in D major, Op. 13
Toccata. Allegro molto e con brio / Waltz. Allegretto / Impromptu. Andante lento / March. Allegro moderato sempre a la marcia

• 22:15

  Day End

USA
Day End
Born in 2003 in Los Angeles. Graduated from the Central Music School - Academy of Performing Arts (Moscow). Student of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Natalia Trull). Participated in master classes by Alexander Ghindin, Daniel Pollak, Andreas Frölich, Philip Ruskin, Antonio Pompa-Baldi and others.
The winner of the Moscow International G. G. Neuhaus Competition (Moscow, 2018) and International Rachmaninoff Piano Competition (Moscow, 2020), the International Piano Competition Val de Travers (Switzerland, 2021), the Premio Jaen International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022) and others. Scholarship recipient of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation and the Life Line Charity Foundation.
Participant of the Pianissimo Festival (Russia), the Rheingau Muzik Festival (Germany), the American Fine Arts Festival, etc. Collaborates with symphony orchestras of Moscow, Spain, the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, the Madrid Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, etc. He gives solo concerts in the USA, Russia, and European countries. He has performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Vienna Musikverein, the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Zaryadye Concert Hall, the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, the Ridotto del Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, the Minsk Philharmonic.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Appassionata, Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 2 in A minor
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Round 2
Enrique Granados
Quejas o la maja y el ruesenor, No. 4 from Goyescas
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Igor Stravinsky
Three movements from Pétrouchka
Danse russe / Chez Pétrouchka / La Semaine grasse
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Benjamin Britten
Piano concerto in D major, Op. 13
Toccata. Allegro molto e con brio / Waltz. Allegretto / Impromptu. Andante lento / March. Allegro moderato sempre a la marcia

Moscow

• 18:00

  Suah Ye

South Korea
Suah Ye
Born in Seoul. Suah He is studying with Arie Vardi at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover and has studied with Soo-Jung Shin in Korea.
Winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Novosibirsk (2015) and the Arthur Rubinstein International Youth Piano Competition in Beijing (2016). Laureate of the Seoul International Music Competition (2020), winner of the Mendelssohn Academy Prize 2022 in Leipzig.
She has performed with the Moscow State, Novosibirsk and Israel Symphony Orchestras and others on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Seoul Arts Center, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall.
Suah served as a junior jury at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017) and a member of the jury at the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow (2022).
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885, from Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53
Allegro con brio / Introduzione. Adagio molto / Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 2 in F minor from 3 Études de Concert
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33 No. 6
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Mikhail Pletnev
Andante Maestoso from The Nutcracker
Round 2
Frédéric Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Un poco di Chopin (No. 15) and Scène dansante. Invitation au trépak (No. 18) from 18 Pieces, Op. 72
Robert Schumann
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Round 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 19:45

  Valentin Malinin

Russia
Valentin Malinin

Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco

• 21:00

  Day End

Russia
Day End
Born in 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod, Valentin Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in 2020 (class of Honored Teacher of Russia, Mira Marchenko). He continued his education at the Berlin University of the Arts (Professor Kirill Gerstein). Currently, he is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Ksenia Knorre).
Valentin is a laureate of the International Scriabin Competition (Italy, 2023), "Jaén Prize" International Piano Competition (Spain, 2021), Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (2019; Grand Prix). He has also received accolades at the international competitions: Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 2019) and Maria Canals (Spain, 2023).
A participant in renowned Rheingau Music Festival (Germany) and Rafael Orozco Piano Festival (Spain).
Valentin has performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Since the age of eight he has been engaged in composition (class of Karina Baras, Russian Composers' Union member). He is a laureate of international composers' competitions and released a recording of his compositions in collaboration with the Naxos label in 2022.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57
Allegro assai / Andante con moto / Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Franz Liszt
Étude No. 6 in A minor from Grandes études de Paganini
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tendres reproches, Op. 72 No. 3
Scherzo à la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
Round 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
Allegro moderato / Allegretto / Tempo di valzer, lentissimo / Vivace
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne in F major, Oр. 10 No. 1
Impromptu in F minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin
Three études, Op. 65
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Valse in A-flat major, Op. 38
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
Andante / Prestissimo volando
Round 3
Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20
Allegro / Andante / Allegro moderato
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco