Schedule

Opening of the Competition First round Second round Third round

20 June Tuesday

Moscow

Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory

13:00

Min Joo Yi
Yangtze River

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

Repertoire

19:00

Sergei Davydchenko
Yamaha

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

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

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21 June Wednesday

Moscow

Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory

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

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

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

19:00

Yan Fang
Steinway

19:50

Anton Yashkin
Yamaha

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