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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

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

Graduated with honors from the Tokyo University of the Arts. Issei Kurihara is currently studying at the Toho Gakuen College (Tokyo, class of Professor Takashi Shimizu) and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (class of Professor Boris Kuschnir).

Laureate of the Eurasia International Music Competition (Grand Prix), the Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition (Ufa, 3rd prize), the "Rodolfo Lipizer Prize" International Violin Competition (Gorizia, Italy, 2nd prize and special prize), the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition (Warsaw, 1st prize), the Joseph Mayseder International Violin Competition (St. Florian, Austria, 1st prize and special prize), the Yankelevitch International Violin Competition (Omsk, 1st prize).

Participates in festivals in France, Russia, Spain, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, the USA, Japan and Taiwan. Issei has performed with Vienna’ Camerata Orphica, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, etc.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 1 in E major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Henryk Wieniawski
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on Di tanti palpiti from Rossini’s Tancredi, Op. 13

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Romance, Op. 6 No. 1

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Solo Violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, KV 216

Born in 1994 in Bratsk. Anna graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and continues her studies as an intern assistant (class of Professor Vladimir Ivanov). She's improving her skills under the tutelage of Eduard Wulfson in Switzerland.

Laureate of the David Oistrakh Music Competition (Moscow, 2006 and 2008, 1st prize), the Louis Spohr Competition (Weimar, 2007, 1st prize), International Violin Competition in Astana (2014, Grand Prix), Buchenau Spring Competition (Eiterfeld, Germany, 2018, 1st prize), Sendai International Music Competition (Japan, 2013 and 2016, 4th prize), Savshinsky Competition (St. Petersburg, 2021, 2nd prize), etc.

She played in the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein. Anna has performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra, and others. Participant of concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music, as well as festivals in Verbier, Colmar, etc.

She currently plays the 1752 violin by Tommaso Balestrieri.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 24 in A minor
Caprice No. 23 in E-flat major

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Mélodie, Op. 42 No. 3
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Enő Hubay
Carmen fantasie brillante, Op. 3 No. 3

Round 2

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94-bis

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation, Op. 42 No. 1

Karol Szymanowski
Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28

Maurice Ravel
Tzigane

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Born in 2004 in Moscow. Mark Fakhrutdinov is studying at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music (class of Natalia Zavarzina and later Lyudmila Kruzhkova). He participated in workshops by Alexander Knyazev, Alexander Rudin, Chris Hoyle, Nonna Natsvlishvili, Denis Shapovalov, Maria Zhuravleva, Leonid Gorokhov, Alexander Ramm, Lev Evgrafov and others.

Laureate of international and All-Russian competitions. He received a Grant of the Mayor of Moscow (2022). Scholarships of the "New Names" and the Yuri Rozum Foundations.

He has performed with the Presidential Orchestra (2016), the Tula Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (2018), the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra Ensemble (2019), the Kaluga Philharmonic Orchestra (2022), the Orchestra of the Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts (2022) and others. Actively performs on tours in Russian cities.

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in D major, Op. 25 No. 9

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Luigi Boccherini
Cello Sonata No. 6 in A major

Krzysztof Penderecki
Per Slava

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Mstislav Rostropovich
Humoresque, Op. 5

Round 3

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Born in 1993 in South Korea. Graduated from the Korea National University of Arts (class of Kangho Lee) and Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (class of Professor Wen-Sinn Yang). Participated in workshops by Jian Wang, Aldo Parisot, Philippe Muller and others.

Winner of the competition organized by the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (2011), the "eMuse" Online Music Competition (Athens, 2014), the VI International Cello Competition (Hungary, 2016), laureate of the International Concert Competition "Debut Berlin" (2016, 3rd prize), etc.

Performed with the "Wratislavia" Chamber Orchestra and the Walasek String Quartet (Poland), Seoul Youth Orchestra and Daegu Symphony Orchestra (South Korea) and others. Participant of the ensembles WOS Virtuoso Chamber Orchestra and C'ARTE Cello Ensemble, member of the Friends Chamber Music Society.

Park Sung Geun is currently an adjunct professor at Gimcheon Arts High School.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in B-flat major, Op. 25 No. 3

György Ligeti
Sonata for Solo Cello

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1

David Popper
Fantasy on Little Russian Songs

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Soprano

Born in Omsk. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where she is currently an assistant-intern (class of Associate Professor Larisa Rudakova).

Fellow of the Muslim Magomayev Musical and Cultural Heritage Fund (2020). Laureate of the Natalia Shpiller All-Russian Competition of Vocalists “Masterpieces of Russian Music” (Moscow, 2022, 1st prize).

She performed the roles of Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Mimì (La bohème), Zemfira (Aleko), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Francesca (Francesca da Rimini by Rachmaninoff, premiere performance conducted by Jeremy Walker, 2023), Iolanta, and others at the Opera Theatre of the Moscow Conservatory. Participated in the production of La bohème on the Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia under the direction of Anton Grishanin (2021). Since 2022, she has been a soloist of the Natalia Sats Moscow Opera and Ballet Theatre for Young Audience, where she performed the roles of Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Micaëla (Carmen), as well as the soprano part in the concert and theater production of Saint-Saëns’ oratorio Le Déluge under the direction of Artem Makarov. Natalia has collaborated with the conductors John Fisher, Evgeny Brazhnik, Konstantin Khvatynets, Vyacheslav Valeev, Alexander Zhilenkov.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In quali eccessi, o numi… Mi tradi quell'alma ingrate, Elvira’s recitative and aria from Don Giovanni

Ruggero Leoncavallo. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.. Stridono lassù, Nedda’s scene and ballad from Pagliacci

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. To bylo ranneyu vesnoy, Op. 38 No. 2

Round 2

Giuseppe Verdi. Ne’ tornei!.. Tacea la notte placida, Leonora’s cavatina from Il trovatore

Vissarion Shebalin. Na yarmarku pokhozh, Katherine’s recitative and aria from The Taming of the Shrew

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Zabyt’ tak skoro

Kak na etoy na dolinke, Russian folk song

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Spring Waters, Op. 14 No. 11

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Tatyana’s letter scene from Eugene Onegin

Charles Gounod. Les grands seigneurs… Ah! je ris, Marguerite’s aria from Faust

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

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

Born in 1998 in Anhui, Yiying Jiang has been studying at the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing) with Ti Zhang since 2010, previously studied with Yaoji Lin and Nan Xie. Participated in master classes by Zakhar Bron, Midori Goto, Ivry Gitlis, Qian Zhou, Shlomo Mintz.

Laureate of the Kloster Schöntal Competition (2013, 1st prize), the National Violin Competition (2015, 2nd prize), the Chengdu Guangya International Violin Competition (2016, 1st prize), the Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition (2016, 2nd prize), the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians (2017, 2nd prize), the Singapore Violin Festival Competition (2019, 1st prize), the Singapore International Violin Competition (2022, 6th prize).

She performs as the soloist and concertmaster of the Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra in Seoul; in an ensemble with violist Paul Coletti and others. Participated in the Bowdoin International Music Festival (USA) and Morningside Music Bridge (Canada).

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio and Fugue from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 1 in E major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata in G major, KV 379

Round 2

Richard Strauss
Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

Henryk Wieniawski
Faust Fantasia, Op. 20

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise

Chen Shuying
A Song of Gusu for violin and piano

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Born in 1998 in Voronezh. Sofia graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Alexey Koshvants) where she is currently an assistant intern. Sofia participated in workshops by Marina Keselman, Alexander Revich, Vladimir Ivanov, Alexander Vinnitsky, Maxim Fedotov, and others.

She won a silver medal at the Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Volgograd, 2014), laureate of the Mravinsky International Competition for Youth (St. Petersburg, 2016, 3rd prize), Beethoven International Music Competition (Sankt Pölten, Austria, 2017, 3rd prize), International Eduard Grach Violin Competition (Moscow, 2020, 3rd prize), All-Russian Music Competition (Kazan, 2022, 3rd prize) and others.

Participated in programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music. Sofia pursues an active artistic endeavor as a soloist and as a part of chamber ensembles.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 4 in С minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Karol Szymanowski
Narcisse from Mythes, Op. 30 No. 2

Eugène Ysaÿe
Lointain passé, Mazurka, Oр. 11

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34 (Vasily Bezekirsky’s version)

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

Sergei Prokofiev
Five Melodies, Op. 35

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Die letzte Rose

Round 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Lazar Kaminsky is studying at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School (Boston).

His accomplishments include winning first prizes at international competitions in the USA and Spain.

He has been a principal cellist of the String Chamber and Youth Symphony Orchestras of New England Conservatory. Lazar has played as a soloist with numerous orchestras, some of which include the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra and the Concord Orchestra (Massachusetts). Performed in Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, and Israel.

Recently, Lazar was the principal cellist of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of New England Conservatory.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in D minor, Op. 25 No. 4

Franz Schubert
An die Musik (arranged by David Popper)

David Popper
Dance of the Elves, Op. 39

Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on a Theme of Rossini

Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

Dmitry Shostakovich
Allegro and Allegro (2nd and 4th movements) from Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Born in 2001 in Moscow. She graduated from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music (class of Igor Zimin and Oleg Bugaev). At the present time, she is a student of the Maimonid Academy (class of Associate Professor Oleg Bugaev). She participated in workshops by Boris Andrianov, Justus Grimm, Alexander Zagorinsky, Alexander Knyazev, Martti Rousi, Alexander Rudin, Frans Helmerson, Denis Shapovalov.

Laureate of the Antonio Janigro International Competition (2020; 2nd prize), Svyatoslav Knushevitsky International Cello Competition (2021; 1st prize), All-Russian Musical Competition (2022; 1st prize). Scholarship of the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation.

She performed at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Great Hall of the St Petersburg Philharmonia, in the Netherlands, Spain, Lithuania, France, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Estonia.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in E minor, Op. 25 No. 12

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Manuel de Falla
Suite Populaire Espagnole

Zoltán Kodály
Allegro molto vivace (3rd movement) from Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

Benjamin Britten
Cello Sonata in C

Niccolò Paganini – Karol Szymanowski
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in F major, Op. 2 No. 1

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 126

Tenor

Born in 1995 in Ivanovo, he completed his education at the Baku Bulbul Secondary Special Music School (composition, music theory, and academic singing), as well as the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Professor Grigory Korchmar). He studied at the Elena Obraztsova International Academy of Music in St. Petersburg (Evgeny Akimov).

He is a laureate of the "Harmony" International Competition-Festival (Turkey, 2015; Grand Prix), and Bulbul International Vocalists Competition (Baku, 2022; III prize). He is a recipient of special prizes from the competitions: Pavel Lisitsian (Vladikavkaz, 2013), Francisco Araiza (Mexico, 2017), and Francisco Viñas (Barcelona, 2018). He is a fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky theatre.

He is a guest soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre, where he has performed 20 roles, including Pelleas in the premiere of Debussy's opera in 2019. He has participated in the "Elena" International Arts Festival in St. Petersburg, Ildar Abdrazakov International Music Festival in Ufa, the "Mariinsky Theatre – Vladikavkaz" International Caucasus Festival, and a series of concerts in Hong Kong. He has performed in the halls of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, Tallinn Philharmonic, and other venues.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Qual mi conturba i sensi... Fuor del mar, Idomeneo’s recitative and aria from Idomeneo

Giuseppe Verdi. Di’ tu se fedele, Riccardo’s aria from Un ballo in maschera

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. V etu lunnuyu noch’, Op. 73 No. 3

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Snova, kak prezhde, odin, Op. 73 No. 6

Franz Schubert. Frühlingstraum from Winterreise

Giuseppe Verdi. Forse la soglia attinse... Ma se m’è forza perderti, Riccardo’s recitative and aria from Un ballo in maschera

Qubanın ağ alması (Quba’s White Apple), Azerbaidjani folk song

Benjamin Britten. Asleep, my love?, Thysbe’s aria from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Round 3

Giacomo Puccini. Che gelida manina, Rodolfo’s aria from La bohème

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kuda, kuda..., Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Mengge studied flute at the Shenzhen Arts School since 2009 (class of Cai Wei) and was a student of the Central Conservatory from 2018 to 2021 (class of Han Guoliang). Participated in master classes by Ljubisa Jovanovic, Luisa Sello, Mathieu Dufour, Han Guoliang, Jeffrey Khaner, Wei Huang. During his studies, he was a soloist of the Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Laureate of the China Flute Federation Competition (2012   and 2014, 3rd prizes), the Competition for Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments in South China (2016), the Central Conservatory Competition (2018), the Florida Flute Association Competition (2020, 2nd prizeprize in the nomination "College Young Artist") and others.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian BachPartita for Solo Flute in A minor, BWV 1013
Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Bourrée anglaise

Vladimir Tsybin
Concert Allegro No. 1 in A minor

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 (arranged for flute)

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata for Solo Violin in D major, Op. 115 (arranged for flute)
Moderato / Andante dolce. Tema con variazioni / Con brio. Allegro precipitato

Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (arranged for flute)

Toshi Ichiyanagi
In a Living Memory for solo flute

Round 3

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq. 22 (H.425)
Allegro / Un poco andante / Allegro di molto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Allegro vivacissimo (3rd movement) from Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (arranged by Denis Bouriakov)

He studied at the School of Music Pérez Zeledón in San José (Costa Rica) with Marco Redondo, then at the National Music Institute of Costa Rica and at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid (classes of Gustavo Nuñez, Klaus Thunemann, Francisco Alonso Serena, and Ramón Ortega); studied chamber music under the guidance of Hansjorg Schellenberger, Radek Baborák, Stefan Dohr, Radovan Vlatkovic, Michel Arrignon, Dag Jensen, Jacques Zoon. He is currently studying in the Early Music Department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (class of Benny Aghassi), and he studies professional diplomacy at the University of Costa Rica.

Winner of the concerto competition “Jóvenes Solistas” (2015), held by the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica.

He plays in ensembles and orchestras on modern bassoon and historical instruments.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, KV 191/186е
Allegro / Andante ma adagio / Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4 (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 2

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Ciranda das sete notas

Paul Bonneau
Caprice en forme de valse

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
August (Harvest) from The Seasons (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Gordon Jacob
Partita for Solo Bassoon
Preludio. Allegro molto / Valse. Tempo di Valse animato / Presto. Presto assai / Aria antiqua. Andante / Capriccietto. Allegro molto

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Allegro moderato / Romanza. Andantino e cantabile / Rondo. Vivace

Was born in 2007 in Beijing. At the age of nine, he began to learn the horn with Professor Wen Quan. In 2019, he was admitted to the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music.

Laureate of the 3rd China International Horn Festival (Gold Medal), St. Petersburg’s XI Mravinsky International Competition for Youth (special prize), the Wind Grand Prix of the China Orchestra Network (online, 2020, 2nd prize), the China Youth Hummingbird Music Competition (2021, 1st prize), and the Singapore International Music – Western Music Competition (2021, 1st prize).

In 2022, he performed Haydn’s First Horn Concerto with the Kunming Nie Er Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, he began to serve as the principal trumpet of the Youth Symphony of the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music, and participated in the Beijing – Hong Kong – Macao Youth Art Festival, serving as the principal horn.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Horn Concerto in E-flat major, KV 417

Vitaly Buyanovsky. Scherzo À la chasse for horn and piano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. June (Barcarolle) from The Seasons (arranged by Anton Usov)

Round 2

Jane Vignery. Horn Sonata, Op. 7

Eugène Bozza. En Forêt

Boris Anisimov. Poem

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 (arranged by Maximiliano Santos)

Reinhold Glière. Horn Concerto in B-major, Op. 91

He studied trombone, tuba, as well as ancient instruments - sackbut and serpent - in Italy (School of Music in Fiesole) and Switzerland. He participated in the academies of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

He is a laureate of the competition in Treviso (2016; II prize).

In 2012 he became the bass trombonist of the Italian Youth Orchestra. In 2014 he became a principal in the trombone group and a bass trombonist in the orchestra of the Como Theatre, as well as a associate principal at the Olympic Theatre in Vicenza. In 2016, he became a bass trombonist in the Chamber Orchestra of Geneva. Since 2022, he has been a trombonist in the orchestra of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and a bass trombonist in the Toscanini Orchestra.

He plays sackbut and serpent in the Accademia Bizantina and La Pifarescha ancient music ensembles, performs jazz music with the NP Big Band ensemble, often performs in a duet with the organ and piano. Since 2017 he has been a bass trombonist of the Arquebuse brass ensemble (Geneva) and the Zurich Chamber Philharmonic.

Repertoire

Round 1

Giovanni Batista Pergolesi. Sinfonia

Launy Grøndahl. Trombone Concerto in F minor

Round 2

Leopold Mozart. Concerto for Alto Trombone

Iannis Xenakis. Keren for solo trombone

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Christian Lindberg. Suite from The Queen of Spades

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Vyacheslav Kruglik. Suite from Eugene Onegin

Nino Rota. Trombone Concerto in C

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

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

Born in 1994 in Moscow. Leonid studies at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music (class of Yelena Malkina). He continued his studies with Professor Alexander Vinnitsky at the Central Music School, Moscow Conservatory, as well as assistant intern.

Laureate of the Vladimir Spivakov Competition (Ufa, 2016, 3rd prize), International Music Competition Harbin (3rd prize), the All-Russian Music Competition (Moscow, 2018, 2nd prize) and others. Winner of the Grand Prix of the International Violin Competition in Astana (2017). Special award recipient of the Viktor Tretyakov International Violin Competition (Krasnoyarsk, 2018), the International Tchaikovsky Competition (2019), the Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition (Vienna, 2022).

Played with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra, the Novaya Rossiya and "Musica Viva" orchestras, and many others. Participant of the concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 7 in A minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation, Op. 42 No. 1
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34 (Vasily Bezekirsky’s version)

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Solo Violin in E major, Op. 27 No. 6

Maurice Ravel
Tzigane

Round 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, KV 216

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Alexandra was born in Primorsky Krai. She studied at the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Eduard Grach). A graduate of the Royal College of Music in London and the Manhattan School of Music (classes of Professors Felix Andrievsky and Albert Markov).

Winner of the Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition (Moscow, 2008, 1st prize), the Yampolsky International Competition (Moscow, 2009, 2nd prize), the Gershwin International Music Competition (New York, 2018, 1st prize), the All-Russian Competition for Symphony Orchestra Artists (Moscow, 2021, 1st prize) and others. Recipient of the Yamaha Music Award (2016).

Alexandra has performed at Carnegie Hall, in the UK, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Estonia, South Korea, and Japan. She has collaborated with conductors Leonard Slatkin, Mikhail Pletnev, Yuri Simonov, James Judd, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Yuri Bashmet, and others. She is currently a concertmaster of the Sochi Symphony Orchestra.

Alexandra plays the violin made by Honoré Derazey, a French violin maker.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 10 in G minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Ernest Chausson
Poème in E-flat minor, Op. 25

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Round 2

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Fritz Kreisler
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for solo violin, Op. 6

Alexander Glazunov
Meditation, Op. 32

Henryk Wieniawski
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Born in 1999 in Moscow. Ilya Mikhailov is a student of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Alexander Rudin), he studied with Professor Alexey Seleznev until 2021. Ilya participated in workshops by David Geringas, Jens Peter Maintz, Sergey Roldugin, Johannes Moser, Raphael Wallfisch, Alban Gerhardt, Alexander Knyazev, Narek Hakhnazaryan, and others.

Laureate of the All-Russian Music Competition (2022, 3rd prize), the Ippolitov-Ivanov All-Russian Competition (2020, 2nd prize), the Glière International Competition (2022). Fellow of the "New Names" Foundation, recipient of the Grant of the Mayor of Moscow (2016) and a grant of the President of the Russian Federation (2019).

He has performed in Russian cities, as well as in Germany, Italy, Austria, Malta, Algeria. Soloist of the St. Petersburg House of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1 

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude, Sarabande and Gigue from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in C major, Op. 25 No. 7 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 

Igor Stravinsky
Suite italienne

Round 2 

Franz Schubert
Sonata in A minor (Arpeggione), D 821

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on a Theme of Rossini

César Franck
Violin Sonata in A major (arranged by Jules Delsart)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Born in 1991 in Moscow. Arseniy Beznosikov graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Alexey Seleznev).

Young Talents Fellowship (2007, 2008) and Denis Matsuev Award. Laureate of a number of all-Russian and international competitions, he was awarded prizes in the solo nomination and as a part of chamber ensembles.

He performed as a soloist with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia (conductors Marius Stravinsky, Vyacheslav Valeev, Valery Kiryanov), with orchestras of Nizhny Novgorod, Izhevsk, Orenburg and others. He performed in Armenia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Greece, Spain. He participated in workshops by Natalia Shakhovskaya and at the Mozarteum University, Salzburg.

At the present time, he is the principal of the cello section in the  Bolshoi Theatre of Russia and a guest soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society.

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in D major, Op. 25 No. 9 

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 

Round 2

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 

Mstislav Rostropovich
Humoresque, Op. 5

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Baritone

Born in 1994 in the village of Boguchany, Krasnoyarsky region. Sevastyan Martynyuk graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Academy of Music and Theater (class of Associate Professor Larisa Marzoeva).

He is a laureate of the Slovtsov International Competition for Young Opera Singers (Krasnoyarsk, 2017; I prize), the Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Yekaterinburg, 2017; Gold Medal), the Ferruccio Tagliavini International Competition of Opera Singers (Deutschlandsberg - Graz, Austria, 2018; III prize). He is a diploma recipient and a special prize winner of the International Competition of Opera Singers "St. Petersburg" (2019).

He is a soloist of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater. In 2019, he made his debut in the role of Silvio in Pagliacci at the Fonte Mazzola Amphitheater at the Undici Lune festival in Peccholi (Italy). He twice participated in the concerts of Dmitry Hvorostovsky (2014, 2017). He participated in the "Hvorostovsky and friends - for children" concert with Ildar Abdrazakov and Hibla Gerzmava (2018), in the concert of Ildar Abdrazakov at the opening of the Hvorostovsky Festival (2022). He performed the parts of Frederic in Lacmé and Don Giovanni during the troupe's tour at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia in 2022. In 2023, he performed the part of Robert in Iolanta in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Moscow Theater "Helikon-Opera".

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Reconciliation, Op. 25 No. 1

Vincenzo Bellini. Or dove fuggo io mai… Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei, Riccardo’s recitative and aria from I puritani

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hai già vinta la causa... Vedrò mentre io sospiro, Count’s recitative and aria from Le nozze di Figaro

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Feat, Op. 60 No. 11

Georgy Sviridov. Ya prigvozhden k traktirnoy stoyke...

Proshchay, radost, zhizn moya, Russian folk song

Giuseppe Verdi. Per me giunto… Io morrо, Rodrigo’s recitative and aria from Don Carlo

Daniil Frenkel. Paratov’s aria from Without a Dowry 

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ya vas lyublyu, Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Mein sehnen, mein wähnen, Pierrot’s aria from Die tote Stadt

Tenor

Born in 1994 in Naberezhnye Chelny. In 2021 he graduated with honors from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Professor Yuri Marusin). He is a laureate of the Okhotnikov International Opera Singers Competition (2019, I prize).

While still being a student of the Conservatory, he performed in the opera studio on the stage of the "Music Hall" Theatre following roles: Vaudemont, Lensky, Rudolfo, Chekalinsky.

He was a soloist of the “Zazerkalye” theatre (2020-2021).

In 2021 he became a fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre.

He is a guest artist of the Mariinsky Theatre since 2022.

He made his debut on the Mariinsky stage in 2022 in the role of Vaudémont in Iolanta. In performances at the Mariinsky Theatre, he performs the roles of Lensky (Eugene Onegin), The Prince (The Love for Three Oranges), Don Antonio (Betrothal in a Monastery), Idamante (Idomeneo, re di Creta), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Nemorino (L’elisir d'amore), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Ismaele (Nabucco), and Cassio (Otello by Verdi).

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Non ho colpa, Idamante’s aria from Idomeneo

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ya lyublyu vas, Olga, Lensky’s arioso from Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Khotel by v edinoe slovo

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Coral Beads, Op. 28 No. 2

Georgy Sviridov. Mne ne zhal’, chto drug zhenilsya from vocal cycle Suburb Lyrics

Vsyu-to ya vselennuyu proyekhal, Russian folk song

Giuseppe Verdi. Quando le sere al placido, Rodolfo’s recitative and aria from Luisa Miller

Daniil Frenkel. Ne vidat’ doroge kraya, Farkov’s song from Gloomy River

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net! Chary lask, Vaudemont’s romance from Iolanta

Giacomo Puccini. Nessun dorma, Calàf’s aria from Turandot

Born in 1997 in Yekaterinburg. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and was an assistant-intern (class of Professor Alexander Golyshev). Participated in master classes by Sir James Galway, Emmanuel Pahud, Vincent Lukas, Felix Renggli, etc.

Laureate of the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Winds and Percussion (Moscow, 2017, 2nd prize), the International Flute Competition Domenico Cimarosa (Aversa, Italy, 2019, 2nd prize), the All-Russian Music Competition of Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments (Moscow, 2020, 2nd prize), the Anton Rubinstein International Competition of Performers on Wind Instruments (Düsseldorf, 2021, 2nd prize).

She was the principal of the flute group of the All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra. Artist of the State Symphony Orchestra «Novaya Rossiya». Soloist of the St. Petersburg House of Music.

Teacher of the flute class at the Ippolitov-Ivanov State Musical Pedagogical Institute.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for Solo Flute in A minor, BWV 1013
Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Bourrée anglaise

Vladimir Tsybin
Concert Allegro No. 3 in F-sharp minor

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 (arranged for flute)

Edison Denisov
Flute Sonata

Theobald Boehm
Grand Polonaise, Op. 16

Luciano Berio
Sequenza I for solo flute

Round 3

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq. 22 (H.425)
Allegro / Un poco andante / Allegro di molto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Allegro vivacissimo (3rd movement) from Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (arranged by Denis Bouriakov)

He was born in 2000 in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. After moving to Kazakhstan, he studied at the Kulyash Bayseitova Kazakh Special Music Boarding School for Gifted Children (Almaty). Student of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (class of Professor Sergei Krasavin).

Winner of the International Contest of Young Performers «Astana-Merey» (2017), winner of the Batyrkhan Shukenov Republican Competition of Performers on Woodwinds (Almaty, 2018, 2nd prize), winner of the Rudolf Gummert International Young Performers Competition (Kazan, 2019, Grand Prix) and the Dolzhikov International Competition and Festival of Young Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments (Moscow, 2019).

He played with the Kremlin Orchestra, the Kaluga Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, KV 191/186е
Allegro / Andante ma adagio / Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4 (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 2

Marcel Bitsch
Bassoon Concertino

Paul Bonneau
Caprice en forme de valse

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
August (Harvest) from The Seasons (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Gordon Jacob
Partita for Solo Bassoon
Preludio. Allegro molto / Valse. Tempo di Valse animato / Presto. Presto assai / Aria antiqua. Andante / Capriccietto. Allegro molto

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Allegro moderato / Romanza. Andantino e cantabile / Rondo. Vivace

At the age of 10, he began to study horn with Zheng Xiaoming, the former fourth horn of the China National Symphony Orchestra, and later with Man Yi, Associate Professor of Chinese Horn Department at the Central Conservatory of Music. In 2014, he was admitted to the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied under Professor Wen Quan. In 2018, he was admitted to the Senior Middle School and studied under Zhang Mimi. He was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music in 2021 and studied under the same teacher.

Laureate of the “Ode to the Motherland” National Music Competition (2011, 2nd prize) and the Chinese Art Global Performance Competition (2nd prize in 2012, 1st prize in 2013).

Wang Zhiyuan played principal horn in a number of quartets and orchestras. He participated in the recording of the China Central Television Youth Day Gala and played the voice of the horn.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Horn Concerto in E-flat major, KV 417

Vitaly Buyanovsky. Scherzo À la chasse for horn and piano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. June (Barcarolle) from The Seasons (arranged by Anton Usov)

Round 2

Jane Vignery. Horn Sonata, Op. 7

Eugène Bozza. Sur les Cimes

Boris Anisimov. Poem

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 (arranged by Maximiliano Santos)

Reinhold Glière. Horn Concerto in B-major, Op. 91

Baritone

Born in 1994 in the city of Maisky, Kabardino-Balkar Republic. He graduated from the Stavropol Regional College of Arts (class of Tatyana Maslova) and the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Anatoly Loshak). He is a student at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singing Center (Moscow).

He is a laureate of the International Opera Singers Competition "St. Petersburg" (2021; special prize for the best performance of an aria by a foreign composer), the All-Russian stage of the International Competition of Creative Teams "Army of Culture" (Moscow, 2021; I prize), the International Competition of Performers of Russian Romance "Big Romance" (Moscow, 2022; I prize), the International Competition of Creative Teams "Army of Culture" (Moscow, 2022; I prize), and many other vocal competitions.

In the singer's repertoire are the title parts of Aleko, Eugene Onegin, Gianni Schicchi, Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades, Venetian Merchant in Sadko, Marcel in La Boheme, Robert in Iolanta. He is a soloist of the Russian Airborne Troops Song and Dance Ensemble.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hai già vinta la causa?, Count’s aria from Le nozze di Figaro

Charles Gounod. Avant de quitter ces lieux, Valentin’s cavatina from Faust

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Na nivy zhyoltye, Op. 57 No. 2

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Feat, Op. 60 No. 11

Jules Massenet. Vision fugitive, Herodes’ aria from Hérodiade

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Spring Waters, Op. 14 No. 11

Tikhon Khrennikov. Bogata, imenita, Frol’s monologue from Brother-in-Law Without Kindred

Ekh ty, Vanka, Russian folk song

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Vy tak pechal’ny, dorogaya... Ya vas lyublyu, Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Gioachino Rossini. Largo al factotum, Figaro’s cavatina from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Baritone

Born in 1991 in the Ulziit somon of Arkhangai aimag. In 2015, he graduated from the Mongolian University of Culture and Arts (Ulaanbaatar, class of V. Burenjargal).

During his studies he won a competition for professional skills among students. In 2022, he was awarded the III prize at the B. Sharav Vocalists' Competition.

Since 2016, he has been a soloist of the choir of the Mongolian Opera and Ballet Theater (Ulaanbaatar). He also performed on the theater stage, playing the roles of Baron Dufol in La traviata, Tumen in the opera The Taking of the Kyakhta Fortress by D. Luvsansharav, Namnan in the opera Lama’s Tears by H. Bilegjargal, and the Patrol Commander in B. Sharav's opera Genghis Khan. In 2018, the artist sang the part of Baron Dufol four times in Taejon (South Korea).

Repertoire

Round 1

Christoph Willibald Gluck. O del mio dolce ardor, Paride’s aria from Paride ed Elena

Giuseppe Verdi. Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima, Renato’s aria from Un ballo in maschera

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6

Round 2

Edvard Grieg. Ich liebe dich, Op. 5 No. 3

Tohoi zandan mod, Mongol folk song

Khaltaryn Bilegjargal. Lodon’s aria from Lama’s Tears

Umberto Giordano. Nemico della, Gérard’s aria from Andrea Chénier

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Don Juan’s Serenade, Op. 38 No. 1

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ya vas lyublyu, Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Gioachino Rossini. Largo al factotum, Figaro’s cavatina from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Ma Hua graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (class of Professor Lansong Li) and the Staatliche Hochschule Fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Germany (class of Professor Marc Engelhardt).

Laureate of the China Woodwind Chamber Music Competition (2011 and 2014), the International Bassoon Choir Chamber Music Competition in Strasbourg (2012, 1st prize), International Solo Competition by Karl Maria von Weber (2018, 1st prize, Best Performance). Ma Hua was awarded honorable mentions and received special prizes at the Michał Spisak International Competition (2021); participant of Swiss International Bassoon Solo Competition "Muri" (Switzerland, 2016), the German International Bassoon Solo Competition "Markneukirchen" (2018), the International Bassoon Solo Competition "Prague Spring" (2020).

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, KV 191/186е
Allegro / Andante ma adagio / Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4 (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 2

Marcel Bitsch
Bassoon Concertino

Paul Bonneau
Caprice en forme de valse

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
August (Harvest) from The Seasons (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Gordon Jacob
Partita for Solo Bassoon
Preludio. Allegro molto / Valse. Tempo di Valse animato / Presto. Presto assai / Aria antiqua. Andante / Capriccietto. Allegro molto

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Allegro moderato / Romanza. Andantino e cantabile / Rondo. Vivace

Born in 2002 in Moscow. Sergey Khvorostyanov graduated from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music (class of Gennady Shamin). Student at the Lausanne Conservatory (class of Professor Carlo Colombo). Participated in master classes by Mikhail Ourman, Alexander Klechevsky, Valery Popov, Matthias Rácz, Frank Forst, David Seidel, Dag Jensen, Laurent Lefèvre.

Winner of the Leopold Mozart Moscow Open Festival and Competition of Young Performers of Ancient Music (2016), the International Festival and Competition of Arts Allegretto Grazioso (Moscow, 2017), the Gnessin Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2018) and others. Laureate of the Moscow Conservatory International Competition for Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments (2019, 3rd prize and Special Prize).

Participant of the ISA Summer Academy in Austria (2019, 2021), Verbier Festival (2019, 2021). Sergey performed with the Gnessin Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and the Russian Camerata Chamber Orchestra, with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra for Children and Youth, etc.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, KV 191/186е
Allegro / Andante ma adagio / Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4 (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 2

Marcel Bitsch
Bassoon Concertino

Paul Bonneau
Caprice en forme de valse

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
August (Harvest) from The Seasons (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Gordon Jacob
Partita for Solo Bassoon
Preludio. Allegro molto / Valse. Tempo di Valse animato / Presto. Presto assai / Aria antiqua. Andante / Capriccietto. Allegro molto

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Allegro moderato / Romanza. Andantino e cantabile / Rondo. Vivace

Laureate of the Jeju International Brass Competition (3rd prize in the brass quintet category in 2017, 1st prize in the trumpet category in 2021) as well as the Dong-A Music Competition, the Music Association of Korea Competition, the Busan MBC Music Competition, and the Seoul National University Symphony Band Competition.

He appears on many stages, including the Kumho Art Hall and the Seoul National University Concert Hall. In 2017, Kim Dong-min gathered performers and founded Sungsu Brass Quintet, and has been the leader of the team so far. He is also a member of the “Seoul Brass Sound” brass quintet. In 2022, he organized and played an academic program with songs frequently played on the international stage through the Seoul Brass Sound Foundation Concert at the IBK Chamber Hall of the Seoul Arts Center.

Repertoire

Round 1

Joseph Haydn. Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major

Vincent Persichetti. Parable XIV

George Enescu. Légende

Round 2

Johann Friedrich Fasch. Trumpet Concerto in D major

Alexandra Pakhmutova. Trumpet Concerto in E-flat minor

Théo Charlier. Solo de concours in B-flat minor

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Mieczysław Weinberg. Trumpet Concerto

In 2015, he studied with Han Lin. In 2018, he was admitted to the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied under Hu Bingyu. Since 2022, he has been studying under Li Jingzo at the Central Conservatory of Music. Has attended many master classes and been personally instructed by Hans Nickel, Øystein Baadsvik, Jens Bjorn Larsen, Alan Baer, Thomas Leleu, etc.

In 2017, he won the 6th Chinese Music Small Golden Bell Award. Laureate of the Trombone Grand Prix of Zimbo (2019, 2nd prize), the Online Wind Grand Prix of the China Orchestra Network (2020, 2nd prize), the New Zealand International Brass Competition (2021, 2nd prize), the China Orchestra Network & the 1st International Music Festival of Orvis and the 8th International Bass Brass Art Festival (2021, Silver Award).

Performed with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Central Conservatory of Music and the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Thomas Stevens. Variations in Olden Style (after Bach)

Robert Schumann. Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 (arranged for tuba)

Round 2

Anthony Plog. Tuba Sonata

Niccolò Paganini. Caprice for solo violin No. 24 in A minor (arranged for tuba)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 (arranged by Maximiliano Santos)

Alexander Arutiunian. Tuba Concerto

Born in 1992 in Guizhou, China, he studied at the middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory (class of Professor Li Dali), Saarbrücken Hochschule für Musik (class of Professor Fabrice Millischer) and Lübeck Hochschule für Musik (class of Professor Michael Rantzenberger), and he graduated from ahead of schedule.

He is a laureate of the Yamaha Company competition (2012, 1st prize) and a participant of the ARD Company competition (2022).

While studying in Germany, he worked in the Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra and the orchestra of the Hamburg Opera Theater, and currently, he is a principal of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Giovanni Batista Pergolesi. Sinfonia

Ferdinand David. Trombone Concertino, Op. 4

Round 2

Leopold Mozart. Concerto for alto trombone

Iannis Xenakis. Keren for solo trombone

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Christian Lindberg. Suite from The Queen of Spades

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Vyacheslav Kruglik. Suite from Eugene Onegin

Nino Rota. Trombone Concerto in C

Born in 2004 in the city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, he has been studying under Professor Lu Yan at the Beijing Central Conservatory since 2017. He has also received tutelage from Denson Paul Pollard, Peter Steiner, Jacques Mauger, Armin Bachmann, and others. Since January 2022, he has regularly taken lessons from Professor Fabrice Millischer.

He was awarded the silver medal at the Tianjin Jinbao Trombonist Competition (2017) and the Wind Instrument Performers Competition (2021).

Repertoire

Round 1

Giovanni Batista Pergolesi. Sinfonia

Henri Tomasi. Trombone Concerto

Round 2

Leopold Mozart. Concerto for alto trombone

Folke Rabe. Basta for solo trombone

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Christian Lindberg. Suite from The Queen of Spades

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Vyacheslav Kruglik. Suite from Eugene Onegin

Nino Rota. Trombone Concerto in C

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

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

From the age of six studied with Marina Keselman. Daniil graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Maya Glezarova), continued his education with Irina Svetlova and at Conservatorium Maastricht (class of Professor Boris Belkin). He currently studies with Eduard Wulfson.

Laureate of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin International Music Competition (Paris, 2018, 6th prize).

He has performed in the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Moscow International House of Music, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the St. Petersburg State Capella, Carnegie Hall; appeared in Canada, France, Italy, Estonia, Thailand. Played with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra, and others.

Head of the creative association "Attraction", teacher at the Moscow Conservatory.

In 2021, recording company "Melodiya" released the artist's debut album.

Daniil will be playing the violin by Antonio Stradivari "Felix Yusupov" (1736) at the Tchaikovsky Competition.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio and Fugue from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 6 in G minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Eugène Ysaÿe
Poème élégiaque, Op. 12

Round 2

Béla Bartók
Tempo di ciaccona from Sonata for Violin Solo

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

Camille Saint-Saëns – Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice after Étude en forme de valse

Round 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Born in 1993 in Omsk. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Eduard Grach). Participated in master classes by Viktor Tretyakov, Boris Kushnir, Zakhar Bron, Maxim Vengerov, etc.

Winner of the Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition (2013), the International Violin Competition in Astana (2014), the All-Russian Competition for Symphony Orchestra Artists (Moscow, 2018). Laureate of the Joseph Szigeti International Violin and Viola Competition, the Classic Strings Competition in Dubai (2022).

Elena tours in Russia and Europe. She played with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Novaya Rossiya Orchestra, etc. Performed with Valery Gergiev, Alexander Lazarev, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Yuri Simonov, Paavo Yarvi, Thomas Sanderling and others. Concertmaster of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra. Teacher of the Russian State University named after A. N. Kosygin.

Elena plays the violin by Antonio Stradivari (1723).

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 17 in E-flat major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy

Round 2

Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

Fritz Kreisler
Caprice viennois, Op. 2
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for solo violin, Op. 6

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Born in 2006 in Moscow. Daniil Nikonov is studying at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music (class of Vladimir Tonkha). He participated in master classes by David Geringas, Kirill Rodin, Olga Galochkina and Alexey Vasiliev.

Laureate of the Klaipéda International Cello Competition (2017), the Svyatoslav Knushevitsky International Cello Competition (2018, 2021), the International Open Competition for Young Performers "Pink Seagull" (2019, 2022), the Governor's International Youth Contest named after Valery Gavrilin (2021), the contest "Young Talents of Russia" (2022). Scholarships of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation, the "New Names" Foundation and the Yuri Rozum Foundation.

He plays the cello by the modern violin maker Gabriele Jebran Yakoub.

Repertoire

Round 1 

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in E minor, Op. 25 No. 12

Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 

Zoltán Kodály
Allegro molto vivace (3rd movement) from Sonata for Solo Cello in B minor, Op. 8 

Round 2

Hans Bottermund – Janos Starker
Variations on Theme of Paganini, Op. 4 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 

Round 3 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version) 

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125

Born in 2005 in St. Petersburg. Bogdan Efremov studies at the Moscow Gnessin Special School (college) of Music (class of Igor Zimin). He participated in master classes of Jens Peter Maintz, Frans Helmerson, David Geringas, Alexander Buzlov, Sergey Roldugin.

Laureate of the Svyatoslav Knushevitsky International Cello Competition (1st prize), International Competition named after Sher (Grand Prix), Sviridov International Competition for Young Musicians (1st prize), winner of the All-Russian Music Competition "Blue Bird" (2019). Scholarship of the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation.

Participant of the concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music. He performed at the Zaryadye Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Belgorod, Samara, Saratov and Kaliningrad Philharmonics.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude, Sarabande and Gigue from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in D major, Op. 25 No. 9

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Igor Stravinsky
Suite italienne

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69

Gaspar Cassadó
Dance of the Green Devil

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

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

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

Chaowen Luo studied with Sishan Xiao as his first teacher, then in 2011 he studied with Professor Chenxing Huang at the Primary School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. After that he was admitted to the High School of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied with Hong Wang in 2013.

In 2019 Chaowen Luo began to study for an undergraduate degree at the Central Conservatory of Music with Jia Zhang and Weidong Tong

Winner of the International Competition for Youth "Musicial Vladivostok" (Grand Prix), the Schontal International Violin Competition (2nd prize), the Zhuhai Mozart International Competition for Young Musicians (3rd prize), the Scholarship Competition of the Central Conservatory of Music (1st prize), the National Competition for the Performance of a Solo Concert (1st prize), the Futian Cup National Youth String Competition (1st prize), semifinalist of the Paganini International Violin Competition (2021).

He has performed with the Austrian "Salzburg Soloists" Chamber Orchestra, the Inner Mongolia Symphony Orchestra, the Shanxi Provincial Violin Society Chamber Orchestra, the Qingdao and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestras, the Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra. Collaborated with Maxim Vengerov and Seiji Ozawa.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 24 in A minor
Caprice No. 11 in С major

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Henryk Wieniawski
Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16

Round 2

Franz Schubert
Fantasy in C major, D 934

Fritz Kreisler
Gypsy Caprice

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 115

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Die letzte Rose

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Dongyeol attended the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts and received his Bachelor of Music from the Korea National University of Arts under tutelage of Hyung-Won Chang and Myung-Wha Chung. Currently, he is pursuing his graduate degree at the Korea National University with Kangho Lee and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi.

Laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, the most prestigious competitions in South Korea including the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation Young Artist Audition, Dong-A Music Competition, Ewha Competition, Busan-MBC Competition, and the Gran Prix at the Sungjeong Competition.

His recital debut was at the age of 10. As a soloist, he performed with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Korean Symphony Orchestra, the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Paul Hindemith
Phantasiestück, Op. 8 No. 2

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in C major, Op. 25 No. 7

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Round 2

Franz Schubert
Sonata in A minor (Arpeggione), D 821

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

David Popper
Dance of the Elves, Op. 39

Round 3

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Ivan Sendetckii graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Professor Anatoly Nikitin), the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin (class of Troels Svane), New England Conservatory in Boston (class of Professor Laurence Lesser), the Hochschule für Musik Basel, Switzerland (class of Professor Danjulo Ishizaka).

Winner of the Svyatoslav Knushevitsky International Cello Competition (2012 and 2014), the All-Russian Competition for Symphony Orchestra Artists (2020), laureate of the Khachaturian International Competition (2022). In 2019, he was awarded a special prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.

During the season 2020-2021 he debuted with Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (conductor Sergey Smbatyan) and Le Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie (conductor Vahan Mardirossian).

He has performed at festivals in Verbier and Schlern, at the Moscow Easter Festival, in Germany, Austria, France, and the USA. He has performed as a soloist with Valery Gergiev, David Geringas, Pablo Heras-Casado.

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in E minor, Op. 25 No. 12

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Igor Stravinsky
Suite italienne

Round 2

György Ligeti
Sonata for Solo Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Witold Lutosławski
Cello Concerto

Soprano

Born in 1991 in Cherkessk (Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia). Diana graduated from Yakut Music College (class of Elena Yakovleva) and the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Professor Galina Kiseleva). Participated in master classes by Harry Peters, Susan Bullock, Elena Obraztsova.

Laureate of the International Competition and Festival “Narva Lights the Stars” (Tallinn, 2015, 2nd prize), the International Singing Competition Vissi d’Arte (Prague, 2017, 1st prize), the Isabella Yurieva International Romance Competition (Tallinn, 2019, 2nd prize), the International Opera Сontest Rita Gorr (Ghent, 2019, 3rd prize). Diploma recipient of the International Competition of Vocalists named after Muslim Magomayev (Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, 2021). Fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre.

In 2019–2021, she worked at the St. Petersburg Opera, where she performed the roles of Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Adalgisa (Norma), the First and Second maids (Elektra). In 2022, Diana made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre; at the present time, she is its guest soloist, performing the roles of Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Iolanta, Tatiana, Adalgisa.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Temerari! Sortite... Come scoglio, Fiordiligi’s recitative and aria from Così fan tutte

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Nochi bezumnye, Op. 60 No. 6

Ruggero Leoncavallo. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.. Stridono lassù, Nedda’s scene and ballade from Pagliacci

Round 2

Francis Poulenc. Mes filles, voilà que s’achève, Madame Lidoine’s aria from Dialogues des Carmélites

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Serenade (O, ditya…), Op. 63 No. 6

Antonín Dvořák. Dejte klec jestřábu from Gypsy Songs Op. 55 No. 7

Tsveli, tsveli tsvetiki, Russian folk song

Giuseppe Verdi. Tu che le vanità, Élisabeth de Valois’s aria from Don Carlo

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, nichego ne nado… Otchego eto prezhde ne znala, Iolanta’s recitative and arioso from Iolanta

Amilcare Ponchielli. Suicidio! Gioconda’s aria from La Gioconda

Born in 2006 in Zhengzhou. He has been studying oboe since the age of eight at the school at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing with Professor Jin Jingchun. Participated in master classes by Christian Wetzel, Washington Barrera, Albrecht Mayer.

The winner of the China Youth Music Competition (the Hummingbird Award), the competition at the Hong Kong Festival (1st prize), the Mravinsky Competition in St. Petersburg (2018, 1st prize), the International Double Reeds Society Young Artists Competition (2020), received the right to give a concert at the conference of this society in 2021 and play the Oboe concerto “La Favorita” in Macao 2019, play two solo concerts in 2021 and 2022.

Participant of the Best of Best Top Innovative Talent Training Plan of the Central Conservatory of Music. Principal oboe in the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School. He has performed with conductor Li Biao and the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, conductor Chen Lin and the Symphony Orchestra of the Central Conservatory, and other orchestras.

Repertoire

Round 1

Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No. 8 in E minor for solo flute (oboe)
Largo / Spirituoso / Allegro

Luciano Berio
Sequenza VII for solo oboe

Francis Poulenc
Oboe Sonata
Élégie. Paisiblement / Scherzo. Très animé / Déploration. Très calme

Round 2

Аntonio Vivaldi
Oboe Sonata in C minor, RV 53
Adagio / Allegro / Andante / Allegro

Robert Schumann
Three romances for oboe and piano, Op. 94
Nicht schnell / Einfach, innig / Nicht schnell

Antal Doráti
Duo concertante for oboe and piano
Lento, rubatissimo / Lento – Molto vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Allegro moderato / Andante / Vivace – Allegro

Soprano

Samira graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Professor Nadezhda Drozdova-Weiner), she is currently an assistant-intern at the conservatory. Student of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center (class of Professor Lydia Yatsynych (Chernykh). Participated in master classes by Larisa Gergieva, Tamara Sinyavskaya.

Laureate of the Chopin International Competition (St. Petersburg, 2016, 3rd prize and diploma for the best performance of Chopin’s song), the Competition of Sacred Music Performers “Re-ligo” (St. Petersburg, 2016), the Competition of Performers of Russian Romance “Gatchina Romanciade” (2020), the All-Russian Review Competition of Vocalists - Graduates of Music Universities (St. Petersburg, 2022). Diploma recipient and winner of the “Hope” special prize of the Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition of Young Opera Singers (Tikhvin, 2016), diploma recipient of the Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers (St. Petersburg, 2019) and the Sobinov International Vocal Competition (Yaroslavl, 2021). Fellow of the Muslim Magomayev Musical and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Participated in the All-Russian Decade of Graduates for Creative Universities at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (2022).

Repertoire

Round 1

Gioachino Rossini. Semiramide’scavatina Bel raggio lusinghier from Semiramide

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Skazhi, o chem v teni vetvey, Op. 57, No.1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Temerari! Sortite... Come scoglio Fiordiligi’s recitative and aria from Così fan tutte

Round 2

Giacomo Meyerbeer. Robert, toi que j'aime, Isabelle’s aria from Robert le Diable

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Summer Night’s Dream, Op. 56 No. 2

Tsveli-tsveli tsvetiki, Russian folk song arranged by Nikolai Rakov

Vissarion Shebalin. Menya oslavili stroptivoy, Katherina’s aria from The Taming of the Shrew

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego?, Op. 6 No. 5

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, nichego ne nado… Otchego eto prezhde ne znala, Iolanta’s recitative and arioso from Iolanta

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Crudele?.. Non mi dir, Donna Anna’s recitative and aria from Don Giovanni

Born in 2003 in Moscow. He graduated from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music (class of Denis Osver). Student of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Alexey Utkin). Participated in master classes by José Antonio Masmano, Eric Gonzalez, Gregor Witt, Washington Barella, Domenico Orlando, Fabien Thouand, Alexander Vvedenskiy, Alexey Utkin, and others.

Winner of the «Young Talents of Russia» Award. The winner of the Gnessin Festival and Competition for Performers on Wind & Percussion Instruments (Moscow, 2020), the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Wind and Percussion Performers (2021), the Alexander Glazunov Youth Music Competition (Petrozavodsk, 2022) and others.

Collaborated with orchestras of Nizhny Novgorod, the North Caucasus Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic Society, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Chamber Orchestra, etc. He performed at the Verbier Festival. Participant of programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No. 3 in B minor for solo flute (oboe)
Largo / Vivace / Allegro

Heinz Holliger
Studie II for solo oboe

Henri Dutilleux
Oboe Sonata
Aria. Grave / Scherzo. Vif / Final. Assez allant

Round 2

Аntonio Vivaldi
Oboe Sonata in C minor, RV 53
Adagio / Allegro / Andante / Allegro

Robert Schumann
Three romances for oboe and piano, Op. 94
Nicht schnell / Einfach, innig / Nicht schnell

Antal Doráti
Duo concertante for oboe and piano
Lento, rubatissimo / Lento – Molto vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Allegro moderato / Andante / Vivace – Allegro

Born in 1995, Charles Reydellet graduated from the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Lyon in 2012. Currently, he studies at the Hochschule für Musik Trossingen (class of Zempléni Szabolcs) and the Universität der Künste Berlin (under the guidance of Christian Dallmann, Sebastian Posch, and Bertrand Chatenet). From 2022 to 2023, he is studying at the Haute école de musique de Genève.

In 2013, he won 1st prize at the competition “Città di Chieri” (Italy), and in 2021, he was a finalist at the competition “Città di Porcia” (Italy). 

Charles Reydellet regularly plays as a guest musician in the Münchener Kammerorchester, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, the Kammerorchester der Komischen Oper Berlin, while performing chamber music (Donaueschingen Festival of contemporary music).

Since 2018, he has been Horn Professor at the Conservatoire de Nice – Université Nice Côte d’Azur.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Horn Concerto in E-flat major, KV 417

Vitaly Buyanovsky. Scherzo À la chasse for horn and piano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. June (Barcarolle) from The Seasons (arranged by Anton Usov)

Round 2

Jane Vignery. Horn Sonata, Op. 7

Eugène Bozza. En Forêt

Boris Anisimov. Poem

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 (arranged by Maximiliano Santos)

Reinhold Glière. Horn Concerto in B-major, Op. 91

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

Born in 1994 in Kazan. Vasily Stepanov graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (classes of Professor Natalia Shakhovskaya and Boris Andrianov) and its assistant internship (class of Boris Andrianov). He studied at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid (class of Professor Jens Peter Maintz). Vasily participated in workshops by Sergey Roldugin, David Geringas, Gauthier Capuçon, Martti Rousi, Niels Ulner, Torleif Thedéen.

Winner of the Mravinsky International Competition for Youth (2012) and the Riga Classic Strings Competition (2018).

He has performed solo concerts in France, Spain, Denmark, Japan, and the USA. He has worked with such conductors as Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Alexander Titov, Dimitris Botinis, Alexander Sladkovsky, and others. He participated in the recording of music for the films Sobibor, Brotherhood, Once upon a Time in the Desert.

He leads a cello class at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music and the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 6

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

Igor Stravinsky
Suite italienne

Rodion Shchedrin
Quadrille from the opera Not Love Alone (arranged by Grigory Zinger)

Mstislav Rostropovich
Humoresque, Op. 5

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125

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

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

Bass

Born in 1996 in the village of Sabanchino, Yalchiksky district, Chuvash Republic. He graduated from Cheboksary Music College (Agrippina Ivanova) and the Popov Academy of Choral Art (Professor Svetlana Nesterenko and Ekaterina Lekhina), where he is currently an assistant-intern in the class of Ekaterina Lekhina. He participated in master classes of Ildar Abdrazakov, Semen Skigin.

He is a holder of the Popov Award (2020). He is a laureate of the Lydia Abramova Bella Voce International Student Vocalists Competition (Moscow, 2019; I prize), "Russian Bass" International Youth Festival-Competition of Vocal Art (Moscow, 2019; III prize), All-Russian Music Competition (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2022; I prize). Finalist of the International Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Artists Competition (2021).

He collaborated with such conductors as Denis Vlasenko, Nikolay Azarov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Miltos Logiadis, Alexey Petrov, Ilya Vasheruk, Dmitry Korchak, Daniele Squeo, Arsenty Tkachenko, Sergey Skripka, Andrey Lebedev, Valentin Uryupin, Alexander Samoile, Evgeniy Samoylov, Karen Durgaryan. He is a soloist of the "Novaya Opera" Moscow Theatre, guest soloist of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Udmurt Republic.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In diesen heil’gen Hallen, Zarastro’s aria from Die Zauberflöte

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Blagoslovlyayu vas, lesa, Op. 47 No. 5

Alexander Borodin. Zdorov li, knyaz’?, Konchak’s aria from Prince Igor 

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Reconciliation, Op. 25 No. 1

Modest Musorgsky. The Flea

Ey, ukhnem, Russian folk song

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Lyubvi vse vozrasty pokorny, Gremin’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Georgy Sviridov. Our Land from Pathetic Oratorio

Round 3

Giuseppe Verdi. Mentre gonfiarsi l’anima, Attila’s aria from Attila

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Gospod’ moy, esli greshen ya, King René’s arioso from Iolanta

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

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

Born in 1999 in Dalian. Currently studying at the Central Conservatory (Beijing) with Ti Zhang, previously studied with Yaoji Lin. Chenming Wang participated in master classes by Midori Goto, Zakhar Bron, Lewis Kaplan, Zhou Qian, Feng Ning, Kun Hu, Paul Roczek, William van der Sloot, Gwen Hoebig.

Laureate of the Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition (2014, 4th prize), Leonid Kogan International Violin Competition (2021, 3rd prize), Savshinsky International Music Competition (2021, 3rd prize), the Futian International String Competition (2016, 3rd prize), Chengdu Guangya International Violin Competition (2019, 5th prize), London Young Musician International Music Competition (2021, 1st prize), as well as competitions in Hong Kong, Bonn, Salzburg, Moscow, and other cities. Winner of the Danubia Talents International Music Competition and ISCART online contest.

She performs as a soloist in China and Europe, at festivals in Morningside and Singapore, collaborates with conductors Li Xincao and Lin Chen, plays as part of a string quartet, in an ensemble with Siqing Lü, Bonian Tian, Diyang Mei, Liwei Qin and David Geringas.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 17 in E-flat major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Solo Violin in D minor (Ballade), Op. 27 No. 3

Round 2

Richard Strauss
Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

Henryk Wieniawski
Faust Fantasia, Op. 20

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

George Gershwin – Jascha Heifetz
It Ain’t Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Born in 1999 in Moscow. Agafia graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Eduard Grach) with the title of "Best Graduate of the Year", ". She is currently an trainee assistant-intern at the conservatory.

Laureate of the Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition (Germany, 2015, 3rd prize and special prize), the Yampolsky International Competition (2017, 2nd prize), the International Violin Competition in Astana (2019, Grand Prix), the International Eduard Grach Violin Competition (Moscow, 2020, 2nd prize). Scholarship of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation. Agafia participated in the foundation's projects in many cities of Russia, as well as abroad in Mexico, GermanyGermany, and France.

She has performed at festivals and master classes in Greece and Israel, played in the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Moscow International House of Music, the Tchaikovsky Concert HallHall, and others. She performed six Ysaÿe's violin sonatas in her solo concert recital in the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in 2021, and in 2022, she played all the 24 Paganini caprices in one concert there.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 7 in A minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Ernest Chausson
Poème in E-flat minor, Op. 25

Round 2

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Solo Violin in E major, Op. 27 No. 6

Béla Bartók
Violin Sonata No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Romance, Op. 6 No. 1

Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy

Round 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Born in 2004 in Ussuriysk. Aleksandr graduated from the Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts, currently studying at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Sergei Kravchenko). Participated in master classes by Mikhail Gantvarg.

Laureate of the All-Russian Open Competition of Performing Arts named after Ippolitov-Ivanov (Moscow, 2020, 1st prize), the All-Russian Music Competition (Kazan, 2022, 2nd prize and special prize), the competition "Young Talents of Russia" (2022, 1st prize), the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2023, 2nd prize and special prize), etc. Scholarship of the "New Names" Foundation and the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation.

Performed with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of the Primorsky Regional Philharmonic, the Kostroma Provincial Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Youth Chamber Orchestra, etc. Aleksandr toured in Italy, Spain, China.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 4 in С minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34
Méditation, Op. 42 No. 1

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Henryk Wieniawski
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise

Niccolò Paganini
Introduction and Variations on a Theme from La molinara by Paisiello

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Kim Gyehee studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Seoul National University, and University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with violinists Joseph Silverstein, Young Uck Kim, Lena Neudauer and Christoph Poppen.

Kim Gyehee is the winner of the George Enescu, Andrea Postacchini, Munetsugu and Gnessin Junior International Music competitions. She is also a laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, Torún and Isang Yun International Music Competition. She has been invited to perform at the "Moscow Meets Friends" Festival, George Enescu Festival, Kronberg Academy, Mozarteum International Summer Academy among others. She has played with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and many others.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 17 in E-flat major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Claude Debussy
Violin Sonata in G minor

Round 2

Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

Fritz Kreisler
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for solo violin, Op. 6

Camille Saint-Saëns – Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice after Étude en forme de valse

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Born in Tokyo in 2002. Eugene began his violin studies at the age of two.

Having completed his bachelor’s degree at the Tokyo University of Arts with Professor Natsumi Tamai, he currently continues his studies in its graduate school with Professor Masafumi Hori. He often attends master classes and receives musical guidance from Maestro Viktor Tretyakov.

Recipient of the first prizes at the 13th Lipinski and Wieniawski International Competition (2015), the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (2017), and the 2nd Viktor Tretyakov International Violin Competition (2021). In 2023 Eugene Kawai was selected as one of the jury members at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow.

Appeared as a soloist with many orchestras including the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra, and others.

He plays the violin by Antonio Stradivari “Lyall” 1702 on generous loan from the ITOH Foundation.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 11 in C major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Claude Debussy
Violin Sonata in G minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Round 2

Maurice Ravel
Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major

Nathan Milstein
Paganiniana

Fritz Kreisler
Liebesfreud

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94-bis

Round 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Born in 1991 in St. Petersburg. Andrey Yefimovskiy graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Professor Anatoly Nikitin) and its assistant internship (classes of Professors Anatoly Nikitin and Alexei Massarsky). He improved his skills in the class of Professor Leonid Gorokhov at the Hanover University of Music Drama and Media (Germany). He participated in the workshops of David Geringas, Alexander Rudin, Wolfgang Schmidt, Martti Rousi, Daniel Müller-Schott, Jérôme Pernoo, Boris Andrianov and others.

He has performed in Germany, Denmark, Belgium. Andrey works as a soloist with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Paulavičius Youth Symphony Orchestra and "Klassika" St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra. From 2016 to 2022, he was an artist of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He is an artist of the orchestra musicAeterna since 2022.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in C major, Op. 25 No. 7

Gaspar Cassadó
Suite for Solo Cello

Round 2

Marin Marais
La Folia for solo cello

Luigi Boccherini
Cello Sonata No. 5 in G major

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 9

David Popper
Dance of the Elves, Op. 39

Matthias Bartolomey
Fernambuk

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major

Born in 2001 in Vyshny Volochyok. Danila Vladyko studies at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Alexander Knyazev). He participated in workshops by David Geringas, Sergey Antonov, Boris Andrianov and Sergey Roldugin.

Laureate of the International Competition for Young Musicians (2015; 1st prize), the All-Russian Competition for Young Musicians "Constellation" (2019; 2nd prize). Winner of the XIX International Competition of the Central Music School (2022; Grand Prix).

He performed with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra. He performed at the Trans-Siberian Art Festival (2018), in the Russian House in Athens, ат the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan and in the Great Concert Hall named after Saidashev (Kazan). Participant of the concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music since 2019. He plays the cello by Vincenzo Ruggieri from the State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in A minor, Op. 25 No. 8

Max Reger
Prelude from Suite for Solo Cello No. 2 in D minor, Op. 131c

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Round 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G-flat major, Op. 23 No. 10 (arranged by Alexander Knyazev)

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

César Franck
Violin Sonata in A major (arranged by Jules Delsart)

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on a Theme of Rossini (arranged by Paul Fournier)

Round 3

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Born in 1995 in Krasnoyarsk. Vsevolod Guzov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Music named after A. G. Schnittke (class of Professor Lev Evgrafov). At the present time, he is assistant-intern of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Alexander Rudin).

Scholarship of the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation (2008-2012), the Russian Performing Arts Foundation, the Vladimir Spivakov Charity Foundation. Winner of the Concertino Praga (2010), the Sergey Taneyev International Competition of Chamber Ensembles (2022).

He has toured in Russia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Norway, Israel, Spain, Turkey, the USA. He performed as a soloist with the Russian National Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra "Novaya Rossiya", with the orchestras of the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic and of the North-Caucasus State Philharmonic.

At the present time, he is an assistant principal of the cello section of the Russian National Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 6

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Zoltán Kodály
Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

Bohuslav Martinů
Variations on a Theme of Rossini

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (original version)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Born in 1996 in Montville (Australia). Sam Lucas has been a student of Professor Pieter Wispelwey at the Robert Schumann University, Düsseldorf, since 2017.

Winner of the Sieghardt Rometsch Competition (Düsseldorf, 2018), the International Music Competition Pro Artists (Paris, 2019), the Vienna International Music Competition (2019, gold medal), the Anton Rubinstein International Cello Competition (Düsseldorf, 2020), the Gustav Mahler International Cello Competition (Prague, 2021), and others.

Sam Lucas performed in Australia and Bulgaria, later appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at St Martin in the Fields, London, and Wigmore Hall. He performed with the Sinfonietta Köln chamber orchestra, the University of Bonn Symphony Orchestra, the Ruhrstadt Symphony Orchestra, the Oberbergischen Kreises Symphony Orchestra, the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (New Zealand).

Sam plays a Rainer Beilharz cello (2008) and a Nicolo Gagliano cello (approx. 1720).

Repertoire

Round 1

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in B-flat major, Op. 25 No. 3

Miklos Rozsa
Toccata capricciosa

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

Mstislav Rostropovich
Humoresque, Op. 5

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Soprano

Graduated from the Viktor Popov Academy of Choral Art (class of Professor Svetlana Nesterenko), then studied at the academy’s internship in the class of the same teacher.

Laureate of the New Opera World International Competition (Moscow, 2020, 3rd prize), the Opera Bella Competition (2021, special prize “The Best Duet”), the Bulbul International Vocal Competition (Baku, 2022, 3rd prize).

She sang several of Mozart's parts, as well as the part of Frasquita in Carmen in the Opera Studio of the Academy of Choral Art. She performed the role of Mercédès at the premiere of Carmen at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre under the direction of Philipp Chizhevsky (2021). Participated in the “Opera Class” project of the Elena Obraztsova Foundation, singing roles of the Fire and the Nightingale in Ravel’s opera L’enfant et les sortilèges on the New Stage of the Young Actors Musical Theatre of Moscow under the direction of Dmitry Korchak (2021). She performed the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Moscow International House of Music with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra “Instrumental Capella” conducted by Ilya Vasheruk. Participant of the Helikon Opera Young Opera Singers Program, where she performs in the Opera Fairy Tale (Olympia, Queen of the Night), Die Fledermaus (Adele), Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night), The Medium (Monica), La bohème (Musetta), and The Tsaritsa (Alexandrina).

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. O, zittre nicht, Queen of the Night’s aria from Die Zauberflöte 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kaby znala ya, kaby vedala, Op. 47 No. 1

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. V Novgorode my ryadom s Vaney zhili, Marfa’s aria from The Tsar’s Bride

Round 2

Sergey Banevich. Gerda’s aria from The Story of Kai and Gerda

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Zabyt’ tak skoro

Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Pied Piper, Op. 38 No. 4

Ah, chto zhe ty, moy sizy golubchik, Russian folk song

Jacques Offenbach. Les oiseaux dans la charmille, Olympia’s aria from Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Round 3

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Swan Princess’ aria from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Ambroise Thomas. À vos jeux, mes amis, Ophelia’s aria from Hamlet

Khorolgarav Munkhtuvshin

Bariton

Mongolia

Born in 1994 in the Lun sum of Mongolia’s Tuv Province, he completed his education at the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture in Ulaanbaatar in 2018 (class of B. Battor). Since 2019, he has been a student at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul (class of Professor Kim Young Mi).

Served as a soloist in the Sinchon Holiness Church (2018–2020) and the Songwol Church (2021–2022). Since 2022, he has been a soloist at the Gwansun Church. He also participates in concert performances of operas, notably singing the role of Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and the title role in Rigoletto. His singing practice was temporarily interrupted due to a surgery amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but he has since resumed his vocal training.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, Guglielmo’s aria from Così fan tutte

Alexander Borodin. Ni sna, ni otdykha izmuchennoy dushe, Igor’s aria from Prince Igor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Don Juan’s Serenade, Op. 38 No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4

Gavalmaa, Mongol folk song

Umberto Giordano. Nemico della patria, Gérard’s aria from Andrea Chénier

Byambasuren Sharav. Young Temuzhin’s aria from Genghis Khan

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ya vas lyublyu, Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Giuseppe Verdi. Pietà, rispetto, amore, Macbeth’s aria from Macbeth

Tenor

Born in 1994 in Shilin, China. Graduated from the Music Department of a university in Hohhot, China, in 2018. Studied at Buryat State University in Ulan-Ude. Took lessons from People’s Artist of the Buryat ASSR, People’s Artist of Russia Darima Linkhovoin.

In 2018, he participated in the International Tenor Competition of the Elena Obraztsova Foundation “José Carreras Grand Prix” (Moscow), where he became a laureate. In 2019, he won 3rd prize at the Glinka International Competition of Vocalists (Kazan), 2nd prize at the Baikal International Opera Singers Competition (Ulan-Ude), and 1st prize at the International Vocal Competition in Orvieto, Italy.

Repertoire

Round 1

George Frideric Handel. Dignare from Dettingen Te Deum

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Snova, kak prezhde, odin, Op. 73 No. 6

Giacomo Puccini. Calaf’s aria from Turandot

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Zachem?, op. 28 № 3

Francesco Cilea. È la solita storia del pastore, Federico’s Lament from L’arlesiana

Robert Schumann. Ich grolle nicht from Dichterliebe

Byambasuren Sharav. Jamukha’s aria from Genghis Khan

Gaikhmara, Mongol folk song

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Chto nasha zhizn’? Igra!.., Herman’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Giacomo Puccini. E lucevan le stelle..., Cavaradossi’s aria from Tosca

Tenor

Born in 1993 in Ufa. Kirill Belov graduated from the Ufa Institute of Arts (class of Professor Vladimir Belov) in 2018. Participated in master classes by Plácido Domingo, Ernesto Palacio, Makvala Kasrashvili, José Carreras, Renée Fleming, Carol Vaness, Lawrence Brownlee.

Laureate of the Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition (Tikhvin, 2018, 3rd prize) and the Sobinov Music Festival (Saratov, 2019, 2nd prize).

In 2017–2019, he was a soloist of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers, in 2019–2020 – Young Opera Singers Program of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, in 2020–2021 – a soloist of the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theatre. Sang the role of the Simpleton (Boris Godunov) at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Took part in the Ildar Abdrazakov Festival and the Aspen Music Festival (USA; appeared as Fenton in Falstaff). Since 2022, Kirill is a guest soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre where he performs the roles of the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Bogdan Sobinin (A Life for the Tsar), Alfredo Germont (La traviata), Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor), Ivan Lykov (The Tsar’s Bride), Ismaele (Nabucco), etc.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach. Deposuit potentes, aria from Magnificat, BWV 243

Gaetano Donizetti. Ah, mes amis, Tonio’s aria from La fille du régiment

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Den’ li tsarit, Op. 47 No. 6

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Zakatilos’ solntse, Op. 73 No. 4

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Spring Waters, Op. 14 No. 11

Vizhu chudnoye privol’ye, Russian folk song

Giacomo Puccini. Che gelida manina, Rodlofo’s aria from La Bohème

Zagir Ismagilov. Salavat Yulaev’s aria from Salavat Yulaev

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Vaudemont’s romance from Iolanta

Mikhail Glinka. Bratsy, v metel’, Sobinin’s aria from A Life for the Tsar

Bass

Born in 1994 in Irkutsk, Russia. In 2022 he graduated from the assistant-internship of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Associate Professor Vladimir Vaneev).

He is a prize-winner of the International Competition of Elena Obraztsova (St. Petersburg, 2015), Competizione dell’Opera (Moscow, 2016), International Glinka Competition (Kazan, 2019), Hibla Gerzmava International Competition (Moscow, 2023), etc. He is a scholarship recipient of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre.

From 2015 to 2017 he was a soloist of the International Academy of Music of Elena Obraztsova (St. Petersburg). He has performed at the Salzburg Festival (2017-2019), Hamburg Opera (2017), National Opera of Greece (Athens, 2017), Brucknerhaus in Linz (2018), Baden-Baden Festspielhaus (2018, 2019), San Carlos National Theater (Lisbon, 2018), Amintore Galli Theater (Rimini, 2018), Beijing National Performing Arts Center and Jiangsu Grand Theater in Nanjing (2019), Paris Philharmonic (2019), Juarez Theater (Guanajuato, Mexico, 2021), as well as on many stages in Russia. He is a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, where he performed over 30 roles, including Ruslan (Ruslan and Lyudmila), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), and Escamillo (Carmen), etc.

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Blagoslovlyayu vas, lesa, Op. 47 No. 5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Meta di voi qua vadano, Don Giovanni’s aria from Don Giovanni

Gioachino Rossini. Basilio’s aria from Il barbiere di Siviglia 

Round 2

Jacques Offenbach. Lindorf’s aria from Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Feat, Op. 60 No. 11

Franz Schubert. Der Doppelgänger from Schwanengesang

Oy, to ne vecher, Russian folk song

Andrei Petrov. Tsar Peter’s aria from Peter the Great 

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ebn-Hakia’s aria from Iolanta

Georges Bizet. Toreador Song from Carmen

Mezzo-soprano

Born in 1993 in Khabarovsk. She graduated from Novosibirsk Music College (class of Aigul Bralinova), the St. Petersburg Conservatory and was an assistant-intern at the conservatory (class of Associate Professor Olga Kondina).

Laureate of the Zara Dolukhanova International Vocal Contest “Amber Nightingale” (Kaliningrad, 2018, 3rd prize), the All-Russian Review of the Competition of Vocalists, University Graduates (St. Petersburg, 2020), the Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers (St. Petersburg, 2021, 1st prize). Finalist of the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (Norrköping, Sweden, 2018). Fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre.

Guest soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2022, she participated for the first time in the Mariinsky Opera performance, playing the role of Olga in the chamber version of Eugene Onegin. She made her debut on the New Stage of the theatre, singing the part of Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride) the same year. The Mariinsky repertoire of the artist also includes the roles of Fenena (Nabucco), Emilia (Verdi's Otello), Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans), Clarice (The Love for Three Oranges).

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach. Erbarme dich, aria from Matthäus-Passion

Gaetano Donizetti. Fia dunque vero, oh ciel! Leonora’s aria from La favoritа

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Lish’ ty odin, Op. 57 No. 6

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kaby znala ya, Op. 47 No. 1

Maurice Ravel. Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera

Matushka, chto vo pole pyl’no, Russian folk song

Camille Saint-Saëns. Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix, Dalila’s aria from Samson et Dalila

Andrei Petrov. Net bolshe Marty, aria of Catherine the First from Peter the Great

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Da, chas nastal!, Joan of Arc’s aria from The Maid of Orleans

Giuseppe Verdi. O don fatale, Eboli’s aria from Don Carlo

Tenor

Born in 1990 in Ryazan. He graduated from the Moscow Sveshnikov Choral School and the Popov Academy of Choral Art (choral conducting and vocal departments, Vera Alexandrova).

He is a laureate of the "Young Talents of Russia" competition (2010 and 2014). Recipient of Elena Obraztsova's "For a Bright Start in Art" Award (2014). Finalist of the Russian National Music Award in the "Vocalist of the Year" category (2016). Winner of the Grand Prix of the José Carreras International Vocal Competition (2021).

He made his debut on the opera stage in 2013, singing in a production of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier under the direction of Vasily Sinaisky at the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. Since 2014, he has been a soloist of the "Helikon-Opera" theater, where he performed more than 20 roles. He collaborated with such conductors as Christian Thielemann, Saulius Sondeckis, Jan Latham-Koenig, Ken-David Masur, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Mikhail Pletnev, Yuri Temirkanov, Evgeny Svetlanov, Alexander Vedernikov, Valery Gergiev, Alberto Zedda and Vladimir Yurovsky, and others. He has performed at the Theater an der Wien (Vienna), Petruzzelli Theater (Bari, Italy), Nice Opera, German Theater on the Rhine (Düsseldorf), Moscow "Novaya Opera" Theater, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain, Barcelona), The Royal Swedish Opera (Sweden, Stockholm).

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Serenade (O ditya!..), Op. 63 No. 6

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Il mio tesoro, Ottavio’s aria from Don Giovanni

Alexander Borodin. Medlenno den’ ugasal, Vladimir Igorevich’s aria from Prince Igor

Round 2

Giacomo Puccini. Recondite armonia, Cavaradossi’s aria from Tosca

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. V etu lunnuyu noch’, Op. 73 No. 3

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Fragment from A. Musset, Op. 21 No. 6

Georgy Sviridov. Yest’ odna khoroshaya pesnya u solovushki from song cycle My Father is a Peasant

Akh ty, nochenka, Russian folk song

Round 3

Pietro Mascagni. Turiddu’s aria from Cavalleria rusticana

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kuda, kuda vy udalilis’, Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Mezzo-soprano

Graduated from the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (bachelor’s degree in the class of Professor Vladimir Vaneyev, master’s degree in the class of Senior Lecturer Natalia Mironova) in 2022. She studied at the International Elena Obraztsova Music Academy (St. Petersburg, 2017–2019), where she performed the roles of Olga (Eugene Onegin), Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride), Marta (Iolanta), Lel (The Snow Maiden), the Neighbor (Mavra), Shinkarka (Hostess of Tavern, Boris Godunov).

In 2019, she sang the role of Carmen at the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic (Syktyvkar), participated in the European tour of the St. Petersburg orchestra “Silver Strings” under the direction of Alexander Afanasyev. Since 2022, she has been an intern at the Mariinsky Theatre, where she made her debut in 2019 in the role of Lola (Cavalleria rusticana). In 2023, at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, she sang the role of Marta in a concert performance of Iolanta with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ivan Rudin. She also performs as a chamber singer.

Repertoire

Round 1

Christoph Willibald Gluck. Che farò senza Euridice? Orphée’s aria from Orphée et Eurydice

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kaby znala ya, kaby vedala, Op. 47 No. 1

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Lyubasha’s scene and aria Net, byt’ ne mozhet… Ved’ ya odna tebya lyublyu from The Tsar's Bride 

Round 2

Camille Saint-Saëns. Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix, Dalila’s aria from Samson et Dalila

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Ona, kak polden’, khorosha, Op. 14 No. 9

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Na son gryadushchy, Op. 27 No. 1

Kak poydu ya na bystruyu rechku, Russian folk song

Rodion Shchedrin. Po lesam kudryavym… Ekh! Ay, chuk, chuk, chuk, nalovil ded shchuk, Varvara’s song and chastushki from Not Love Alone

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Mne li, Gospodi, Warrior’s  arioso from cantata Moscow

Francesco Cilea. Acerba voluttà… O vagabonda stella, Princesse de Bouillon’s aria from Adriana Lecouvreur

Baritone

Hong Zhenxiang studied at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music (class of Professor Chen Xiao). His mentors also included Katia Ricciarelli, Nelly Miricioiu, Liao Changyong, Umberto Finazzi, Matthew Rose, Sheila Barnes, Antonello Allemandi, Maciej Pikulski, and others.

He performs roles in Die Zauberflöte, L’elisir d’amore, Die Fledermaus, Rigoletto, La bohème, La traviata, Don Carlo, Don Giovanni, and Le nozze di Figaro, as well as in Chinese operas, including Farewell to Cambridge, Red River Valley, Tragic Dawn, and The Wilderness.

He teaches at the Vocal Opera Department of the Xinghai Conservatory of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hai già vinta la causa... Vedrò mentre io sospiro, Count’s recitative and aria from Le nozze di Figaro

Giuseppe Verdi. Alzati!.. Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima, Renato’s recitative and aria from Un ballo in maschera

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Reconciliation, Op. 25 No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff. O net, molyu, ne ukhodi!, Op. 4 No. 1

Memories of my Mother, Chinese folk song (Yunnan region) arranged by Ding Shande

Giuseppe Verdi. Per me giunto... O Carlo ascolta, Rodrigo’s death scene from Don Carlo

Yin Qing. Zhan Shueiyao’s aria from The Canal Ballad

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ya vas lyublyu, Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Umberto Giordano. Nemico della patria, Gérard’s aria from Andrea Chénier

Baritone

Born in 1993 in Quang Binh province, Vietnam. He graduated from the Hue Music Academy in 2014. Then he graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Culture (Associate Professor Pavel Kudryavchenko and Professor Leonid Zimnenko) and master's program at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (Associate Professor Maria Yanenko). In 2021 he entered the postgraduate program of the academy (specializing in "musicology"; Associate Professor Yuri Vasiliev), and in 2022 - its assistant-internship (specializing in "academic singing"; Maria Yanenko).

He is a laureate of the Valery Gavrilov International Festival of Youth Folklore Ensembles "Krasnaya Gorka" (Bryansk, 2015), the Festival-Competition Două Inimi Gemene (Chisinau, 2015; Grand Prix), the Natalia Shpiller "Masterpieces of Russian Music" International Vocal Competition (Moscow, 2020; II prize), International Festival-Competition Musica Classica (Ruza, Moscow Region, 2021; I prize), the Kabalevsky All-Russian Competition (2021; Grand Prix). He is a grant recipient of Toyota company.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Publio’s aria from La clemenza di Tito

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6

Georges Bizet. Toreador Song from Carmen

Round 2

Georgy Sviridov. Blessed Virgin in the City

Giuseppe Verdi. O Carlo ascolta, Rodrigo’s death scene from Don Carlo

Vissarion Shebalin. Vsyo eto pustyye slova, Petruccio’s aria from The Taming of the Shrew

Xe chi, Luon kim, Vietnamese folk song

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Don Juan’s Serenade, Op. 38 No. 1

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Vy mne pisali, Onegin’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Giuseppe Verdi. Di Provenza il mar, il suol, Germont’s aria from La traviata

Soprano

She was born in Tashkent. Graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory (class of Professor Svetlana Livshina) and was an assistant-intern at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Lidia Yatsynych (Chernykh)).

Laureate of the Natalia Shpiller All-Russian Competition of Vocalists “Masterpieces of Russian Music” (Moscow, 2018, Grand Prix), the Alexey Ivanov International Vocal Competition (Tver, 2019, 1st prize), the Hibla Gerzmava International Opera Singers and Accompanists Competition (Moscow, 2023, 3rd prize). Winner of the special prize “For Artistry” of the Galina Vishnevskaya International Opera Singers Competition (Moscow, 2021). Fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre.

As an intern at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center, she performed the roles of Marfa (The Tsar’s Bride), Gilda (Rigoletto), Brigitta (Iolanta). Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, where she made her debut in 2021, singing the part of Prilepa in The Queen of Spades. Performs the roles of Norina (Don Pasquale), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Antonida (A Life for the Tsar), Natasha Rostova (War and Peace), Iolanta, Snow Maiden, and many others at the Mariinsky Theatre. She has collaborated with the conductors Alexander Soloviev, Alexander Zhilenkov, Marco Boemi, Fabrizio Cassi, Valery Gergiev, Arif Dadashev, etc.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Quando avran’ fine o mai... Padre! germani! addio!, Ilia’s aria from Idomeneo

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. To bylo ranneyu vesnoy, Op. 38 No. 2

Charles Gounod. Les grands seigneurs... Ah! Je ris de me voir, Marguerite’s aria from Faust

Round 2

Ekh, da uzh vy nochi, Russian folk song

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami, Op. 47 No. 2

Hugo Wolf. Elfenlied

Gaetano Donizetti. Regnava nel silenzio... Quando rapito in estasi, Lucia’s cavatina from Lucia di Lammermoor

Igor Stravinsky. No word from Tom, Anne’s aria from The Rake’s Progress

Round 3

Vincenzo Bellini. Qui la voce sua soave... Vien diletto e ciel la luna, Elvira’s aria from I puritani

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego eto prezhde ne znala, Iolanta’s arioso from Iolanta

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lisa Yasuda skipped a grade and entered the Tokyo University of the Arts. After the graduation, she studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music (master’s degree). She got a special scholarship from the Tokuji Munetsugu Foundation while studying. She studied under Pierre Amoyal, Takashi Shimizu, and others.

Laureate of the Singapore International Violin Competition, the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Novosibirsk), the Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition (Germany), the Shlomo Mintz International Violin Competition (Beijing), etc. Scholarship recipient of the ROHM Music Foundation and Yamaha Music Foundation.

Lisa was an artist of CHANEL Pygmalion Days in Tokyo in 2022.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 15 in E minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Ernest Chausson
Poème in E-flat minor, Op. 25

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Round 2

Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Solo Violin in D minor (Ballade), Op. 27 No. 3

Camille Saint-Saëns – Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice after Étude en forme de valse

Round 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, KV 218

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Born in 2000 in Moscow. Mariya graduated from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, currently a student at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Vladimir Ivanov). Participated in master classes by Pierre Amoyal, Boris Kushnir, Dora Schwarzberg, etc.

Winner of the Leopold Auer International Violin and String Quartet Competition (St. Petersburg, 2017, 4th prize), Marine Iashvili International Competition for String Instruments (Georgia, 2019, 1st prize), "Rodolfo Lipizer Prize" International Violin Competition (Italy, 2019, 6th prize and three special prizes). Bronze medalist of the Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Vladivostok, 2018).

She has performed as a soloist and accompanied by orchestras in Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and the Baltic States. Mariya toured in many cities of Russia. She has played in the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Chamber Hall of the Moscow International House of Music and at many other venues.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio and Fugue from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 21 in A major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Olivier Messiaen
Theme and Variations

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major (Kreutzer), Op. 47

Fritz Kreisler
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for solo violin, Op. 6

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Der Erlkönig, Op. 26

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (composer’s edition)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Hao Li studied at the Central Conservatory of Music Primary School (Beijing) and at the Central Conservatory itself. He is currently under the tutelage of Professor Xiao Liu.

In 2016, he was admitted to the Aspen Music Festival and won the Lin Yaoji Scholarship. Laureate of the Moscow Conservatory International Competition (2018).

He has performed as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries, and as a concertmaster of the Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra, Hao Li has collaborated with violinist Lü Siqing and conductor Li Xincao. He played at Carnegie Hall with pianist Yujia Wang (2017), as well as in US cities as concertmaster of the Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with pianist Olga Kern and conductor Ludovic Morlot.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 24 in A minor
Caprice No. 11 in С major

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on Di tanti palpiti from Rossini’s Tancredi, Op. 13 (Fritz Kreisler’s version)

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3

Henryk Wieniawski
Faust Fantasia, Op. 20

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on God Save the King, Op. 9

Fritz Kreisler
Caprice viennois, Op. 2

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Born in 2002 in Yekaterinburg. Michael Usov graduated from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, currently a student at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Tatiana Berkul).

Winner of the Leopold Auer Competition (St. Petersburg, 2017, 2nd prize), the Andrea Postacchini Violin Competition (Fermo, Italy, 2018), the International Competition of the Central Music School (Moscow, 2022, 1st prize), the All-Russian Music Competition (Kazan, 2022, 1st prize), etc. Silver medal of the Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Vladivostok, 2018). Recipient of Grant of the Mayor of Moscow (2019). Winner of the 1st All-Russian Selection of the Russian National Orchestra (Moscow, 2021).

Participant of the "Attraction" Festival. He has played with the Russian National Orchestra, the Novaya Rossiya Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theatre orchestra, the Belgorod, Odessa, Novosibirsk Philharmonic orchestras, etc. Participant of the concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 10 in G minor
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Eugène Ysaÿe
Poème élégiaque, Op. 12

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Round 2

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

Witold Lutosławski
Subito for violin and piano

Maurice Ravel
Tzigane

Round 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, KV 216

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Born in 2000 in Almaty. Studied at the Kulyash Baiseitova Special Music School (class of Olga Danilova).

Graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory, Abylay Nurlybek is currently a student at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Associate Professor Anna Sokolova).

Laureate of a number of international competitions, including Astana-Merey (2012, 1st prize), the International Open Contest of Instrumental Performers "Open Italy" (Rimini, 2014), the International “Istedod” Competition (Tashkent, 2016, 1st prize), the Valery Gavrilin Governor's International Competition for Young Musicians (Vologda, 2016, 2nd prize), International Competition of the Central Music School (2016, 3rd prize). Scholarship of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation.

Member of the orchestra "Persimfans". He performs in the halls of the Moscow Conservatory. Collaborated with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "Musica Viva" conducted by Alexander Rudin, with the Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dmitry Vasiliev. Program participant of the Russian Academic Youth Theater.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio and Fugue from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 17 in E-flat major
Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Henryk Wieniawski
Polonaise brillante in D major, Op. 4

Rodion Shchedrin
Imitating Albéniz

Round 2

Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

Niccolò Paganini
Introduction and Variations on a Theme from La molinara by Paisiello (Vaša Příhoda’s version)

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Romance, Op. 6 No. 1

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Solo Violin in G major, Op. 27 No. 5

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (composer’s edition)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, KV 219

Born in 1996 in the city of Naberezhniye Chelny. Kamil Mukhametdinov graduated from the Kazan State Conservatory and its assistant internship (classes of Professors Irina Lapteva and Boris Andrianov). He is studying at the Geneva University of Music (class of Professor Ophélie Gaillard). He improved his skills at the summer schools of the Svyatoslav Richter Foundation and Landesmusikakademie in Germany. Kamil participated in master classes by David Geringas, Sergey Roldugin, Martti Rousi, and others.

Laureate of the Svyatoslav Knushevitsky International Cello Competition (2014, 3rd prize; 2018, 2nd prize), the International Klaipéda Cello Competition (2019, 3rd prize) etc.

He has performed with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, the "Novaya Rossiya" State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuri Bashmet, the Orchestra of the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic conducted by Alexander Skulsky, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Turkey, and others. Participant of the programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 

György Ligeti
Sonata for Solo Cello 

Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 6 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 

Round 2 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 

Jérôme Ducros
Encore for cello and piano 

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 

Round 3 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Wang Jiale graduated from the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing) and is currently studying at the Conservatory. He studied under Professor Chen Zhongyan, Zhu Mu and Sun Xiaoqi. Wang Jiale participated in master classes by Troels Svane, Martti Rousi, Igor Gavrysh, Qin Liwei, and Tian Bonian.

Winner of the Hummingbird International Music Competition (2019), the Camille Saint-Saëns Best Performance International Competition (London, 2020), the International Music Competition Artist Grand Prix Competition (Bonn, 2020).

In 2021, he was invited to participate in the recording of the "Happy Bus" program on China Central Television and the New Year Concert of the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau.

Repertoire

Round 1

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in C major, Op. 25 No. 7

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Gaspar Cassadó
Suite for Solo Cello

Round 2

Franz Schubert
Sonata in A minor (Arpeggione), D 821

Niccolò Paganini
Variations on a Theme of Rossini (arranged by Paul Fournier)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Round 3

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Born in Incheon. Jeongheon learned to play the cello at the School of Music of the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory, the Korea National University of Arts (classes of Myung-Wha Chung and Hyoung Won Chang), the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts (class of István Várdai). Nam Jeongheon is currently studying at the Karlsruhe University of Music (class of Professor László Fenyö). He has participated in master classes with Frans Helmerson, Louis Claret, Arto Noras, Tilmann Wick, Laurence Lesser, Young-Chang Cho and Tamas Varga.

Laureate of following competitions: Allegra (1st prize), Artsylvia (2021, 1st prize as part of a piano trio), Strad (1st prize), the Music Association of Korea Competition (1st prize), International Johannes Brahms Competition (3rd prize), Rubinstein International Competition (Johannes Brahms Prize).

He has performed with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Szeged Symphony Orchestra, Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic of Russia and others.

Nam Jeongheon plays a cello made by Matteo Goffriller.

Repertoire

Round 1

Igor Stravinsky
Suite italienne

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 6

Alberto Ginastera
Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21 

Round 2

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 

Karl Davydov
At the Fountain, Op. 20 No. 2 

Sergei Prokofiev
Moderato and Allegro ma non troppo (2nd and 3rd movements) from Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

David Popper
Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68

Round 3 

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Lee Youngeun studied with Sungzhin Peter Lee, then attended Seonhwa Arts High School (class of Jisuk Shin) and at the Seoul National University College of Music (class of Yeongsuk Yun). She is currently studying at the Tianjin Juilliard School with Yeonjin Kim and Nicholas Tzavaras. She has also performed in master classes with cellists Richard Aaron, Miklos Peréni, Qin LiWei, Richard Narroway, Jensen Horn-Sin Lam, Mario Carneiro, Marcel Bardon, Edward Aaron, and Philippe Tribot.

Laureate of numerous competitions organized by Korean newspapers, TV and radio broadcasting companies of Daegu, Busan, etc.

Youngeun Lee performed as a soloist with the Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Gyeongbuk Province Orchestra, Seoul National University Symphony and Tianjin Juilliard Symphony Orchestras, and as a part of chamber ensembles in South Korea and China.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011

Pietro Locatelli
Sonata da camera in D major, Op. 6 No. 6

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 6

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

Round 2

Franz Schubert
Sonata in A minor (Arpeggione), D 821

Gaspar Cassadó
Dance of the Green Devil

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Élégie, Op. 3 No. 1

Krzysztof Penderecki
Prelude from Suite for Solo Cello

Richard Strauss
Allegro con brio (1st movement) from Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Born in 2001 in Moscow. Daniil Zimin studied at the Gnessin Moscow Secondary Special School of Music (classes of Vera Birina, Igor Zimin). Since 2019, he has been a student at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Boris Andrianov). Daniil participated in workshops by Natalia Shakhovskaya, Sergey Roldugin, Torleif Thedéen, Alexander Rudin, Sergey Antonov, Frans Helmerson, Ivan Monighetti, David Geringas.

He received a Grant of the Mayor of Moscow (2019). Laureate of the Virtuoso & Belcanto International Festival (Lucca, 2017, 3rd Prize), the International Competition of the Central Music School (Moscow, 2019, 2nd prize) and others.

He regularly performs with the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic Orchestra. Participant of concert programs of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation and the "New Names" Foundation. He played at concerts of the Chigi Music Academy (Siena). As a soloist he performed with conductors Alexander Skulsky, Maxim Fedotov, Renat Zhiganshin, Alexander Andreev, Alexander Titov. Participant of the concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Alfredo Piatti
Caprice in B-flat major, Op. 25 No. 3

Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2

Hans Bottermund – János Starker
Variations on Theme of Paganini, Op. 4

Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen’s version)

Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Bass

Born in 1994 in Namangan, Uzbekistan, he completed his studies at the State Conservatory of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Associate Professor Olga Alexandrova). He is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (Mikhail Kazakov).

He has been a laureate of both national and international competitions, including the Nazira Akhmedova Republican Vocal Competition (Tashkent, 2016; 1st prize), the Lydia Abramova Bella voce International Student Vocal Competition (Moscow, 2017; Grand Prix), and the Romanciada International Competition for Young Performers of Russian Romance (Moscow, 2017). He is also a recipient of the "Nihol" State Award.

From 2016 to 2017, he was an intern, and since 2017 he has been a soloist of the opera troupe of the Alisher Navoi Bolshoi Theater of Uzbekistan. Among the roles he has performed on stage are Raymond Bidebent in Lucia di Lammermoor, Ramfis in Aida, Ferrando in Il Trovatore, Count Monterone in Rigoletto, Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust, Zuniga in Carmen, Nourabad in Les pêcheurs de perles, Colline in La Bohème, the Sacristan in Tosca, Malyuta in The Tsar's Bride, the Old Gypsy in Aleko, and Prince Gudal in The Demon.

Repertoire

Round I

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Madamina, il catalogo è questo, Leporello’s aria from Don Giovanni

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Ves’ tabor spit, Aleko’s cavatina from Aleko

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Sleza drozhit, Op. 6 No. 4

Round II

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Na nivy zhyoltye, Op. 57 No. 2

Dmitry Shostakovich. Den’ obid, Op. 98 No. 4

Jonon ko‘rimur (I See My Beloved One), Uzbek folk song

Gioachino Rossini. La calunnia è un venticello, Basilio’s aria from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Andrey Petrov. Pora! Pora na mir vzglyanut’, Peter’s aria from Peter the Great

Round III

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Tak, ne oshiblis’ vy, Kochubey’s arioso from Mazepa

Giuseppe Verdi. Mentre gonfiarsi l’anima, Attila’s aria from Attila

Soprano

Born in Chongqing. She received her bachelor’s degree at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music (she was a member of the Best of the Best Program for Young Talents), then she received her master’s degree at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), and her doctorate – at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey).

Laureate of the Sylvia Green Voice Competition of the Peabody Institute (3rd prize), the Maxim Mikhailov International Competition of Vocal Chamber Music Performers (2nd prize), and the Maxim Mikhailov International Competition of Young Opera Singers (special prize).

She has given solo recitals in Beijing, Chongqing, Hebei, Shenyang, and other cities. She performs the roles of Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the Lady-in-waiting (Macbeth), Mimì (La bohème), Helene (Hin und Zurück by Hindemith), Hunyu (Rickshaw Boy by Guo Wenjing), Hou Yuqing (Deng Enming). Resident of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Soloist of Maryland Lyric Opera.

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Cradle Song (Spi, ditya moe), Op. 16 No. 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Come scoglio, Fiordiligi’s aria from Così fan tutte

Ruggero Leoncavallo. Stridono lassù, Nedda’s ballade from Pagliacci

Round 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego?, Op. 6 No. 5

Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Glück das mirverblieb, Marietta’s song from Die tote Stadt

Igor Stravinsky. No word from Tom, Anne’s aria from The Rake’s Progress

A glass of Wine, Chinese (Xinjiang) folk song

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego eto prezhde ne znala, Iolanta’s arioso from Iolanta

Jules Massenet. Pleurez, mes yeux! Chimène’s aria from Le Cid

Baritone

Born in 1993 in Beijing. Studied at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music. In 2020, he continued his education at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma where he switched his repertoire to baritone under the guidance of Rosie Orani and Giuliana Panza.

Laureate of the Chinese International Vocal Festival (Singapore, 2013, 2nd prize), the International Competition “Gut-Immling – Beijing” (Germany – China, 2015, Youth Prize), the International Competition “Young Talents” (Mantua, 2019, 3rd prize), and the Mattia Battistini International Opera Competition (Rieti, Italy, 2022, 3rd prize). Scholarship recipient of the Ismaele Voltolini International Competition (Mantua, 2019).

From the age of 19, he appeared at the Tianjin Theater – in concerts and performances. In 2016, the singer participated in the George Solti Academy Program at the National Center for Performing Arts (Beijing) under the guidance of Barbara Frittoli and Jonathan Papp. He represented China at the Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20 festival in Montreal. Toured in Albania and Romania, performed at the Gwangju Theater (South Korea). He sang in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the National Center for the Performing Arts (2018) and in L’elisir d’amore at the Municipal Theater in Cervia (Italy, 2019).

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Rivolgete a lui sguardo, Guglielmo’s aria from Così fan tutte

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6

Giuseppe Verdi. È sogno o realtà?.., Ford’s aria from Falstaff

Round 2

Ludwig van Beethoven. Adelaide, Op. 46

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego?, Op. 6 No. 5

Gaetano Donizetti. Bella siccome un angelo, Malatesta’s aria from Don Pasquale

Lullaby (folk song from Northeast China)

Kai Luan. Sun Jiulong’s aria from Yimeng Mountain

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ya vas lyublyu, Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Gioachino Rossini. Largo al factotum, Figaro’s cavatina from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Soprano

Ana was born in 1993 in the village of Olănești, Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova. She graduated from Republican Music College in Chișinău (class of Vladimir Vikilu) and the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Professor Svetlana Gorenkova). Participated in master classes by Alessandro Ariosi, Veronika Dzhioeva, Ildar Abdrazakov, Vittorio Grigòlo, Elena Stikhina, Dmitry Vdovin, Erkki Lauri Alste.

Semi-finalist of the International Competition “Le Grand Prix de l’Opera” (Bucharest, 2014), the “Vincerò” World Singing Competition (Rome, 2022), the International Virgilijus Noreika Competition for Singers (2023). Laureate of the International Competition “We Play Slonimsky” (St. Petersburg, 2016, 2nd prize), the Moscow Competition “Romansiade” (2016, the title “Miss Romansiade”), the “Gatchina Romansiade” competition (2018, 3rd prize). She was awarded diplomas and special prizes of the Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers (St. Petersburg, 2019 and 2021) and the International Shtokolov Vocal Competition (St. Petersburg, 2022).

Participated in the gala concert “The Best Voices of the World” at the Kremlin Palace (2019) and the gala concert of the Ildar Abdrazakov International Music Festival (2022).

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach. Quia respexit humilitatem, aria from Magnificat

Georges Bizet. Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante, Michaela’s aria from Carmen

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Skazhi, o chem v teni vetvey, Op. 57 No. 1

Round 2

Antonín Dvořák. Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém, Rusalka’s aria from Rusalka

Rodion Shchedrin. Tumanno krasnoye solnyshko, Natasha’s song from Not Love Alone

Robert Schumann. Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Doina, Moldovan folk song, arranged by Semyon Zlatov

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kuma’s arioso from The Enchantress

Giuseppe Verdi. Violetta’s aria (È strano!.. è strano!) from La traviata

Baritone

Born in Rostov-on-Don. He graduated from Rostov College of Arts (class of Oleg Gordeev) and Rostov Conservatory (class of Associate Professor Pavel Krasnov).

Alexander is a laureate of the International Competition "Aeolian Harp" (Pyatigorsk, 2019; II prize), International Competition-Festival Il Mondo Creativo (Kazan, 2021; I prize), International Stravinsky Competition (St. Petersburg, 2022; II prize), All-Russian Review-Competition of Vocalists - Graduates of Music Universities (St. Petersburg, 2022), Zdanovich All-Russian Vocal Competition of Young Performers (Rostov-on-Don, 2022; I prize), International Competition of Performers of Russian Romance "Southern Romance" (Rostov-on-Don, 2022; I prize).

He is a soloist of the Rostov Regional Philharmonic Society. He is actively engaged in concert programs.

Repertoire

Round 1

Joseph Haydn. Simon’s aria from Die Jahreszeiten

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Lyubov’ mertvetsa, Op. 38 No. 5

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Robert’s aria from Iolanta 

Round 2

Gaetano Donizetti. Alfonso’s aria from La favorita

Antonio Spadavecchia. Martini’s arioso from The Gadfly

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Feat, Op. 60 No. 11

Proshchay, radost’, zhizn moya, Russian folk song (arranged by Vyacheslav Karatygin)

Franz Schubert. An Schwager Kronos

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Pierrot’s aria from Die tote Stadt

Soprano

Born in Minsk. Graduated from the Belarus Academy of Music (class of People’s Artist of the Republic of Belarus Nina Sharubina). Trained at the Latvian Academy of Music (class of Professor Sigrid Krieger).

Laureate of the International Competition of Young Vocalists “Kaunas Sonorum” (2017, 1st prize).

She performed with the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vilmantas Kaliunas. She performed the role of Iolanta on the stage of the Belarus Academy of Music (2021). In December 2021, she sang Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus under the direction of Yuri Bashmet at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Currently, she is an artist of the Young Artists Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (since 2021), debuted on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2022 in the roles of the First Forest Nymph in Dvořák’s Rusalka (conducted by Alexey Bogorad) and Brigitta in Iolanta (conducted by Andrey Lebedev). Participated in the Winter International Arts Festival of Yuri Bashmet (2022, 2023, the role of the First Lady in The Magic Flute. Journey under the direction of Justus Frantz. She has also collaborated with the conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov, the pianists Semyon Skigin, Larisa Gergieva, Mzia Bakhturidze, Natalia Katyukova, Ivari Ilja, Lyubov Orfenova, and others.

Repertoire

Round 1

George Frideric Handel. Ah, crudel! Armida’s aria from Rinaldo

Giacomo Puccini. Signore, ascolta, Liu’s aria from Turandot

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Nochi bezumnye, Op. 60 No. 6

Round 2

Franz Schubert. Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774

Carlisle Floyd. Ain’t it a Pretty Night, Susannah’s aria from Susannah

A u poli viarba, Belarusian folk song arranged by Vasily Yefimov

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami, Op. 47 No. 2

Charles Gounod. O Dieu!.. Ah! Je ris de me voir, Marguerite’s recitative and aria from Faust

Round 3

George Bizet. C’est des contrebandiers... Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante, Micaela’s recitative and aria from Carmen

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ish ty, kakaya v’yuga… Tsvela yablon’ka v sadochke, Oxana’s recitative and aria from Cherevichki

Mezzo-soprano

Born in Nizhnevartovsk. Graduated from the Ufa State Institute of Arts (class of Lyubov Butorina). She trained at the Academy of Young Opera Singers of the Monte-Carlo Opera. Participated in master classes by Ildar Abdrazakov, Kira Parfeyevets, Vasily Ladyuk, Barbara Frittoli, David Zobel, Larisa Gergieva, Ekaterina Semenchuk.

Laureate of the Gaziz Almukhametov Republican Vocal Competition (Ufa, 2018, 1st prize), the All-Russian Review of Competition of Vocalists - Graduates of Music Universities (St. Petersburg, 2020), the Georg Ots International Competition and Festival (St. Petersburg, 2020, 2nd prize). Finalist of the All-Russian educational project “Opera Institute” (class of Agunda Kulaeva).

She has collaborated with the conductors Artem Makarov, Felix Korobov, Jean-Yves Ossonce, and Mihran Aghajanyan. Soloist of the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre. The repertoire includes the roles of the Beautiful Dulcinea in Massenet’s Don Quichotte, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Lel in The Snow Maiden, Lola in Cavalleria rusticana, Nezhata in Sadko, etc.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Parto, parto! ma tu ben mio, Sesto’s aria from La clemenza di Tito 

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Na son gryadushchy, Op. 27 No. 1

Gioachino Rossini. Una voce poco fa, Rosina’s cavatina from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Round 2

Vincenzo Bellini. Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio, Romeo’s cavatina from I Capuleti e iMontecchi

Claude Debussy. Beau soir

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego?, Op. 6 No. 5

Ashkadar, Bashkir folk song

Andrey Petrov. Net bol’she Marty! Ekaterina… Pervaya!, aria of Catherine the First from Peter the Great

Round 3

Gioachino Rossini. Nacqui all’affanno… Non più mesta, Angelina’s aria from La cenerentola

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Mne li, Gospodi, Warrior’s arioso from Cantata Moscow

Baritone

Born in 1996 in Glazov (Udmurtia), he graduated from the Ural Conservatory in 2020 (Professor Valery Sherstov). He participated in master classes led by Ildar Abdrazakov.

In 2021 he became a fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre.

Since 2022, he is a guest artist of the Mariinsky Theatre. He made his debut on its stage in 2022, first in a concert of young opera soloists and then in Eugene Onegin. In the performances at the Mariinsky Theatre he performs the roles of Mizgir (The Snow Maiden), Fyodor Poyarok (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh), Pantaloon (The Love for Three Oranges), Denisov (War and Peace), and Doctor Malatesta (Don Pasquale).

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Count’s aria from Le nozze di Figaro

Charles Gounod. Valentin’s cavatina from Faust

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Feat, Op. 60 No. 11

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Snova, kak prezhde, odin, Op. 73 No. 6

Franz Schubert. The Hurdy-Gurdy Man from Winterreise

Vdol’ po Piterskoy, Russian folk song (arranged by Konstantin Vinogradov)

Alexander Borodin. Igor’s aria from Prince Igor

Vissarion Shebalin. Petruccio’s aria from The Taming of the Shrew

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Robert’s aria from Iolanta

Georges Bizet. Toreador Song from Carmen

Baritone

He was born in 1998 in Syktyvkar. He graduated from the College of Arts of the Komi Republic (Olga Sosnovskaya) and is currently a student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of senior lecturer Alexander Kuznetsov).

He won the Grand Prix of the Lemeshev International Competition of Young Opera Singers (Tver, 2022) and the Alisa Gitsba International Vocal Competition (Sukhum, 2022). He is a laureate of the Shtokolov International Vocalists Competition (St. Petersburg, 2018; I prize) and the Sviridov International Chamber Singing Competition (Kursk, 2021; III prize). He won the "Soldier's Envelope" Patriotic Song Contest (Stavropol, 2021), the "Russia" Contest (Pyatigorsk, 2022), and many other music competitions.

He actively participates in performances of the Opera Studio of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. His repertoire includes the title parts of Eugene Onegin, Aleko, and Gianni Schicchi, Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades, Ibn-Hakia in Iolanta, Afron in The Golden Cockerel, Shaunard in La Bohème, and Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus. He is a soloist of the "Petersburg Baritones" alliance and a member of the Union of Concert Performers of St. Petersburg.

Repertoire

Round 1

Joseph Haydn. Simon’s aria from Die Jahreszeiten

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Feat, Op. 60 No. 11

Gioachino Rossini. Dandini’s aria from La cenerentola

Round 2

Sergei Prokofiev. Andrei Bolkonsky’s aria from War and Peace

Benjamin Britten. Billy Budd’s aria from Billy Budd

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Sred’ mrachnykh dney, Op. 73 No. 5

Georgy Sviridov. Ya prigvozhden k traktirnoy stoyke

Vdol’ po Piterskoy, Russian folk song

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Gioachino Rossini. Figaro’s cavatina from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Tenor

Graduated in 2009 from the Choral Conducting Department of the Murmansk College of Arts (Larisa Filatova) and in 2014 from the Vocal-Directing Faculty of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Professor Valentina Gagen).

Laureate of international and all-Russian competitions. From 2016 to 2018, he was a fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre. Was nominated for the “Golden Mask” for the role of Clare Quilty in the opera Lolita by Shchedrin (2021).

In 2014, he debuted on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre and became its member in 2016. At the theatre, he performs over forty leading roles from Russian, Italian, and French repertoires, including the title roles in Berlioz’ Benvenuto Cellini, Shchedrin’s The Lefthander, Weinberg’s The Idiot, as well as Gabriele Adorno (Simon Boccanegra), Arrigo (I vespri siciliani), Cassio (Verdi’s Otello), Duke (Rigoletto), Macduff (Macbeth), Sir Edgar Ravenswood (Lucia di Lammermoor), Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Charles VII (The Maid of Orleans), Tsar Berendey (The Snow Maiden), etc.

He portrayed Prince Yury (The Enchantress) in a performance at the Oper Frankfurt, and appeared at festivals in Bregenz, Verbier, and the Berlioz Festival in La Côte-Saint-André (France).

Repertoire

Round 1

Giuseppe Verdi. Ella mi fu rapita, Duke’s aria from Rigoletto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Rastvoril ya okno, Op. 63 No. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Fuor del mar, Idomeneo’s aria from Idomeneo

Round 2

Georgy Sviridov. Yest’ odna khoroshaya pesnya u solovushki from song cycle My Father is a Peasant

Proshchay, radost’, Russian folk song

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. To bylo ranneyu vesnoy, Op. 38 No. 2

Viktor Pleshak. Anticipation from the poetoria The Innermost Word

Giacomo Puccini. Avete torto!, Rinuccio’s aria from Gianni Schicchi

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kuda, kuda, Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Jules Massenet. Pourquoi me réveiller..., Werther’s arioso from Werther

Soprano

Born in Shanxi Province. Graduated with honors from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (2022, class of Professor Valery Lebed). She is currently an assistant-intern at the Conservatory.

Winner of the Moscow International Competition for Young Performers of the Russian Romance "Romansiada" (2019), the International Vocal Competition "Star Rhapsody" (St. Petersburg, 2019), the Galina Kovaleva International Competition of Opera Singers (St. Petersburg, 2022), the International Arts Festival "Winter Fairy Tale" (St. Petersburg, 2022), etc. Diploma recipient and winner of the special prize of the Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers (St. Petersburg, 2021). Winner of the International Professional Music Award BraVo (2022).

She has performed at the Kremlin Palace, the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, the Mongolian Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, the Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia. Collaborated with the ensemble "Russia" named after Lyudmila Zykina, the Fomin Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, the Russian-Chinese Symphony Orchestra.

Teaching Assistant of the Solo Voice Department at the Herzen State Russian Pedagogical University since 2022.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ach, ich fühl’s, Pamina's aria from Die Zauberflöte

Gaetano Donizetti. Lucia’s aria from Lucia di Lammermoor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Skazhi, o chem v teni vetvey, Op. 57 No. 1

Round 2

Leonard Bernstein. Glitter and be gay, Cunegonde’s aria from Candide

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4

Sergei Banevich. Kogda tebya v liubom krayu, Gerda’s aria from The Story of Kai and Gerda

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Song of the Ussuri, Chinese folk song arranged by Wang Yuncai

Round 3

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Ivan Sergeich, khochesh’, v sad poydyom, Marfa’s aria from The Tsar’s Bride

Gioachino Rossini. Semiramide’s aria from Semiramide

Tenor

Jihoon Song was born in 1990 in Seoul. He graduated from the Korean National University of Arts (Seoul) and studied at the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding (Munich).

Laureate of the Montserrat Caballé International Singers Competition (Madrid, 2022, 1st prize), the Giovan Battista Viotti International Music Competition (Vercelli, Italy, 2022, 1st prize and Audience Award), the Éva Marton International Vocalists Competition (Budapest, 2022, 3rd prize and special prize), etc.

He performs roles such as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Britten), Rodolfo (La bohème), and Ruodi (Guillaume Tell), as well as the vocal cycle Winterreise by Schubert. Has appeared at the Seoul Arts Center and at various venues in Europe.

Repertoire

Round 1

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6

Gioachino Rossini. Sì, ritrovarla io giuro, Ramiro’s aria from La Cenerentola

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Frisch zum Kampfe, Pedrillo’s aria from Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Round 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Don Juan’s Serenade, Op. 38 No. 1

Dong sim cho (Love Letter), Korean folk song (arranged by Seongtae Kim)

Gioachino Rossini. Languir per una bella, Lindoro’s aria from L’italiana in Algeri

John Adams. Platonic Men, Mao’s aria from Nixon in China

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kuda, kuda vy udalilis’..., Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Gioachino Rossini. Asile héréditaire... Amis, amis, Arnold’s aria from Guillaume Tell

Soprano

Born in 1999 in Makeyevka. Graduated from Donetsk Music College. A student of Donetsk State Music Academy (class of Professor Alina Korobko-Zakharova).

Laureate of the “Open Planet” Moscow International Festival and Competition (2015, 1st prize), the International Festival Competition “Heirs of Victory” (Donetsk, 2016, 1st prize), the Open Competition of Young Talents “Hot Heart” (Donetsk, 2017 and 2018), the International Vocal Art Competition “Ringing Voices of Baikonur” (2020, 1st prize), the International Competition of Performers of Russian Romance “Donetsk Romanciade” (2022, 2nd prize). Winner of a special prize of the “Russian Student Spring” Festival (Perm, 2019), diploma recipient and winner of a special prize of the All-Russian Romance Competition (Vladimir, 2022).

Soloist of the Donetsk Philharmonia. She participated three times in a concert dedicated to the Great Victory Day on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

Repertoire

Round 1

Georg Friedrich Handel. Solo per voi, aria from cantata Pastorella, vaga, bella

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Zemfira’s aria from Aleko

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kaby znala ya, kaby vedala, Op. 47 No. 1

Round 2

Giuseppe Verdi. Leonora’s aria from La forza del destino

Andre Previn. Blanche’s aria from A Streetcar Named Desire

Georgy Sviridov. Kak nebesa, tvoy vzor blistaet

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Den’ li tsarit, Op. 47 No. 6

Matushka, chto vo pole pyl’no, Russian folk song arranged by Mikhail Matveev

Round 3

Jules Massenet. Salome’s aria from Hérodiade

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kuma’s arioso from The Enchantress

Tenor

Born in 2001 in Samara. Graduated from the Academic Music College at the Moscow Conservatory (Roman Muravitsky). He is a student at the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Yuri Grigoriev and Roman Muravitsky). Participated in master classes of Ernesto Palacio, Juan Diego Flores, Placido Domingo, Alexander Sibirtsev, Sergey Zaitsev, Vladimir Kovaly, Marina Meshcheriakova, Alessandro Svaba, Vladimir Vaneev, and others.

He is a laureate of many Russian and international competitions. He is the holder of a special prize of the Francisco Viñas International Vocal Competition (Barcelona, 2021). He is a finalist of the Operalia International Opera Competition for Young Singers and a recepient of a special prize from Placido Domingo (Moscow, 2021). He is a laureate of the All-Russian Nadezhda Obukhova Competition for Young Vocalists (Lipetsk, 2020; III prize). He is a Grant recipient of the President of Russia.

Valery is a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, where he has an extensive repertoire. He is a guest soloist of Moscow theatres "Helikon-Opera" and "Novaya Opera", St. Petersburg Opera, and Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. He participated in the Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro, Italy), International Tevlin Autumn Choral Festival, and International "Shostakovich. XX century" Festival of Arts.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Tamino’s aria from Die Zauberflöte

Gioachino Rossini. Ramiro’s aria from La cenerentola

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego?.., Op. 6 No. 5 

Round 2

Charles Gounod. Roméo’s cavatina from Roméo et Juliette

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Ni slova, o drug moy, Op. 6 No. 2

Dmitry Shostakovich. The Awakening of Spring, Op. 109 No. 2

Ne dlya tebya, Russian folk song

Vladimir Dashkevich. Khlestakov’s aria from The Government Inspector 

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Gaetano Donizetti. Tonio’s cavatina from La Fille du régiment

Tenor

Born in 1998 in Darkhan, Mongolia, he graduated from the Mongolian State Conservatory in 2022 (Professor Khorloo Urtnasan) and from the Novosibirsk Conservatory in 2023 (Professor Dmitry Suslov).

He is a laureate of the International Student Vocalist Competition "Works of World and National Classics" (Ulan Bator: 2017 - I prize; 2019 - Grand Prix), the International Student Vocalist Competition "Lavai" (Ulan Bator, 2017 and 2019; II prize), the Linkhovoin International Vocalist Competition (Aginskoe, Zabaykalsky Krai, 2020; II prize), the Bazarsadaev International Competition of Young Opera Singers "Male Voices" (Ulan-Ude, 2022; III prize), the Lydia Abramova Bella voce International Student Vocalist Competition (Moscow, 2022; I prize), and the All-Russian Review Competition of Vocalists - Graduates of Music Universities (St. Petersburg, 2023).

Repertoire

Round I

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Un aura amorosa, Ferrando’s aria from Così fan tutte

Giacomo Puccini. Che gelida manina, Rodolfo’s aria from La bohème

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Den’ li tsarit, Op. 47 No. 6

Round II

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Sred’ shumnogo bala, Op. 38 No. 3

Edvard Grieg. Jeg elsker dir, Op. 5 No. 3

Torgony Hee, Mongol folk song

Giuseppe Verdi. Lunge da lei... De’ miei bollenti spiriti... O mio rimorso!, Alfredo’s scene from La traviata

Byambasuren Sharav. Ene altan bus, Jamukha’s aria from Genghis Khan

Round III

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Kuda, kuda..., Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin

Charles Gounod. Salut! demeure chaste et pure, Faust’s cavatina from Faust

Soprano

Zhang Yi is a PHD student in the Vocal and Opera Department at the Central Conservatory of Music, studying under Professor Xie Tian (tenor) and Associate Professor Chen Xi (coach). In 2019, she went to Rome as an exchange student to study with Professor Michela Sburlati at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia”.

Winner of the Renato Bruson International Competition (2017, 1st prize, China Region), the National Professional Colleges Chinese Art Song Competition of Central Conservatory of Music (2018, 2nd prize), and the “Vincerò” World Singing Competition (2021, 1st prize, China Region). Winner of the National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students (2020).

Since 2015, she has performed leading soprano roles in many operas including Così fan tutte, L’elisir d’amore, Gianni Schicchi, lolanta, and Huang Ruo’s The Book of Mountains and Seas – Running to the Moon. Zhang Yi sang in Shenzhen and gave recitals in Guangzhou and Beijing in 2020.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Temerari… Come scoglio immoto resta, Fiordiligi’s aria from Così fan tutte

Gaetano Donizetti. Quel guardo il cavaliere, Norina's cavatina from Don Pasquale

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Net, tol’ko tot, kto znal, Op.6 No. 6

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Den’ li tsarit, Op. 47 No. 6

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Zdes’ khorosho, Op. 21 No. 7

A Glass of Wine, Chinese (Xinjiang) folk song

Shi Guang Wang. The lark must stop singing from Marco Polo

Johann Strauss. Csárdás from Die Fledermaus

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Otchego eto prezhde ne znala, Iolanta’s aria from Iolanta

Georges Bizet. Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante, Micaela’s aria from Carmen

Born in 1991 in Zelenogorsk (Krasnoyarsky Krai). Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Alexey Utkin).

Winner of the All-Russian Music Competition (2020, 1st prize in two nominations). Laureate of the International Youth Music Competition (Oldenburg, 2007, 2nd prize), the International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments (2010 and 2013, 3rd prize).

Collaborates with Vladimir Spivakov, Alexander Lazarev, Valery Gergiev, Rudolf Buchbinder, Pinchas Zukerman, Tugan Sokhiev, Mario Brunello, Paavo Järvi. He was a soloist of the Mariinsky Orchestra, principal of the oboe group of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pavel Kogan. Soloist of the «Moscow Virtuosi» Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the «Novaya Opera» Theatre.

Repertoire

Round 1

Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No. 3 in B minor for solo flute (oboe)
Largo / Vivace / Allegro

Heinz Holliger
Studie II for solo oboe

Henri Dutilleux
Oboe Sonata
Aria. Grave / Scherzo. Vif / Final. Assez allant

Round 2

Аntonio Vivaldi
Oboe Sonata in C minor, RV 53
Adagio / Allegro / Andante / Allegro

Robert Schumann
Three romances for oboe and piano, Op. 94
Nicht schnell / Einfach, innig / Nicht schnell

Antal Doráti
Duo concertante for oboe and piano
Lento, rubatissimo / Lento – Molto vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Allegro moderato / Andante / Vivace – Allegro

Kim Yesung studied with Professor Yerin Lee, Professor Hyeri Yoon, Professor Uikyung Park and Professor Anna Bjørn Larsen. She graduated from Yewon School, Seoul Arts High School, Seoul National University and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Student at the Korean National University of Arts.

Winner of the Hong Kong International Flute Competition, the Tiziano Rossetti International Music Competition, the Tokyo International Flute Audition, the Kuhlau International Flute Competition, the Busan MBC Competition and the Seoul National University Woodwind Competition. Semi-finalist of the Kobe International Flute Competition, participant in the ARD International Competition, scholarship holder of the Kurt-Alten-Stiftung Musikpreis.

She gives recitals and has performed with the Busan and Seoul philharmonic orchestras, the Korean Symphony Orchestra, the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, and the SNU Symphony Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for Solo Flute in A minor, BWV 1013
Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Bourrée anglaise

Vladimir Tsybin
Concert Allegro No. 1 in A minor

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 (arranged for flute)

Yuri Kornakov
Sonata for Solo Flute No. 2
Waltz. Tempo di valse / Aria. Lento, doloroso / Toccata. Andante, focoso e molto ritmico

Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (arranged for flute)

Isang Yun
Etude No. 5 for solo flute

Round 3

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq. 22 (H.425)
Allegro / Un poco andante / Allegro di molto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Allegro vivacissimo (3rd movement) from Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (arranged by Denis Bouriakov)

Born in 1991 in Leningrad. Alexander began his studies with Irina Mikhaylovskaya. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Associate Professor Artem Isaev), also studied with Professor of the Conservatory Nikolai Neretin. Having won a competition for a scholarship from the Gart Family Foundation, he then improved his skills at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar with Professor Matthias Becker.

Laureate of the International Competition "Art of the XXI century" (Kiev, 2003, 1st prize) and the Mravinsky International Competition for Youth (St. Petersburg, 2006, 4th prize). Winner of the St. Petersburg Government Award "Young Talents" (2005, 2008).

As a student at the Conservatory, he worked with the Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Capella, was the principal of the oboe group. Alexander has been an associate principal of the Mariinsky Orchestra since 2013.

Repertoire

Round 1

Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No. 3 in B minor for solo flute (oboe)
Largo / Vivace / Allegro

Francis Poulenc
Oboe Sonata
Élégie. Paisiblement / Scherzo. Très animé / Déploration. Très calme

Niccolò Castiglioni
Alef for solo oboe

Round 2

Robert Schumann
Three romances for oboe and piano, Op. 94
Nicht schnell / Einfach, innig / Nicht schnell

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Oboe Sonata in G minor, Wq. 135
Adagio / Allegro / Vivace

Antal Doráti
Duo concertante for oboe and piano
Lento, rubatissimo / Lento – Molto vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Allegro moderato / Andante / Vivace – Allegro

Born in 1995 in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Associate Professor Denis Lupachev). Fyodor continued his studies at the University of Music and the Performing Arts Stuttgart (class of Professor Davide Formisano). He is currently a postgraduate student at the Mozarteum University Salzburg (class of Professor Paolo Taballione). Participant of master classes by Felix Renggli, Andrea Lieberknecht, Barthold Kuijken, Denis Buryakov, Emmanuel Pahud, Patrick Gallois, Egor Egorkin.

Winner of the Crescendo International Music Competition (2013, 1st prize; 2014, 2nd prize) and Open Wind and Drum Competition "Siberian Musical Assemblies" (2017, 1st prize), the All-Russian Competition for Conductors of Symphony Orchestra (2021, 2nd prize). Winner of the Award of the President of the Russian Federation. Participant of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition. Finalist of the International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and Alto Flute in Munich (2019).

Participant of concert programs at the St. Petersburg House of Music. Soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Johann Sebastian BachPartita for Solo Flute in A minor, BWV 1013
Allemande / Courante / Sarabande / Bourrée anglaise

Vladimir Tsybin
Concert Allegro No. 2 in A-flat major

Round 2

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 (arranged for flute)

Edison Denisov
Flute Sonata

Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (arranged for flute)

Elliott Carter
Scrivo in vento for solo flute

Round 3

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in G major, Wq. 169 (H.445)
Allegro di molto / Largo / Presto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Allegro vivacissimo (3rd movement) from Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (arranged by Denis Bouriakov)

Born in 2006. Lu Yao has been studying bassoon with Professor Li Lansong since 2015, then since 2016 she has been studying at the Primary School of the Central Conservatory of Music, where she participates in the Best of Best Innovative Talent Training Program of the Central Conservatory of Music. Participated in Stefan Schweigert's master classes.

Winner of the Asian Wind Music Competition (2016, 2nd prize), the China Music Little Golden Bell Wind Solo Exhibition (2017), the International Music Festival of Jinbao (2019), the Competition of the High School of the Central Conservatory of Music (2021, 3rd prize) and the National Bassoon Grand Prix, as a chamber musician she won the First Prize and the Hummingbird Award at the China Youth Music Competition.

Lu Yao performed at the Alexander International Music Festival in Germany in an ensemble with leading professors of the Central Conservatory of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, KV 191/186е
Allegro / Andante ma adagio / Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4 (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 2

Marcel Bitsch
Bassoon Concertino

Paul Bonneau
Caprice en forme de valse

Gordon Jacob
Partita for Solo Bassoon
Preludio. Allegro molto / Valse. Tempo di Valse animato / Presto. Presto assai / Aria antiqua. Andante / Capriccietto. Allegro molto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
August (Harvest) from The Seasons (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 3

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Allegro moderato / Romanza. Andantino e cantabile / Rondo. Vivace

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Born in 2002 in Moscow. He graduated from the Academic Music College at Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of Professor Valery Popov), now a student at the Moscow Conservatory (class of the same teacher).

Laureate of the Competition for Young Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments «Merzlyakovka invites friends» (Moscow, 2017, 1st prize), the competition «Young Talents of Russia» (2019, 2nd prize).

He was a soloist of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a soloist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, as well as the Moscow Classical Ensemble. Collaborates with the ensemble «Studio of New Music» and the chamber orchestra «Moscow Virtuosi».

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, KV 191/186е
Allegro / Andante ma adagio / Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nocturne, Op. 10 No. 1 (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 2

Gordon Jacob
Partita for Solo Bassoon
Preludio. Allegro molto / Valse. Tempo di Valse animato / Presto. Presto assai / Aria antiqua. Andante / Capriccietto. Allegro molto

Marcel Bitsch
Bassoon Concertino

Paul Bonneau
Caprice en forme de valse

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
August (Harvest) from The Seasons (arranged by Ivan Kostlan)

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Allegro moderato / Romanza. Andantino e cantabile / Rondo. Vivace

Born in 2004 in Kaluga. He graduated from the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, and is currently a student at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Associate Professor Olga Tomilova). Participated in master classes by Alexey Ogrinchuk, Domenico Orlando, Alexey Utkin, Maria Surnacheva, José Antonio Masmano, Dmitry Bulgakov and Lorenzo Masala.

Laureate of the «Siberian Musical Assemblies» Competition (2020, 2nd prize), the «Virtuosi of the Chernozem Region» Competition (2021, 2nd prize), winner of the International Competition-Festival of Young Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments named after the Gnesins (Moscow, 2020), the Wind Stars Competition (Riga, 2020) and Russian Woodwinds Fest (Moscow, 2021). Andrey holds a Grant from the President of the Russian Federation.

Creator and artistic director of the Chamber Music Festival «Metamorphoses of Wind Instruments». Soloist of the State Symphony Capella of Russia under the direction of Valery Polyansky.Artist of the musicAeterna Orchestra. Participant of concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music.

Repertoire

Round 1

Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No. 2 in A minor for solo flute (oboe)
Grave / Vivace / Adagio / Allegro

Luciano Berio
Sequenza VII for solo oboe

Camille Saint-Saëns
Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166
Andantino / Ad libitum – Allegretto / Molto allegro

Round 2

Аntonio Vivaldi
Oboe Sonata in C minor, RV 53
Adagio / Allegro / Andante / Allegro

Robert Schumann
Three romances for oboe and piano, Op. 94
Nicht schnell / Einfach, innig / Nicht schnell

Antal Doráti
Duo concertante for oboe and piano
Lento, rubatissimo / Lento – Molto vivace

Round 3

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Allegro moderato / Andante / Vivace – Allegro

Born in 1991 in Moscow. Oleg graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Rafael Bagdasaryan).

Winner of the International Competition for Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments (Moscow, 2007, Grand Prix), the “New Names” Competition (Moscow, 2008), the Gheorghe Dima International Music Competition (Cluj, Romania, 2017, 3rd prize), the All-Russian Competition of Symphony Orchestra Artists (2018, 2nd prize).

He played with the Central Band of the Navy, the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory Concert Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anatoly Levin, where he was principal of the clarinet group. Oleg was a principal of the clarinet group of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra from 2018 to 2020, and since 2020 he has been the associate principal of the Svetlanov State Symphony of Russia.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro (1st movement) from Clarinet Concerto in A major, KV 622

Igor Stravinsky
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Russian Dance from Swan Lake (arranged for clarinet)

Round 2

Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Zart und mit Ausdruck / Lebhaft, leicht / Rasch und mit Feuer

Edison Denisov
Sonata for Solo Clarinet
Lento, poco rubato / Allegro giusto

Giuseppe Verdi – Luigi Bassi
Concert Fantasia on Themes from Rigoletto

Round 3

Claude Debussy
Première rhapsodie

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Gioachino Rossini
Introduction, Theme and Variations

Born in Moscow in 1998. He is studying at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Associate Professor Mikhail Beznosov). Participated in master classes by Evgeny Petrov.

Winner of the «Weber Clarinet» Competition (2021, 2nd prize), the Saxotone (2022, 3rd prize), the All-Russian Symphony Orchestra Artists Competition (2022, 3rd prize), the International Competition of Performers on Wind & Percussion Instruments held by the Moscow Conservatory (2022, 2nd prize).

Performs with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra, the Kremlin Orchestra of Russia, the Concert Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, the «Novaya Rossiya», Musica Viva, «Persimfans», «Academy of Russian Music» orchestras. Artist of the orchestra of the State Symphony Capella of Russia since 2021.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro (1st movement) from Clarinet Concerto in A major, KV 622

Igor Stravinsky
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Russian Dance from Swan Lake (arranged for clarinet)

Round 2

Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Zart und mit Ausdruck / Lebhaft, leicht / Rasch und mit Feuer

Edison Denisov
Sonata for Solo Clarinet
Lento, poco rubato / Allegro giusto

Giuseppe Verdi – Luigi Bassi
Concert Fantasia on Themes from Rigoletto

Round 3

Claude Debussy
Première rhapsodie

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Gioachino Rossini
Introduction, Theme and Variations

Born in 1995 in Orel. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Evgeny Petrov).

Laureate of All-Russian and international competitions.

Participated in concert programs as a soloist, a chamber musician and as part of an orchestra in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Orenburg, Samara, Togliatti, Salekhard, etc. Toured in Spain, Italy, China. He has performed with such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Alexander Lazarev, Vladimir Yurovsky, Teodor Currentzis, Thomas Sanderling, Paavo Järvi, Anatoly Levin, Valentin Uryupin. Soloist of the Concert Symphony Orchestra of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory since 2018. Since 2021, artist of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Repertoire

Round 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro (1st movement) from Clarinet Concerto in A major, KV 622

Igor Stravinsky
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Russian Dance from Swan Lake (arranged for clarinet)

Round 2

Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Zart und mit Ausdruck / Lebhaft, leicht / Rasch und mit Feuer

Giuseppe Verdi – Luigi Bassi
Concert Fantasia on themes from Rigoletto

Edison Denisov
Sonata for Solo Clarinet
Lento, poco rubato / Allegro giusto

Round 3

Claude Debussy
Première rhapsodie

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Leopold Auer
Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged by Andrei Rubtsov)

Gioachino Rossini
Introduction, Theme and Variations

Born in 1998 in Kazan. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, he is currently an assistant-intern (class of Associate Professor Dmitry Bulgakov, since 2022 – class of Associate Professor Filipp Nodel).

Laureate of the All-Russian Competition for Symphony Orchestra Artists (2018, 2nd prize; 2020, 1st prize), the International Competition for Young Performers named after Rudolf Gummert in Kazan (2019, 1st prize), the International Competition for Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments (2021, 2nd prize). Soloist of the orchestra of the Chamber Music Summer Academy in Pommersfelden, Germany (2018). Soloist of the Nekrasov Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, soloist and principal of the oboe group of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is also engaged in active solo activities and chamber performances.

Pavel has taught at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music.