After 14 editions of “Luciano Gante International Piano Competition” in Pordenone – Italy, since 2011 the “Piano FVG” logo has launched a new project in a cosmopolitan feel, which makes the piano an absolute protagonist of an artistic and cultural path, open to original synergies and ambitious goals. The new International Piano Competition of Friuli Venezia Giulia, first edition of which has been successfully presented in 2012, is a biennial event taking place at the Zancanaro Theatre in Sacile, in addition to many prestigious musical events that have always characterized the City of Livenza, today more than ever confirmed as the ‘City of Music’. Also, new are the contest period (late spring) and the articulation of the rounds, which culminate with the selection of the six finalists who compete in a decisive soul-stirring performance with orchestra.
Even authoritative and consolidated is the artistic and institutional parterre of the event, which sees the Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia and Friuli Foundation amongst the main promoters, naturally with the City of Sacile, in addition to the essential synergy with Fazioli Pianoforti, artistic and technical partner of the project. Together with them, other cultural institutions, local governments and private partners, who have chosen to support the Competition and the various events connected to it, with particular attention to the promotion of the territory and the involvement of students of schools and academies of music, through specific “educational” initiatives dedicated to them.
The Competition will alternate, in the interim, with a series of concerts reserved for the winners, who will thus benefit from an interesting musical tour, as a further showcase for promoting the career of promising soloists. A way to boost the idea of a network of excellence for young musicians on the rise, able to promote a new generation of acclaimed pianists through a shared experience on an international level.
M° Davide Fregona
Artistic Director of the International piano competition of Friuli Venezia Giulia
PARTICIPANTS ADMITTED TO THE THIRD ROUND
RUGGIERO FIORELLA
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ITALY – 2002
SOLO ROUND |
M. Clementi
(1752 – 1832) |
Sonata op. 40 n. 1
Allegro molto vivace
Molto adagio, sostenuto e cantabile
Canone I perpetuo per moto retto – Allegro
Canone II perpetuo per moto contrario
Finale – presto |
R. Schumann
(1810 – 1856) |
Novellette op. 21 n. 8
Molto vivace |
S. Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943) |
Etudes op. 33 |
CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA |
S. Prokofiev
(1891 – 1953) |
Concerto in G minor op. 16
Andantino
Scherzo – Vivace
Intermezzo – Allegro moderato
Finale – Allegro tempestoso |
NIKITA LUKINOV
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RUSSIA – 1998
SOLO ROUND |
R. Schumann
(1810 – 1856) |
Symphonic etudes op. 13 |
P.I. Tchaikovsky – M. Pletnëv |
From “The sleeping beauty” op. 66
Danza
Cappuccetto rosso e il lupo
Adagio |
S. Prokofiev
(1891 – 1953) |
Piano sonata in B flat major op. 83
Allegro inquieto
Andante caloroso
Precipitato |
CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA |
S. Prokofiev
(1891 – 1953) |
Concerto in B flat minor op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
Andantino semplice – Prestissimo – Tempo I
Allegro con fuoco
|
MAYAKA NAKAGAWA
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JAPAN – 1993
SOLO ROUND |
J.P. Rameau
(1683 – 1761) |
Suite in A minor
Gavotte and six doubles |
M. Ravel
(1857 – 1937) |
Sonatine
Moderato
Movimento di Minuetto
Animato |
F. Chopin
(1810 – 1849) |
Piano sonata in B flat minor op. 35
Grave – doppio movimento
Scherzo
Marcia funebre – Lento
Finale – Presto |
F. Chopin
(1810 – 1849) |
Ballade in F minor op. 52
Andante con moto |
D. Shostakovich
(1906 – 1975) |
Prelude and Fugue in D flat major op. 87 n. 15
Allegretto – Allegro molto
Fuga – Allegro con spirito
|
CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA |
L.v. Beethoven
(1770 – 1827) |
Concerto in C minor op. 37
Allegro con brio
Largo
Rondò – Allegro |
MOTOHIRO SATO
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JAPAN – 1993
SOLO ROUND |
C. Debussy
(1862 – 1918) |
Images
Première Série, L. 105 |
Leoš Janáček
(1854 – 1928) |
Piano Sonata in E flat minor “From the street, 1°-X-1905”
Presentimento – Con moto
Morte – Adagio |
R. Schumann
(1810 – 1856) |
Carnaval op.9 |
CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA |
L.v. Beethoven
(1770 – 1827) |
Concert in E- flat major op. 73 “Imperatore”
Allegro
Adagio un poco mosso
Rondò – Allegro |
SUPAWEE SRISURICHAN
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THAILAND – 2002
SOLO ROUND |
G. Gershwin
(1898 – 1937) |
Three Preludes
Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Andante con moto e poco rubato
Allegro e ben ritmato e deciso |
F. Schubert
(1797 – 1828) |
Impromptu op. 142, n.3
Andante |
F. Chopin
(1810 – 1849) |
Polonaise – Fantasie in A flat major op. 61
Allegro maestoso |
R. Schumann
(1810 – 1856) |
Allegro in B minor op. 8
Prestissimo |
S. Barber
(1910 – 1981) |
Piano sonata op. 26
Allegro energico
Allegro vivace e leggero
Adagio mesto
Fuga – Allegro con spirito |
CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA |
S. Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943) |
Rhapsody on a Paganini Theme op. 43 |
YUEWEN YU
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CHINA – 2001
PROVE SOLISTICHE |
W.A. Mozart
(1756 – 1791) |
Variations on a theme of C. Gluck |
S. Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943) |
Preludes op. 23 |
F. Liszt
(1811 – 1886) |
Années de pèlerinage S.163, n. 4
Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este |
CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA |
S. Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943) |
Rhapsody on a Paganini Theme op. 43 |
Competitors admitted
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 5
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Polonaise – Fantasie, op. 61
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata “Les Adieux”, Op. 81a, n. 26, E-flat major
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1865 – 1750)
Prelude and Fugue, Book: 1, n. 7, BWV 852
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Images, Book 1
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody, S. 244/12, n. 12
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 8
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 4
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody, S. 244, n.2
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 2, n. 1, F minor
Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin
(1872-1915)
Sonata Op. 19, n.2, G – sharp minor
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Scherzo , Op. 31, n.2
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Studio da concerto, S. 144, n.3
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 10
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 9
Robert Schumann
(1810 – 1856)
Allegro, Op. 8
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 81a, n. 26, E – flat minor
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
(1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 14, D minor
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Fantasia in F minor , Op. 49, n.2
Sofija Asgatovna Gubajdulina
(1931 – )
Toccata troncata
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 1
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 5
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Scherzo, Op, 54, n. 4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 109, n. 30, E major
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
Gaspard de la nuit
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 6
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 12
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
Scarbo (from Gaspard de la nuit)
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 31, n. 2, D minor
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
(1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 82, A major
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 12
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 7
Olivier Messiaen
(1908 – 1992)
Prelude, n.8
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 81a, n. 26, E-flat major
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 43
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1865 – 1750)
Prelude and fugue, BWV 863
Giuseppe Molinari
(1960 – 2006)
Mnemes, Op.2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 11
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 7
Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732 – 1809)
Sonata, HOB XVI, n.23, F major
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 111, n. 32, C minor
Igor’ Fëdorovič Stravinskij
(1882 – 1971)
Three Movements from Petrushka
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Notturno, Op.27, n.2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 1
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1865 – 1750)
Die kunst der fuge, BWV 1080, co 4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata n.17, Op. 31, n. 2, D minor
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
(1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 28, n.3, A minor
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Funérailles, Op. 173, n.7
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 6
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 4
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Fantasy and Fugue on the theme B.A.C.H., S 529, n. 2
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 31, n. 1, G major
Lowell Liebermann
(1961 – )
Gargoyles, Op.29
Karol Maciej Szymanowski
(1882 – 1937)
Variations, Op. 3
Giuseppe Molinari
(1960 – 2006)
Mnemes, Op.2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 5
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 11
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Rondò, Op. 16
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 109, n. 30, E major
Béla Viktor János Bartók
(1881 – 1945)
Sonata, BB. 88, SZ. 80
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Variations on “Là ci darem la mano …”, Op.2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 8
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 12
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera
(1916 – 1983)
Suite de Danzas Criolla, Op. 15
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 57, n.23, F minor
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Etude, Op. 39, n.1
Robert Schumann
(1810 – 1856)
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 8
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27 , B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 8
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Scherzo, Op. 39, n. 3
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 27, n. 1, E – flat major
Lepo Sumera
(1950 – 2000)
Piece from the year 1981
Lepo Sumera
(1950 – 2000)
Ostinato Variations
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Sonata, Op. 36, n.2, B – flat minor
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 8
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 8
Robert Schumann
(1810 – 1856)
I° movement (from Fantasie), Op. 17
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 109, n. 30, E major
Jörg Widmann
(1973 – )
Waldszene, Op. 82, No.4
Robert Schumann
(1810 – 1856)
Humoreske, Op. 20
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25, n.10
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 8
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
(1840 – 1893)
Meditation, Op. 27, n.5
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 2, n. 3, C major
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
The Quarrel (from Cinderella), Op. 102, n.3
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Amoroso (from Cinderella), Op. 102, n.6
Modest Petrovič Mussorgskij
(1839 – 1881)
Pictures at an exhibition
Giuseppe Molinari
(1960 – 2006)
Mnemes, Op. 2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 7
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 11
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1865 – 1750)
Prelude and Fugue, BWV 889, n. 20
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Nocturne, Op. 55, n.2
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 90, n. 27, E minor
György Ligeti
(1923-2006)
Etude, Book 2, n.10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 – 1791)
Fantasia, K 397, n.3
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Waltz, Op. 42, n.5
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Mazurkas, Op. 59, n. 1,2,3
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Polonaise, Op. 71, n.2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 1
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 6
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 52, n.4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 31, n. 3, E – flat major
Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña
(1867 – 1916)
The Maiden and the Nightingale (from Goyescas), n. 4
Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin
(1872 – 1915)
Sonata, Op.23, n.3, F – sharp minor
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 10
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 7
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Legend, S. 175, n. 2
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 110, n. 31, A – flat major
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
La Valse, M. 72
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Polonaise – Fantasie, Op. 61
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 11
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 7, n. 2
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Scherzo, Op. 39, n. 3
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 110, n. 31, A – flat major
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
Miroirs, Op. 43
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 11
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
Franz Peter Schubert
(1797 – 1828)
Impromptu, Op. 90, n. 3
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 101, n. 28, A major
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 83, n. 7, B – flat major
Alessandro Scarlatti
(1660 – 1725)
Sonata, K 159, C major
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 4
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Scherzo, Op. 20
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 31, n. 3, E – flat major
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Estampes, L. 100
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody n. 9, S.44
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 1
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 5
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 52, n.4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 109, n. 30, E major
Samuel Osmond Barber
(1910 – 1981)
Sonata, Op. 26, E – flat minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 12
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 6
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 9
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Barcarolle, Op. 60
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 2, n. 3, C major
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 14, n. 2, D minor
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 11
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 7
Robert Schumann
(1810 – 1856)
“Abegg” variations, Op.1
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 10, n. 3, D major
Dmítrij Dmítrievič Šostakóvič
(1906 – 1975)
24 Preludes and Fugue, Op. 87, n. 15
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 28, n. 3, A minor
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 52
Giuseppe Molinari
(1960 – 2006)
Mnemes, Op.2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 10
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 7
Nikolaj Karlovič Metner
(1880 – 1951)
Fairy Tales, Op. 26, n. 1
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Etude – Tableaux, Op. 39, n. 9
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 90, n. 27, E minor
Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov
(1859 – 1924)
Variations and Fugue on the Russian Theme, Op. 49
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Moment Musicaux, Op. 16, n. 3 e 4
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Nocturne, Op. 15, n. 3
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Toccata, Op. 11
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 9
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 12
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Fantasia and Fugue on the theme B.A.C.H., S. 529
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 10 , n. 2, F major
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Sonata, Op. 36, n. 2, B – flat minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1865 – 1750)
Prelude and Fugue, BWV 875, n.6
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Etude – Tableaux, Op. 39, n. 1
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25, n. 10
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 7
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 52, n. 4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Ballade, Op. 109 , n. 30, E major
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Sonata, Op. 36, n. 2, B – flat minor
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 38, n. 2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 5
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
Dmítrij Dmítrievič Šostakóvič
(1906 – 1975)
Prelude and fugue, Op. 87, n. 4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 110 , n. 31, A – flat major
Ettore Pozzoli
(1873 – 1957)
Mormorio di onde (from Riflessi del mare), n. 2
Robert Schumann
(1810 – 1856)
Carnaval, Op. 9
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 9
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 9
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 52, n. 4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 109 , n. 30, E major
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Etude, Op. 2, n.4
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, n. 1, 3, 4, 5
Giuseppe Molinari
(1960 – 2006)
Mnemes, Op. 2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 12
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 4
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 5
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 12
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 53 , n. 12, C major
Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin
(1872-1915)
Sonata, Op. 68, n. 9
Johannes Brahms
(1833 – 1897)
Intermezzi, Op. 117, n. 3
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 12
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 6
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 1
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Nocturne, Op. 48 n. 1
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 27 , n. 2, C – sharp minor
Andrea Talmelli
(1950 – )
Gondola
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1865 – 1750)
Prelude and Fugue , BWV 853, n. 8
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballata, Op. 23 n. 1
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Etudes, S. 141, n. 3
FIRST ROUND
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Waltz (from Faust), S. 407
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 10
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 10 , n. 3, D major
Igor’ Fëdorovič Stravinskij
(1882 – 1971)
Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 8
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
4 Etudes, Op. 2
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 81a , n. 26, E – flat major
Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni
(1866 – 1924)
10 variation on a theme of Chopin, BV213a
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
(1809 – 1847)
Songs without words, Op. 62, n. 6
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
(1809 – 1847)
Songs without words, Op. 53, n. 2
Giuseppe Molinari
(1960 – 2006)
Mnemes, Op. 2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 1
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 6
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Funerailles, S.173
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 31 , n. 2, D minor
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 103, n. 9, C major
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
(1809 – 1847)
Song without words, Op. 19, n.4
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 4
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 10
Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov
(1873 – 1943)
Etude, Op. 39, n. 5
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 31 , n. 2, D minor
Lowell Liebermann
(1961- )
Nocturne, Op. 38, n. 4
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 23, n.1
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 11
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 5
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Scherzo, Op. 39, n. 3
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 57 , n. 23, F minor
Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin
(1872-1915)
Etude, Op. 42, n.5
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Totentanz, S. 525
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 4
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 5
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
(1809 – 1847)
Fantasia, Op. 28
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 53 , n. 21, C major
Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev
( 1891 – 1953)
Sonata, Op. 83, n. 7 , B – flat major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 – 1791)
Variations on Salve tu Domine, K 398
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 8
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 10
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz
(1860 – 1909)
Triana (from Iberia), Book 2, n. 3
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 10 , n. 2, F major
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
La Valse, M 72
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Nocturne, Op. 48, n.2
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Waltz, Op. 42
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 5
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 7
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Ballade, Op. 52, n.4
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op.111, no.32, C minor
Alicia Terzian
(1934 – )
Toccata, Op. 4
Dmítrij Dmítrievič Šostakóvič
(1906 – 1975)
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 87, no.24
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 25 n. 11
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 2
Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin
(1872-1915)
Sonata, Op. 19, n. 2, G – sharp minor
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 110 , n. 31, A – flat major
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
La Valse, M. 72
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Fantasia, Op. 49
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 7
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 1, n. 12
Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin
(1872-1915)
Sonata, Op.19, n.2, G – sharp minor
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 101 , n. 28
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
Valses nobles et sentimentales, M.61
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Ballata, S. 171, n.2
FIRST ROUND
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Etude, Op. 10 n. 5
Domenico Scarlatti
(1675-1757)
Sonata, K 27, B minor
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prelude, Book: 2, n. 3
Franz Liszt
(1811 – 1886)
Funerailles, S.173, n. 7
SECOND ROUND
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Sonata, Op. 31 , n. 1, G major
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Etude, L. 136, n. 11
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Barcarolle, Op. 60
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
Nocturno, Op. 62, n. 2
EVENTS
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2024 – SECOND FASE
Solo Round
Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
Concert for piano and orchestra
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Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
RUGGIERO FIORELLA (ITALY – 2002) :
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S. Prokofiev
Concerto in G minor op. 16
Andantino
Scherzo – Vivace
Intermezzo – Allegro moderato
Finale – Allegro tempestoso
YUEWEN YU (CHINA – 2001):
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S. Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Paganini Theme op. 43
Solo Round
Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
Concert for piano and orchestra
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Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
NIKITA LUKINOV (RUSSIA – 1998) :
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Concerto in B flat minor op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
Andantino semplice – Prestissimo – Tempo I
Allegro con fuoco
MAYAKA NAKAGAWA (JAPAN – 1993) :
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L.v. Beethoven
Concerto in C minor op. 37
Allegro con brio
Largo
Rondò – Allegro
Solo Round
Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
Concert for piano and orchestra
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Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
MOTOHIRO SATO (JAPAN – 1993):
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L.v. Beethoven
Concert in E- flat major op. 73 “Imperatore”
Allegro
Adagio un poco mosso
Rondò – Allegro
SUPAWEE SRISURICHAN (THAILAND – 2002):
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S. Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Paganini Theme op. 43
2023 – FIRST FASE
SELECTED ROUNDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
I and II ROUND
Sacile, Teatro Zancanaro
FVG ORCHESTRA
FVG Orchestra is a recently born symphony orchestra, founded at the behest of the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia in order to gather the musical inheritance of the many realities belonging to this border area – rich in musical traditions. Betting against the Italian standard, the foundation of FVG Orchestra represented the choice to invest in the musical values by forming a new orchestra defined to be talented and artistically kind.
Even immediately after its foundation, FVG Orchestra gave concerts in Budapest – in the astounding room which used to be the seat of the Hungarian Parliament, and in many theaters among Friuli Venezia Giulia.
The Principal Guest Conductor is M° Paolo Paroni, already Principal Guest Conductor of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and guest conductor in plenty of Symphonic Institutions in Italy and abroad. The orchestra has also worked with other conductors of the highest repute, aiming to an exponential artistic growth.
While progressively developing in this, FVG Orchestra has regularly hosted many Concertmasters arriving from some of the most prestigious Italian and international realities – such as Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro La Scala Orchestra in Milan, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Rai in Turin, and other symphonic orchestras known for their undiscussed musical quality.
FVG Orchestra is one of the promoters of the rebirth of the longtime Festival Internazionale dell’Operetta in Trieste, century-old seat of the Light Opera genre – attempting to push its tradition even outside the regional borders.
In late 2020, while facing the national closure of theaters due to the pandemic emergency caused by COVID-19, FVG Orchestra has been one of the first institutions in Italy to program and give a short, online-streamed concert season – involving several top-class soloists and conductors in the major theaters of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
FVG Orchestra musicians are first-prize winners in both competitions and international prizes and have played with orchestras such as Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart in Bologna, Teatro La Scala Orchestra in Milan, Filarmonica della Scala in Milan, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Rai in Turin, Orchestra Haydn in Trento and Bozen, Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona, Orchestra del Teatro Lirico in Cagliari and Orchestra del Teatro Verdi in Trieste.
Competition rules
Art. 1. It is hereby announced the Friuli Venezia Giulia International Piano Competition, which will take place in Sacile (Italy) from 02nd to 06th May 2023 – I° Phase and from 30th April to 03rd May 2024 – II° Phase. The competition is open to pianists of any nationality, born after the 1st of May 1990. First prize winners of previous editions are not allowed.
Art. 2. The registration is carried out by sending the signed application form (download available at www.pianofvg.eu) to the International Piano Competition FVG Secretariat at the two following e-mail addresses: office@pianofvg.eu – competition@pianofvg.eu not later than Monday 06th March, 2023.
Art. 3. Besides the application form, the following documents have to be enclosed:
- A copy of an identification document or a valid passport
- English written resume (curriculum vitae);
- One recent copyright‐free picture, with a resolution suitable for printing (min. 300 dpi), which will be used for any promotional purposes of the Competition.
- A receipt of the application fee – €80,00 (net of taxes). Payment must be made in one of the following modality:
- BANK ACCOUNT
HELD BY: Associazione Piano FVG > Via G. Carducci – 33077 Sacile/Pn ∙ Italia
BANK: BCC PORDENONESE E MONSILE – FILIALE DI AVIANO
IBAN CODE: IT 23 S 08356 64770 000000047570
SWIFT CODE: ICRAITRR9WO
REASON FOR PAYMENT: name and last name – application fee Competition Piano FVG
Art. 4. The Competition is in two years. For the round conditions, the required pieces, prizes and the competitors selection, please see the “Competition Announcement” published by the Organization Board and available on request at the Secretariat or downloadable from the web site www.pianofvg.eu
Art. 5. Round perfomances will start for the I° Phase – 02nd May 2023 at 10.00, II° Phase – 01st May 2024 at 10.00. Rounds are divided in two sessions: morning and afternoon. The day and the start time of the assigned session will be announced to each candidate, upon the order of execution previously established by an alphabetical drawing. All candidates must confirm their participation by 04th April 2023 and must be present mandatorily at 17.00 of 01st May 2023.
It’s possible to change the chosen pieces only one time sending the application change program (download available at www.pianofvg.eu) to the International Piano Competition FVG Secretariat at the two following e-mail addresses: office@pianofvg.eu – competition@pianofvg.eu by Tuesday 04th April 2023.
Art. 6. All rounds will be recorded in multichannel HD audio format and broadcast in streaming and pubblished on youtube channel and web site of the Organization: www.pianofvg.eu. Competitors waive any claim or request towards the Organization and/or the Institutions sponsoring the Competition for audio or video recordings made on behalf of the Organizer during the trials and concerts of the winners.
Art. 7. All performances will be open to the public. Candidates must play from memory and make the scores of their music program available for the jury, in the edition they are using, before every execution. All the pieces to be performed must be published, except for the piece composed after year 1900.
Art. 8. The performance piano (Fazioli grand concert piano F278) can be tested one day before the beginning of the Competition, in appropriate times and by reservation at the secretariat at the two following e-mail addresses: office@pianofvg.eu – competition@pianofvg.eu. For obvious technical-organizational reasons, the opportunity to try this piano during the Contest cannot be guaranteed. However, a large number of rehearsal pianos will be available for the competitors throughout the Competition.
Art. 9. The members of the jury who have or have had any kind of ongoing educational relationship (public or private) in the two years before the Competition or have a family relationship or affinity with one or more competitors, must abstain from participating in the discussions and the voting phase of the competitors. During the first meeting, each member of the jury will make a statement on his personal situation in relation to the competitors.
Art.10. The prizes, with the exception of those referred in Article 11, will be paid by bank transfer within 90 days from the award.
Art.11. The Special Prizes “Concert Tour” ,”CD recording” and “Kns Classical” are subject to the signing of a contract, under penalty of cancellation of the prize. The first prize can’t be awarded ex aequo.
Art.12. Awards are withholding tax exempt, in accordance with Article 30 of Presidential Decree n. 600 of 29/09/73, as specified by Ministerial Resolution No. 8/1251 of 28/10/1976.
Art.13. The awards winners shall use the winning title in their resume.
Art. 14. At the ending of the I° Phase will be announce the winners of the Special Prizes: “Beethoven”, “Chopin”, “900”, “F.I.D.A.P.A.”, “Giuseppe Molinari”, “CEI‐Central Europan Initiative”.
The winners must play for free, under penalty of cancellation of the prize, in the Special Prizes concert that will take place on Saturday 06th May 2023 at 19.00.
Art. 15. The attendance of the Competition is subject to the acceptance of these regulations and at the final decision of the Jury, which is final. In case of complaints or disputes, the wording of the Italian Regulation will be authoritative.
Art. 16. The Court of Pordenone is competent for any controversy or claim arising.
Awards
> 1° prize: € 10.000,00 and a Certificate.
> 2° prize: € 5.000,00 and a Certificate.
> 3° prize: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate.
> Special Prize “Concert Tour”: € 3,000,00 and a Certificate, to the winner of the 1st prize, for participation in the Piano Festival “piano|fvg 2025”, including a concert tour in Italy and abroad. The prize winner shall sign a contract by 31st march 2025, under penalty of cancellation of the prize.
> Special prize “CD recording”: € 1,000,00 and a Certificate, to the winner of the 1st prize, for the recording of an audio CD in 2025. Technical partners are Fazioli Pianos and Fazioli Concert Hall. The prize winner shall sign a contract by 31st march 2025, under penalty of cancellation of the prize.
> Special prize KNS CLASSICAL: Digital Publishing and distribution of the CD by KNS Classical label, and a Consulting service on career development. The winner shall sign a contract by 31st march 2025, under penalty of cancellation of prize.
> Special Prize “Luciano Gante”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, granted to the first classified only in case the Jury has decreed the victory unanimously.
> Special Prize “Lya De Barberiis”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best performance of L.v. Beethoven’s Sonata.
> Special Prize “CEI–Central Europan Initiative”: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best competitor coming from CEI Member States (with the exception of Italy): Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraina.
> Special Prize “Chopin”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best performance of F. Chopin’s Studio.
> Special Prize “900”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best performance of a piece composed after year 1900.
> Special Prize “F.I.D.A.P.A”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, offered by F.I.D.A.P.A. Pordenone to the best female competitor.
> “Giuseppe Molinari” scholarship: € 1.000,00 , for the best performance of the prelude Op. 2 Mnemes by Giuseppe Molinari (not a mandatory test and to be performed in the second session) offered by “La Compagnia dell’Anello” Association, downloadable from the web site www.pianofvg.eu.
> Special Prize “Accademy CEI‐Central Europan Initiative”: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate, reserved for the Academy or Conservatory or any other High Education Center in the CEI countries(with the exception of Italy): Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine. A scholarship will be awarded to the Center that will participate in the contest with at least 5 actual competitor and at least one competitor admitted to the second trial. The best placement is worth the award of the prize.
> Special Prize “World Academy”: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate, reserved for the Academy or Conservatory or any other high education center. A scholarship will be awarded to the Center that will participate in the contest with at least 5 actual competitor and at least one competitor admitted to the second trial, excluding Cei countries. The best placement is worth the award of the prize.
Competitors admitted to the II° Phase will be host of the Piano FVG Organization – International piano competition of Friuli Venezia Giulia (overnight and breakfast).
Jury 2023
Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak
Slovenia
The celebrated Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomšič enjoys “something of a cult status among pianophiles” (Gramophone Magazine), with performances that convey “heroic power and Olympian vision” (Los Angeles Times) as well as “splendour, drama, passion, poetry, and subtlety” (Boston Globe). The only protégé of legendary pianist Arthur Rubenstein, who considered her “a perfect and marvellous pianist”, she gave her first public recital at age five and later embarked on an international career that took her to five continents, performing more than 5000 concerts to date. Over the course of her career, Ms. Tomšič has been heard in recitals at major halls of Munich, Tokyo, Berlin, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Madrid, Amsterdam, London and Rome and at the international festivals of Dubrovnik, Vienna, Prague, Naples, Dresden, Paris, Mexico City, Joliette (Canada), Gilmore, Newport, Tanglewood, and Mostly Mozart in New York City. Equally in demand as a soloist with orchestra, she has appeared with the Vienna Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony, Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg, Dresden Staatskapelle, Moscow State Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Mexico City Philharmonic and the symphonies of Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco and the major orchestras of Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide). More than 90 recordings of recital works and piano concertos released since 1987 attest to Dubravka Tomšič’s status as major recording artist. In 2003, she won the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque of the Franz Liszt Society in Budapest for her album on the IPO label, featuring an all-Liszt program that includes the B minor Sonata. She can be heard on Vox Classics, Koch International and other labels. She has collaborated with other conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Hans Graf, Bernard Haitink, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Rudolf Kempe, Neemi Jaarvi, Herbert Blomstedt, John Pritchard, Edo de wart, Carlos Miguel Prieto, among many more. Ms. Tomšič began her studies at the Ljubljana Academy of Music with Zora Zarnik, and at age twelve moved to New York on the recommendation of Claudio Arrau to study with Katherine Bacon at the Juilliard School. While still a teenager, she earned a Bachelor of Science and Diploma in Piano with two special awards and made her New York Philharmonic, Town Hall and Chicago recital debuts. She also gave a recital at Carnegie Hall about which Arthur Rubinstein wrote a glowing account in his memories My Many Years. As a young pianist Dubravka Tomšič won many awards and international competitions and now serves as juror for several major piano international competitions including Bolzano, the Van Cliburn, Leeds, Beethoven, Clara Haskil, Bach, Schumann, Santander, AXA Dublin, the International Piano-e-competition in Minneapolis and Cleveland. Ms. Tomšič gives master classes in Europe and in the USA and is Emeritus Professor at the Ljubljana University Academy of Music. She is honorary member of the Slovenian Philharmonic since 1995, and she was officially awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Ljubljana by the city’s major in 2005. Ms. Tomšič is the Dame among Slovenian artists and the Cultural Ambassador in promoting Slovenian pianism to all parts of the world. This year, Dubravka Tomšič marks the 77th anniversary of her pianist career.
Natalia Trull
Russia
Natalia Trull began studying piano in her native St. Peterburg. She later moved to Moscow where she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Among her teachers were professors Y. Zak, M. Voskresensky and T. Kravchenko.
Her performance career was launched when she won first prize at the Belgrade International Piano Competition in 1983. However, the biggest success came in 1986 she won the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. The public was swept off its feet by her interpretation of composers such as Schubert and Stravinsky. Her “Petroushka” suite left an everlasting impression on the public and critics alike.
In 1993, Natalia Trull was awarded the Grand Prix at the Piano Masters Competition in Monte-Carlo (where only winners of international competitions are accepted as participants).
Natalia Trull’s complete control and fantastic virtuosity place her in a class of her own, and she is in great demand as a performer all over the world. Among the distinguished orchestras with whom she has performed are the London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Monte-Carlo, Tonhalle Symphony Orchestra and all of the major Russian Symphony Orchestras.
Natalia Trull has also played with such conductors as Raphael Frubeck de Burgos, Raymond Leppard, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Eri Klas, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vassily Sinaisky, Yuri Temirkanov and many others.
Her repertoire includes over 50 concertos, of which the Tchaikovsky concerto has proved to be the most popular, the pianist having performed the work on over one hundred occasions in the world’s leading concert halls. Her most brilliant performances of the Tchaikovsky concerto were in Hollywood Bowl under Eri Klas and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and in Suntory Hall with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Koizumi Kazuhiro (1998-99 season).
Natalia’s performances today are remarkable for her total absorption in the music her unique stage presence and technical mastery in presenting a wide repertoire of works.
Natalia Trull is frequently invited to teach to the U.S.A., Japan, Italy, Germany and South America. She is Professor at the Moscow Tchaikovky Concervatory. She is permanently a jury member of many international piano competitions.
Recordings:
– Prokofiev – The Complete Piano Sonatas under the “DML Classic” label (Japan);
– Chopin recital including two Sonatas, the Fantasy and Mazurkas;
– Schubert recital including the Wanderer-Fantasy, Impromptus op.90 and Schubert-Liszt Song transcriptions.
– Tchaikovski – The Seasons op.37bis, Children`s Album op.39
Ick-Choo Moon
South Korea
Praised by the Los Angeles Times for his “power, virtuosity and mastery of tone color (that) is vivid and evocative,” Korean-born pianist Ick-Choo Moon is the recipient of numerous awards including prizes from the Montreal International Competition, the Geneva International Competition, and the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition at the Juilliard School. In 1989, he gave a critically acclaimed New York recital debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall as winner of the William Petschek Award, one of the highest honors given by Juilliard to its pianists. Since making his United States debut in 1979 with the Minnesota Orchestra under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Moon has performed in many countries including the United States, Canada, Russia, Japan and Korea. His performances have been broadcast frequently on radio and TV in the United States, Canada and Korea.
Moon grew up in the United States and Canada as well as in his native Korea and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and with Gyorgy Sebok at Indiana University where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with highest distinction. He later received his doctor of musical arts degree from the Juilliard School where he worked with Sascha Gorodnitzki
Currently Professor of Piano at Seoul National University in Korea, Moon has also taught at University of California at Los Angeles where he headed the piano department for 12 years. During the summers he has taught and performed at Brevard Music Center, the Chautauqua Institute, Festival MusicAlp in France, Amalfi Music Festival in Italy and in numerous festivals in Korea.
Carles Lama
Spain
Carles Lama was born and grew up in the city of Girona, Spain. There, in the same city, he obtained the Diploma of Professional in piano from the Conservatory “Isaac Albéniz” and later the Superior degree at the Liceu Music Conservatory in Barcelona. He continued his musical training in Paris, with Aquiles delle Vigne, at the École Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”, and in the United States with Luiz de Moura Castro. He obtained scholarships and won the Talent Award from the Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford in Connecticut). His international career as a pianist has led him around Europe, America and Asia. He regularly performs in world capitals such as Paris, London, Madrid, Brussels, Rome, Barcelona, Milan, Prague, Belgrade, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and others. He has made numerous musical recordings for the music companies Ars Harmonica and KNS-classical and also recorded for RNE- Radio Nacional de España, Catalunya Música, Radio France, BBC London and Classic FM Australia. Since 1987 he has a duet of piano four hands with his wife Sofia Cabruja. He has often been invited to conduct master classes in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Greece, China and Singapore. In 2001 he received an honorary distinction from UNICEF in recognition of his humanitarian effort in benefit of the needy children of the world.
Marcella Crudeli
Italy
Marcella Crudeli is considered by international critics to be one of the most eminent representatives of Italian concert music. Trained in the great schools of B. Seidlhofer, A. Cortot and C. Zecchi, she graduated with full marks, honors and special mention at the “G. Verdi ”in Milan and at the Academies of Salzburg and Vienna. For years he has carried out an intense career with great success that has resulted in more than three thousand concerts in over eighty countries, both as a soloist and as a member of important chamber ensembles, on behalf of the major concert organizations (Piccola Scala di Milano, Wigmore Hall of London, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Chapelle du Bon Pasteur in Montreal, Academy of St. Cecilia, Petruzzelli Theater in Bari, Bellini in Catania and Colon in Buenos Aires, Philharmonic in St. Petersburg and Enescu in Bucharest, Symphony of Cape Town and many others) and television radios and with the most prestigious orchestras (Accademia S. Cecilia in Rome, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, RAI in Turin, Scarlatti in Naples, Radio-Television Francaise, Kammerorchester in Hamburg, RIAS in Berlin, Teatro Verdi of Trieste, Symphony of Tel Aviv, Municipal Theater of Genoa, S. Carlo of Naples, Sicilian Symphony, Taipei Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau, Symphonic Insta nbul and Brisbane and many others); she performed under the direction of famous conductors. Former teacher of principal piano at the S. Cecilia State Conservatory of Music in Rome, from 1988 to 2004, she was director of the L. D’Annunzio State Conservatory of Music in Pescara, she also held seminars and advanced courses in Paris, at the ‘Ècole Normale de Musìque A. Cortot before and later at the Schola Cantorum. Confirming her position in the world, she has been awarded several international prizes, including the Sagittario d’Oro, the Adelaide Ristori, the Cimento d’Oro of Art and Culture, the Palestrina, Europe, the Progetto Donna, the Francavilla, the Minerva, the Cimarosa, the Capitoline Oscar, the Sorrento Classica and, for its very high artistic and humanitarian merits, has also received the Lions d’Oro award and the Paul Harris three rubies from Rotary International and the A life for the musical instrument prize, awarded to her by DISMA at the Bocconi University of Milan. In 1993 she was appointed Emeritus Professor at Sakuyo College in Tsuyama, Japan.
She is founder and president of E.P.T.A. – Italy (Italian Association of Piano Teachers) of which she was also, for the years 1995-96 and 2003-2004, European president and is the founder and president of the “Fryderyk Chopin” Association, which organizes concerts, international high-level courses and the “Roma” International Piano Competition, with the patronage, among others, of the Italian National Commission for Unesco and a special medal dedicated to the Competition. The President of the Republic conferred on her, in 1999 the honor of Cavaliere al Merito of the Italian Republic, in 2003 the Gold Medal and the First Class Diploma, reserved for the Merit of the School, of the Culture and of the Art and, in the 2007, the honor of Commander of the Republic. Recently in 2020, she was awarded the Grand Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic. He received from the Sovereign Order of Malta the Cross with Crown of Merit of Melitense (2014). In 2021 she joined the Board of the IFCS (International Federation of Chopin Societies) Marcella Crudeli, in her long artistic career has always taken into consideration the didactic aspect but above all to enter into symbiosis with her pupil by performing with four hands and also with two pianos the chamber repertoire necessary, in her opinion, to have from the learner a point of reference in the teacher, useful for their own artistic development.
Anna Kravtchenko
Italy
Anna Kravtchenko has distinguished herself on the international piano scene after winning unanimously the first prize at the prestigious “Ferruccio Busoni” International Piano Competition in 1992 at only 16 years old.
Harold Schoenberg, one of the most autorithative musical critics and journalists of the New York Times, wrote about her: ”Her radiant sound and poetical interpretations could sometimes reduce audiences to tears“.
Anna Kravtchenko has played in the most important halls and worldwide events such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw for the “Meesterpianisten serie”, at the Tonhalle in Zurich, at the “La Roque D’Antheron Festival”, for the Brescia and Bergamo Festival, in the Sala Verdi of Milan for “Serate musicali”, in the Herkulessaal in Munich, for the Ruhr Piano Festival, in the Salle Gaveau in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, in the Victoria Hall Geneva, for the “Piano Aux Jacobins” Festival in Toulouse, for the Bergen Festival, etc. She has also toured Japan, South Africa, the United States and Canada.
She has performed with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, Baltimora Symphony Orchestra, Bayrischer Rundfunk Orchestra, Losanne Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orchestra, Essen Philharmonic, London Royal Philharmonic, Noord Netherlands Orkest, Orkest van Het Osten, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, la Israel Chamber Orchestra, Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brabants Orchester, Prague Virtuosi, Orquesta Sinfonica Ciudad de Oviedo, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra Sweedse (Johannesburg), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (RSO), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orchestra Teatro Regio di Parma, Orchestra Haydn Trento e Bolzano, Orchestra Teatro Petruzzelli Bari, working with conductors including Gerd Albrecht, Daniele Gatti, Jaap van Zweden, Antoni Wit, Walter Weller, Gunter Pichler, Jan Paul Tortelier, Alexander Shelley ,Ralph Gotoni, Dmitry Sitkovetsky , Pavel Kogan, Martin Brabbins, Vassili Sinaiski, Joseph Swensen, G.Pehlivanian, Nikolai Alexeev, Heinz Wallberg, Mika Eichenholz, Petr Vronsky, G. Rath, Heinz Wallberg, Stefan Soltesz, Cristian Mandeal.
In addition to solo performances, Anna Kravtchenko performed chamber music with esteemed musicians as Enrico Dindo, Pavel Berman, Sergey Krylov, Georg Hoertnagel, Stefan Milenkovich, Ole Edvard Antonsen.
In 2006 she recorded a CD for DECCA Records, a recital entirely dedicated to Chopin. In the same year Anna Kravtchenko won the International Web Concert Hall Competition in the USA.
Her latest CD for DECCA dedicated to Liszt has been reviewed with five stars and has received the award of the title “Cd of the month” in the main Italian magazines including Amadeus, Classic Voice, Suonare News and Musica.
In 2010 Deutsche Grammophon selected four pieces recorded by her for insertion in the “Grande Classica” and “Classic Gold” box, published in May 2010.
Born in 1976, Anna Kravtchenko began studying piano at the age of five. She studied with Leonid Margarius at the International Piano Academy of Imola, where she was admitted “ad honorem”. After teaching for 15 years at the same Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, she obtained a position as Piano professor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, University of Lugano, Switzerland.
Jury 2024
Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak
Slovenia
The celebrated Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomšič enjoys “something of a cult status among pianophiles” (Gramophone Magazine), with performances that convey “heroic power and Olympian vision” (Los Angeles Times) as well as “splendour, drama, passion, poetry, and subtlety” (Boston Globe). The only protégé of legendary pianist Arthur Rubenstein, who considered her “a perfect and marvellous pianist”, she gave her first public recital at age five and later embarked on an international career that took her to five continents, performing more than 5000 concerts to date. Over the course of her career, Ms. Tomšič has been heard in recitals at major halls of Munich, Tokyo, Berlin, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Madrid, Amsterdam, London and Rome and at the international festivals of Dubrovnik, Vienna, Prague, Naples, Dresden, Paris, Mexico City, Joliette (Canada), Gilmore, Newport, Tanglewood, and Mostly Mozart in New York City. Equally in demand as a soloist with orchestra, she has appeared with the Vienna Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony, Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg, Dresden Staatskapelle, Moscow State Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Mexico City Philharmonic and the symphonies of Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco and the major orchestras of Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide). More than 90 recordings of recital works and piano concertos released since 1987 attest to Dubravka Tomšič’s status as major recording artist. In 2003, she won the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque of the Franz Liszt Society in Budapest for her album on the IPO label, featuring an all-Liszt program that includes the B minor Sonata. She can be heard on Vox Classics, Koch International and other labels. She has collaborated with other conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Hans Graf, Bernard Haitink, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Rudolf Kempe, Neemi Jaarvi, Herbert Blomstedt, John Pritchard, Edo de wart, Carlos Miguel Prieto, among many more. Ms. Tomšič began her studies at the Ljubljana Academy of Music with Zora Zarnik, and at age twelve moved to New York on the recommendation of Claudio Arrau to study with Katherine Bacon at the Juilliard School. While still a teenager, she earned a Bachelor of Science and Diploma in Piano with two special awards and made her New York Philharmonic, Town Hall and Chicago recital debuts. She also gave a recital at Carnegie Hall about which Arthur Rubinstein wrote a glowing account in his memories My Many Years. As a young pianist Dubravka Tomšič won many awards and international competitions and now serves as juror for several major piano international competitions including Bolzano, the Van Cliburn, Leeds, Beethoven, Clara Haskil, Bach, Schumann, Santander, AXA Dublin, the International Piano-e-competition in Minneapolis and Cleveland. Ms. Tomšič gives master classes in Europe and in the USA and is Emeritus Professor at the Ljubljana University Academy of Music. She is honorary member of the Slovenian Philharmonic since 1995, and she was officially awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Ljubljana by the city’s major in 2005. Ms. Tomšič is the Dame among Slovenian artists and the Cultural Ambassador in promoting Slovenian pianism to all parts of the world. This year, Dubravka Tomšič marks the 77th anniversary of her pianist career.
Natalia Trull
Russia
Natalia Trull began studying piano in her native St. Peterburg. She later moved to Moscow where she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Among her teachers were professors Y. Zak, M. Voskresensky and T. Kravchenko.
Her performance career was launched when she won first prize at the Belgrade International Piano Competition in 1983. However, the biggest success came in 1986 she won the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. The public was swept off its feet by her interpretation of composers such as Schubert and Stravinsky. Her “Petroushka” suite left an everlasting impression on the public and critics alike.
In 1993, Natalia Trull was awarded the Grand Prix at the Piano Masters Competition in Monte-Carlo (where only winners of international competitions are accepted as participants).
Natalia Trull’s complete control and fantastic virtuosity place her in a class of her own, and she is in great demand as a performer all over the world. Among the distinguished orchestras with whom she has performed are the London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Monte-Carlo, Tonhalle Symphony Orchestra and all of the major Russian Symphony Orchestras.
Natalia Trull has also played with such conductors as Raphael Frubeck de Burgos, Raymond Leppard, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Eri Klas, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vassily Sinaisky, Yuri Temirkanov and many others.
Her repertoire includes over 50 concertos, of which the Tchaikovsky concerto has proved to be the most popular, the pianist having performed the work on over one hundred occasions in the world’s leading concert halls. Her most brilliant performances of the Tchaikovsky concerto were in Hollywood Bowl under Eri Klas and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and in Suntory Hall with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Koizumi Kazuhiro (1998-99 season).
Natalia’s performances today are remarkable for her total absorption in the music her unique stage presence and technical mastery in presenting a wide repertoire of works.
Natalia Trull is frequently invited to teach to the U.S.A., Japan, Italy, Germany and South America. She is Professor at the Moscow Tchaikovky Concervatory. She is permanently a jury member of many international piano competitions.
Recordings:
– Prokofiev – The Complete Piano Sonatas under the “DML Classic” label (Japan);
– Chopin recital including two Sonatas, the Fantasy and Mazurkas;
– Schubert recital including the Wanderer-Fantasy, Impromptus op.90 and Schubert-Liszt Song transcriptions.
– Tchaikovski – The Seasons op.37bis, Children`s Album op.39
Ick-Choo Moon
South Korea
Praised by the Los Angeles Times for his “power, virtuosity and mastery of tone color (that) is vivid and evocative,” Korean-born pianist Ick-Choo Moon is the recipient of numerous awards including prizes from the Montreal International Competition, the Geneva International Competition, and the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition at the Juilliard School. In 1989, he gave a critically acclaimed New York recital debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall as winner of the William Petschek Award, one of the highest honors given by Juilliard to its pianists. Since making his United States debut in 1979 with the Minnesota Orchestra under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Moon has performed in many countries including the United States, Canada, Russia, Japan and Korea. His performances have been broadcast frequently on radio and TV in the United States, Canada and Korea.
Moon grew up in the United States and Canada as well as in his native Korea and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and with Gyorgy Sebok at Indiana University where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with highest distinction. He later received his doctor of musical arts degree from the Juilliard School where he worked with Sascha Gorodnitzki
Currently Professor of Piano at Seoul National University in Korea, Moon has also taught at University of California at Los Angeles where he headed the piano department for 12 years. During the summers he has taught and performed at Brevard Music Center, the Chautauqua Institute, Festival MusicAlp in France, Amalfi Music Festival in Italy and in numerous festivals in Korea.
Carles Lama
Spain
Carles Lama was born and grew up in the city of Girona, Spain. There, in the same city, he obtained the Diploma of Professional in piano from the Conservatory “Isaac Albéniz” and later the Superior degree at the Liceu Music Conservatory in Barcelona. He continued his musical training in Paris, with Aquiles delle Vigne, at the École Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”, and in the United States with Luiz de Moura Castro. He obtained scholarships and won the Talent Award from the Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford in Connecticut). His international career as a pianist has led him around Europe, America and Asia. He regularly performs in world capitals such as Paris, London, Madrid, Brussels, Rome, Barcelona, Milan, Prague, Belgrade, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and others. He has made numerous musical recordings for the music companies Ars Harmonica and KNS-classical and also recorded for RNE- Radio Nacional de España, Catalunya Música, Radio France, BBC London and Classic FM Australia. Since 1987 he has a duet of piano four hands with his wife Sofia Cabruja. He has often been invited to conduct master classes in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Greece, China and Singapore. In 2001 he received an honorary distinction from UNICEF in recognition of his humanitarian effort in benefit of the needy children of the world.
Marcella Crudeli
Italy
Marcella Crudeli is considered by international critics to be one of the most eminent representatives of Italian concert music. Trained in the great schools of B. Seidlhofer, A. Cortot and C. Zecchi, she graduated with full marks, honors and special mention at the “G. Verdi ”in Milan and at the Academies of Salzburg and Vienna. For years he has carried out an intense career with great success that has resulted in more than three thousand concerts in over eighty countries, both as a soloist and as a member of important chamber ensembles, on behalf of the major concert organizations (Piccola Scala di Milano, Wigmore Hall of London, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Chapelle du Bon Pasteur in Montreal, Academy of St. Cecilia, Petruzzelli Theater in Bari, Bellini in Catania and Colon in Buenos Aires, Philharmonic in St. Petersburg and Enescu in Bucharest, Symphony of Cape Town and many others) and television radios and with the most prestigious orchestras (Accademia S. Cecilia in Rome, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, RAI in Turin, Scarlatti in Naples, Radio-Television Francaise, Kammerorchester in Hamburg, RIAS in Berlin, Teatro Verdi of Trieste, Symphony of Tel Aviv, Municipal Theater of Genoa, S. Carlo of Naples, Sicilian Symphony, Taipei Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau, Symphonic Insta nbul and Brisbane and many others); she performed under the direction of famous conductors. Former teacher of principal piano at the S. Cecilia State Conservatory of Music in Rome, from 1988 to 2004, she was director of the L. D’Annunzio State Conservatory of Music in Pescara, she also held seminars and advanced courses in Paris, at the ‘Ècole Normale de Musìque A. Cortot before and later at the Schola Cantorum. Confirming her position in the world, she has been awarded several international prizes, including the Sagittario d’Oro, the Adelaide Ristori, the Cimento d’Oro of Art and Culture, the Palestrina, Europe, the Progetto Donna, the Francavilla, the Minerva, the Cimarosa, the Capitoline Oscar, the Sorrento Classica and, for its very high artistic and humanitarian merits, has also received the Lions d’Oro award and the Paul Harris three rubies from Rotary International and the A life for the musical instrument prize, awarded to her by DISMA at the Bocconi University of Milan. In 1993 she was appointed Emeritus Professor at Sakuyo College in Tsuyama, Japan.
She is founder and president of E.P.T.A. – Italy (Italian Association of Piano Teachers) of which she was also, for the years 1995-96 and 2003-2004, European president and is the founder and president of the “Fryderyk Chopin” Association, which organizes concerts, international high-level courses and the “Roma” International Piano Competition, with the patronage, among others, of the Italian National Commission for Unesco and a special medal dedicated to the Competition. The President of the Republic conferred on her, in 1999 the honor of Cavaliere al Merito of the Italian Republic, in 2003 the Gold Medal and the First Class Diploma, reserved for the Merit of the School, of the Culture and of the Art and, in the 2007, the honor of Commander of the Republic. Recently in 2020, she was awarded the Grand Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic. He received from the Sovereign Order of Malta the Cross with Crown of Merit of Melitense (2014). In 2021 she joined the Board of the IFCS (International Federation of Chopin Societies) Marcella Crudeli, in her long artistic career has always taken into consideration the didactic aspect but above all to enter into symbiosis with her pupil by performing with four hands and also with two pianos the chamber repertoire necessary, in her opinion, to have from the learner a point of reference in the teacher, useful for their own artistic development.
Anna Kravtchenko
Italy
Anna Kravtchenko has distinguished herself on the international piano scene after winning unanimously the first prize at the prestigious “Ferruccio Busoni” International Piano Competition in 1992 at only 16 years old.
Harold Schoenberg, one of the most autorithative musical critics and journalists of the New York Times, wrote about her: ”Her radiant sound and poetical interpretations could sometimes reduce audiences to tears“.
Anna Kravtchenko has played in the most important halls and worldwide events such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw for the “Meesterpianisten serie”, at the Tonhalle in Zurich, at the “La Roque D’Antheron Festival”, for the Brescia and Bergamo Festival, in the Sala Verdi of Milan for “Serate musicali”, in the Herkulessaal in Munich, for the Ruhr Piano Festival, in the Salle Gaveau in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, in the Victoria Hall Geneva, for the “Piano Aux Jacobins” Festival in Toulouse, for the Bergen Festival, etc. She has also toured Japan, South Africa, the United States and Canada.
She has performed with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, Baltimora Symphony Orchestra, Bayrischer Rundfunk Orchestra, Losanne Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orchestra, Essen Philharmonic, London Royal Philharmonic, Noord Netherlands Orkest, Orkest van Het Osten, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, la Israel Chamber Orchestra, Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brabants Orchester, Prague Virtuosi, Orquesta Sinfonica Ciudad de Oviedo, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra Sweedse (Johannesburg), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (RSO), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orchestra Teatro Regio di Parma, Orchestra Haydn Trento e Bolzano, Orchestra Teatro Petruzzelli Bari, working with conductors including Gerd Albrecht, Daniele Gatti, Jaap van Zweden, Antoni Wit, Walter Weller, Gunter Pichler, Jan Paul Tortelier, Alexander Shelley ,Ralph Gotoni, Dmitry Sitkovetsky , Pavel Kogan, Martin Brabbins, Vassili Sinaiski, Joseph Swensen, G.Pehlivanian, Nikolai Alexeev, Heinz Wallberg, Mika Eichenholz, Petr Vronsky, G. Rath, Heinz Wallberg, Stefan Soltesz, Cristian Mandeal.
In addition to solo performances, Anna Kravtchenko performed chamber music with esteemed musicians as Enrico Dindo, Pavel Berman, Sergey Krylov, Georg Hoertnagel, Stefan Milenkovich, Ole Edvard Antonsen.
In 2006 she recorded a CD for DECCA Records, a recital entirely dedicated to Chopin. In the same year Anna Kravtchenko won the International Web Concert Hall Competition in the USA.
Her latest CD for DECCA dedicated to Liszt has been reviewed with five stars and has received the award of the title “Cd of the month” in the main Italian magazines including Amadeus, Classic Voice, Suonare News and Musica.
In 2010 Deutsche Grammophon selected four pieces recorded by her for insertion in the “Grande Classica” and “Classic Gold” box, published in May 2010.
Born in 1976, Anna Kravtchenko began studying piano at the age of five. She studied with Leonid Margarius at the International Piano Academy of Imola, where she was admitted “ad honorem”. After teaching for 15 years at the same Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, she obtained a position as Piano professor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, University of Lugano, Switzerland.
Vincenzo Balzani
Italy
Vincenzo Balzani graduated under Alberto Mozzati Magna Cum Laude from G.Verdi Conservatory of music Milano. 1965 he won the Ricordi International. 1967 he got Liszt prize at Maria Canals in Barcelona. 1971 he was top prize winner in many famous competitions as: Pozzoli, Treviso, G.B.Viotti internationals. 1975 he successfully represented RAI television at Ravel Competition in Paris. He has performed 1200 concerts (recitals, chamber and symphonics) all over the world including the most prestigious Italian theatres and festivals (Scala, San Carlo, Regio-Turin, Olimpico-Rome,Festival Michelangeli,Festival dei Due Mondi, Settembre Musica). He is recording on Radio and TV and has recorded several LPs and CDs including Scarlatti, Mozart, Hummel, Beethoven, Chopin, Rossini , Schubert-Liszt.
Since 1973 he became piano professor in the Conservatory of Piacenza and since 1996 in the Conservatory of Milan.
He is jury member of many international competitions (G.B. Viotti, Pozzoli, London, Madrid, Tchaikovsky junior, Takamatsu, Lion, Hummel, Shenzhen)and holds courses, masterclasses lectures in Italy and abroad. He is artistic director of Città di Cantù, Valsesia Musica, Pianotalents, Pozzolino, Monterosa Kawai, Tadini International and Champion’s Keyboard Piano Competition Online.
Since 2010 he has been artistic consultant of the prestigious “Pozzoli” competition in Seregno and from 2012 to 2020 of Pozzolino.
In 2009 in Milano he has founded the Pianofriends association organizing festivals, concerts, stages. He is president of PianoIn association. Since January 2018 he has been regularly invited to hold concerts, seminars and masterclasses in the most important halls of the People’s Republic of China and in Hong Kong as testimonial of the Yangtze River Grand Piano. He collaborates with Parsons Limited of Hong Kong on an important educational-musical project for the childhood.