Meet the Competitors!

On Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 the first sounds of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition were to be played.

While competitors, jury members and audience are stranded in their homes around the world, we asked the competitors to share with us some their previous playing.

Many of the competitors responded to our request and sent us links to their previous performances at competitions, concerts or recording studios.

We invite you to watch, listen, enjoy and share with your friends.

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BELYAVSKY Sergey (Russia)

Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
Recorded at Filarmonia Pomorska Hall, Bydgoszcz, Poland, November 2019

Ginzburg: A paraphrase on Figaro’s Aria from the opera “Barber of Seville” by Rossini (short version)

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BEREZOVSKY Evelyne (UK)

Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30                       
Audio live recording, November 2019,  St Mark’s church – London, live concert

Scriabin: Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28
Live recording from the 1st round of the Leeds International Piano Competition (2018)

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BERTOLAZZI Giovanni (Italy)

Brahms: Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2 in A Major
Recorded at Castello di Castano, Piacenza (2019)

Debussy: Brouillards, from Prèludes Livre II
Live recording from the 1st stage of “Ferruccio Busoni” International Piano Competition, Italy (2019)

Debussy: Ondine, from Prèludes Livre II
Live recording from the 1st stage of “Ferruccio Busoni” International Piano Competition, Italy (2019)

Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante, Fantasia quasi Sonata
Recorded at Castello di Castano, Piacenza, Italy (2019)

BOROVITZKY Daniel (Israel)

Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 

Basel Academy of Music (2019)

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CECINO Elia (Italy)

Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue for Piano, Op. 87, No. 21 in B-flat Major
Live recording from XXXI Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, Italy (2019), 3rd Stage

Debussy: Étude pour les degrés chromatiques
Live recording from XXXI Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, Italy (2019), 1st Stage 

Chopin: Polonaise Op. 44
Live recording from XXXI Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, Italy (2019), 1st Stage

Scriabin: Sonata No. 3, Op. 23
Recital at the Teatro Luigi Bon, Colugna, Italy (2019)

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CHEN Han (Taiwan)

Janáček: Sonata 1 X 1905, “From the Street“
Live recording from the 2nd stage of the 15th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition (2017)

Rachmaninoff – 2 Etudes tableaux Op. 33
– Grave – Meno mosso in C Minor
– Moderato in G Minor
Live recording from the 1st stage of the 15th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition (2017)

Liszt: Réminiscences of Don Juan, S. 418
Live recording from the 1st stage of the 15th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition (2017)

CHONI Dmytro (Ukraine)

Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
Orchestra: RTVE Symphony Orchestra

Live recording from Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Spain (2018)

FANG-BENTOV Motti (Israel)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

Conductor: Zubin Mehta                           

Orchestra: The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra

Live recording from the Bronfman Auditorium, Tel-Aviv (2017)

GIGASHVILI Giorgi (Georgia)

Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude in G Minor

Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableaux, No. 5 in E-flat Minor, Op. 39

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

Live recording from the 3rd International Piano Competition “City of Vigo”, Spain (2019)

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HAN Anna (USA)

Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11 (1st Movement) 
Recorded at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, South Carolina (2019)

Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82
Recorded at the 1st stage of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, South Carolina (2019)

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HSU Yun Chih (Taiwan)

Chopin: Sonata No 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Live recording from a recital at National Concerto Hall in Taipei (2018)

Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28
Live recording from a recital at National Concerto Hall in Taipei (2017)

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IVANOVA Dina (Russia)

Tchaikovsky: Mazurka, Op. 40, No. 5 in D Major
Recorded: Hamburg (2019)

Tchaikovsky: Valse Op. 40, No. 8  in A-flat Major
Recorded: Hamburg (2019)

César Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (1st movement)
Violin: Merel Vercammen
From the TV show- Podium Witteman, Netherlands (2019)

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124
Live recording from the Final stage of the Liszt Competition in Utrecht (2017), TivoliVredenburg

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KAMPLET Nejc (Slovenia)

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Recorded at “Ettlingen Palace” Ettlingen, Germany (2016)

Chopin Sonata No. 3 op. 58 in B minor
Recorded at “Ettlingen Palace” Ettlingen, Germany (August 2016)

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KINASOV Maxim (Russia)

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major, S.124
2nd Round of the 2019 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, UK

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (Book 1)
Live recording from the RNCM Gold Medal Competition Final (2018)

KLIUCHKO Aleksandr (Russia)

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition                                  

Live recording from the 2017 Winners Concert of Astana Piano Passion International Festival of Classical Music and Competition for Young Pianists, at Astana Opera Chamber hall, Kazakhstan (2019)

LANYI Ariel (Israel)

Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11

Live recording from a Recital at St. John’s Smith Square, London (2019)

LI Bowen (China)

Rachmaninov: Paino Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

Conductor: Renchang Fu

Orchestra: Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded at the final stage of the 22nd Scriabin International Piano Competition, Gulangyu, Xiamen (1st prize winner)

LOPATINSKYI Roman (Ukraine)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30                                

Conductor: Ken Takaseki 

Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Live recording from the Final round of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Japan (2019),
ACT CITY Hamamatsu Main hall

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MOUZA Alexia (Greece/Venezuela)

Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 62 in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI/52
Recorded at Palazzo Monsignani, Italy (2018)

Chopin: Etude Op.10, No. 4 in C-sharp Minor
Live recording from the 1st stage of the Chopin International Piano Competition, Poland (2015)

Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No. 7 in C-sharp Minor
Live Recording from the 1st stage of the Chopin International Piano Competition, Poland (2015)

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28
Live Recording from the 1st stage of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Japan (2015)

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PARK Chaeyoung (S. Korea)

Ligeti: Musica Ricercata, No. 3, 4, 6, 10
Recorded at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, 2019

Debussy: Etude No. 8  “pour les agréments”
Recorded at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, 2019

Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931)
Recorded at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, 2019

PEREZ FLORISTAN Juan (Spain)

Brahms: Piano Quartet, No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

Jonian Ilias Kadesha, violin, Karolina Errera, viola, Andrei Ionita, cello

Live recording from the Alpenarte Festival in Austria (2018)

SUH Hans (S. Korea)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466

Conductor: Paul Meyer

Orchestra: Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie

Live recording from the semifinal round of the 2016 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition

SWIGUT Aleksandra (Poland)

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21

Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak

Orchestra: Orchestra of the XVIII Century

Live recording from the final stage of the International Chopin Piano Competition on Period Instruments (2018)

WONG KaJeng (China)

Bach: Partita No. 4, BWV 828

Recorded at Alaska International Piano E-Competition (2018) Davis Concert Hall, Fairbanks, USA

YIN Cunmo (China)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37