Meet the Competitors!
On Wednesday, May 6th, at 2pm, 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 would like to give you a glimpse of the exceptional pianists selected to compete in the 16th Arthur Rubinstein competition.
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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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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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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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)
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Basel Academy of Music (2019)
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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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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)
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)
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)
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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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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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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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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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)
Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 12 in B-flat Minor, ‘Chasse-Neige’
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17, Op.31, No. 2 in D Minor, “The Tempest”
Live recording from the 1st stage of Cleveland International Piano Competition, USA (2018)
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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)
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)
Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11
Live recording from a Recital at St. John’s Smith Square, London (2019)
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)
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
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Live recording from the grand finals of the 1st China International Music Competition (2019), The National Centre for Performing Arts Beijing
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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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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
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)
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
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)
Bach: Partita No. 4, BWV 828
Recorded at Alaska International Piano E-Competition (2018) Davis Concert Hall, Fairbanks, USA
Yuanfan Yang: Piano Concerto No. 1 ‘The Wilderness’, based on the drama ‘The Wilderness’ by Cao Yu
(Composed in 2014 at the age of 17)
Conductor: Zhou Jun
Orchestra: China National Orchestra of Theatre and Dance
The concerto is followed by an improvised encore, in Rock n’ Roll style
Live recording from the Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall (2019).