The 16th Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition [email protected] Piano 2010 – participant repertoire lists [email protected] Queen Elisabeth Competition 2010 24/05/2010 [Retour] 20:00 Bruxelles / Brussel, Belgique PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS / PALEIS VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN Yury FAVORIN, Da Sol KIM Programme: Finale (NL) / Finale (FR) / Final Piano 2010 Yury FAVORIN - 1986, Moscow, Russia – From an early age, YURY FAVORIN showed extraordinary musical talent, not only for the piano, the recorder, and the clarinet, but also as a composer. After studying at the Gnessin Academy with Lidia Grigorjeva, he went on to further studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with Mikhail Voskresensky. He has taken part in a number of competitions for young musicians and made a considerable impression as the youngest soloist taking part in the Olivier Messiaen Competition in 2007. He has played in the great concert halls of Moscow and other Russian cities, as well as in Poland, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Norway, China, Italy, and France. In 2007 he performed Messiaen’s Oiseaux exotiques with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by Pierre Boulez. Semi-final recital Jean-Luc FAFCHAMPS Back to the Sound Franz SCHUBERT Sonate in Es D 568 | Sonate en mi bémol majeur D 568 Franz LISZT Ouverture van Tannhäuser van Wagner | Ouverture de Tannhäuser de Wagner André BOUCOURECHLIEV Orion III Semi-final Mozart Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Concerto n. 21 in C KV 467 | Concerto n. 21 en ut majeur KV 467 [CADENZE: R. CASADESUS] Final Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonate n. 29 in Bes op. 106 | Sonate n. 29 en si bémol majeur op. 106 | Sonata n. 29 in B flat major op. 106 œuvre imposée / verplicht werk / imposed work (more info as from Friday 21 May) Franz LISZT Concerto n. 1 in Es | Concerto n. 1 en mi bémol majeur | Concerto n. 1 in E flat major pauze / pause 1 http://blog.daum.net/kisspiano The 16th Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition [email protected] Piano 2010 – participant repertoire lists [email protected] KIM Da Sol - 1989, Busan, Korea - KIM DA SOL studied under Kim In-Il and Lim Hong-Phil at the Pusan Graduate School of Arts before undertaking further studies, starting in 2006, at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig with Gerald Fauth. He has won prizes at numerous competitions, including First Prize in the Nagoya International Competition in Japan (2005), Second Prize at the Isang Yun Competition in Gyeongnam, Korea (2006), First Prize in the International Chopin Competition in Asia (2006), and Third Prize at the Robert Schumann International Competition and at the Geneva International Music Competition (both in 2008). He has given solo recitals in Korea and Germany, including a Rising Star Piano Recital in Pusan, and has performed in the Junge Meisterpianisten series in Bayreuth. Semi-final Mozart Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Concerto n. 20 in d KV 466 | Concerto n. 20 en ré mineur KV 466 [CADENZE: L. VAN BEETHOVEN] Semi-final recital Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonate n. 21 in C op. 53 | Sonate n. 21 en ut majeur op. 53 Jean-Luc FAFCHAMPS Back to the Sound Maurice RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine, Le Gibet, Scarbo) Final Joseph HAYDN Sonate in E Hob. XVI : 31 | Sonate en mi majeur Hob. XVI : 31 | Sonata in E major Hob. XVI : 31 œuvre imposée / verplicht werk / imposed work (more info as from Friday 21 May) Johannes BRAHMS Concerto n. 1 in d op. 15 | Concerto n. 1 en ré mineur op. 15 | Concerto n. 1 in D minor op. 15 25/05/2010 [Back] 20:00 Brussel / Bruxelles, Belgium PALEIS VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN / PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS Jong-Hai PARK, Yekwon SUNWOO Programme: Finale (NL) / Finale (FR) / Final Piano 2010 PARK Jong-Hai 2 http://blog.daum.net/kisspiano The 16th Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition [email protected] Piano 2010 – participant repertoire lists [email protected] - 1990, Seoul, Korea - At the age of eleven, PARK JONG-HAI entered the Yewon Music School, and later on the Seoul Arts High School, and the preparatory section of the Korea National University of Arts, where he studied with Kang Chung-Mo, starting in 2004. A laureate of numerous Korean competitions, in 2008 he won Second Prize in the Hong Kong International Piano Competition and the Nagoya International Music Competition (Japan), as well as a prize from the Japan Academy of Chamber Music. Last year he won Second Prize in the Dublin International Piano Competition. He has given a series of recitals in Korea (Young Artist Concert Series) and Japan and has also performed with the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra. Semi-final Mozart Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Concerto n. 17 in G KV 453 | Concerto n. 17 en sol majeur KV 453 [CADENZE: W.A. MOZART] Semi-final recital Jean-Luc FAFCHAMPS Back to the Sound Franz LISZT Après une lecture du Dante (Années de Pèlerinage, 2e année, Italie) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonate n. 32 in c op. 111 | Sonate n. 32 en ut mineur op. 1116 Final Franz SCHUBERT Sonate in a op. 143 D 784 | Sonate en la mineur op. 143 D 784 | Sonata in A minor op. 143 D 784 œuvre imposée / verplicht werk / imposed work (more info as from Friday 21 May) Sergey PROKOFIEV Concerto n. 3 in C op. 26 | Concerto n. 3 en ut majeur op. 26 | Concerto n. 3 in C major op. 26 pauze / pause SUNWOO Yekwon - 1989, Anyang, Korea – SUNWOO YEKWON has been studying at the Curtis Institute with Seymour Lipkin since 2005. While still very young, he gave a series of recitals in his homeland ; he has since performed at prestigious European and United States venues, including the Salle Cortot in Paris in 2008 and Carnegie Hall in New York in 2009. He has won numerous prizes in Korean competitions ; in 2008 he won First Prize in the Florida International Piano Competition ; in 2009 he won First Prize in the Interlaken Classics International Piano Competition in Berne and in the California International Young Artists Competition. He toured South America in 2007, at the request of the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation. Semi-final Mozart Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Concerto n. 9 in Es KV 271 | Concerto n. 9 en mi bémol majeur KV 271 [CADENZE: W.A. MOZART] 3 http://blog.daum.net/kisspiano The 16th Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition [email protected] Piano 2010 – participant repertoire lists [email protected] Semi-final recital Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonate n. 13 in Es op. 27/1 | Sonate n. 13 en mi bémol majeur op. 27/1 Fryderyk CHOPIN Nocturne n. 17 in B op. 62/1 | Nocturne n. 17 en si majeur op. 62/1 Fryderyk CHOPIN Scherzo n. 2 in bes op. 31 | Scherzo n. 2 en si bémol mineur op. 31 Jean-Luc FAFCHAMPS Back to the Sound Igor STRAVINSKY 3 Bewegingen uit Petroesjka | 3 mouvements de Petrouchka (Danse Russe, Chez Petrouchka, La Semaine Grasse) Final Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonate n. 24 in Fis op. 78 | Sonate n. 24 en fa dièse majeur op. 78 | Sonata n. 24 in F sharp major op. 78 œuvre imposée / verplicht werk / imposed work (more info as from Friday 21 May) Sergey RACHMANINOV Concerto n. 3 in d op. 30 | Concerto n. 3 en ré mineur op. 30 | Concerto n. 3 in D minor op. 30 26/05/2010 [Back] 20:00 Bruxelles / Brussel, Belgium PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS / PALEIS VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN Hannes MINNAAR, Takashi SATO Programme: Finale (NL) / Finale (FR) / Final Piano 2010 Hannes MINNAAR - 1984, Goes, The Netherlands – HANNES MINNAAR started to play the piano at the age of seven. At the Amsterdam Conservatory he studied the piano with Jan Wijn and the organ with Jacques van Oortmerssen. He has also taken master classes with, among others, Willem Brons, Leon Fleisher, Menahem Pressler, and Ferenc? Rados. In addition to winning a number of prizes in Dutch competitions (including the Rotterdamse Pianodriedaagse, the Prinses Christina Concours, and the Vriendenkrans Competition), he won Second Prize at the Geneva International Music Competition in 2008. He has given recitals in his own country, in Ireland, in Japan, in the Middle East, and in New York and has worked with a number of orchestras (under Frans Brüggen, among others) and ensembles, including the Párkányi Quartet. Semi-final Mozart Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Concerto n. 9 in Es KV 271 | Concerto n. 9 en mi bémol majeur KV 271 [ CADENZE: W.A. MOZART] Semi-final Recital Jean-Luc FAFCHAMPS Back to the Sound Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonate n. 26 in Es op. 81a | Sonate n. 26 en mi bémol majeur op. 81a Maurice RAVEL Miroirs (Noctuelles, Oiseaux Tristes, Une Barque sur l’Océan, Alborado del Gracioso, La Vallée des Cloches) 4 http://blog.daum.net/kisspiano The 16th Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition [email protected] Piano 2010 – participant repertoire lists [email protected] Final Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonate n. 7 in D op. 10/3 | Sonate n. 7 en ré majeur op. 10/3 | Sonata n. 7 in D major op. 10/3 œuvre imposée / verplicht werk / imposed work (more info as from Friday 21 May) Camille SAINT-SAËNS Concerto n. 5 in F op. 103 | Concerto n. 5 en fa majeur op. 103 | Concerto n. 5 in F major op. 103 pauze / pause Takashi SATO - 1983, Akita, Japan – After studying at the Tokyo University of the Arts with Hitoshi Kobayashi and Katsumi Ueda from 1999 to 2006, TAKASHI SATO went on to study with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover. He has given many solo and chamber music recitals, with partners such as Yuzuko Horigome and Kyoko Yonemoto, and has worked with various orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic and the Tokyo Symphony, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Dortmund Philharmonic, and the Sydney Symphony.