Festival International German Piano Award
Concert series and official opening concert Musikmesse 2016

With Laureates and Nominees International German Piano Award.

02 April 2016 · Großer Saal Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main · 7.30 p.m.

Ching-Yun Hu – Nominee International German Piano Award. The Laureate of numerous competitions, such as Rubinstein in Tel-Aviv, is a student of Sergey Babayan and gives concerts on all five continents as a solois as well as with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Lukas Geniusas – Laureate International German Piano Award as well as winner of the Silver Medal at International Chopin Competition 2010 in Warsaw and in 2015 at Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Only 25 years old his music radiates seriousness paired with a fully modern style and catches the spirit of the age.

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Program 2 April

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Ching-Yun Hu

Pianist · Nominee International German Piano Award 2015

Alexander Skrjabin (1872-1915) · Piano sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) · From »Three Piano Pieces« D. 946: No. 1 in E-flat minor »Allegro assai«, Nr. 3 in C major »Allegro«

Enrique Granados (1867-1916) · From 12 Spanish Dances, Op. 37: No. 2 Oriental

Sergei Rachmaninow (1873-1943) · Scherzo (Transcription for Piano from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) · Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 · Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

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INTERMISSION

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Lukas Geniušas

Pianist · Laureate International German Piano Award 2012

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) · Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Étude No. 1 A-flat major, Op. 25 · Etüde Nr. 6 G-sharp major, Op. 25 · Etüde Nr. 7 C-sharp minor, Op. 25 · Etüde Nr. 11 A minor, Op. 11

Leonid Desjatnikow (geb. 1955) · Echoes From the Theatre

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