Birmingham International Piano Competition Final

Birmingham International Piano Competition (BIPC) has made a welcome return after a two-year hiatus over the pandemic. Under the proud custodianship of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Head of the Department of Keyboard Studies, Professor John Thwaites, acts as Artistic Director.

Having impressed in the first and second rounds, our four finalists will compete in the Grand Final for the internationally acclaimed jury: Martino Tirimo, Carole Presland and Philip Edward Fisher.

2.30pm - Maxim Kinasov (Russia)
Bach/Siloti Prelude in B minor, BWV855a 
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A minor, Op.35 (Book 1) 
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Op.83 

3.10pm Clara Isabella Siegle (Ireland-Germany)
Mozart Sonata in C minor K. 457
Clara Schumann Soirées musicales: Notturno, Mazurka, Polonaise

INTERVAL 

4.10pm Gabrielė Sutkutė (Lithuania)
Prokofiev Sonata No.4 in C minor
Schubert/Liszt Litanei D.343
Ravel La valse, m.72

4.50pm Yuxuan Zhao (China)
Beethoven Sonata 'Waldstein' Op.53
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1