Birmingham International Piano Competition Semi Finals

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.

Join us live for the second round, where twenty-five pianists from all over the world perform a wide range of repertoire for the esteemed jury, comprised of Katya Apekisheva, Carole Presland and Philip Edward Fisher. 

Birmingham International Piano Competition 2022

Second Round

Jury Philip Edward Fisher, Katya Apekisheva, Carole Presland

Thu 23 June

12pm Irine Chagunava (Georgia)

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.110 in A flat
Stephen Hough Piano Sonata No.4 ‘Vida Breve’

12.30pm Anjulie Chen (Germany)

Schubert Six Moments Musicaux, D.780

1pm Kenny Fu (UK)

Schumann/Liszt Widmung
Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca S.161 No.5
Chopin Scherzo No.2 in Bb minor, Op.31
Stravinsky arr. Agosti Three Movements from The Firebird

1.30-2.15pm Lunch

2.15pm Daniel Hyunwoo (UK)

Granados Goyescas No.1 ‘Los Requiebros’
Debussy Preludes Book 2, No.7 ‘La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune’
Bartók Piano Sonata, Sz.80

2.45pm Joanna Kacperek (Poland)

Antonio Soler Keyboard Sonatas K.104, K.106 and K.102
Scriabin Piano Sonata No.2 in G sharp minor
P. Mykietin Preludes Nos.1-3 (1992)

3.15pm Maxim Kinasov (Russia)

Franck-Bauer Prélude, Fugue et Variation Op.18
Barber Piano Sonata, Op.26

3.45pm Maria Kustas (Russia)

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.101 in A
Prokofiev Études Op.12 No.1 (D minor) and No.3 (C minor)

4.15-5.15pm Break

5.15pm Siyu Sun (New Zealand)

Liszt Les Jeux d’eaux a la Villa d’Este
Ravel Jeux d’eau
Rachmaninoff Étude-Tableaux Op.39 Nos. 1-3

5.45pm Joachim Lim (Singapore)

Beethoven Sonata op.111 in C minor

6.15pm Sherri Hoi-Ching Lun (Hong Kong)

Haydn Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/52 in E flat
Liszt Ballade No.2 in B minor
Debussy Preludes Book 2, No.12 ‘Feux d’artifice’

6.45pm Bo Lyu (China)

Bartók Out of Doors
Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

7.15pm Maria Mateeva (Russia)

Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas K.213 in D minor and K.24 in A
Scriabin 6 Préludes, Op.74
Stravinsky arr. Agosti Three Movements from The Firebird

7.45pm Nil Mladin (Romania)

Enescu Carillon Nocturne from Piano Suite No.3
Messiaen Vingt Regards Nos. 13 ‘Noël’ and 16 ‘Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des Mages’
Debussy Pour le Piano

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Fri 24 June

9.30am Philip Leslie (UK)

Bach-Siloti Prelude in B minor
Debussy Estampes
Bartók Piano Sonata, Sz.80

10am Hyuk Namkoong (South Korea)

Bach Italian Concerto
Mozart Variations on ‘Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman’
Rachmaninoff Prelude op.23 No.5 in G minor

10.30am Kyle Nash-Baker (UK)

Debussy Preludes Book 1, No.11 ‘La Danse de Puck’
Beethoven Bagatelles Op.126 Nos.1-4
Chopin Mazurka Op.50 No.3 in C sharp minor
Haydn Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/52 in E flat

11am Lily Petrova (UK)

Chopin Étude Op.25 No.8
Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor (WTK Book 1)
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.27 No.1 in E flat

11.30am-12pm BREAK

12pm Sofia Sacco (Italy)

Bach Prelude and Fugue in D minor (WTK Book 2)
Chopin Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante
Rachmaninoff Étude-Tableaux Op.39 No.3 in F sharp mino
Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D flat, Op.87

12.30pm Rachel Shipard (Australia)

Prokofiev Sonata No.7 in B flat, Op.83
Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op.35 Book 1

1pm Clara Isabella Siegle (Ireland/Germany)

Mozart Fantasia in C minor
Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses, Op.54
Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D flat, Op.87

1.30-2.30pm Lunch

2.30pm Gabriele Strata (Italy)

Couperin Les Barricades Mysterieuses, Les Ombres Errantes, La Visionnaire
Messiaen Premiere Communion de la vierge, from Vingt Regards
Chopin Ballade No.4, Op.52

3pm Eran Sulkin (Israel-Poland)

Mozart Rondo in A minor
Schoenberg 6 Kleine Klavierstücke Op.19

Chopin Barcarolle Op.60

Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux Op.39, No.4

3.30pm Gabrielė Sutkutė (Lithuania)

Haydn Sonata in B minor Hob. XVI:32
Janáček Piano Sonata ‘1.X.1905’ ‘From the Street’
Rachmaninoff Études-Tableaux Op.39 No.5 in E flat minor and No. 1 in C minor

4pm Stephanie Tang (USA)

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.10 No.2 in F
Schumann Fantasie in C Op.17, 1^st movement

4.30pm Yuxuan Zhao (China)

Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit
Rachmaninoff Moments Musicaux, Nos 4 and 5