Birmingham International Piano Festival

Incorporating Birmingham International Piano Competition and RBC Community Piano Day

Sunday 14 June - Community Piano Day

11am - The Bradshaw Hall - book here
Celebrity Opening Recital, Birmingham International Piano Festival.

Klaus Sticken, Professor of Piano, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.

Viennese Programme
Beethoven Eroica-Variations Op.35
Berg Sonata Op.1
Schubert Wanderer-Fantasie

12.30pm, 1.30pm, 3pm, 4pm - Recital Hall
Young Artists' Recitals

Four 50 minute solo piano programmes from some of the finest young artists in the world. Beginning today, and then running over five days, 20 Young Artists give public recitals as part of the Birmingham International Piano Competition.

Jury: Professor Shuhua Chen (China), Professor Klaus Sticken (Austria), Pascal Nemirovski (France), John Thwaites (UK).

Prizes announced on 18 June.

5pm - Bradshaw Hall
Masterclass: Daniel Browell, Associate Head of the Department of Keyboard Studies, RBC.

6pm - Bradshaw Hall
Roman Kosyakov (RBC Piano Tutor, First Prize 2018 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition)

R Schumann Abegg Variations Op.1 
Brahms Variations on a theme by Handel Op.24

All events on Sunday 14 June are Free, but audience members should register for their free ticket.

Jan Loeffler (Head of Piano in Junior RBC and a Senior RBC Piano Tutor) is running this Community Piano Day. Events are all free, but you may also purchase a £30 Participant Ticket which entitles you to a 30 minute One-to-One Lesson (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult). Tutors will include Junior and Senior RBC staff and Karl-Heinz Simon. In addition to puchasing your Participant Ticket please email jan.loeffler@bcu.ac.uk

Monday 15 June

10am-1pm - Recital Hall - £5 - book here
Celebrity Public Piano Masterclass - Karl-Heinz Simon, Dean of Keyboard Studies, Dresden

2pm, 3pm, 4.30pm, 5.30pm - Recital Hall - free - book here
Young Artists’ Recitals

7pm - The Bradshaw Hall - Two Piano Gala - £5 - book here

Chopin Rondo
Bolcom The Serpent’s Kiss from The Garden of Eden
Florentine and Marie Lehnert pianos

Skryabin (arr. Gyorgy Konyus) Symphony No.3 (Divine Poem)
Simon Nicholls and Da-Hee Kim pianos

Simon Nicholls was a much-loved piano tutor at RBC for many years, and it is a great pleasure to welcome him back with both former and current students for this Gala event.

Tuesday 16 June

10am-12pm - Recital Hall - Celebrity Masterclass: Professor Klaus Sticken - £5 - book here

1pm, 2pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm - Recital Hall - Young Artists’ Recitals - free - book here

7pm - The Bradshaw Hall - Celebrity Recital: Andreas Frölich, Professor of Piano Hochschule Cologne and Yehudi Menuhin School - £10 (£5) - book here

Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, Piazzolla

Wednesday 17 June

10am-1pm - Recital Hall - Celebrity Masterclass: Andreas Frölich - free - book here

2pm-4pm - Recital Hall - Celebrity Masterclass - Pascal Nemirovski, International Chair, RBC - free - book here

4.30pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm - Recital Hall - Young Artists’ Recitals - free - book here

Thursday 18 June

10.30am - Recital Hall - Domonkos Csabay piano, First Prize 2016 Birmingham International Piano Competition. Domonkos receives an Honorary RBC Award on 19 June - £5 - book here

Chopin Preludes

11.30-1.30pm - Recital Hall - Public Celebrity Masterclass - Sir Stephen Hough (pictured above) - free - book here

2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm - Recital Hall - Young Artists' Recitals - Results announced - free - book here

7pm - The Bradshaw Hall - Celebrity Recital: Sir Stephen Hough piano - £15 (£12) - book here

Schubert Klavierstücke Es-Dur D 946/2
Brahms Klavierstücke Op.118, VI. Intermezzo in E♭ minor
Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op.19
Stockhausen Klavierstücke
Beethoven Bagatelle, Op.119, No.10
Beethoven Sonata for Piano No.21 in C major, Op.53 “Waldstein”
R Schuman Carnaval, Op.9
Sherman arr. Hough Mary Poppins Suite

Photo © Jiyang Chen