72nd

IN TER NA TIO NALCHO PIN

PIA NO FE STI VALDu szni ki-Zdrój

4–12 August 2017

AR TI STIC DI REC TOR

PIOTR PA LECZ Ny

The Festival has been organised with the financial assistance of:THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGEas well as the budgets of:THE TOWN OF DUSZNIKI-ZDRÓJ,THE PROvINCE OF LOWER SILESIAand THE KŁODZKO DISTRICT

ORGANISERFoundation of the International Chopin Piano Festivalin Duszniki-Zdrój – Member of the InternationalFederation of Chopin Societies57-340 Duszniki-Zdrój, Rynek 10, tel./fax 0048-74-8669 280

Organisational Director of the FestivalANDRZEJ MERKUR

CooperationIZABELLA DARGIEL – Agencja Artystyczna Filharmonia

Piano adjustmentJAROSŁAW BEDNARSKI, PIOTR ZIMA – Steinway & SonsMICHAŁ BEDNARSKI – Yamaha

Programme editorANNA SKULSKA

English translated byDARIUSZ GERETA

Poster and cover design ARTuR SKOWROńSKI

The biographical notes were prepared on the basis of material supplied by the artists.

The organisers of the festival wish to thank the following companiesyAMAHA and STEINwAy & SONS

for the pianos provided

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Ladies and Gentlemen!

One sunny and warm October day in 1992 two mysterious, distinguished gentlemen, who had come from a far-away place, asked me to meet them at the Bristol hotel in Warsaw. As they represented the recently established Foundation of the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, full of hope, I hap-pily ran to see them. At that time my life revolved around the stage, recitals, con-certs and travels. Therefore, I thought that I was about to receive an attractive festival performance proposal.

However, as our pleasant conversa-tion progressed, the wonderful vision of yet another artistic dream come true – a recital in Duszniki – seemed more and more elusive!

When there remained little apple pie on the plates and the coffee cups were almost empty, the two gentlemen proceeded to present their proposal, which was, after all, the purpose of their long journey.

Imagine how astonished, embarrassed and perplexed I was ...… when Professor Kazimierz Działocha, Chairman of the

Foundation Council, and Andrzej Merkur, President of the Foundation’s Management Board, proposed that I take up the role of the Festival’s Artistic Director.

Shock, disbelief and lack of words was all that I felt at that moment ... Completely surprised, I thanked for the trust placed in me and said that I needed more time to give a thorough consideration to the offer before making such a responsible and difficult decision.

Today – opening the 25th Festival as its Artistic Director – I wish to extend my warmest and most sincere thanks to both gentlemen for their proposal, so surprising to me at the time, and for the many years of their trust and friendship. That October day has changed a significant area of my life, my interests and my achievements. It has allowed me to expe-rience great art moments, which would not have been possible without

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the 25 years of my involvement with the Festival, and has enriched me not only as an artist who naturally seeks recognition and applause from the audience, but also as a person who derives genuine joy and great satisfaction from being able to offer this amazing experience to other artists.

On the opening day of the 72nd Festival I wish to express my deepest gratitude to all those who have, in any way, assisted the organisers and supported the development of our Festival over the last 25 years!

I am deeply convinced that this year’s Festival will bring you many wonderful artistic emotions that will remain in our memory for a long time.

Wishing you all the most beautiful!

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DIRECTOR’S jubILEE...

Aleksander Michałowski (1851–1938), a great Polish Chopin specialist and a pupil of, among others, Chopin’s pupil Karol Mikuli (1819–1897) and Chopin’s friend Franz Liszt (1811–1886), celebrated some sort of a jubilee every few years. Even though he did not want it himself, his grateful students, of which there were dozens, friends and music lovers flocking to his concerts kept on finding excuses to honour that magnifi- cent, yet modest, artist. When it happened Michałowski would give a Chopin recital, which was then the subject of discussions for months. And there was plenty to talk about as, according to Jerzy Żurawlew, one of Michałowski’s pupils, no one played Chopin’s masterpieces more beautifully at the time. Led to the piano, due to his short-sightedness, by a student or a person working at the venue, he would sit down by the instrument and conjured up music that evoked such amazing sensa-tions that they remained in one’s memory for decades. It is also worth recalling that the idea of organising the International Chopin Piano Competitions was proposed by Aleksander Michałowski and success-fully put into practice by Żurawlew ...

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Today we have a situation that is reminiscent of Professor Michałowski’s attitude, i.e. the jubilee of Professor Piotr Paleczny, the Artistic Director of the International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój. He also wishes to keep a low profile despite the quarter of a century of his directorship. However, as an admirer of his piano art, I refuse to yield to that wish …

Piotr Paleczny’s involvement with Duszniki goes back to 8 August 1971 when, as a recent prize winner at the 8th International Chopin Piano Competition, held several months earlier, he gave here two concerts: the first one – as part of an opening festival concert and the second one – a Chopin recital. At the beginning of the festival he per-formed Piano Concerto in E minor with the Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of its manager, Tadeusz Strugała. I can still remember that magnificent performance, full of energy and, at the same time, lyrical, very different from the interpretative standards of the time, which tended to make the composer look like a self-absorbed, sick nostalgic. Paleczny showed Chopin as a person with a lust for life, prone to showing off his skill, capable of ‘singing’ with the piano and emanating with strength.

Two days later (10 August) the pianist gave a Chopin recital, starting with the popular Polonaise in A major and finishing with the heroic Polonaise in A-flat major, which, in the beautiful and accurate words of Franz Liszt, “reflects the whole history of Poland.” The programme included works of various genres and forms, arranged in a mirror-like manner. A polonaise was followed by a nocturne, then by 3 études and 3 mazurkas and, subsequently, by a scherzo, 3 mazurkas, 3 études, a nocturne and a polonaise. Jerzy Jaroszewicz (a pianist and music crit-ic), who reviewed the recital for the Ruch Muzyczny magazine, wrote:

“Duszniki recitals can be divided into three categories. The first one includes demonstrations of pianistic excellence, of truly magnificent performance perfection (Paleczny, Indjic), the second one – artistic creations and, finally, the third one – performances that do not exhibit any of the above elements, but combine them into a more or less har-monic whole). Both Paleczny and Indjic gave an impeccable show, displaying a fantastic mastery of the instrument, tremendous skill and strength of performance.” Jaroszewicz’s article is accompanied by

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a photograph of the festival’s participants (Paleczny, Indjic, Zacharias, Sevilla, Sulikowski, Szlachta, Chęcinski and Gavrilov) with Chopin’s monument in Duszniki in the background.

When recalling the beginnings of Piotr Paleczny’s beautiful career, one should mention his pre-competition Warsaw recital, consisting of various works by great composers. Among them was Balakirev’s Islamey: an Oriental Fantasy, considered to be one of the most diffi-cult pieces for the piano, which is confirmed by the fact that only a few virtuosos have it in their repertoire. After his phenomenal performance, Piotr Paleczny received a storm of applause and cheers from the audi-ence. A friend of mine sitting next to me, also a pianist, was so shocked by what he had heard that he stated briefly: ‘I think I’ll quit playing!’ In the same year Piotr Paleczny’s first album was released, which fea-tured the already mentioned Islamey: an Oriental Fantasy by Balakirev, 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119 by Brahms as well as Fantaisie in F minor, Étude in B minor (‘Octave’) and Étude in A minor by Chopin. A music lover may still take pleasure from listening to that disc if they happen to have this rare piece of recording history in their collection.

When looking at the chronicle of Duszniki festivals, one may notice that the pianist was a rare guest in this Lower Silesian town. When he did, however, arrive here he would treat the audience to a magnificent spectacle. We may recall, in addition to the one mentioned above, his other memorable appearances in Duszniki, such as in 1974 – when he performed Piano Concerto in F minor under the baton of Tadeusz Strugała, 1975 – when he gave a powerful recital consisting of the complete set of Études Op. 25, Ballade in G minor, Scherzo in B minor and Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, 1985 – a recital in which he performed 4 ballads and 4 scherzos or 1994 – when he interpreted both piano con-certos with the Leopoldinum Orchestra conducted by Tomasz Bugaj at the festival opening. We all remember the wonderful first evening of the 65th jubilee Festival in 2010, during which Piotr Paleczny also per-formed both of Chopin’s piano concertos, this time with the Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Marek Pijarowski.

During the twenty-five years of his artistic supervision over the Duszniki festival Piotr Paleczny has always had in mind its demanding

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audience, which expects novelty and world-class piano stars. As a result of his world concert tours and his position as a juror at major interna-tional piano competitions, he has had the opportunity to invite talented young people and piano masters to Duszniki. We often had a chance to get to know and listen to future competition prize winners. There were times when a concert in Duszniki was the beginning of an artist’s career as a virtuoso. At some festivals the leading motive was piano perfor-mance schools, on other occasions it was winners of top prizes at great competitions or the director’s famous pianist friends. Piotr Paleczny did not forget about great Poles whose activities contributed to the devel-opment of global Chopin studies, such as Witold Małcużyński and Jan Ekier, devoting entire concerts to their memory.

Piotr Paleczny, guided by his own sense of beauty, teaching experi- ence and excellent familiarity with the worldwide field of stage per-formance and his intuition as an artist, has presented and continues to present the festival audience with interesting, talented performers, who are making a contribution to the art of piano performance and gaining recognition. It will be the same this year. The audience will be able to attend concerts that will be interesting both in terms of their content and performing artists. Let us enjoy the experience that we come for to Duszniki ...

Stanisław Dybowski, 2017

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CALENDAR OF FESTIVAL EVENTS

Friday, 4 August19:30 Laying flowers at the Frederic Chopin monument

CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00 Opening piano recital NELSON FREIRE Bach, Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, Chopin

Saturday, 5 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor TAMáS UNGáR

HOTEL IMPRESjA11:00 Piano recital KAMIL PACHOLEC

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Chamber concert vIvIANA SOFRONITSKY – piano SERGEI ISTOMIN – cello Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Chopin19:00 Piano recital GEORGE LI Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt22:00 Piano recital SZYMON NEHRING Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin

Sunday, 6 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor TAMáS UNGáR

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HOTEL IMPRESjA 11:00 Piano recital JOANNA KACPEREK

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Piano recital KATE LIU Mozart, Brahms, Chopin20:00 Piano recital KATARZYNA POPOWA-ZYDROń Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin

Monday, 7 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor TAMáS UNGáR

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Piano recital PAvEL KOLESNIKOv Schubert, Schumann, Chopin20:00 Piano recital INGRID FLITER Beethoven, Chopin

Tuesday, 8 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor TAMáS UNGáR

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Piano recital FEDERICO COLLI Scarlatti, Beethoven, Mussorgsky

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jAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL19:00 Concert by active participants of the 16th Master Class

CHOPIN’S MANOR22:00 Nocturne – candlelit concert with performances by participants of the 72nd International Chopin Piano Festival Hosted by: Professor ANTONI WIT

wednesday, 9 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor SOO-JUNG SHIN

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Piano recital YEOL EUM SON Chopin, Mompou, Busoni, Rachmaninoff 20:00 Piano recital ALExANDER GAvRYLYUK Bach/Busoni, Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninoff

Thursday, 10 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor SOO-JUNG SHIN

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Piano recital DINARA KLINTON Chopin, Liszt20:00 Chamber concert ALENA BAEvA – violin vADYM KHOLODENKO – piano Stravinsky, Schubert, Beethoven

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Friday, 11 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor SOO-JUNG SHIN

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Piano recital HYUK LEE Beethoven, Chopin, Alkan, Liszt20:00 Piano recital NIKITA MNDOYANTS Chopin, Schubert, Prokofiev/Mndoyants

Saturday, 12 AugustjAN wEbER CHAMbER MuSIC HALL9:30 Master Class Professor SOO-JUNG SHIN

HOTEL IMPRESjA 11:00 Piano recital ALEKSANDRA ŚWIGuT

CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00 Piano recital YEKWON SUNWOO Haydn, Beethoven, Grainger, Rachmaninoff, Ravel20:00 Final piano recital vADYM KHOLODENKO Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Scriabin

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The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme.

FESTIVAL bROADCASTING ON POLISH RADIObroadcasting on Polish Radio 2

5 August, 22:00 – Piano recital SZYMON NEHRING 7 August, 16:00 – Piano recital PAvEL KOLESNIKOv (EBu broadcast)8 August, 16:00 – Piano recital FEDERICO COLLI (EBu broadcast)9 August, 20:00 – Piano recital ALExANDER GAvRYLYUK10 August, 20:00 – Chamber concert ALENA BAEvA vADYM KHOLODENKO12 August, 16:00 – Piano recital YEKWON SUNWOO

ACCOMPANyING EVENTS

Piano recitals in the gardens of ‘Villa Polanica’, in Polanica-Zdrój, ul. Matuszewskiego 8, each day from 5 to 13 August, at 20:00

Władysław Kolbusz. An Artist from Duszniki-Zdrój.A retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Papermaking

The Music of Polish Landscapes.Hotel Impresja

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Frederic Chopin monument in Duszniki-Zdrój

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FESTIVAL CONCERTS – PROGRAMME and ARTISTS

The organisers kindly ask the audiences to remember the followingrules during the concerts:DO NOT uSE cameras, video cameras or audio recorders andTuRN OFF your mobile phones and sound devices in electronicwatches.

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FRIDAY, 4 AUGUST CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00

OPENING PIANO RECITAL

NELSON FREIREJohann Sebastian Bach – Transcriptions:(1685–1750) Prelude in G minor for organ BWv 535 (arranged by Siloti) “Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ” BWV 639 (arranged by Busoni) “Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist” BWV 667 (arranged by Busoni) “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” BWV 147 (arranged by M. Hess)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in A-flat major Op. 110 (1821)(1770–1827) Moderato cantabile molto espressivo Scherzo. Allegro molto Adagio ma non troppo Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo INTERvAL

Heitor villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 (1941) Preludio(1887–1959) – 3 pieces from the collection “A prole do bebê” No. 1 (1918) Branquinha Pobresinha Moreninha Frederic Chopin – Piano Sonata in B minor Op. 58 (1844)(1810–1849) Allegro maestoso Scherzo. Molto vivace Largo Finale. Presto non tanto

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NELSON FREIREBorn in Boa Esperança, a small town in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), Nelson Freire is now a universally acclaimed artist. He has received honours and decorations in numerous countries, and regularly col-laborates with top class orchestras, con-ductors, and recital halls worldwide. He has signed an exclusive contract with DECCA and his regular recordings have led him to explore the works with a deeper insight and unique creative power.

Still humble, Freire moved at the age of five to Rio de Janeiro when his parents, impressed by the precocious talent of their son, moved the whole family to the city in search of better music teaching conditions to great fruition. under the guidance of two outstanding teachers, Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, the young Nelson, aged only fourteen, could already be considered a great master of the piano.

At the age of twelve, as finalist at the first International Piano Competition of Rio de Janeiro, he received a grant from Brazilian presi- dent Juscelino Kubitschek and went to study in Vienna under Bruno Seidlhofer, teacher of Friedrich Gulda. At age nineteen, Freire was awarded the Dinu Lipatti Medal in London and later won 1st Prize at the International Vianna da Motta Competition in Lisbon, which earned him a contract with the agency Conciertos Daniel in Madrid. He then toured most of South America and Spain.

At the age of twenty-three for his London début, he made a sensation when The Times called him “The young lion of the keyboard.” The fol-lowing year, after his New York début performance with the New York Philharmonic, Time magazine hailed him as “One of the most exciting pianists of this or any age”.

From then on and for five decades, Nelson Freire has performed in over seventy countries and become a star in the international music

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world. His recordings have been rewarded with the Diapason d’Or, Grand Prix du Disque, Victoire d’Honneur, Edison Award, Gramophone Award and a Latin Grammy for the album Nelson Freire Brasileiro in 2013.

He has been the recipient of the most prestigious decorations: Citizen of Rio, Knight of the Order of Rio Branco, Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Medal Pedro Ernesto, Medal of the City of Paris, Medal of the City of Buenos Aires and doctor honoris causa from the Music School of the Federal university of Rio de Janeiro.

Nelson Freire has performed with many of the world’s major con-ductors, such as Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Chailly, Charles Dutoit, Eugen Jochum, André Previn, Lorin Maazel, Rudolf Kempe, Rafael Kubelik, David Zinman, Kurt Masur and Sir Colin Davis. He has appeared with the greatest orches-tras: the Philharmonics of Berlin, London, New York and Israel, as well with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the orchestras of Munich, Paris, Tokyo, and St. Petersburg including the Mariinsky – Vienna, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago and Montreal.

Several extracts from his concerts can be seen in the 2003 acclaimed documentary “Nelson Freire: a Man and his Music”, directed by João Moreira Salles. Recent releases include: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 & Balade No. 4, Berceuse, Polonaise (2015); Rachmaninoff The Complete Works (2014); Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 & Piano Sonata Op. 111 (2014); Radio Days: Concerto Broadcasts 1968–79 (2014); Brasileiro (2012).

He is regularly invited to be a member of the jury for the most prominent piano competitions such as the Chopin, Tchaikovsky and van Cliburn.

Fluent in several languages, Nelson Freire has made his home in Rio de Janeiro, his city of predilection, where he returns regularly between tours.

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SATuRDAY, 5 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Chamber concert

VIVIANA SOFRONITSKypiano

SERGEI ISTOMINcello

Felix Mendelssohn- – Variations concertantes in D major-Bartholdy Op. 17 for cello and piano (1829)(1809–1847) – Rondo capriccioso in E major Op. 14 (1830)

– Sonata No. 2 in D major for cello and piano Op. 58 (1843) Allegro assai vivace Allegretto scherzando Adagio Molto allegro e vivace INTERvAL

Frederic Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise in C major Op. 3(1810–1849) for piano and cello (1830)

– Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1 (1841)

– Sonata for piano and cello in G minor Op. 65 (1846–1847) Allegro moderato Scherzo Largo Finale. Allegro

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VIVIANA SOFRONITSKyViviana Sofronitsky is a Russian-Canadian fortepianist, one of the world’s leading performers specializing in Classical and Romantic music. Viviana Sofronitsky playing on historical piano copies. Her collection of top-qual- ity new pianos includes Mozart’s and Beethoven’s favorites Walter and Stein, Schubert’s Graf, Chopin’s Pleyel and Liszt’s Boisselot. Her recent London Wigmore Hall performance with 5 pi- anos on stage was acclaimed as a “rev-elation.”

She began her music studies in her family, following in the footsteps of her father, Vladimir Sofronitsky, the

distinguished Russian pianist. After earning a DMA from the Moscow Conservatory she studied early music in Oberlin, uS. In 1999 Viviana Sofronitsky received historical fortepiano and harpsichord performance degrees from the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.

V. Sofronitsky was awarded the First Prize at the Bach Tage Berlin competition, as well as main prizes at the Musica Antiqua competition at the MA Festival in Brugges. She performed at leading festivals and concert halls, including Wigmore Hall in London, Printemps des Arts in Nantes, Leipzig Bach Festival, Flanders Festival, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Tage Alte Musik Berlin, and Triphony Sumida hall in Japan, amongst others.

Viviana Sofronitsky gives masterclasses, lectures, is a member of jury in international competitions and has featured often in European and American broadcasts. She has recorded with “Avi,” “ETCetera” and “Pro Musica Camerata” (complete Mozart concertos), as well as “Centaur,” “Suoni e colori,” “Globe,” and “Passacaille.” Among her recent recordings are complete piano and cello works of Mendelssohn and Chopin with Sergei Istomin as well as solo works by Schubert on early romantic fortepiano. Her current projects include Chopin solo works on copy of his favourite Pleyel and Liszt on a copy of Liszt’s favourite personal fortepiano.

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SERGEI ISTOMINSergei Istomin (violoncello, viola da gamba) is in demand throughout Europe and North America as soloist and chamber musician. His reper-toire includes baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary music on both period and modern instruments.

He performs in solo and chamber music concerts with artists such as: forte-pianists Jos van Immerseel, Viviana Sofronitsky. He regu-larly works with Anima Eterna Brugge Orchestra (violoncello solo), Tafelmusik Orchestra, Il Gardellino Ensemble and many other prom-inent European and North American groups and soloists (Vincenzo Casale, clarinet; Boyan Vodenicharov, fortepiano). Recently he recorded for the Passacaille Records, Belgium the Haydn’s Cello Concertos with Apollo Ensemble.

He has also performed at a wide range of festivals such as Aix-en-Provence, Alden Biesen, Beaune, Leipzig Bach Festival, Klang&Raum Festival, MA Festival Brugge, Nantes, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, St. Riquier, Festival van Vlaanderen, Festival de Wallonie, utrecht, Lockenhaus, Schleswig-Holstein and Sopron.

Sergei Istomin started his violoncello studies at the age of six in the class of Vera Birina at the Gnessin’s School for gifted children (Moscow, Russia) where he obtained his Bachelor Degree. He com-pleted his Master Degree at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he studied with Valentin Feighin. He continued his post-graduate studies in viola da gamba with Catharina Meints Caldwell at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, Oberlin, Ohio, uSA, where he also had the rare privilege to work with August Wenzinger.

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SATuRDAY, 5 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR19:00

Piano recital

GEORGE LI Frederic Chopin – Ballade in G minor Op. 23 (1835–1836)(1810–1849)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata in F minor(1770-1827) Op. 57 (Appassionata) (1804–1806) Allegro assai Andante con moto Allegro ma non troppo. Presto

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Franz Liszt – Années de pèlerinage:(1811–1886) Deuxième année (1838–1849) Italie – Petrarch’s Sonnet 104 S. 161: 5

– Années de pèlerinage: Troisiéme année (1877) Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa D’Este S. 163: 4

– Réminiscences de Don Juan S. 418 (on themes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni) (1841)

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GEORGE LIPraised by the Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prow-ess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” pianist George Li pos-sesses brilliant virtuosity and grace far beyond his years. He captured the Silver Medal (ex-aequo with Lukas Geniušas) at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition and was the recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Among George’s many prizes, he was the First Prize winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award. Recent and upcoming highlights include mul-tiple performances with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Valery Gergiev, St. Petersburg Philharmonic with Yuri Temirkanov, Hamburg Philharmonic with Manfred Honeck, Seattle Symphony with Emmanuel Krivine, utah Symphony with Robert Spano, Verbier Festival Orchestra with Emmanuel Krivine and additional performances with Lucerne Festival, DSO Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Grafenegg Festival, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon, Malmo Symphony and the opening night concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel. Recital highlights include the Mariinsky Theatre, Munich’s Gasteig, the Louvre, the Emil Gilels Festival in Freiburg, Seoul Arts Center, vladivostok Festival, Tokyo’s Asahi Hall and Musashino Hall, NCPA Beijing, Ravinia Festival, Lanaudiere Festival, Schloss Elmau, Edinburgh Festival and Montreaux Festival.

George Li was born in 1995. He gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Hall at the age of 10 and in 2011, performed for President Obama at the White House in an evening honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel. George is currently in the Harvard university/New England Conservatory joint program, studying with Wha Kyung Byun.

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SATuRDAY, 5 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR22:00

SZyMON NEHRING1st prize at the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein

International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv

Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in F minor L 118 (1756–1757)(1685–1757)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sonata in F major KV 280 (1774)(1756–1791) Allegro assai Adagio Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in G major(1770–1827) Op. 31 No. 1 (1801–1802) Allegro vivace Adagio grazioso Rondo. Allegretto – Presto

Frederic Chopin – Piano Sonata in B-flat minor(1810–1849) Op. 35 (1839) Grave. Doppio movimento Scherzo Marche funèbre Finale. Presto

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SZyMON NEHRINGSzymon Nehring is one of the most gifted and promising pianists of the younger generation in Poland. He is the only Pole to win First Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv, one of the most important piano competitions in the world.

In autumn 2017 he will begin his studies with Prof. Boris Berman at Yale School of Music. He studied at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the class of Prof. Stefan Wojtas, with whom he worked since 2013. Before that, he studied piano in the class of Olga Łazarska at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Primary Music School in Krakow and at the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School in Krakow for 11 years.

In 2014 he won First Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam International Competition in Bydgoszcz. In 2015 he received a Krystian Zimerman scholarship and performed in the finals of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition to win an Honourable Mention, the Audience Prize as well as a number of extra prizes. In 2017 he won First Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv as well as several extra prizes, including the Best Performance of a Chopin Piece Prize.

His début CD with music by Polish composers received the Fryderyk Award 2016 from the Polish Phonographic Academy (in the category Album of the Year – Solo Recital), the Joker from Crescendo magazine, and the Supersonic Award from Pizzicato magazine. The year 2016 saw the release of the artist’s two albums: Chopin’s Piano Concertos with the Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra conducted by Jurek Dybał and Krzysztof Penderecki, as well as Krzysztof Penderecki’s Piano Concerto “Resurrection” under the composer’s baton. The artist’s latest recording includes Chopin’s works performed on a period instrument (Erard 1858).

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Szymon Nehring has given concerts in Russia, China, ukraine, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Germany, France, Norway, Italy, Israel, Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Canada, and the United States. He has performed with orchestras such as the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Santander Orchestra, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra and the majority of Polish orchestras, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, collaborating with conductors including Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jacek Kaspszyk, Grzegorz Nowak, Omer Meir Wellber, John Axelrod, and Krzysztof Penderecki. The artist’s upcoming concert plans include a tour of Japan and China, recitals at Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall, as well as performances at the “Chopin and His Europe” Festival, the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, the vilnius Piano Festival, and the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw.

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SuNDAY, 6 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Piano recital

KATE LIu Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata in E-flat major(1756–1791) KV 282 (1774) Adagio Menuetto I Menuetto II Allegro

Johannes Brahms – 4 Ballades Op. 10 (1854)(1833–1897) No. 1 in D minor No. 2 in D major No. 3 in B minor No. 4 in B major

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Frederic Chopin – 2 Nocturnes Op. 62 (1846)(1810–1849) No. 1 in B major No. 2 in E major

– Piano Sonata in B-flat minor Op. 35 (1839) Grave. Doppio movimento Scherzo Marche funèbre Finale. Presto

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KATE LIuBorn in Singapore, Kate Liu began play-ing piano at the age of four. At the age of six, she was admitted to the gifted music program of the Yamaha Music School in Singapore. When she was eight, she moved with her family to the Chicago area. In Chicago she studied piano with Alan Chow, Micah Yui and Emilio Del Rosario in the Academy program for talented young pianist and string players at the Music Institute of Chicago.

She graduated for New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois in 2012, and is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music under the guidance of Robert McDonald.

She won the several prizes at international piano competitions: 2010 – New York International Piano Competition in New Your City – 1st prize; 2010 – Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition in Oberlin, USA – 3rd prize; 2012 – Eastman Young Artist International Piano Competition in Rochester, uSA – 3rd prize; 2015 – The 3rd Asia–Pacific International Chopin Competition in Daegu, South Korea – 1st prize; 2015 – 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland – 3rd prize (bronze medal) and special prize by the Pol-ish Radio for the best performance of a Mazurka.

Kate Liu has performed in united States, Japan, Canada and Europe.

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SuNDAY, 6 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00

Piano recital

KATARZYNA POPOWA-ZYDROŃ Ludwig van Beethoven – Sechs Bagatelen Op. 126 (1824)(1770–1827) Andante con moto, cantabile e con piacevole Allegro Andante. Cantabile ed espressivo Presto Quasi allegretto Presto. Andate amabile e con moto

Franz Schubert – Drei Klavierstücke D 946 (1828)(1797–1828) No. 1 in E-flat minor No. 2 in E-flat major

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Frederic Chopin – Ballade in G minor Op. 23 (1835–1836)(1810–1849) – Nocturnes Op. 37 (1837–1839) No. 1 in G minor No. 2 in G major

– Mazurka in C minor Op. 30 No. 1 (1837)

– Mazurka in A-flat major Op. 17 No. 3 (1833)

– Ballade in A-flat major Op. 47 (1841)

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KATARZYNA POPOWA-ZYDROŃ Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, a Polish pia-nist of Bulgarian origin, graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the class of Zbigniew Śliwiński. She continued her music edu-cation at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in vienna, under Alexander Jenner, and, subsequently, perfected her skills during master class-es with, among other, Suzanne Roche, Dieter Zechlin and György Sebök. A recipient of honorary mentions at such international competitions as Alessandro Casagrande in Terni, Italy, the 9th Chopin Competition in Warsaw (1975) and the ARD Competition in Munich (1978).

She has given concerts in almost all Polish philharmonics, under the baton of, among others, Jerzy Katlewicz, Krzysztof Missona and Wojciech Michniewski. She has performed in Germany, the Soviet union, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Austria and Japan. Her repertoire includes pieces from the Baroque to the present period, with a particu-lar emphasis on the work of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy and Bartók. She has performed world premieres of Polish contemporary music, including Konrad Pałubicki’s Piano Concerto No. 4. The artist has made numerous recordings for Polish Radio and Television and the Accord company released two albums with her excellent performances of works by Frederic Chopin. Her third album, featuring Preludes and Polonaises Op. 26, came out under the F. Chopin Institute label.

Music lovers are also familiar with Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń’s excellent chamber music performances with, among others, urszula Kryger, Piotr Kusiewicz or Florian Skulski.

In addition to her career as an artist, she is engaged in teaching activities. She is the Head of the Chair of Piano at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, conducts master classes in Poland and abroad

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and gives seminars for piano teachers as well as open classes and consultations. Her students reach top places at pianist competitions in Poland and abroad. They include Rafał Blechacz – winner of the 15th International Chopin Piano Competition, and such other names as Krzysztof Herdzin, Karolina Nadolska, Mischa Kozłowski, Piotr Różański, Paweł Wakarecy, Michał Szymanowski or Jakub Kuszlik.

Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń has been a member of the juries of many international competitions – recently, among other venues, in Seoul. In 2015 she was the chairperson of the jury at the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, and last year – at the International Chopin Competition in Beijing.

She has been honoured with the Medal of Prince Mestwin II, the Medal of the Commission of National Education, the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis as well as the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

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MONDAY, 7 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Piano recital

PAVEL KOLESNIKOVFranz Schubert – 5 Waltzes (from 12 German Dances)(1797–1828) D 145 (1823) Waltzes No. 10–6–2–3–9–10

– Piano Sonata in A minor D 537 (1817) Allegro ma non troppo Allegretto quasi andantino Allegro vivace

Robert Schumann – Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26 (1839)(1810–1856) 1. Allegro; 2. Romanze; 3. Scherzino; 4. Intermezzo; 5. Finale

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Frederic Chopin – Impromptu in A-flat major Op. 29 (1837)(1810–1849) – Waltz in C-sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2 (1847)

– Fantaisie Impromptu in C-sharp minor Op. 66 (1834–1835)

– 5 Mazurkas In G-sharp minor Op. 33 No. 1 (1837–1838) In B-flat major Op. posth. (1832) In A minor Op. 68 No. 2 (1826–1827) In C major Op. 56 No. 2 (1843) In F minor Op. 68 No. 4 (1849)

– Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 (1841)

– Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat major Op. 18 (1833)

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PAVEL KOLESNIKOVLondon-based Pavel Kolesnikov was born in Siberia into a family of sci-entists. He studied both the piano and violin for ten years, before concentrat-ing solely on the piano. He has stud-ied at Moscow State Conservatory with Sergey Dorensky, at London’s Royal College of Music with Norma Fisher and at Brussels’ Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Maria João Pires thanks to the generous support of Mr Christopher D. Budden, the RCM Scholarship Foundation and Hattori Foundation. Pavel is the recipient of the Milstein Medal and is the Benjamin Britten Foundation Fellow for 2015–2016 con-

tinuing his studies at RCM on the Artist Diploma course. Pavel is also a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists for 2014 to 2016.

Following his Wigmore Hall début in January 2014, The Telegraph gave his recital a rare five-star review and called it “one of the most memorable of such occasions London has witnessed in a while.” Since becoming Prize Laureate of the Honens Prize for Piano in 2012, Pavel has performed around the world. Significant recital and festival appear-ances resulting from the Honens Prize include Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, the Louvre (Paris), Vancouver Recital Society, La Jolla Music Society, Spoleto Festival uSA, Canada’s Ottawa ChamberFest and Banff Summer Festival. Recent and upcoming orchestral appearances include Russia’s National Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira and Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

A live recording of his prize-winning performances was released on the Honens label in March 2013, about which the BBC Music Magazine wrote “tremendous clarity, unfailing musicality and considerable beau-ty”. His début studio recording was released on the Hyperion label to critical acclaim, with The Sunday Times described his playing on this all-Tchaikovsky disc as having “élan d’affection.” Hyperion released

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his current disc of the Chopin Mazurkas at the beginning of September 2016. This disc was greeted with worldwide praise from critics, winning a Diapason D’Or Award and also being named in the Top 25 Cultural “Best of 2016” by The Daily Telegraph.

During 2016 he continued to give concerts in Canada, performing with the Toronto Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic, and made his début with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a studio per-formance of Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. Pavel made his BBC Proms début during the summer of 2016 performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no. 2 with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland conducted by Ilan Volkov. He will perform Tchaikovsky’s 1st and 2nd Piano Concertos in a uK tour with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, returns to perform with the BBC Philharmonic, and makes his début with the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. Abroad, he will perform with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra.

Pavel will return to the Wigmore Hall in May 2017, give a series of recitals at LSO St Luke’s in London throughout 2016 and 2017, and appear in concert with the Malta Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Pavel will also make his recital début in South Korea in 2017.

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MONDAY, 7 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00

Piano recital

INGRID FLITERLudwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata in E-flat major(1770–1827) Op. 31 No. 3 (1801–1802) Allegro Scherzo. Allegro vivace Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso Presto con fuoco

– Piano Sonata in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 (1801–1802) Largo – Allegro Adagio Allegretto

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Frederic Chopin – Nocturnes(1810–1849) In D-flat major Op. 27 No. 2 (1835) In B major Op. 9 No. 3 (1830–1831) In C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 1 (1835) In B major Op. 62 No. 1 (1846) In E major Op. 62 No. 2 In C-sharp minor Op. posth. (1830)

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INGRID FLITERIngrid Fliter has established a reputa-tion as one of the pre-eminent inter-preters of Chopin; her 2014 record-ing of Chopin’s Preludes was named among the Top 10 Chopin recordings by Gramophone. A graceful and char-ismatic performer, Fliter is known for her effortless technique and thoughtful, sensitive music-making. Her enthusi-asm on stage is always infectious, and every performance is deeply personal and full of freshness and poetry. “Part of her secret is simply a wondrous ability to float a melody over a supporting left hand with perfect grace ... the intelli-gence and passion of her playing are beyond dispute.” The Daily Telegraph Ingrid Fliter’s recordings on Linn Records have attracted wide-spread praise: The Chopin’s Preludes were released in 2014 and the Chopin Piano Concerti with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Jun Märkl about which the Daily Telegraph wrote: “Ingrid Fliter was born to play Chopin … Fliter has a natural, utterly compelling feel and flair for this music, its suppleness of pulse, its glow, its sparkle, its touching fragility and its forceful impetus.” Prior to this her two all-Chopin albums on EMI Classics received five-star reviews and were named ‘Editor’s Choice’ in both Gramophone and Classic FM magazines. Her most recent recording of Schumann and Mendelssohn Concertos with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra was also highly praised: “Fliter is also in her element. Hers is a reading of firm, exhilarating impulse, at the same time taking its cue from the lyrical heart of the music and glowing with the limpid touch, golden timbre and subtle nuances that are hallmarks of her playing.” The Daily Telegraph Fliter’s engagements in the 2016/17 season include performances with the Brussels Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Scotland and on tour in Spain, the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and Dallas Symphony.

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Born in Buenos Aires, Ingrid Fliter began her piano studies in Argentina with Elizabeth Westerkamp and after moving to Europe, she continued her studies with Vitaly Margulis at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, in Rome with Carlo Bruno and in Imola, at the Academy ‘Incontri col Maestro’ with Franco Scala and Boris Petrushansky. She also worked with and been mentored by Zoltán Kocsis, Louis Lortie, Alexander Lonquich and Alfred Brendel. Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2000 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Ingrid Fliter was awarded the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award, one of only a hand-ful of pianists to have received this honour.

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TuESDAY, 8 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Piano recital

FEDERICO COLLIDomenico Scarlatti – 6 Sonatas(1685–1757) In F minor K 19 In G minor K 450 In D major K 492 In D minor K 32 In D minor K 396 In A major K 39

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in E major Op. 109 (1820)(1770–1827) Vivace ma non troppo. Adagio espressivo Prestissimo Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

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Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)(1839–1881) Promenade. Gnome. Promenade. The Old Castle. Promenade. Tuileries. Cattle. Promenade. Ballet of Unhatched Chicks. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle. Promenade. Limoges – The Market. Catacombs. With the dead in a dead language. The Hut on Hen’s Legs The Bogatyr Gates

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FEDERICO COLLI The British magazine International Piano has selected Federico Colli as one of the 30 pianists under 30 who are likely to dominate the world stage in years to come.

2017 opens at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan with the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali under A. Cadario (Saint-Saëns no. 2). Then, performances in Florence (Teatro della Pergola), Naples (Palazzo Reale), Israel for the Eilat Chamber Music Festival and Poland for the Chopin Piano Festival and Rubinstein Piano Festival. Highlight in the year is a concert in London at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic

Orchestra under A. Nethsingha (Beethoven no. 5). In addition, a CD entirely dedicated to Scarlatti will be made with CHANDOS Records, one of the world’s premier classical music record companies.

After the First Prize at the Salzburg Mozart Competition in 2011 and the winning with Gold Medal at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2012, he held prestigious concerts with the London Philharmonia Orchestra under A. Chauhan, Klassische Philharmonie Bonn under H. Beissel (Konzerthaus in Berlin, Herkulessaal in Munich, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, NDR Landesfunkhaus in Hannover, Beethovenhalle in Bonn) and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Y. Temirkanov, Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the South Netherlands Philharmonic under E. Spanjaard, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under J. Valcuha, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall in St. Petersburg with the Mariinsky Orchestra under V. Gergiev and Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under J. Kaspszyk. The début at the Barbican Hall in London, playing the Rachmaninov no. 3 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under S. Oramo, was particularly appreciated.

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He has also had a great success of audience and critics at the Musikverein in vienna, Nikkei Hall, Bunka Kaikan Hall and Musashino Cultural Hall in Tokyo, Salle Cortot in Paris, Rudolfinum Dvorak Hall in Prague, City Hall Concert Hall in Hong Kong, Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Teatro Sociedad Filarmonica in Bilbao. To coincide with his début at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, a solo CD produced by Champs Hill Records has been submitted, featuring works by Beethoven, Scriabin and Mussorgsky.

Highly acclaimed have been his performances at the Cidade das Artes and Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra under N. Thomson, Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under V. Petrenko, National Concert Hall in Dublin with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra under A. Buribayev and Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow and usher Hall in Edinburgh with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under T. Søndergård.

Other concerts include performances at the Teatro Grande in Brescia and Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo with the Filarmonica del Festival Pianistico Internazionale under u. Benedetti Michelangeli, Teatro Verdi in Florence with the Orchestra della Toscana under S. Kochanovsky, Toscanini Auditorium in Turin with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI under F.M. Bressan and Town Hall in Leeds with the Orchestra of Opera North under K. Bakels.

He shared the stage with M. Argerich, V. Ashkenazy, N. Freire, L. Ka- vakos and L. Lang, also appearing as cover star on the magazines Suonare News and Pianist.

Born in Brescia in 1988, he studied at the Milan Conservatory, Imola International Piano Academy and Salzburg Mozarteum under the guid-ance of Sergio Marengoni, Konstantin Bogino, Boris Petrushansky and Pavel Gililov.

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TuESDAY, 8 AuGuST JAN WEBER19:00 CHAMBER MUSIC HALL

Concert by active participants of the 16th Master Class

The programme will be announced during the concert.

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TuESDAY, 8 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR22:00

„NOCTuRNE”Candlelit concert with performances by participants

of the 72nd International Chopin Piano Festival

Hosted by: Professor ANTONI WIT

The detailed programme will be announced during the concert.

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ANTONI wIT Antoni Wit is one of the most highly regarded Polish conductors and a cham-pion of Polish music. A top prize winner at the Herbert von Karajan International Conducting Competition in 1971 and an assistant to Herbert von Karajan at the Easter Festival in Salzburg, he sub-sequently worked with all of the lead-ing orchestras in Poland before taking up the position of General and Artistic Director at the Warsaw Philharmonic in 2001 for twelve years until the end of the 2012/2013 season. He is cur-rently Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra in Spain and Conductor Laureate of the Krakow

Philharmonic in Poland. Antoni Wit was awarded the French Légion d’honneur in 2015.

He has enjoyed an international career with major orchestras throughout Europe, America and the Far East. Past highlights have included the Dresden Philharmonic, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestre sym-phonique de Montréal, China Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, the Philharmonia and the BBC Symphony orchestras.

Seven times Grammy Award nominated, Antoni Wit has made over two hundred recordings for EMI, Sony and Naxos. He has sold over five million records on Naxos, including an acclaimed release of Prokofiev’s piano concertos with Kun Woo Paik, and was award-ed the Diapason d’Or and Grand Prix de la Nouvelle Académie du Disque. He received the award of EMI “Record of the Year” in 1985 for his recording of Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater and in January 2002 he was given the Cannes Classical Award for his recording of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie. More recently, the first two CDs from his series of complete works by Szymanowski were picked as the Gramophone “Editor’s Choice” and the subsequent two recordings were awarded the BBC Music Magazine’s “Editor’s Choice.” His first

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DVD release on ICA Classics label was awarded “Editor’s Choice/DVD of the Month” by Gramophone magazine. The DVD features Szymanowski’s Third and Fourth Symphonies conducted by Antoni Wit with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2012 Antoni Wit’s world premiere recording of Gorecki’s Concerto-Cantata with the Warsaw Philharmonic on Naxos received a Choc Award. His recording of Penderecki’s Fonogrammi, Horn Concerto, Partita, The Awakening of Jacob and Anaklasis on Naxos received a Grammy Award in 2013.

Recent orchestral engagements include concerts with the Berlin- er Philharmoniker, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Weimar Staats- kapelle, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Philhar- monic Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Accademia Nazio- nale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Prague Radio Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orquestra Simfónica de Barcelona, Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, Casa da Música Porto, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, NDR Hannover, Taiwan National Symphony, NCPA Orchestra Beijing, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, and the Cleveland Orchestra.

In the 2016/2017 season and beyond Antoni Wit makes his début with the New Japan Philharmonic, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, and the Symphony Orchestra of India, and will tour with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire. He will return to the Warsaw Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, Casa da Música Porto, Seoul Philharmonic, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, and the St Petersburg Philharmonic.

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WEDNESDAY, 9 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Piano recital

yEOL EuM SONFrederic Chopin – Variations in E major on the German air(1810–1849) “Der Schweizerbub” Op. posth. (1824)

Federico Mompou – Variations on a theme of Chopin (1938–1957)(1893–1987)

Ferruccio Busoni – Variations and fugue on Chopin’s Prelude(1866–1924) in C minor Op. 22

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Sergei Rachmaninoff – 13 Preludes Op. 32 (1910)(1873–1943) Allegro vivace in C major Allegretto in B-flat minor Allegro vivace in E major Allegro con brio in E minor Moderato in G major Allegro appasionato in F minor Moderato in F major Vivo in A minor Allegro moderato in A major Lento in B minor Allegreto in B major Allegro in G-sharp minor Grave in D-flat major

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yEOL EuM SON A double Second Prize winner at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Com-petition in 2011 and at the 13th van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009 Yeol Eum Son’s graceful inter-pretations, crystalline touch have caught the attention of audiences worldwide.

Favourite among international or- chestras and distinguished conductors, she enjoys collaboration with Maestri v. Gergiev and D. Kitajenko with whom she appeared with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, St. Petersburg Academic Symphony, NDR Symphony Orchestra and Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern.

Sensitive, emotional and powerful pianist, Yeol Eum gives frequent solo and chamber music performances. Recent recital highlights include the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Bad-Kissingen Summer Music Festival, Besançon Festival, Rotterdam Gergiev Festival. Future recitals include début dates at the Fribourg International Piano Series in Switzerland, and concerts in San Francisco and Washington.

Concerto highlights of her current and upcoming seasons include appearances with orchestras in Köln, Berlin, Bergen, Dresden, Paris and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. In 2016 she released a new album under universal Music entitled Modern Times, featuring the music of: Berg, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Ravel. Her discography also includes her début CD of complete Chopin Etudes and her prize-winning Cliburn Competition live performance recording released in 2009 by Harmonia Mundi.

Yeol Eum Son currently studies with Arie Vardi in Hannover. She holds a degree from the Korean National university of Arts, under the guidance of Dae Jin Kim. Previously she had studied with Cheng-Zong Yin, one of China’s most prominent pianists.

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WEDNESDAY, 9 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00

Piano recital

ALEXANDER GAVRyLyuKJohann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and fugue in D minor BWV 565(1685–1750)//Ferruccio Busoni(1866–1924)

Joseph Haydn – Sonata in B minor Hob XVI:32(1732–1809) (1774–1776) Allegro moderato Menuetto – Trio Finale. Presto

Frederic Chopin – Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 (1841)(1810–1849) – Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53 (1842–1843)

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Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude in G-sharp minor(1873–1943) Op. 32 No. 12 (1910)

– Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 (1901–1903)

– Moments Musicaux Op. 16 (1896) Nr 3 in B minor. Andante cantabile

– Sonata in B-flat minor Op. 36 (1931 version) Allegro agitato Non Allegro – Lento L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto

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ALEXANDER GAVRyLyuKBorn in 1984, Alexander Gavrylyuk began his piano studies at the age of seven and gave his first concerto performance when he was nine years old. He went on to win First prize and Gold Medal at the 1999 Horowitz International Piano Competition, First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan in 2000 where the Japanese press lauded him as the “most talented 16-year old pia-nist of the second half of the 20th Century” and, in 2005, he took both the coveted Gold Medal as well as the award for Best Performance of a Classical Concerto at the internation-ally renowned A. Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition. He is now increasingly in demand by orchestras and conductors for his noble and compelling interpretations and has appeared with, among others, the Philharmonic Orchestras of New York, Los Angeles, Warsaw, Moscow, Israel and Rotterdam as well as the Royal Scottish National, NHK Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Hallé, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, the Netherlands Philharmonic, San Antonio Symphony, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Brussels Philharmonic, the Vancouver Symphony and Sao Paolo Symphony. He has collaborated with conduc-tors such as V. Ashkenazy, H. Blomstedt, A. Boreyko, V. Fedoseyev, v. Jurowski, K. Karabits, G. Noseda, v. Petrenko, R. Payare, Y. Simonov, H. Soudant, V. Spivakov, M. Stenz and O. Vänska. His solo recitals are also highly acclaimed and he has performed in venues such as Vienna Musikverein, Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zurich and Victoria Hall Geneva. Alexander has received critical acclaim for his thrilling performances of Rachmaninoff. He has performed the complete Rachmaninoff concerti cycle and the Rhapsody with both the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Neeme Järvi (May 2013) and as part of the Vancouver Symphony’s Rachmaninoff Festival in March 2014 with Bramwell Tovey.

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He regularly visits Japan and Asia, performing with orchestras such as NHK Symphony and Seoul Philharmonic as well as regular recital tours, often playing to sell-out audiences in Suntory Hall and Tokyo Opera City. He returns to Russia on a regular basis and has performed with the Russian National Philharmonic under V. Spivakov and the Svetlanov Russian State Symphony Orchestra, as well as recitals at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory and at the Kremlin.

At the age of 13, Alexander moved to Sydney where he lived until 2006. He has performed with all the main Australian orchestras includ-ing Melbourne and Sydney Symphonies, returning each year for con-certs and recitals. In 2009 he made an acclaimed recording of the com-plete Prokofiev Concerti with V. Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony which was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House. In addition to the Prokofiev cycle, he has made several recordings including recital discs of works by Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Scriabin, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev for Piano Classics. His most recent recording, a recital disc featuring Brahms Paganini Variations and works by Liszt has been widely praised. Highlights of the 2016/17 season include concerto performances with V. Gergiev and the Rotterdam Philharmonic as part of the Gergiev Festival, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony, Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Concertgebouworkest, utah Symphony and a tour of Asia with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra amongst others. He will make his début at the International Piano Series in London as well as giving solo recitals throughout Europe and North America and appearing in duo recital with Janine Jansens throughout Europe. Alexander will also undertake an extensive tour of Australia, including concerto appearances with Adelaide Symphony, Tasmania Symphony & West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Alexander is Artist in Residence at Chautauqua Institution where he leads the piano program as an artistic advisor. He supports a num-ber of charities including Theme and Variations Young Pianist Trust which aims to provide support and encouragement to young, aspiring Australian pianists as well as Opportunity Cambodia, which has built a residential educational facility for Cambodian children.

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THuRSDAY, 10 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Piano recital

DINARA KLINTONFrederic Chopin – Barcarolle in F-sharp major(1810–1849) Op. 60 (1845–1846)

– Sonata in B-flat minor Op. 35 (1839) Grave. Doppio movimento Scherzo Marche funèbre Finale. Presto

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Franz Liszt – 12 Transcendetal Études S. 139 (1851)(1811–1886) 1. Preludio, 2. In A minor, 3. Paysage, 4. Mazeppa, 5. Feux follets, 6. Vision, 7. Eroica, 8. Wilde Jagd, 9. Ricordanza, 10. In F minor, 11. Harmonies du soir, 12. Chasse-neige

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DINARA KLINTONPianist was born in Ukraine and has completed the Artist Diploma in Per- formance course at the Royal College of Music where she was under the tute-lage of D. Parakhina. Prior to this, she was awarded a Master of Performance degree with distinction at the RCM. upon graduating from the Moscow Central Music School, where she stud-ied with v. Pyasetsky, she went on her Graduate Diploma with Honors at the Moscow State Conservatory, where she worked with E. virsaladze.

Klinton has won many awards in international competitions, among them are 3rd prize at the Cleveland Interna- tional Piano Competition (2016), 3rd prize BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro (2014), 2nd Prize and Special prizes for the best performance of the Semi-final recital, Chopin’s composition and Paderewski works at the 9th International Paderewski Competition in Bydgoszcz (2013), 2nd Prize at the F. Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano (2007). She has appeared at many interna-tional music festivals, e.g. the “Progetto M. Argerich” Festival in Lugano, Rheingau Music Festival, Ravello Music Festival, International Festival of Piano “La Roque d’Anthéron,” “Chopin and His Europe” in Warsaw, Cheltenham Music Festival. Dinara has performed at such venues as Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Great Hall of Moscow State Conservatory, Berlin Philharmonic, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Warsaw Philharmonic, Tokyo Sumida Triphony Hall. She has worked with orchestras such as The Philharmonia Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Musica Viva and The Moscow Virtuosi.

Dinara’s début recording Music of Chopin and Liszt was made in the age of 16 with Delos. Her second album Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S. 139 was released in 2016 with Genuin Classics, and the next CD recording Chopin’s music.

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THuRSDAY, 10 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00

Chamber concert

ALENA bAEVAviolin

VADyM KHOLODENKOpiano

Igor Stravinsky – Divertimento for violin and piano (1934)(1882–1971)

Franz Schubert – Fantaisie for violin and piano in C major(1797–1828) D 934 (1827) Andante molto Allegretto Andantino Allegro Allegretto Presto

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Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for violin and piano in G major(1770–1827) Op. 96 (1812) Allegro moderato Adagio espressivo Scherzo. Allegro – Trio Poco allegretto

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ALENA bAEVAShe was born in Kyrgyzstan and gradu-ated from the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Prof. E. Grach. She has par-ticipated in master classes conducted by, among others, I. Haendel, M. vengerov and S. Mintz, but her musical develop-ment was most strongly influenced by M. Rostropovich, who invited her to study in France (where she was tutored by B. Garlitsky), and S. Ozawa, in whose Academy in Switzerland she per-fected her skills. At the age of 12 she won the International Competition in Kloster-Schöntal, Germany, and three years later her incredible talent was rec-ognised by the jury of the 2nd Wroński Competition in Warsaw, which gave her the 1st prize. Her greatest competitive achievement has been the Gold Medal at the International Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań (2001). She also won the Grand Prix at the 2nd International Paganini Competition in Moscow and 1st prize at the Sendai International Competition in Japan.

Baeva regularly performs with prominent orchestras, such as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Russian National Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Liszt Academy Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra or German Radio Orchestra. As part of her last season engagements she gave a recital at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, appeared with the English Chamber Orchestra and Y. Bashmet at Cadogan Hall in London and went on a concert tour with Orchestre National de Lille under J.-C. Casadesus. She has given concerts with many orchestras, under the baton of Sir N. Marriner, S. Skrowaczewski, P. Berglund, J. Maksymiuk, T. Zanderling, K. Masur and V. Gergev. She has per-formed chamber music with M. Argerich, J. Bashmet, N. Lugansky and M. Maysky and her current partner in this area is V. Kholodenko.

The artist has recorded albums for Pentatone Classics (concerts by Bruch and Shostakovich), for DuX (concerts by Szymanowski) and for SIMC (sonatas by Poulenc, Debussy and Prokofiev).

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VADyM KHOLODENKO He is fast building a reputation as one of the most musically dynamic and technically gifted performers of the new generation of pianists, praised by the Philadelphia Enquirer in his performance of Tchaikovsky with the Philadelphia Orchestra for “his absorb-ing melodic shading [and] glittering pas-sage work.” Winner of the 2013 Gold Medal at the van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Kholodenko has begun to forge an international career throughout Europe, Asia and North America to great critical acclaim. Previous awards include First Prize at the 2011 Schubert Piano Competition in

Dortmund, First Prize at the 2010 Sendai Piano Competition in Japan and the Grand Prix at the Maria Callas Competition in Athens.

From the 2014/2015 season Kholodenko became the first ever “Artist in Partnership” with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. This three-year collaboration includes performances of the complete Prokofiev piano concertos which will also be recorded for Harmonia Mundi, in addition to chamber music projects and international touring. Artistic partnerships form an integral part of Kholodenko’s musical drive. A committed chamber musician he has collaborated with Vadim Repin, Alena Baeva and cellist Alexander Buzlov. His strength in this area was recognised by the Cliburn Competition judges who additionally award-ed him the competition’s prize for Best Chamber Music Performance.

Kholodenko has collaborated with distinguished conductors includ-ing Leonard Slatkin, vladimir Fedoseyev, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Spivakov, Kazuki Yamada and Carl St Clair. In North America he has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, and given recitals throughout the country including in Boston and at the Aspen Music Festival. Other recent high-lights include performances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,

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Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica Do Porto Casa Da Música, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid, Orquesta Nacional de Espana and recitals in the uK, Radio France in Paris, Lucerne, Moscow Conservatoire, at the SWR Schwetzignen Festspiele and throughout Japan.

Highlights of the 2016/2017 season include concerto engagements with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra in Bucharest, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Prague Symphony Orchestra at the Bratislava Festival. He also performs Prokofiev in Paris with the Marrinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. Recital tours take Kholodenko to China and Japan, where performances include Beijing, Tokyo and Fukui. Kholodenko also takes up the position of Artist-in-Residence at the Fribourg International Piano Series from the 2016/2017 season.

Kholodenko’s recordings for Harmonia Mundi include the Grieg Piano Concerto and Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Harth-Bedoya, which was released in August 2015 to critical acclaim and awarded “Editor’s Choice” in Gramophone “a truly outstanding recording.” His latest release for the label – the first instalment of his Prokofiev Concerto Cycle (Nos 2 & 5) – was praised by Gramophone for its “forthright, lithe ad virile per-formances.” The rest of the cycle and Scriabin composition is planned for release in 2017.

Vadym Kholodenko was born in 1986 in Kiev, ukraine. At the age of 13 gave his first concerts in the uSA, China, Hungary and Croatia and in 2004 he was awarded the Russian Youth National Prize “Triumph.” In 2005 moved to Moscow to study at the Moscow State Conservatoire under the tutelage of the Honoured Artist of the uSSR, Prof. Vera Gornostaeva.

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FRIDAY, 11 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Piano recital

HyuK LEELudwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor(1770–1827) Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight Sonata) Adagio sostenuto Allegretto Presto agitato

Frederic Chopin – Scherzo in B-flat minor Op. 31 (1836–1837)(1810–1849) – Nocturne in C minor Op. 48 No. 1 (1841)

Charles-valentin Alkan – Étude Op. 39 No. 12(1813–1888) (Le festin d’Ésope) (1857)

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Frederic Chopin – Polonaise in A-flat major(1810–1949) Op. 53 (1842–1843)

– Ballade in G minor Op. 23 (1835–1836)

– Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No. 4 (1833)

– Mazurka in D major Op. 33 No. 2 (1837–1838)

Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,(1811–1886) Lento a capriccio S 244 (1847)

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HyuK LEE In November last year, at the age of 16, Hyuk Lee won the 10th International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Competition in Bydgoszcz, being the youngest musi-cian ever to participate in it. He came to Poland from Moscow, where he current-ly lives with his family and is pursuing a course of studies at the Conservatory.

Hyuk Lee began his music education from violin and piano lessons when he was just three years old. His participa-tion in the music competition held by the Sunhwa Arts School provided him with the opportunity to study under Lee Yang Sook. After taking the grand prize at the Little Mozart Competition in Seoul, in 2009, he was invited by the Mirabell Chamber Orchestra to take part in a concert in Salzburg, Austria. He has also tried his hand at many other national competitions, at which he won prizes, and obtained a scholarship from the Doosan Yeongang Foundation, which supports the development of culture and art in Korea. In 2012 he appeared at the 8th International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow, where he became the youngest artist to win the grand prize and, in addition, won the Best Concerto Award for his performance with an orchestra.

In his interview given after the Bydgoszcz competition to Monika Zając of Polish Radio 2 the young artist said, among other things: Although I’m fascinated with Romantic music, I had to prepare a very wide repertoire for the Bydgoszcz competition – from Classicists to contemporary music. However, I had already been familiar with and performed works by the competition’s patron – Ignacy Jan Paderewski! I admire Seong-Jin Cho, of course, but my pianist role models are V. Horowitz and K. Zimerman and my dream is to take part in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2020.

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FRIDAY, 11 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00

Piano recital

NIKITA MNDOyANTS Frederic Chopin – Nocturne in B major Op. 62 No. 1 (1846)(1810–1849)

Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in C minor D. 958 (1828)(1797–1828) Allegro Adagio Menuetto – Trio Allegro

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Sergei Prokofiev – Scherzo from Symphony No. 5 Op. 100,(1891–1953)/ Movement II, Allegro marcato (1944)/Mndoyants(1989–)

Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 84 (1939–1944)(1891–1953) Andante dolce Andante sognando Vivace

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NIKITA MNDOyANTS Coming from a family of professional musicians, Nikita began to play piano and compose music a very young age. He gave his first public recital at age 8, and recorded his first CD (of a live per-formance in Helsinki) at age 10. He grad-uated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, where he studied composition with Prof. A. Tchaikovsky and piano with Prof. N. Petrov and Prof. A. Mndoyants. Since 2013 he has taught orchestration, also at the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory.

Mndoyants won 1st prize at the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition, 1st prize at the 2007 Paderewsky International Piano Competition, and was a finalist at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. As a composer, he received 1st prize at the 2014 Myaskovsky International Competition of Composers. He has toured throughout China, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the uS and appeared in major concert halls in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Paris. He has worked with renowned conductors, e.g., B. Tovey, L. Slatkin, I. Solzhenitsyn, Ch. Ansbacher, and A. Sladkovsky. He has performed in several festivals, e.g., the Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdroj (Poland) and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York. He also has been pianist and composer in residence at the International Music Festival in Wissembourg (France) since 2012.

Giving his first chamber performance with the Borodin Quartet in 2004, he has worked with such ensembles as the Brentano, Eben, Zemlinsky and Szymanowsky Quartets. His piano and chamber works are made available by publishing houses Composers, Muzyka, and Jurgenson, and have been performed by D. Hope, N. Stavy, the Szymanowski and Zemlinsky Quartets, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Mndoyants has released solo and chamber recordings on the Classical Records and Praga Digitals labels.

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SATuRDAY, 12 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR16:00

Piano recital

yEKwON SuNwOO 1st prize at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Joseph Haydn – Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:48 (1789)(1732–1809) Andante con espressione Rondo. Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in E major Op. 109 (1820)(1770–1827) Vivace ma non troppo. Adagio espressivo Prestissimo Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

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Percy Aldridge Grainger – Ramble on the last love-duet(1882–1961) from The Rose Bearer by R. Strauss (paraphrase)

Sergei Rachmaninoff – Sonata in B-flat minor(1873–1943) Op. 36 (1931 version) Allegro agitato Non Allegro – Lento L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto

Maurice Ravel – La Valse (1919–1920)(1875–1937)

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yEKwON SuNwOO Gold medalist of the 15th van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 28-year-old Korean pianist Yekwon Sunwoo has been hailed for “his total command over the instrument and its expressiveness” (San Francisco Examiner). He also, in his own words, “strives to reach for the truth and pure beauty in music”.

Born in Anyang, South Korea, he began learning piano at age 8. He gave both his recital and orchestra débuts in 2004 in Seoul before moving to the uS in 2005 to study with S. Lipkin at the Curtis Institute of Music. He earned his bachelor’s degree there and his master’s at The Juilliard School with R. McDonald, and also studied with R. Goode at the Mannes School of Music. He currently studies under B. Goetzke in Hannover.

He has performed as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under M. Alsop, The Juilliard Orchestra with I. Perlman, Houston Symphony Orchestra with J. Feddeck, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra with L. Slatkin and N. McGegan, National Orchestra of Belgium, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. In recitals he has appeared in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall in Tokyo, Wigmore Hall in London, Radio France and Salle Cortot in Paris, Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, and throughout South Korea, Germany, Switzerland, Prague, and Morocco. An avid chamber musician, his partners have included the Jerusalem and Brentano String Quartets, violinists B. Beilman and I. Kavafian, cellists E. Moreau, G. Hoffman, and P. Wiley, and pianist A.-M. McDermott. He has toured Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panama, performed for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s, and been invited to the Summit Music, Bowdoin International, and Toronto Summer Music Festivals.

Additionally, he has won 1st prizes at the International German Piano Award, the Vendôme Prize held at the Verbier Festival, the Sendai International Music Competition, and the W. Kapell International Piano Competition.

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SATuRDAY, 12 AuGuST CHOPIN’S MANOR20:00

Final piano recital

VADyM KHOLODENKOWolfgang Amadeus – Piano Sonata in A minorMozart KV 310 (1778)(1756–1792) Allegro maestoso Andante cantabile con espressione Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata in A major(1770–1827) Op. 2 No. 2 (1794–1795) Allegro vivace Largo appasionato Scherzo. Allegretto Rondo grazioso

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Frederic Chopin – Nocturnes Op. 37 (1837–1839)(1810–1849) No. 1 in G minor No. 2 in G major

Alexander Scriabin – 6 Preludes Op. 13 (1895)(1872–1915) – 8 Études Op. 42 (1903) in D-flat major, in F-sharp minor, in F-sharp major, in F-sharp major, in C-sharp minor, in D-flat major, in F minor, in E-flat major

– Poème Satanique Op. 36 (1903)

– Poème Tragique Op. 34 (1904)

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VADyM KHOLODENKO He is fast building a reputation as one of the most musically dynamic and technically gifted performers of the new generation of pianists, praised by the Philadelphia Enquirer in his performance of Tchaikovsky with the Philadelphia Orchestra for “his absorb-ing melodic shading [and] glittering pas-sage work.” Winner of the 2013 Gold Medal at the van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Kholodenko has begun to forge an international career throughout Europe, Asia and North America to great critical acclaim. Previous awards include First Prize at the 2011 Schubert Piano Competition in Dortmund, First Prize at the 2010 Sendai Piano Competition in Japan and the Grand Prix at the Maria Callas Competition in Athens.

From the 2014/2015 season Kholodenko became the first ever “Artist in Partnership” with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. This three-year collaboration includes performances of the complete Prokofiev piano concertos which will also be recorded for Harmonia Mundi, in addition to chamber music projects and international touring. Artistic partnerships form an integral part of Kholodenko’s musical drive. A committed chamber musician he has collaborated with Vadim Repin, Alena Baeva and cellist Alexander Buzlov. His strength in this area was recognised by the Cliburn Competition judges who additionally award-ed him the competition’s prize for Best Chamber Music Performance.

Kholodenko has collaborated with distinguished conductors includ-ing Leonard Slatkin, vladimir Fedoseyev, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Spivakov, Kazuki Yamada and Carl St Clair. In North America he has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, and given recitals throughout the country including in Boston and at the Aspen Music Festival. Other recent high-lights include performances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,

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Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica Do Porto Casa Da Música, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid, Orquesta Nacional de Espana and recitals in the uK, Radio France in Paris, Lucerne, Moscow Conservatoire, at the SWR Schwetzignen Festspiele and throughout Japan.

Highlights of the 2016/2017 season include concerto engagements with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra in Bucharest, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Prague Symphony Orchestra at the Bratislava Festival. He also performs Prokofiev in Paris with the Marrinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. Recital tours take Kholodenko to China and Japan, where performances include Beijing, Tokyo and Fukui. Kholodenko also takes up the position of Artist-in-Residence at the Fribourg International Piano Series from the 2016/2017 season.

Kholodenko’s recordings for Harmonia Mundi include the Grieg Piano Concerto and Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Harth-Bedoya, which was released in August 2015 to critical acclaim and awarded “Editor’s Choice” in Gramophone “a truly outstanding recording.” His latest release for the label – the first instalment of his Prokofiev Concerto Cycle (Nos 2 & 5) – was praised by Gramophone for its “forthright, lithe ad virile per-formances.” The rest of the cycle and Scriabin composition is planned for release in 2017.

Vadym Kholodenko was born in 1986 in Kiev, ukraine. At the age of 13 gave his first concerts in the uSA, China, Hungary and Croatia and in 2004 he was awarded the Russian Youth National Prize “Triumph.” In 2005 moved to Moscow to study at the Moscow State Conservatoire under the tutelage of the Honoured Artist of the uSSR, Prof. Vera Gornostaeva.

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MASTER COuRSES

JAN WEBER CHAMBER MUSIC HALL5–8 AuGuST9:30–13:30

Professor TAMáS uNGáR

JAN WEBER CHAMBER MUSIC HALL9–12 AuGuST9:30–13:30

Professor SOO-juNG SHIN

PIANISTS – ACTIVE MASTER CLASS PARTICIPANTS:ELŻBIETA BILICKA

ALEKSANDRA ŚWIGuTMICHAŁ MICHALSKI

KAMIL PACHOLECMICHAŁ DZIEWIOR

PIOTR PAWLAK JOANNA GORANKO

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TAMáS uNGáRPianist Tamás Ungár has earned world-wide acclaim for his powerful perfor-mances and innovative programming. Between the 2006–2014 seasons he per-formed over 70 concerts in America, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Romania, England, Taiwan, The People’s Republic of China, Korea and Japan. Some of the highlights of those seasons include performances with the Sacra-mento Symphony Orchestra, perform-ing as soloist/conductor of Mozart Piano Concertos at the university of Leeds, as Artist-in-Residence and a return visit to present a solo recital and master class series at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.

In addition to his performing commitments, Tamás ungár has become one of united States’ best-known and most respected teachers of the piano. As Founder – Executive Director of PianoTexas Interna-tional Academy & Festival and member of the TCu Piano Faculty – he attracts students from across America and as far afield as Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Hungary, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, Poland, Republic of Georgia, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan. His students have received prizes in national and international competitions, have per-formed in prestigious music centers including Alice Tully Hall and Car-negie Recital Hall, New York City and have made numerous recordings. During the summers Dr. ungár has been invited as guest teacher to the Semper International Music Festival in Schlern, Italy, the Banff Piano Master Classes, Canada, Hamamatsu Master Classes in Japan, the Tel-Hai Master Classes in Israel, International Master Classes in Katowice and the Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland. Since 1989 Tamás ungár has been a regular guest teacher at the most important music cen-ters in China and has taught in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Indonesia. From 2006 to 2014 he was appointed as Artistic Director of the Beijing

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International Piano Festival and continues to be Artistic Advisor for the Zhou Guangren Summer Piano Institute.

In 2010 Dr. ungár received the prestigious Presidential Scholar Program’s Teacher Recognition Award and in 2013 the Music Teachers National Association (uSA) named him “The Teacher of the Year.” The Senate of Texas has proclaimed Tamás ungár as a “Distinguished Citizen” in recognition for his lifetime work and achievements in the fine arts.

Dr. ungár’s most influential teachers included Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Lajos Hernádi at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and György Sebök at Indiana university, where he was awarded the Doctorate in Music. Prior to his present position he taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Purcell School, England and at the university of California at San Diego. He joined the TCu School of Music in 1978 where he is Professor of Music.

Tamás ungár records exclusively for CALA Records.

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SOO-juNG SHINSoo-Jung Shin received her musical training at the Seoul National Univer-sity, the Vienna Academy of Music (universität für Musik und darstellen-de Kunst in Wien) and the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore. Her teachers include Chung Jin-Woo, Josef Dichler, Leon Fleisher, Wilhelm Kempff and Maria Curzio Diamond. She won many prizes in music compe-titions including the Dong-A National Competition in Korea, the Elena Rom-bro Stepanow Competition in Vienna, the Deutsch Industrie Vanband Schol-arship Competition among others. She was also awarded the Korean Academy

of Arts Award. She received Das Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse from German Government in 2011.

She made her début at the age of 13, playing Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 with Navy Symphony Orchestra (Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, today). She has performed with orchestras such as London Philharmon-ic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, KBS and NHK Symphony under the batons of Lim Won-Shik, Leon Fleisher, Wolfgang Sawal-lisch, Sir John Pritchard, Asahina Takashi, Iwaki Hiroyuki, Myung-whun Chung and others. She performed together with Ruggiero Ricci, Nicolai Gedda, Janos Starker, Chung Kyung Wha and others.

She has served as jury of international competitions including ARD, Seoul, Tokyo, Köln, uNISA, Dublin, Hamamatsu, Sendai, Bydgoszcz and Leeds International Music Competitions. At the age of 26, she became the youngest faculty member at College of Music, School National university. She taught also at Seoul High School of Arts and Kyung Won university where she served as Dean of the School of Music. In 2000 she returned to Seoul National university, where she taught until her retirement in 2007. She was also elected as Dean of the College of Music. In 2009, she was elected as member of the National Academy of Arts, Korea. She is chairperson of Great Mountain Music Festival & School’s managing Committee.

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Salony Muzyczne Riff, the sole distributor of STEINWAY & SONS instruments in Poland, would like to warmly congratulate to the Foundation of the International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój on the organization of the 72nd Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival. We feel honored to be able to support this music festival, the oldest one in the world, with our instruments, both the Steinway & Sons model D-274 con-cert grand piano on the main stage and numerous Boston and Essex grand pianos in practice halls, serving both artists and the participants of the Master Class. We express great hope that our grand piano on the main stage will enable the artists to provide an amazing artistic experience for listeners, as it did during the previous festivals.

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TO BUILD THE BEST PIANO POSSIBLEThe Steinway & Sons company was established on 5 March, 1853 in USA by a German immigrant, Henry Steinway. Steinway was a perfectionist, searching for ideal construction solutions which would make the instru-ment produce crystal clear sound. Since its establishment, the Steinway & Sons company has obtained 127 patents, which have defined the cur-rent standard of construction and sound of the grand piano.

The philosophy of Steinway & Sons is to build the best instruments possible. Every Steinway instrument has to be perfect – to give its max-imum capabilities to the pianist and listeners. All grand pianos and upright pianos are hand-built, each one having its own sound character-istics, its own sound strength and timbre. It is the combination of these features that creates the soul of every Steinway & Sons instrument.

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For more than 100 years, our brand has been attracting virtuosos that perform concerts only on our company’s instruments. This relationship is always artistic and not financial. It functions beyond any genre and generation divisions. It stems from the shared respect for precision and perfection, from total devotion to music. Steinways were the pianos played by Ignacy Jan Paderewski and John Lennon, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Arthur Rubinstein. Today, the group of artists faithful to Steinway instruments numbers over 1600 musicians worldwide, including 23 from Poland. Among them are Krystian Zimerman and Rafał Blechacz.