The pianist on Saturday 14th July, 2012 will be

Mikhail Shilyaev

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The pianist on Saturday 19th May was Evgeny Genchev

Evgeny Genchev began his musical studies in his home country of Bulgaria, at the Dobrin Petkov National School of Music in Plovdiv, in 2000.  In 2005, with three years of study still ahead, he also enrolled as a student at the Prins Claus Conservatorium at Groningen, in the Netherlands, under Tamara Poddubnaya.  In 2008 he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying piano under Christopher Elton and Hamish Milne for the Bachelor of Music degree, with graduation later this year.  In 2010 he extended his studies enrolling at the Accademia Pianistica “Incontri col Maestro” at Imola, Italy, under Boris Petrushansky.

Evgeny started collecting prizes in 2001 with the Franz Schubert National competition in Rousse, Bulgaria. This led to success in competitions in Paris, St Petersburg, Maine U.S.A., Plovdiv and Dobrich-Albena in Bulgaria, Groningen, New York, etc.

He has recently played in Warsaw Castle (photo left), Bad-Kissingen, New York, London, Bergen, Bulgaria, Russia, and Norway.  In May he will be playing in Mexico City and Beijing and later a tour in Australia.   His repertoire ranges from Bach and Mozart to Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Prokofiev and some decidedly less well known composers such as Grünfeld.

Programme

Schumann – Fantasie in C dur, Op.17

Scriabin – Fantasie in b moll, Op.28

Scriabin – Deux Poèms Op.32

Scriabin – Sonata Op.53

Tchaikovsky – October from The Seasons

Liszt – Transcendental Studies No. 12 –  Chasse-neige

Grünfeld – Soirée de Vienne Op.56

Schumann – Romance

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The pianist on Saturday 24th March, 2012 was

Maria Nemtsova

Programme

Schumann : Symphonic Etudes op.13/posthumous

Haydn : Sonata in E minor, HobXVI/34

Chopin : Sonata in B Flat minor, Op.35

Rachmaninov :  Variations on a Theme of Corelli  Op.42

Ligeti : Arc-en-Ceil

Ligeti :  L`Escalier du Diable

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