Jubilee concert

Liszt Utrecht celebrates 40 years!

Eighteen former winners return to Utrecht to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Liszt Utrecht piano competition.
Enrico Pace, Mariam Batsashvili, Yingdi Sun, and many others will offer a musical reflection on their most cherished memories of this renowned competition. With a surprising program and a grand finale, this promises to be an unforgettable evening.

Programme

Liszt Utrecht celebrates its 40th anniversary in grand style with eighteen laureates. They will present a nostalgic programme featuring audience favourites from their original competition performances, including:

  • Evelina Vorontsova (1992 – 2e prijs) – Liszt - Consolation No 3 
  • Yingdi Sun (2005 – 1e prijs) – Liszt - Valse Caprice No6 
  • Mariangela Vacatello (1999 – 2e prijs) – Liszt - Au bord d’une source 
  • Ilona Timchenko (2002 – 2e prijs) – Liszt - Orage
  • Jean Dube (2002 – 1e prijs) – Liszt - Cantique d’Amour
  • Alexander Ullman (2017 – 1e prijs)– Liszt - Paganini variation No6 
  • Dina Ivanova (2017 – 3e prijs) & Tamta Magradze (2020 publieksprijs) – Lutowslawski – Paganini Variations 
  • Mariam Batsashvili (2014 – 1e prijs) – Liszt - La Campanella, S141/3
  • Nino Gvetadze (2008 – 2e prijs) – Schubert/Liszt - Gretchen am Spinnrade 
  • Vitaly Pisarenko (2008 – 1e prijs) – Schuman/Liszt - Standchen 
  • Masataka Goto (2011 – 1e prijs) –  Liszt - Spozalizio 
  • Mengjie Han (2014 – 3e prijs) & Alexander Ullman – Liszt /Beethoven - 9 Finale
  • Yukine Kuroki (2022 – 1e prijs) – Schubert/Liszt - Ave Maria 
  • Minsoo Hong (2017 – 2e prijs) / Yeonmin Park (2022 – 2e prijs) / Masataka Goto / Yukine Kuroki – Weber – Polocca Brilliante
  • Enrico Pace (1989 1e prijs) & Igor Roma (1996 – 1e prijs) – Rachmaninov – Symphonische Dansen 

With an inspiring and varied programme performed by eighteen exceptional pianists, this anniversary concert promises to be a unique evening – full of virtuosity, emotion, and memories from forty years of Liszt Utrecht.

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