CLARA GARDE  

FRANCE

  • date of birth: April 27, 1996
  • studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Lydia Mordkovitch and Remus Azoiței, where she obtained her Bachelor Degree;
  • graduated her Master with Distinction with Maciej Rakowski at the Royal College of Music and is currently finishing her Artist Diploma;
  • masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Vasko Vassilev and Olivier Charlier;
  • is playing a Nestor Audinot violin, dated 1895.

Prizes: 2nd Prize at the North International Music Competition, won the European Soloist Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219

Paganini Caprice No. 11

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Chausson Poème Op. 25

Semifinal

Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor L. 148

Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”

Wieniawski Faust Fantasy Op. 20

Final

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47