Cristian SANDRIN

ROMANIA

• date of birth: 23^rd of June 1993
• currently studying at Royal Academy of Music (Prof. Diana Ketler)
• had his solo debut at the famous Romanian Atheneum Hall in 2006 and at the Wigmore Hall in 2017
• performed with Philharmonics such as Bacău, Sibiu, Râmnicu-Valcea and Bucharest Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Ovidiu Bălan, Mark Csikes and Florin Totan
• performed recitals at St Martin in the Fields, Queen Elisabeth Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris

Prizes: Laureate of “Automobile Club de France” Piano Competition, “Animato” (Paris), “ProPiano”, “Yourii Boukoff”, the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in F minor (I)

Haydn Sonata in D major Hob. XVI:19

Chopin Etude no. 10 op. 25

Debussy Etude no. 11, “pour les arpèges composés”

Second Round

Beethoven Sonata no. 2 in D minor op. 31

Ginastera Sonata no. 1 op. 22

Semifinal

Enescu Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor op. 24

Schumann Kreisleriana op. 16

Final

Chopin Piano Concerto in F minor op. 21