MAGDALĒNA GEKA

LATVIA

  • date of birth: October 16, 1992
  • Master’s degree in both Violin and Chamber Music from the Paris National Conservatoire and also studied at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium;
  • currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the CNSM de Paris guided by Ébène and Artemis Quartets as well as Svetlin Roussev, Philippe Graffin and Wolfgang Marschner;
  • performed at Kuhmo Festival in Finland, Musique à Giverny Festival in France.

Prizes: the Parkhouse Award in London, International Marschner Competition in Germany

Program:

First Round

Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata in C major for Solo Violin

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

Paganini Caprice No. 7

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major Op. 12 No. 3

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

Paganini Nel cor più non mi sento

Semifinal

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major Op. 78

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Ernst Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Der Erlkönig

Final

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47