MARIA DIANA PETRACHE

ROMANIA

– date of birth: February 21, 1994
– currently is a PhD student at the National University of Music in Bucharest;
– studied at the National University of Music in Bucharest (Prof. Viniciu Moroianu) and at the Hanover University of Music (Prof. Roland Krüger);
– performed as a soloist with the Webern Chamber Orchestra in Vienna, Bucharest Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonic Orchestras from Sibiu, Bacău, Craiova, Ploiești;
– participated in masterclasses held by musicians such as Christopher Elton, Andrei Gavrilov, Boris Berman, Martin Hughes, Dana Borșan, Gabriel Amiraș.

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, WTC II

Haydn Sonata in A flat major Hob. XVI: 46

Chopin Étude Op. 10 No. 12

Debussy Étude No. 5, pour les octaves

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major Op. 26

Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 1

Semifinal

Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor Op. 29

Final

Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54