MIKKEL TORUP

DENMARK

– date of birth: April 4, 1989
– studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, at Musikhochschule Münster in Germany (Prof. Clemens Rave) and at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen (Prof. Søren Rastogi);
– participated in masterclasses given by musicians such as Andrzej Jasiński, Boris Berman, Niklas Sivelöv, Eugen Indjic, Elena Kuschnerova, Mirabela Dina, Mikhail Voskresensky, Cristina Marton, Carmen Piazzini, Konstantin Scherbakov, Aleksandra Žvirblytė and Mikhail Petukhov.

Prizes: laureate of the International Music Competition in Belgrade and the IMKA Solo Music Competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in F minor, WTC I

Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI: 49

Chopin Étude Op. 25 No. 8

Scriabin Étude Op. 8 No. 10

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10 No. 3

Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 22

Semifinal

Enescu Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 24

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Op. 83

Final

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37