NIKOLAI KUZNETSOV

RUSSIA

– date of birth: December 26, 1994
– studied at the Gnessin College of Music in Moscow (Prof. Tatiana Shklovskaya) and at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory (Prof. Sergei Dorensky);
– performed in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Slovenia, Italy, Colombia.

Prizes: laureate of the Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition in Spain and the Wandering Music Stars International Piano Competition in Israel

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor, WTC I

Haydn Sonata in D major Hob. XVI: 42

Chopin Étude Op. 10 No. 1

Scriabin Étude Op. 42 No. 5

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op. 110

Chopin Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49

Semifinal

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

Rachmaninoff Moment musical Op. 16 No. 3

Ginastera Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22

Final

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18