POLINA KULIKOVA

RUSSIA

– date of birth: October 16, 1991
– currently studies with Adrienne Sirken;
– studied at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow (Prof. Vera Gornostaeva and Prof. Sergei Glavatskih) and at the Mannes School of Music in New York (Prof. Vladimir Feltsman);
– debuted as soloist at Carnegie Hall in 2018 and performed on stages such as Bolshoi Theatre, State Philharmonic in Moscow, Salle Cortot and Grieg in Bergen.

Prizes: laureate of the Fausto Zadra Competition (2018), Jacob Flier Competition (2017) and Bösendorfer & Yamaha USASU Competition (2019)

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, WTC I

Haydn Sonata in A flat major Hob. XVI: 46

Chopin Étude Op. 25 No. 12

Scriabin Étude Op. 8 No. 10

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major Op. 2 No. 3

Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses Op. 54

Semifinal

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

Stravinsky Trois mouvements de Petrouchka

Final

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K. 467