Ryutaro SUZUKI

JAPAN

• date of birth: 24^th of January 1990
• currently studying at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
• performed recitals at festivals such as Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad (Switzerland), Piano en Saintonge (France), Raveliades in Ciboure (France), Festival de Nohant (France) and Festival Chopin in Paris

Prizes: Laureate of 6th International Tbilisi Piano Competition, Georgia, 20th Val Tidone International Music Competition, Italy, 17th International Piano Competition Ile-de-France

Program:

First round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in F minor (I)

Haydn Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:50

Chopin Etude no. 11 op. 25

Debussy Etude no. 7, “pour les degrés chromatiques”

Second Round

Beethoven Sonata no. 3 in D major op. 10

Prokofiev Sonata no. 4 in C minor op. 29

Semifinal

Enescu Suite no. 2 in D major op. 10

Schumann Symphonic Etudes op. 13

Final

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor op. 23