SAMSON TSOY

KAZAKHSTAN

– date of birth: October 24, 1988
– studied at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow and at the Royal College of Music in London;
– collaborated with the Mariinsky Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia London, under the batons of Valery Gergiev, Diego Masson, Alexander Vedernikov;
– performed on stages such as Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Verbier Festival, Honens Festival and Rostropovich Festival.

Prizes: laureate of Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Campillos International Competition and Imogen Cooper Music Trust

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in G major, WTC I

Haydn Piano Sonata in A flat major Hob. XVI: 46

Chopin Étude Op. 25 No. 12

Debussy Étude No. 1, pour les cinq doigts d’après Monsieur Czerny

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2, quasi una fantasia

Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24

Semifinal

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

Scriabin Three pieces Op. 45

Rachmaninoff Prelude in D major Op. 23 No. 4

Final

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Major Op. 83