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International German Piano Award
International piano competition in Frankfurt, Germany

The International Piano Forum Frankfurt announces the nominations for the 10th anniversary of the International German Piano Award in 2020: Who will get the chance to be the next winner?

March 29 and March 30 – Piano Competition rounds
– First round – Second round – Third round
– Announcement of the Prize Winner 2020

March 31 – Gala Concert

Philharmonie Baden Baden Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2
Pavel Baleff – Conductor | Prize Winner 2020 – Piano

Peter Tschaikowsky – Piano Concerto No. 1
Nimrod David Pfeffer – Conductor | Alexey Melnikov – Piano

Sergej Rachmaninoff – Piano Concert No. 3
Yalchin Adigozalov – Conductor | Dmitri Levkovich – Piano

South Korea

Sergei Rachmaninoff
9 Études-Tableaux Op. 39
Allegro in a-Moll, Nr. 6

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonate Nr. 9 a-Moll KV 310
Allegro maestoso
Andante cantabile con espressione
Presto

Maurice Ravel
Miroirs (Spiegelbilder), 5 Klavierstücke
Nr. 4, Alborada del Gracioso
(Morgenlied des Narren)

Robert Schumann
Nach Capricen von Paganini
6 Etüden Op. 10 Nr. 3 in g-Moll

Frédéric Chopin
Sonate in h-Moll, Nr. 3, Op. 58
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Largo
Finale, Presto, ma non tanto, agitato

Domenico Scarlatti
Sonate in a-Moll, Allegro, K 175
Sonate in F-Dur, Allegro, K 6

Frédéric Chopin   
Nocturne in c-Moll, Nr. 1, Op. 48    

Franz Schubert
Sonate in c-Moll, Nr.19, D 958
Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto, Allegro
Allegro

Franz Liszt
Étude transcendental in f-Moll, Nr.10

South Korea

Ludwig v. Beethoven
Klaviersonate Nr. 26 in Es-Dur, Op. 81a „Les Adieux“
1. Adagio – Allegro
2. Andante espressivo
3. Vivacissimamente

Frédéric Chopin
Prélude in cis-Moll, Op. 45
Fantasie in f-Moll, Op. 49

Johannes Brahms
Klavierstücke, Op.118
Intermezzo a-Moll, Nr. 1
Intermezzo A-Dur, Nr. 2
Ballade g-Moll, Nr. 3
Intermezzo f-Moll, Nr. 4
Romanze F-Dur, Nr. 5
Intermezzo es-Moll, Nr. 6

Isaac Albéniz
Suite Iberia Buch 2, Triana

Franz Schubert
Sonate in c-Moll, Nr. 19, D 958
Allegro
Adagio in As-Dur
Menuetto: Allegro – Trio.
Allegro

Franz Liszt
Ballade in h-Moll, Nr. 2, S.171

Italy

Ludwig v. Beethoven
32 Variationen über ein eigenes Thema in c-Moll, WoO 80

Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo in cis-Moll, Nr. 3, Op. 39

Joseph Haydn
Andante mit Variationen f-Moll Hob. XVII/6

Maurice Ravel
Miroirs (Spiegelbilder), fünf Klavierstücke
Nr. 3 Une barque sur l´océan (Eine Barke auf dem Ozean)

Franz Liszt
Vier virtuose Klavierstücke
Mephisto-Walzer, Nr. 1

Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise-Fanasie in As-Dur, Nr. 7, Op. 61

Sergei Rachmaninoff
9 Études-Tableaux Op. 39
In C-Dur, Nr. 2, a-Moll, lento assai, Op. 39

Ludwig v. Beethoven
Klaviersonate in f-Moll, Nr. 23, Op. 57 (Appassionata)

People´s Republic of China

Frédéric Chopin
Barcarolle Fis-Dur Op. 60

Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune

Alexander Scriabin
Étude dis-Moll, Nr. 12, Op. 8,

Maurice Ravel
La Valse

Johann Sebastian Bach/ Alexander Siloti
Preludium h-Moll BWV 855A

Franz Liszt
Sonate in h-Moll S178

Johannes Brahms
Sonate in f-Moll, Nr. 3, Op. 5

Alexander Scriabin
Sonate in Fis-Dur, Op. 30

Austria

Lera Auerbach
Prélude Nr. 24, Op. 41, “Grandioso”

Robert Schumann
Symphonische Etüden Op.13

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonate in A-Dur KV 331 “alla turca”

Franz Liszt
Nuages gris (“Trübe Wolken”), S. 199

Franz Liszt
Ungarische Rhapsodie in cis-Moll, Nr. 2

Franz Schubert
Wanderer-Fantasie in C-Dur, Op. 15, D 760

Franz Liszt
Unstern! Sinistre, disastro

Igor Strawinsky
Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka
Danse russe | Chez Pétrouchka | La Semaine Grasse

People´s Republic of China

György Ligeti
Étude Nr. 13, Die Teufelstreppe
“L’escalier du diable”
Presto legato, ma leggiero

Frédéric Chopin
Étude in e-Moll, Nr. 4, Op. 25

Carl Vine
Fünf Bagatellen
Darkly, Leggiero e legato, III, IV,
Threnody (für alle unschuldigen Opfer)

Frédéric Chopn
Scherzo in cis-Moll, Nr. 3, Op. 39

Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas Op. 33
Nr.1 in gis-moll
Nr.2 in D-Dur
Nr.3 in C-Dur
Nr.4 in h-Moll

Johann S. Bach – Ferruccio Busoni
Chaconne in d-Moll BWV 1004

Joseph Haydn
Sonate in c-Moll, Nr. 33, Hab. XVI/20
1. Satz

Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in c-Moll, Nr. 1, Op. 48
(Á Mademoiselle laure Duperré)

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonate Nr.8 in B-Dur, Op.84
Andante dolce
Andante sognando
Vivace

Azerbaidjan

Johann Sebastian Bach
Englische Suite g-Moll, Nr. 3,
BWV 808
1. Satz: Prélude
2. Satz: Allemande
3. Satz: Courante
4. Satz: Sarabande
5. Satz: Gavotte alternativement
6. Satz: Gavotte II oder la Musette
7. Satz: Gigue

Ludwig v. Beethoven
Sonate in e-Moll, Nr. 27, Op. 90
Erster Satz: Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindungen und Ausdruck
Zweiter Satz: Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singend vortragen

Robert Schumann
Sinfonische Etüden Op. 13
Thema Etüde I bis Etüde XII

Modest Mussorgski
Bilder einer Ausstellung – Erinnerungen an Viktor Hartmann

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonate in c-Moll, Nr. 4, Op. 29
Allegro molto sostenuto
Andante assai
Allegro con brio, ma non leggiero

We are delighted to announce the jurors for the 10th International German Piano Award 2020 in alphabetic order:

Azerbaidjan

Permanent conductor of the Azerbaidjan State Opera

South Korea

Artistic Director of Busan Festival Orchestra, Artistic Director & Executive Chairman of Busan Maru International Music Festival, Principal Guest Conductor of Tianjin Symphony Orchestra

Bulgaria

Chief Conductor Philharmonic Orchestra Baden Baden

People´s Republic of China

Artistic Director, Chief Conductor of Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra

Russia

Artistic Director and Conductor at the Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg

Austria

Artistic Director of Busan Festival Orchestra, Artistic Director & Executive Chairman of Busan Maru International Music Festival, Principal Guest Conductor of Tianjin Symphony Orchestra

Israel

Pianist and Assistant Conductor at The Metropolitan Opera

France

Pianist and Professor Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris,
Artistic Director of the Animato Association Paris

Germany

Pianist and Professor for Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortotm, at the International Piano Academy in Brescia and member of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, Germany

South Korea

Pianist, Winner of the International German Piano Award 2019 and winner of the ARD Piano Competition

Kazakhstan

Pianist and artistic director of Beethoven Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Winner of the 1st International German Piano Award 2011

People´s Republic of China

Chairman of the Piano Department at Harbin Conservatory of Music, Vice President and Chairman of the Piano Department at JiLin College of the Arts, Vice President and the Director of International Affairs at Hangzhou Liangzhu International Arts Academy, Image Ambassador of Hong Kong Piano Music Society, Image Ambassador of Chona South Korea International Arts Festival and Image Ambassador of Beijing University Love Foundation, People’s Republic of China

Germany

Pianist, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim

Germany

Docent at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Last Student of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Canada

Pianist, Winner of the 3rd International German Piano Award 2013, Winner of numerous other international piano competitions