10th Isidor Bajic Piamo Memorial Catalogue

ISIDOR BAJIĆ10 

PIANO MEMORIAL

It happened a long time ago, on a cold night, I do not recall 

precisely when, whether winter was drawing to a close, or if it was late 

into fall. Under the sky’s black dome, there hung a secret or maybe that was just 

how it appeared to me – I do not know! I was still very, very young, and had my own dreams, 

my own aspirations. But it was on exactly such a night, following aimless wandering around the 

well-known streets of Novi Sad, that I remember crossing the lantern-lit City Hall Square, walking 

in the direction of the theatre. The large windows of a tavern named Jelisaveta were glaring. In 

that smoke and sultriness, were many, many people whose lives went drifting by without a higher 

purpose, people who have certainly passed by now, without leaving a single trace, people idling away 

their futile hours. The sidewalk in front of the tavern was swarmed with walkers, and all around 

me, I still remember vividly, was boiling the laughter and conversation of this smug crowd. I was, 

however, pressing and prodding my way through these people, hastening to reach the passage way of 

the Jelisaveta Hotel so I could get closer to the theatre building where the performance of a Hungarian 

operetta was scheduled to be performed this night, an operetta whose music originated from the 

feather of a Serbian composer. That composer was named Isidor Bajić, and the operetta, “Seven years 

of hunger“. There, alone at the balcony, surrounded by people who could not have been thinking what 

I was thinking then, and could not have been feeling what I was feeling then, I awaited expectantly 

the appearance of Isidor Bajić at the conductor’s stand, excited, nervous. Because Isidor Bajić had 

just completed his studies at the Academy of Music in Budapest with Professor Kössler, to all of us 

who carried a love for music at the bottom of our souls, he served as an ideal. In him we saw a higher 

being, for us he was the incarnation of a certain mystical beauty we longed for, but had not yet seen: 

from his spritely smile, maybe slightly stylized, which I remember quite vividly, a magical current of 

music that we adored murmured, which is why we adored him, Isidor Bajić, as well. That night, I 

was supposed to see him at the helm of a major piece for the first time, and I did. His small stature 

appeared from the orchestra space; he must have been excited, though I could not perceive so from the 

balcony. I remember only the silhouette, outlined against the stand in front of him, and the overflow 

of light at his face, and I still see him waving the baton through the air, holding in his hands the 

numerous threads of the orchestra and the stage from which a colourful lie, the operetta, poured. 

At the time, however, this was not a colorful lie to me. This was the work of the adored Isa, 

and this signified – I admit – a peak, something I could not dare to approach, not even in 

my dreams... 

Miloje Milojević, 

Isidor Bajić – on the occasion of the tenth anniversary 

of Isidor Bajić’s death (1825) 

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ISIDOR BAJIĆ (1878 - 1915) 

Isidor Bajić was born on August 16, 1878 in 

Kula, a small town in Bačka, not far from 

Novi Sad. His name is associated with the image 

of a versatile music artist who left a significant 

mark through his engagements as a 

composer, pedagogue, writer, and organizer 

in the cultural life of Vojvodina at the turn of 

the 20th century. Bajić became interested 

in music in his early high school days. A testimony 

to this is his then still boyish interest 

in music lessons. Nevertheless, his studentdedication 

led him to take part in “music 

jobs” together with his teacher Jovan Grčić, 

which determined his future vocation to a 

significant extent. While in the sixth grade, 

Bajić began to compose, and in the eighth 

he conducted the student choir. Following 

his father’s desire, he enrolled in law studies 

in Budapest after completing grammar 

school, and shortly afterwards embarked on 

his musical studies at the Music Academy. It 

is known that the young composer was in- 

terested in the social life of the Serbian community 

at that time, forming the Serbian Students’ 

Choir, for which he organized numerous 

performance opportunities, also leading 

the choir as a conductor. Upon completing 

his studies, Isidor Bajić moved back to Novi 

Sad where he was appointed a teacher of 

singing and church singing at the High Serbian 

Orthodox Lyceum (today known as High 

School Jovan Jovanović Zmaj). Simultaneously, 

he gave piano, violin, and tamburitza 

lessons, formed the string and tamburitza 

orchestra, and led the Lyceum choir. In addition 

to his pedagogical work, Bajić had a 

prominent role in the shaping of the music 

awareness of the time. In publications and 

daily newspapers (Branko’s Ring, Chronicle 

of Matica Srpska), he regularly published 

texts on music, at the same time establishing 

the only music magazine inYugoslavia of 

the times, Serbian Music Magazine, as well 

as an edition of printed music, Serbian Music 

Library, which focused on publishing works 

by Isidor Bajić and his contemporaries. Bajić 

expanded the limited methodological literature 

by authoring two textbooks: Piano and 

Piano Teaching (1901) and Theory of Correct 

Singing from Notes (1904). Isidor Bajić also 

acted as a melographer, as a result of which 

many of the folk and church melodies he collected 

were then used in his composing of piano, 

orchestral, and choral works. In addition 

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to many songs for voice and piano, such as 

“Songs of Love”, “Serbian Folk Songs in ‘Collection 

of Folk Songs’ by Mokranjac”, “Collection 

of Songs in the Spirit of Serbian Folk 

Songs”, and “Autumn Comes, My Quince”, 

popular choral pieces like “Hey, Who Bought 

You” and “Serbian girl”, and pieces with 

singing, including “Djido”,“Chuchuk-Stana”, 

“Brandy”, and “Peasant Girl”, he composed 

the opera “Prince Ivo from Semberija” based 

on the historical drama by Branislav Nušić. 

In 1909, Isidor Bajić founded a music school, 

the only institution of such a kind to be established 

in Vojvodina since the foundation 

of the Singing School by Aleksandar Mortifidis-Nisis. 

Isidor Bajić Music School still 

proudly bears the name of its founder and 

continues to nurture his ideas. A composer, 

theoretician, music writer, performer and 

pedagogue, Isidor Bajić died in Novi Sad on 

September 15, 1915, only 37 years old. Nevertheless, 

his life mission has continued to 

live through his students, students of his students, 

through us, the teachers and the students, 

who all together grew up on the foundations 

of his school and have set out into diverse 

musical parts of the world… Therefore 

in his honour, and in the honour of all great 

ones and new ones, former onse and future 

ones musicians, virtuosos, performers, and 

pianists, we open the Eighth Memorial bearing 

his name! 

Mila Stojadinović 

Isidor Bajić 

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Tuesday, December 7 th 2021 

Concert Hall 

12:00 pm 

Ceremonial Academy 

Aleksandar Đermanović 

Master of ceremonies 

Danijela Kličković 

“The best in ourselves” 

The Mission of the Memorial Isidor Bajić is providing young pianists a chance of orientation 

on their artistic path. Established artists and experts from various fields contribute their 

time, knowledge, and experience thus inspiring the young to search for the meaning eternized 

by a William Blake poem: 

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, 

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. 

prof. Radmila Rakin Martinović, M.A. 

Executive Director 

William Blake (1757 - 1827, Auguries of Innocence) 

Dr. Dorian Leljak 

Artistic Director 

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DUO AMAL - Yaron Kohlberg & Bishara Haroni 

F. Schubert Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940 

D. Milhaud Scaramouche, Оp. 165b 

I Vif 

II Modéré 

III Brazileira: Mouvement de samba 

S. Rachmaninoff Suite No. 1, Op. 5 

I Barcarolle. Allegretto 

II Oh Night, Oh Love. Аdagio sostenuto 

III Tears. Largo di molto 

IV Easter. Allegro maestoso 

Originated in the conflicted Middle East, Duo Amal was formed by international pianists Yaron Kohlberg and 

Bishara Haroni. The duo’s name, Amal, means hope in Arabic and reflects their belief that music can overcome 

different backgrounds and cultural boundaries. The Sydney Morning Herald noted that "the virtuoso pianists 

known as Duo Amal bear testament to the capacity of music to transcend conflicts that have proved intractable”. 

World famous conductor Zubin Mehta wrote: "Haroni and Kohlberg are two excellent pianists.. This duo is 

not only a sign of friendship between their peoples but a music collaboration to enjoy". Following their first 

joint performance at a peace concert in the Oslo Opera House in 2008, they have played numerous concerts in 

such renowned concert halls as the Metropolitan museum in New York, Kimmel center in Philadelphia, Beijing 

concert hall, Asahi hall in Tokyo, Melbourne recital center, Sala São Paulo in Brazil, Gran Teatro Nacional in 

Bogota, Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels and the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. They have also performed 

at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva and have been invited to the Vatican for a concert for the Pope 

as part of the global education day, which has since been postponed due to COVID 19. The duo combine twopiano 

solo performances with orchestra and recitals in traditional concert halls with educational outreach and 

workshops in order to promote their vision. 

Duo Amal 

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A CATEGORY 

RADOSLAV CHIKOLOV 

BULGARIA 

First Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in G Minor, Op. 33 No. 8 

F. MENDELSSOHN Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 

Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20 

P. VLADIGEROV Rhythmical movement, Op. 37 No. 6 

DAVIDE CONTE 

ITALY 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in A Major, WTC II, BWV 888 

F. CHOPIN Etude in F Major, Op. 25 No. 3 

E. DOHNÁNYI Rhapsody in C Major, Op. 11 No. 3 

Final Round 

F. MENDELSSOHN Fantasie in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28 

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A CATEGORY 

ARIANA ELENA DAHIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, WTC I, BWV 855 

W. A. MOZART Piano Sonata in D Major, KV 576 

Final Round 

I Allegro 

F. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 

FILIP ILIEV 

BULGARIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 

I Praeludium 

F. LISZT Legend No. 2, "St. François de Paule marchant sur 

Final Round 

les flots" (from Two Legends, S. 175) 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1 

I Allegro molto e con brio 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in F Minor, Op. 33 No. 1 

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A CATEGORY 

YASEN KALAYDZHIEV 

BULGARIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique” 

I Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio 

C. SANTORO Paulistana 

No. 1 Lento (cantabile) 

No. 4 Allegro 

Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Variations Brillantes in B-flat Major, Op. 12 

P. VLADIGEROV Quasi Rapsodico 

YUJIE LI 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

G. F. HANDEL Aria with variations 

(from Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E Major) 

F. CHOPIN Mazurka in G-sharp Minor, Op. 33 No. 1 

Tarantella in A-flat Major, Op. 43 

Final Round 

F. LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A Minor, S. 244 

S. PROKOFIEV 10 Pieces, Op. 12 

No. 6 Legend 

No. 10 Scherzo 

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A CATEGORY 

SOFIJA MIHAJLOVSKA 

NORTH MACEDONIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1 

I Allegro 

F. LISZT Etude No. 9 in A-flat Major, Allegro grazioso 

(from Etudes en douze exercices, S. 136) 

Final Round 

J. S. BACH Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971 

I Allegro 

F. CHOPIN Grande valse in A-flat major, Op. 42 

MARINA MRAVOVA 

BULGARIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, "Pastoral" 

I Allegro 

P. VLADIGEROV Rhythmical movement, Op. 37 No. 6 

Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44 

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A CATEGORY 

PETRA SPASOJEVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

J. HAYDN Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23 

I Allegro moderato 

F. CHOPIN Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25 No. 1 

Final Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major, WTC I, BWV 862 

S. RACHMANINOFF Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23 No. 7 

M. MOSZKOWSKI Etude in F Major, Op. 72 No. 6 

MARKO STEVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH French suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813 

No. 3 Sarabande 

No. 7 Gigue 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2 

I Allegro vivace 

Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10 

Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39 No. 5 

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B CATEGORY 

VASILIJE BASARAB 

SERBIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux" 

I Das Lebewohl: Adagio – Allegro 

F. LISZT Transcendental etude No. 10, S. 139 

Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32 No. 12 

F. CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 

ANNA CATERINA BINDA 

ITALY 

First Round 

C. DEBUSSY Estampes 

I Pagodes 

II La soirée dans Grenade 

III Jardins sous la pluie 

Final Round 

F. LISZT Etude No. 6 in A Minor 

(from Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141) 

C. WIECK-SCHUMANN Nocturne in F Major, Op. 6 No. 2 

(from “Soirées Musicales”) 

M. RAVEL Toccata 

(from“Le tombeau de Couperin”) 

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B CATEGORY 

VERA CECINO 

ITALY 

First Round 

F. LISZT Etude No. 3 in D-flat Major, “Un Sospiro” 

(from Three concert etudes, S. 144) 

A. SCRIABIN Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30 

I Andante 

II Prestissimo volando 

Final Round 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata in F-sharp Minor, K. 25/L. 481 

F. LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 

ZETING CHEN 

CHINA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12 

L. ORTHEL Etude, Op. 40 No. 2, “Hommage a Ravel” 

(from "Deux hommages en forme d'étude") 



Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 

F. LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, S. 244 

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B CATEGORY 

GEORGI CHIKOLOV 

BULGARIA 

First Round 

F LISZT 

Etude No. 2, in F Minor, “La leggierezza” 

(from Three concert etudes, S. 144) 

B. BARTÓK 3 Burlesques, Op. 8 

Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 

I Grave. Doppio movimento 

II Scherzo 

V. KAZANDJIEV Triomphe des carillons 

ANĐELA DINIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 944 

J. S. BACH – F. LISZT Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 

Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in C Major, Op. 33 No. 2 

Prelude in B-flat Minor, Op. 32 No. 2 

Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10 

Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Op. 39 No. 1 

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B CATEGORY 

ROMAN FEDIURKO 

UKRAINE 

First Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 33 No. 5 

F. MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 

Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931) 

I Allegro agitato 

C. SAINT-SAËNS Etude en forme de valse, Op. 52 No. 6 

ELENA IKANOVICH 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Polonaise in E-flat Minor, Op. 26 No. 2 

Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39 

Final Round 

F. LISZT Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S. 171 

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B CATEGORY 

IVA MIŠIĆ 

SERBIA/AUSTRIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22 

I Allegro con brio 

F. CHOPIN Etude in B Minor, Op. 25 No. 10 

C. DEBUSSY Etude No. 12, Pour les accords 

Final Round 

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY Dumka, Op. 59 

S. PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 

IVAN PETROVIĆ-POLJAK 

CROATIA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39 No. 6 

Final Round 


I Alegro agitato 

II Non allegro – Lento 

III L'istesso tempo – Allegro molto 

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B CATEGORY 

BOŠKO STOJADINOVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 22 


E. GRANADOS Allegro de concierto, Op. 46 

Final Round 

F. LISZT Transcendental etude No. 7, S. 139, “Eroica” 

D. TRBOJEVIĆ Sonata Rustica 

I Allegro ritmico 

D. KABALEVSKY Prelude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 38 No. 8 

N. KAPUSTIN Concert etude, Op. 40 No. 5, “Shutka” 

ZVJEZDAN VOJVODIĆ 

CROATIA 

First Round 

N. MEDTNER Sonata Reminiscenza in A Minor, Op. 38 No. 1 

Final Round 

F. LISZT Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata 

(Années de pèlerinage, Year II: Italy, S. 161) 

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C CATEGORY 

DARKO ARSOV 


First Round 

F. CHOPIN Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2 


Semi-Final Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" 

I Allegro assai 

II Andante con moto 

III Allegro ma non troppo – Presto 




III Allegro molto 

Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 

I Moderato 

II Adagio sostenuto 

III Allegro scherzando 

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C CATEGORY 

VIKTORIA BASKAKOVA 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, WTC I, BWV 857 


F. LISZT Cantique d’amour, S. 173 No. 10 

(from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III) 

C. SAINT-SAËNS Toccata d'après le cinquième concerto, Op. 111 No. 6 

(From 6 Etudes) 


F. SCHUBERT Sonata in A Major, D. 664/Op. posth. 120 


II Andante 

III Allegro 

F. SCHUBERT – F. LISZT Frühlingsglaube, S. 558 No. 7 

(from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert) 

F. LISZT Variationen über das Motiv von Bach “Weinen, Klagen, 

Sorgen, Zagen”, S. 180 

B. BARTÓK Sonata, Sz. 80 


II Sostenuto e pesante 


Final Round 

F. LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124 

I Allegro maestoso 

II Quasi Adagio 

III Allegretto vivace. Allegro animato 

IV Allegro marziale animato 

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C CATEGORY 

MAXIM BETEKHTIN 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 

I Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo 

II Prestissimo 

III Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. 

Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo 


J. S. BACH Goldberg variations, BWV 988 

Final Round 

L. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 


II Largo 

III Rondo. Allegro 

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C CATEGORY 

VUK BOŽILOVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Andante favori, WoO 57 



J. S. BACH Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 

I Sinfonia 

II Allemanda 

III Courante 

IV Sarabande 

V Rondeau 

VI Capriccio 

S. RACHMANINOFF Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4 

Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 33 No. 4 

Etude-Tableau in F-sharp Minor, Op. 39 No. 3 

Etude-Tableau in C-sharp Minor, Op. 33 No. 6 

Prelude in G Major, Op. 32 No. 5 

Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 

Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Op. 39 No. 1 

Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23 No. 7 

Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 23 No. 2 

Final Round 

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 

I Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso 

II Andantino semplice 

III Allegro con fuoco 

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C CATEGORY 

SVEN BRAJKOVIĆ 

CROATIA 

First Round 



II Adagio 

III Finale. Presto 

F. CHOPIN Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 5 

F. LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, S. 244, “Rakoczi March” 


L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 


II Adagio 

III Scherzo. Allegro 

IV Allegro assai 

F. MOMPOU Canción y Danza 

No. 11 Allegro moderato 

No. 12 Molto cantabile 

F. CHOPIN Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22 

Final Round 

R. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 

I Allegro affettuoso 

II Intermezzo 

III Allegro vivace 

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C CATEGORY 

MARIAM CHITANAVA 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata in C Minor, K. 11/L. 352 

Sonata in D Minor, K. 1/L. 366 

F. CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61 


L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 

I Largo – Allegro 

II Adagio 

III Allegretto 

F. LISZT Spanish Rhapsody, S. 254 

C. DEBUSSY Preludes, book 1 

No. 3 Le vent dans la plaine 

No. 5 Les collines d'Anacapri 

No. 8 La fille aux cheveux de lin 

L'isle Joyeuse 

Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 


II Romance. Larghetto 

III Rondo. Vivace 

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C CATEGORY 

DOROTEJA ĆIRIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 



F. CHOPIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4 



D. SCARLATTI Sonata in D Minor, K. 1/L. 366 

R. SCHUMANN Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 

M. RAVEL Miroirs 

No. 3 "Une barque sur l'océan" 

S. PROKOFIEV Toccata, Op. 11 

Final Round 

S. PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 

I Andante – Allegro 

II Tema con variazioni 

III Allegro, ma non troppo 

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C CATEGORY 

ALVIN ĆUĆIĆ 

CROATIA 

First Round 








F. CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 


II Scherzo. Molto vivace 

III Largo 

IV Finale. Presto non tanto 

Final Round 





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C CATEGORY 

LJUBO DIVAC 

SERBIA 

First Round 

K. SZYMANOWSKI 9 Preludes, Op. 1 


A. SCRIABIN 5 Preludes, Op. 16 

No. 1 Douloureux déchirant 

No. 2 Très lent, contemplatif 

No. 3 Allegro drammatico 

No. 4 Lent, vague, indécis 

No. 5 Fier, belliqueux 

J. BRAHMS 4 Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 

No. 1 Intermezzo in B Minor 

No. 2 Intermezzo in E Minor 

No. 3 Intermezzo in C Major 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 

I Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 

II Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile 

Final Round 

L. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 


II Largo 


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C CATEGORY 

LUCIJA DOGAN 

CROATIA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Preludes, Op. 28 

No. 1 in C Major 

No. 6 in B Minor 

No. 7 in A Major 

No. 8 in F-sharp Minor 

No. 15 in D-flat Major 

No. 16 in B-flat Minor 

No. 23 in F Major 

No. 24 in D Minor 


W. A. MOZART Rondo in A Minor, KV 511 

B. PAPANDOPULO Scherzo fantastico, Op. 31 

R. SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op. 9 

Final Round 

C. SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 

I Andante sostenuto 

II Allegro scherzando 

III Presto 

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C CATEGORY 

TIMOFEY DOLYA 

AUSTRIA/RUSSIA 

First Round 



II Adagio 


A. SCRIABIN Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19 

I Andante 

II Presto 



No. 1 Intermezzo in A Minor 

No. 2 Intermezzo in A Major 

No. 3 Ballade in G Minor 

No. 4 Intermezzo in F Minor 

No. 5 Romanze in F Major 

No. 6 Intermezzo in E-flat Minor 

N. MEDTNER 3 Fairytales, Op. 42 

F. LISZT Vallée d’Obermann 

(From Années de pèlerinage, Year I: Switzerland, S. 160) 

Final Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 




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C CATEGORY 

BOGDAN DUGALIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WTC II, BWV 885 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3 

I Presto 

F. LISZT Transcendental etude No. 8, S. 139, "Wilde Jagd" 



I Grave – Doppio movimento 

II Scherzo 

III Marche funèbre. Lento 

IV Finale. Presto 

S. PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 

I Allegro inquieto 

II Andante caloroso 

III Precipitato 

Final Round 





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C CATEGORY 

ALBERTO FERRO 

ITALY 

First Round 

C. WIECK-SCHUMANN Etude in A-flat Major, WoO 4 

F. CHOPIN Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 

C. DEBUSSY Pour le piano 

No. 3 Toccata 


F. CHOPIN 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59 

No. 1 A Minor 

No. 2 A-flat Major 

No. 3 F-sharp Minor 

C. SAINT-SAËNS Toccata d'après le cinquième concerto, Op. 111 No. 6 

(from 6 Etudes) 

S. PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82 


II Allegretto 

III Tempo di valzer, lentissimo 

IV Vivace 

Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 

I Allegro ma non tanto 

II Intermezzo. Adagio 

III Finale. Alla breve 

29

C CATEGORY 

SEVERIN FILIPOVIĆ 

CROATIA 

First Round 

F. LISZT Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude 

(from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173) 


D. PEJAČEVIĆ Life of flowers, Op. 19 

No. 1 Snowdrop 

No. 2 Violet 

No. 3 Lilly of the valley 

No. 4 Forget-me-not 

No. 5 Rose 

No. 6 Red carnation 

No. 7 Lilly 

No. 8 Chrysanthemum 

R. SCHUMANN Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 

Final Round 



II Intermezzo 


30

C CATEGORY 

ROBERT FLEITZ 

USA 

First Round 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major, K. 46/L. 25 

C. DEBUSSY Etude No. 11 Pour les arpèges composés 

G. BACEWICZ Etude No. 6 

J. PERRY Prelude 

L. GARŪTA Prelude No. 2 in E Major 

F. CHOPIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4 


U. CHIN Etude No. 1 "In C" 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 

I Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 

II Allegro vivace 








J. MUMFORD A landscape of interior resonances (2001) 

Final Round 

E. GRIEG Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 

I Allegro molto moderato 

II Adagio 

III Allegro moderato molto e marcato 

31

C CATEGORY 

MIZUHO FURUKUBO 

JAPAN 

First Round 

A. MIYOSHI En Vers 

A. SCRIABIN Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28 


T. TAKEMITSU Litany 

A. MIYOSHI Sonata 

J. S. BACH – F. BUSONI Chaconne in D Minor (BWV 1004) 

Final Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 


II Largo 


32

C CATEGORY 

ROLAND GRLICA 

CROATIA 

First Round 


F. POULENC 8 Nocturnes 

No. 6 Très calme mais sans traîner 

No. 7 Assez allant 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata - Toccata in D Minor, K. 141/L. 422 


J. S. BACH Aria variata alla maniera italiana in A Minor, BWV 989 


Final Round 



II Intermezzo 


33

C CATEGORY 

JAN HUGO 

SOUTH AFRICA 

First Round 

F. SCHUBERT – F. LISZT Die Junge Nonne, D. 828 

F. LISZT Legend No. 2, ”St. François de Paule marchant sur 

les flots” (from Two Legends, S. 175) 





F. MENDELSSOHN Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 

F. LISZT Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 


IV Alborada del gracioso 

Final Round 




III Finale Alla breve 

34

C CATEGORY 

MARIIA IUDENKO 

UKRAINE 

First Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Op. 33 No. 3 

A. GINASTERA Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 



I Pagodes 

II La soirée dans Grenade 


M. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition 

Final Round 

S. PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 

I Andante – Allegro 

II Tema con variazioni 

III Allegro, ma non troppo 

35

C CATEGORY 

MIKU IZAWA 

AUSTRIA 

First Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 

I Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung 

und Ausdruck 

F. CHOPIN Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 6 

Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 


R. SCHUMANN Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 

I Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton 

II Mäßig. Durchaus energisch 

III Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten 



II Non allegro - Lento 


Final Round 





36

C CATEGORY 

WENLONG JIN 

CHINA 

First Round 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata in D Minor, K. 213/L. 108 

A. SCRIABIN Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 38 

N. KAPUSTIN Variations, Op. 41 


W. A. MOZART Sonata No. 7 in C Major, KV 309 

I Allegro con spirito 

II Andante un poco adagio 

III Rondo 

F. LISZT Vallée d’Obermann 

(from Années de pèlerinage, Year I: Switzerland, S. 160) 

S. RACHMANINOFF Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 

Final Round 



II Intermezzo 


37

C CATEGORY 

ANDRIJA JOVOVIĆ 

MONTENEGRO 

First Round 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata in C-sharp Minor, K. 247/L. 256 

Sonata in E Major, K. 135/L. 224 

J. S. BACH Toccata in F-sharp Minor, BWV 910 


L. van BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35 

“Eroica Variations” 


I Grave - Doppio movimento 

II Scherzo 



S. GAČEVIĆ Tokata 

Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 

I Maestoso 

II Larghetto 


38

C CATEGORY 

DMITRII KALASHNIKOV 

RUSSIA 

First Round 


P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY – M. PLETNEV The Nutcracker suite, Op. 71a 


L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 

I Moderato cantabile molto espressivo 

II Allegro molto 

III Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro ma non tropo 

J. BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 2 

I Allegro non troppo, ma energico 

II Andante con espressione 

III Scherzo. Allegro – Trio. Poco più moderato 

IV Finale. Sostenuto – Allegro non troppo e rubato 

Final Round 





39

C CATEGORY 

OLEKSII KANKE 

UKRAINE 

First Round 


F.LISZT - V.HOROWITZ - 

A.VOLODOS 

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, S. 244, “Rakoczi March” 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata in F minor K. 466/L. 118 

A. GRÜNFELD Soirée de Vienne, Paraphrase on Fledermaus, Op. 56 






F. LISZT Grandes etudes de Paganini, S. 141 

Final Round 





40

C CATEGORY 

JAEHYUN KIM 

SOUTH KOREA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Etude in C Major, Op. 10 No. 1 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WTC II, BWV 885 


M. RAVEL Toccata 

(from “Le tombeau de Couperin”) 


F. SCHUBERT Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958 

I Allegro 

II Adagio 

III Menuetto and Trio. Allegro 

IV Allegro 

I. STRAVINSKY Three Movements from Ballet “Petrushka” 

I Danse Russe 

II Chez Pétrouchka 

III La semaine grasse 

Final Round 





41

C CATEGORY 

ELIZAVETA KLIUCHEREVA 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH – A. SILOTI Prelude in B minor 

F. LISZT Spanish Rhapsody, S. 254 


C. V. ALKAN Etude No. 12 in E Minor, “Le festin d'Esope” 



Final Round 





42

C CATEGORY 

SAPFO KOUTROUMANIDOU 

GREECE 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor, WTC I, BWV 863 

F. CHOPIN Scherzo in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39 No. 3 



L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux" 

I Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro 

II Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo 

III Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente 


Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 

43

C CATEGORY 

TEPPEI KURODA 

JAPAN 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, WTC 1, BWV 867 

J. JONGEN Two piano pieces, Op. 33 

No. 1 Clair de lune 

C. DEBUSSY Images, book 2 

No. 3 Poissons d’or 









F. LISZT Nuages gris, S. 199 

I. ALBÉNIZ Iberia 

No. 1 Evocation, book 1 

No. 1 El Albaicín, book 3 

No. 3 Eritaña, book 4 

Final Round 

J. BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 

I Maestoso 

II Adagio 

III Rondo. Allegro ma non tropo 

44

C CATEGORY 

ANTHONY LEE 

USA 

First Round 

A. SCRIABIN Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42 No. 5 

J. S. BACH – F. BUSONI Chorale Preludes 

No. 4 "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" 

No. 5 "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" 

A. SCRIABIN Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28 


R. SCHUMANN Novelletten, Op. 21 

Final Round 





45

C CATEGORY 

ANNA LEYERER 

AUSTRIA 

First Round 

R. SHCHEDRIN Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major 

F. LISZT Reminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418 


C. VINE Piano Sonata No. 1 

M. de FALLA Four Spanish Pieces 

No. 1 Aragonesa 

No. 2 Cubana 

No. 3 Montanesa 

No. 4 Andaluza 

F. LISZT Transcendental etude No. 4, S. 139, “Mazeppa” 

Final Round 





46

C CATEGORY 

PENG LIN 

CHINA 

First Round 

D. SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major, K. 380/L. 23 

Sonata in G Major, K. 13/L. 486 

K. SZYMANOWSKI Variations in B Minor, Op. 3 


A. SCRIABIN Etudes, Op. 42 

No. 1 Presto 

No. 2 

No. 3 Prestissimo 

No. 4 Andante 

No. 5 Affanato 

J. BRAHMS Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 2 

I Allegro non troppo, ma energico 

II Andante con espressione 

III Scherzo. Allegro – Trio. Poco più moderato 

IV Finale. Sostenuto – Allegro non troppo e rubato 

H. DUTILLEUX Choral et Variations (3rd movement from Piano Sonata) 

Final Round 

B. BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119 

I Allegretto 

II Adagio religioso 


47

C CATEGORY 

ALEKSANDR MALTSEV 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, WTC I, BWV 857 



J. S. BACH – F. BUSONI Chorale Preludes 

No. 5 "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" 


I Grave - Doppio movimento 

II Scherzo 



Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 5 

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 

Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2 

S. RACHMANINOFF Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 

J. S. BACH – A. SILOTI Prelude in B Minor 

Final Round 





48

C CATEGORY 

KARIN MIURA 

JAPAN 

First Round 

M. RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit 

I Ondine 

S. RACHMANINOFF Preludes, Op. 32 

No. 9 in A Major 

No. 13 in D-flat Major 


J. S. BACH Toccata in G Major, BWV 916 

G. LIGETI Etudes, book 1 

No. 2 Cordes à vide 

F. SCHUBERT Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664 


II Andante 

III Allegro 

C. DEBUSSY Images, book 1 

I Reflets dans l'eau 

II Hommage à Rameau 

III Mouvement 

Final Round 



II Intermezzo 


49

C CATEGORY 

JAN NIKOVIĆ 

CROATIA 

First Round 

A. SCRIABIN Four Preludes, Op. 37 

F. CHOPIN Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10 



A. SCRIABIN Five Preludes, Op. 16 

Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30 

I Andante 


J. HAYDN Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32 


II Tempo di Menuetto 






Final Round 





50

C CATEGORY 

NIKLAS OLDEMEIER 

UK 

First Round 

J. HAYDN Sonata in E-Flat, Hob. XVI:52 

I Allegro (Moderato) 

F. CHOPIN Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 


IV Alborada del gracioso 



I Pagodes 

II La soirée dans Granade 

III Jardins soul la pluie 

I. ALBÉNIZ Iberia, book 3 

No. 1 El Albaicín 


H. DUTILLEUX Choral et Variations (3rd movement from Piano Sonata) 

Final Round 





51

C CATEGORY 

VERA PAVLIC (ANDRIANOVA) 

RUSSIA 

First Round 


No. 1 Intermezzo in B Minor 

No. 2 Intermezzo in E Minor 

No. 3 Intermezzo in C Major 

S. RACHMANINOFF Preludes, Op. 23 

No. 4 in D Major 

No. 3 in D Minor 

No. 2 in B-flat Major 


J. HAYDN Sonata in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44 

I Moderato 

II Allegretto 

M. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition 

Final Round 



II Largo 


52

C CATEGORY 

DORA PETKOVIĆ 

CROATIA 

First Round 

F. SCHUBERT Sonata in E-flat Major, D. 568 




I Ondine 


L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 

I Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 

II Allegro vivace 


I Andante 



I Andante dolce 

II Andante sognando 

III Vivace 

Final Round 


53

C CATEGORY 

SONYA PIGOT 

UK 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, WTC I, BWV 866 

F. LISZT Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S.171 


W. A. MOZART Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, KV 310 


II Andante cantabile con espressione 

III Presto 

S. RACHMANINOFF Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 




F. CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 

C. DEBUSSY Prelude, book 1 

No. 11 La danse de Puck 

Final Round 

C. SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 

I Andante sostenuto 

II Allegro scherzando 

III Presto 

54

C CATEGORY 

CARLOS MARÍN RAYO 

SPAIN 

First Round 

O. RESPIGHI Notturno 


No. 1 Rondeña 



W. A. MOZART Rondo in D Major, KV 485 

M. B. GUERRERO Diabolus in Musica (1997) 

C. DEBUSSY Etude No. 3, Pour les quartes 

F. CHOPIN Etude in B Minor, Op. 25 No. 10 


Final Round 





55

C CATEGORY 

YELYZAVETA RODIONOVA 

UKRAINE 

First Round 


I Sinfonia 

F. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39 

S. PROKOFIEV Sarcasms, Op. 17 

No. 1 Tempestoso 

No. 2 Allegro rubato 

No. 3 Allegro precipitato 


S. RACHMANINOFF Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 

No. 1 in C Minor 

No. 2 in A Minor 

C. FRANCK Prelude, Choral and Fugue 

A. GINASTERA Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 

Final Round 

F. LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125 

56

C CATEGORY 

DANYLO SAIENKO 

UKRAINE 

First Round 

F. LISZT Transcendental etude No. 11, S. 139, 

"Harmonies du soir" 

N. MEDTNER Fairy Tales 

Op. 51 No. 2 Cantabile, tranquillo in A Dorian 

Op. 20 No. 2 Pesante in B Minor 

Op. 34 No. 2 Allegro e leggiero in E Minor 

W. LUTOSŁAWSKI Etude No. 1 



No. 3 La Puerta del Vino 

No. 7 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune 

Preludes, book 1 

No. 3 La Vent dans la plaine 

R. SCHUMANN Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 14 

I Allegro brillante 

II Scherzo. Moltocommodo 

III Quasi variazioni. Andantino de Clara Wieck 

IV Prestissimo possible 

P. I TCHAIKOVSKY – P. PABST Concert Paraphrase on “Eugene Onegin”, Op. 81 

Final Round 





57

C CATEGORY 

ALMOG SEGAL 

ISRAEL 

First Round 

I. SHARON Four Bagatelles (2013) 

A. SCRIABIN Two Poems, Op. 32 

No. 1 Andante cantabile 

No. 2 Allegro, con eleganzza, con fiducia 

F. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 38 




II Andante cantabile 


F. CHOPIN Mazurkas, Op. 7 

No. 1 in B-flat Major 

No. 2 in A Minor 

Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2 



Final Round 





58

C CATEGORY 

TETIANA SHAFRAN 

UKRAINE 

First Round 

A. SCRIABIN Prelude and Nocturne for the left hand, Op. 9 

F. CHOPIN Rondo in E-flat Major, Op. 16 



I Ondine 

II Le Gibet 

III Scarbo 

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY – 

M. PLETNEV Suite "The Sleeping Beauty” 

I Prologue 

II Dance of the Pages 

III Vision 

IV Andante 

V Silver Fairy 

VI Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat 

VII Gavotte 

VIII The Singing Canary 

IX Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf 

X Adagio 

XI Finale 

Final Round 





59

C CATEGORY 

ANDREJ SHAKLEV 


First Round 






F. CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2 

Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 



III Largo 


Etude in A Minor, Op. 25 No. 11 

M. RAVEL La Valse 

Final Round 

S. RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 

I Moderato 

II Adagio sostenuto 

III Allegro scherzando 

60

C CATEGORY 

OXANA SHEVCHENKO 

KAZAKHSTAN 

First Round 

J-Ph. RAMEAU 

Suite in E Minor 

I Allemande 

Pièces de clavecin en concerts, concert 2 

III Agaçante 



W. A. MOZART Allegro in B-flat Major, KV 400 

F. LISZT – F. BUSONI Fantasy on two themes from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" 

A. SCRIABIN Prelude and Nocturne for the left hand, Op. 9 


I Danse Russe 



Final Round 





61

C CATEGORY 

GUILLAUME SIGIER 

FRANCE 

First Round 

R. SCHUMANN Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 

I So rasch wie möglich 

II Andantino. Getragen 


III Scarbo 


D. SCARLATTI Sonata in B Minor, K. 87/L. 33 

Sonata in D Major, K. 430/L. 463, "Tempo di ballo" 

S. RACHMANINOFF Sonata in D Minor, Op. 28 


II Lento 


Final Round 



II Largo 


62

C CATEGORY 

NACE SLAK 

SLOVENIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, WTC II, BWV 871 

F. CHOPIN Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante 

in E-flat Major, Op. 22 


R. SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, Op. 16 

L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” 


II Introduzione. Adagio molto 

III Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo 

Final Round 





63

C CATEGORY 

MILAN SLIJEPČEVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in G Major, WTC II, BWV 884 

W. A. MOZART Sonata No. 18 in D Major, KV 576 

I Allegro 

A. SCRIABIN Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 8 No. 10 


No. 1 El Albaicín 




No. 7 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune 

A. SCRIABIN Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 

Final Round 

L. van BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, Op. 73 

I Allegro 

II Adagio un poco moto 


64

C CATEGORY 

LUCREZIA SLOMP 

ITALY 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1 




D. SCARLATTI Sonata in D Major, K. 491/L. 164 



Final Round 





65

C CATEGORY 

NUNO MIGUEL DO VALE VENTURA DE SOUSA 

PORTUGAL 

First Round 


G. LIGETI Etude No. 6, "Automne à Varsovie" 

F. LISZT Transcendental etude No. 4, S. 139, “Mazeppa” 


J. HAYDN Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32 



III Presto 

N. MEDTNER Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 5 

I Allegro 

II Intermezzo. Allegro 

III Largo divoto 

IV Finale. Allegro risoluto 

Final Round 

J. BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 

I Maestoso 

II Adagio 

III Rondo. Allegro non troppo 

66

C CATEGORY 

ALEKSANDAR STANKOVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 



C. DEBUSSY L'isle joyeuse 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39 No. 9 


J. S. BACH – F. LISZT Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542) 

A. SCRIABIN Three pieces, Op. 52 

F. SCHUBERT Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958 

I Allegro 

II Adagio 

III Menuetto and Trio. Allegro 

IV Allegro 

Final Round 

W. A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, KV 467 


II Andante 

III Allegro vivace assai 

67

C CATEGORY 

STEFAN ŠARKOĆEVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 


F. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 


J. S. BACH Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 

I Prelude 

II Allemande 

III Courante 

IV Sarabande 

V Menuett I 

VI Menuett II 

VII Gigue 



I Allegro inquieto 

II Andante caloroso 

III Precipitato 

Final Round 





68

C CATEGORY 

KOSTANDIN TASHKO 

ALBANIA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53, “Heroique” 









I Danse Russe 



Final Round 





69

C CATEGORY 

ANNA MARIJA TJAMOLOVA 

CANADA/LATVIA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1 

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 


J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, WTC I, BWV 849 

W. A. MOZART Sonata No. 11 in A Major, KV 331 

I Andante grazioso 

II Menuetto 

III Alla turca – Allegretto 

F. CHOPIN Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12 


Final Round 

W. A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, KV 466 

I Allegro 

II Romanze 

III Rondo. Allegro assai 

70

C CATEGORY 

NIKOLA TODOROVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

F. COUPERIN Les Barricades Mysterieuses 

J-Ph. RAMEAU 

L'Egyptienne 



C. FRANCK Prelude, Fugue and Variation in B Minor, Op. 18 

J. HAYDN Sonata No. 47 in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32 




F. CHOPIN Nocturne in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1 

O. MESSIAEN Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus 

IV Regard de la Vierge 

XIII Noël 

A. SCRIABIN Two Dances, Op. 73 

Vers la flamme, Op. 72 

Final Round 





71

C CATEGORY 

GIULIA TONIOLO 

ITALY 

First Round 

F. MENDELSSOHN Fantasie in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28 

L. LIEBERMANN Gargoyles, Op. 29 

I Presto 

II Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato 

III Allegro moderato 

IV Presto feroce 


C. WIECK-SCHUMANN Three Romances, Op. 11 

F. CHOPIN Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 

S. PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82 


II Allegretto 

III Tempo di valzer, lentissimo 

IV Vivace 

Final Round 

F. LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125 

72

C CATEGORY 

LAZAR TORBICA 

SERBIA 

First Round 


I Sinfonia 

II Allemanda 

III Courante 

IV Sarabande 

V Rondeau 

VI Capriccio 

F. LISZT Transcendental etude No. 8, S. 139, "Wilde Jagd" 


J. HAYDN Sonata No. 62 in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52 

I Allegro (Moderato) 

II Adagio 


F. LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 

F. CHOPIN Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 

N. KAPUSTIN Concert etude, Op. 40 No. 3, “Toccatina” 

Final Round 





73

C CATEGORY 

ALEXANDER TYUMENTSEV 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

J. HAYDN Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Hob. XVI:46 


II Adagio 


D. SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue in D-flat Major, Op. 87 No. 15 









III Largo 


Final Round 





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GERMAN UKOLOV 

RUSSIA 

First Round 

D. SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op. 87 No. 24 


Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 23 No. 2 


L. van BEETHOVEN 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80 

F. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20 

P. TCHAIKOVSKY Romance in F Minor, Op. 5 





Final Round 





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DAVUD VESNIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 



J. HAYDN Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48 

I Andante con espressione 

II Rondo. Presto 

M. RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte 

R. SHCHEDRIN Basso ostinato 

S. RACHMANINOFF Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (Horowitz) 




Final Round 


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FRANCISCO VILAR 

PORTUGAL 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Prelude No. 17 in A-flat Major, Op. 28 


No. 8 Ondine 



J. HAYDN Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50 

I Allegro 

II Adagio 





III Largo 


Final Round 



II Intermezzo 


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IVA VUKOVIĆ 

SERBIA 

First Round 

F. CHOPIN Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49 

A. GINASTERA Danzas argentinas, Op. 2 

No. 1 Danza del viejo boyero 

No. 2 Danza de la moza donosa 

No. 3 Danza del gaucho matrero 


J. S. BACH Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 

F. LISZT Paraphrase on Verdi's Rigoletto, S. 434 




III Largo 


S. PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 

Final Round 





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CHRISTIAN WACHTER 

AUSTRIA 

First Round 

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major, WTC I, BWV 858 

F. SCHUBERT Impromptu No. 1 in F Minor, D. 935/Op. 142 


A. SCRIABIN Etude in D-sharp Minor, Op. 8 No. 12 


L. van BEETHOVEN 12 Variations on the Russian Dance, WoO 71 

F. SCHUBERT – F. LISZT “Das Wandern”, S. 565 

“Auf dem Wasser zu singen”, S. 558 

R. SCHUMANN Humoresque in B-flat Major, Op. 20 

Final Round 





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PRZEMYSŁAW WINNICKI 

POLAND 

First Round 

M. GLINKA – M. BALAKIREV The Lark 

I. J. PADEREWSKI Variations in A Major, Op. 16 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39 No. 9 


W. A. MOZART Sonata No. 12 in F Major, KV 332 

I Allegro 

II Adagio 

III Allegro assai 



II Adagio cantabile 


M. RAVEL Sonatine 

I Modéré 

II Mouvement de menuet 

III Animé 

K. VILENSKY Variations on the theme by Paganini 

Final Round 





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CAESAR YUWONO 

INDONESIA 

First Round 

F. SCHUBERT Impromptu No. 1 in C Minor, D. 899/Op. 90 


I Andante 



P. I. TCHAIKOVKSY Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. 19 No. 4 



II Andante cantabile 


J. BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1 

I Allegro 

II Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede) 

III Allegro molto e con fuoco – Più mosso 

IV Allegro con fuoco – Presto non troppo ed agitato 

Final Round 

F. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 

I Maestoso 

II Larghetto 


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ONDŘEJ ZAVADIL 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

First Round 

J. HAYDN Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:19 

I Moderato 

II Andante 

III Allegro assai 

S. RACHMANINOFF Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 39 No. 8 








D. SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op. 87 No. 24 

Final Round 





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Biographies 

Steinway Artist Yaron Kohlberg (Israel), born in Jerusalem, is among today’s top Israeli pianists. He is the 

President of Piano Cleveland, presenter of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, in which he was the 

silver medalist in 2007. Kohlberg played in major halls in forty countries over five continents and has won over ten 

international prizes. His performances won critical acclaim. Kohlberg speaks six languages, including Mandarin 

Chinese, and uses them often during his performances worldwide. He has performed as soloist at the Carnegie 

Hall in New York, the Kremlin in Moscow, the UN Hall in Geneva, Asahi hall in Tokyo, the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, 

the hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Melbourne Recital Center, Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, Residenz in 

Munich, Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall, Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, Phillipsaal in The Hague, Kimmel Center 

in Philadelphia, Salle Cortot in Paris, the Bellas Artes in Mexico City and elsewhere. He has also played in the 

Israel parliament (Knesset) and the residence of the Israeli president. His performances have been broadcast 

on major TV stations in China, Korea and Japan.International piano competitions in which Kohlberg won top 

prizes include the Cleveland International Piano Competition (2007), the international Parnassos competition 

in Monterrey (Mexico), the Shostakovich competition (Hanover), the international 

Grieg competition in Oslo, the international competition in Andorra, the Top of the 

World competition in Tromso (Norway), and the Tivoli competition (Denmark). He 

won the young artist and Clairmont competitions in Israel and received various 

additional awards. Kohlberg appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, 

including the Cleveland orchestra, the Copenhagen philharmonic orchestra, 

the Beijing symphony orchestra, the Oslo radio orchestra and the Palermo 

orchestra in Italy. He also played with all the leading Israeli orchestras, 

including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony 

Orchestra, Israel Camerata, Haifa Symphony orchestra, Tel Aviv Soloist 

Ensemble and others. In recent years Kohlberg has teamed up with his 

friend Bishara Haroni to form the highly successful Duo Amal piano duo. 

He also cooperates regularly with top musicians and ensembles around 

the globe. Kohlberg holds a graduate degree (with distinction) from the 

Buchmann-Mehta school of music of Tel Aviv University and is a student 

of the late Luisa Yoffe as well as Eitan Globerson and Arie Vardi. He served 

on juries of international competitions in the US, China, Spain, Portugal, 

Taiwan, Singapore, Mexico and Israel. In some of his concerts he combines 

classical music with new arrangements of popular and world music. 

As President of Piano Cleveland, he creates original programming 

to engage new audiences to classical music. His articles about 

the subject have been published in various international 

publications, such as International Piano Magazine, Musical 

America, WFIMC publicity and GetClassical in NYC. 

Ceremonial Academy, Soloist 

Jury Member 

Yaron Kohlberg 

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Biographies 

Bishara Haroni 

Bishara Haroni is an international pianist, 

graduated from the “Hannover, Music and Dance 

Academy” with Prof. Arie Vardi. He performed at 

the age of 24 at the Carnegie Hall in New York, and 

played as a soloist under the baton of well known 

conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, and 

Daniel Barenboim, with world class orchestras, among 

many others, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, the 

Valencia Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber 

Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He 

regulary plays with the international pianist Yaron 

Kohlberg in Duo Amal piano duo. The two appeared 

together in front of an enthusiastic audience in 

well-known venues around the world, including the 

Metropolitan Museum in NYC, the Beethoven-Fest 

Bonn, the Concert Hall in Beijing, the Cologne Theater 

in Buenos Aires, Melbourne Recital Centre, The 

Musashino Center in Tokyo, and the Goyang Center 

of the Arts. As a chamber musician, he played with 

leading musicians such as Dayshin Kashimoto (leading 

player of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Nabucco 

Imie and Guy Braunstein in the world’s most important 

venues; The Berlin Philharmonic, the Proms in London, 

the Mozartheim in Salzburg and many others. Bishara 

Haroni has given master classes throughout the world 

in numerous universities and music academies. Haroni 

founded an international festival “Bestival” and a 

music foundation called “B-Major”. 

Ceremonial Academy, Soloist 

Jury Member 

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Biographies 

Dr. Giuliana Contreras (Peru) is Associate Professor of 

Piano and Coordinator of the Keyboard Department at the National 

University of Music of Peru. She is also vice-president of the World 

Piano Teachers Association of Peru. She began her piano instruction 

at the National Conservatory of Music (Peru) and later moved to 

the United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music 

Performance from College of Charleston, a Master of Music degree 

in Piano Performance with a Certificate in Piano Pedagogy from 

Carnegie Mellon University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 

Music Performance from West Virginia University. Dr. Contreras was 

awarded second prize in the prestigious Claudio Arrau International 

Piano Competition in Chile. She received first prize and the audience 

award at the Ar thur Fraser Piano Competition playing as soloist with the 

South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra in the United States. She also 

won first prize in the Southeastern Piano Competition, the SCMTNA 

Piano Competition, and the SCMTNA Chamber Music Competition. 

She has performed as soloist with several symphony orchestras in 

the United States, Peru, El Salvador and Colombia including, among 

others, the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, the Symphony 

Orchestra of Trujillo (Peru), the Juan N. Corpas Symphony Orchestra 

(Colombia), the National Youth Symphony Orchestra (El Salvador), 

and the Piccolo Spoleto Orchestra (United States). She has also 

performed in numerous piano and chamber music festivals in the 

United States, Italy, El Salvador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, 

and Uruguay. Along with her artistic activities as a solo performer 

and chamber musician, she enjoys teaching piano and is a devoted 

promoter of new opportunities for young pianists. She has taught 

piano at Shepherd University, West Virginia University, Charleston 

Academy of Music, and the renowned Carnegie Mellon University 

Preparatory School of Music. Dr. Giuliana Contreras recently served 

as an adjudicator at the I Parnassus International Music Competition - 

Latin American Edition and is the Artistic Director of the 9th National 

Festival for Young Pianists of the National University of Music (Peru). 

Jury Member 

Giuliana Contreras 

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Biographies 

Juan Rezzuto (Argentina) is a rare artist with a 

great deal of intellect and an in-depth understanding of 

piano, composition and music technology. He has been 

linked to what he describes as a “marvellous instrument: 

the piano” since the age of three. He inherits the 

paradigmatic technique and philosophy of Mtro. Vicente 

Scaramuzza from Mtro. Bruno Leonardo Gelber. Since his 

first soloist concerto at the age of nineteen at the Teatro 

Colon de Mar del Plata - Argentina, he has committed 

his professional career to study the work of Joseph 

Haydn. He has performed and recorded the majority of 

his concertos and has analysed most of his sonatas. He 

played as a soloist in renowned historical venues amongst 

many others, the Birmingham Old Town Hall accompanied 

by the Camerata of London, the Palacio Seteais in Sintra 

- Portugal accompanied by members of the Portuguese 

National Symphonic Orchestra, the Mondoñedo 

Cathedral in Lugo - Spain. He is the founder and artistic 

director of the London Amateur Orchestra (LAO), with 

which he regularly performs Haydn piano concertos at St. 

Cuthbert’s Philbeach Gardens - London. As a composer, 

his orchestral and ensemble pieces have been premiered, 

amongst other places, at the Birmingham Old Town Hall 

by the Camerata of London, at “Saddlers Wells” - London, 

and in Buenos Aires Argentina at the “Teatro 25 de Mayo”. 

As a music educator, he is the founder and director of 

WKMT London. Since 2010 he has redefined the structure 

and approach of private piano practices through training 

and organising the study of thousands of piano students 

preparing for examinations and piano competitions. 

His most significant achievement as an educator is the 

systematisation and scaling of the Vicente Scaramuzza 

piano technique. His London school thrives on promoting 

and inspiring the passion for music and the work of Mtro. 

Vicente Scaramuzza. 

Juan Rezzuto 

Jury Member

Biographies 

Marcos Madrigal 

Marcos Madrigal (Cuba) was born in Havana, Cuba. In 2007, he graduated 

with honors from the The University of Arts of Cuba (ISA), under the guidance of 

the renowned professor and pianist Teresita Junco. He attended Master Classes 

at the Conservatory of Southern Switzerland in Lugano and at the International 

Piano Academy Lake Como, where he had the chance to study with Andreas 

Staier, Dimitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong, John Perry, Malcolm Bilson and especially 

with his mentor William Grant Naboré. He has performed in recitals, and as 

a soloist with orchestra, in many of the most renowned concert halls of the 

world, such as the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, the Auditorium Parco della 

Musica of Rome, the Queen Elizabeth Hall of London, the National Concert Hall 

of Dublin, the Auditorium Manuel de Falla of Granada, the Bucharest Opera 

House, the Volkstheater of Vienna, the Teatro Rossini of Pesaro, the Teatro 

delle Muse of Ancona, the Teatro Gentile da Fabriano of Fabriano, the Teatro 

Góngora of Córdoba and the Qintai Grand Theater of Wuhan, working with 

notable conductors, such as Claudio Abbado, Leo Brower, Paul Mann, Enrique 

Diemecke and Lorenzo Ramos. Madrigal has also collaborated in several 

projects with Oscar-winning composer Nicola Piovani, as well as with other 

distinguished composers in the film and theater world. In 2015, he gave his 

celebrated debut in the United States at the Finney Hall in Oberlin, Ohio. He has 

received numerous awards in several international competitions, among which 

are the International Piano Competition “Premio Jaén”(Spain), the “Panama 

International Piano Competition”, the International Piano Competition “María 

Clara Cullel” (Costa Rica), and the International Piano Competition “Ignacio 

Cervantes” (Cuba). In 2012, he was awarded the International Award “Gold 

Medal Maison des Artistes”, granted by the Association for Culture, Arts, 

Science and Social Commitment at the Sapienza University of Rome. Among 

his most recent recordings are Homo Ludens, with M° Leo Brouwer; Concert 

for Four Hands, with Cuban pianist Teresita Junco; the Opera Omnia for Piano 

and Orchestra of José María Vitier; a monograph dedicated to Cuban composer 

Ernesto Lecuona, Cuba, which was critically acclaimed and won numerous 

awards, among which are the Choc de Classica (France), the Melómano de 

Oro (Spain), the Cubadisco 2016 (Cuba), and the 5 stars of Diapason (France). 

Madrigal has recorded live concerts and has participated in several programs 

for many Radio and TV channels all over the world, such as the BBC, Vatican 

Radio, Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI), Radio Suisse Romande (RSR), and the 

Italian Rai Radio 3, which in 2013 broadcast a 5-episode documentary dedicated 

to his life with the title “Piano Libre – The other music of Cuba”. 

Jury Member 

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Biographies 

Natasha Mitrovic 

Natasha Mitrovic (Serbia) studied at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with prof. Mirjana Šuica-Babić 

(undergraduate and graduate degrees), and with prof. Marija Đukić (doctoral degree). She currently serves as 

piano professor at the same institution. Further studies included studies in Vienna with prof. Avo Kouyoumdjian 

and piano studies with prof. Jan Novotny in Prague. Natasha Mitrovic was the only artist from Serbia to be 

awarded Fulbright scholarship in 2004. During her Fulbright grant, Ms. Mitrovic studied at the University of 

Michigan (Ann Arbor), Julliard University (New York) and at de Paul University (Chicago). During her Fulbright 

grant, she worked on the project ‘’Music without borders’’ which is about similarities and differences between 

Serbian and American pianistic schools. Ms. Mitrovic has performed numerous with all major orchestras in Serbia 

and with the Bulgarian Philharmonic and the Symphony orchestra of Frankfurt and Montabaur. Ms. Mitrovic has 

won many prizes for piano performances in Serbia and abroad: City of Belgrade Octobar Prize, Emil Hajek Award, 

Music Academy and University of Art in Belgrade various awards and accolades. She has given numerous recitals in 

France, Italy, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Germany, Sweden, United States, China, Turkey, Kuwait, Japan 

and is often a member of the jury in international piano competitions and runs master classes. She was one of the 

representatives of Belgrade Music Academy on the Festival “Nei Suoni Dei Luonghi” in Italy. She also had a concert 

which was a part of Festival of Modern music in Skoplje (Macedonia). In July 2013. she was the President of the 

jury on International piano competition “Jozef Suk” in Prague (Czech Republic), where she also played in famous 

Martinu Hall. As a member of Music Society “Poetica Musica” every year she plays in Concert Hall “Old Westbury 

Gardens” in New York (USA). In 2017. she formed piano duo with Croatian pianist Nenad Kačar. She has recorded 

for television and radio in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Macedonia and with RAI, in Italy and also recorded a CD and DVD 

with repertoire of piano variations from 17. until 21.century. She is a member of Fulbright board in Belgrade and 

also was a representative of Serbia on Fulbright Congress in Beijing. 

Jury Member 

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Biographies 

Álvaro Teixeira Lopes (Portugal) is 

Assistant Professor in the Department of 

Communication and Art at Aveiro University, 

as well as the Artistic Director of Santa Cecilia 

International Competition (CISC), and Director of 

Curso de Música Silva Monteiro (CMSM). Álvaro 

Teixeira Lopes attended the Conservatório de 

Música do Porto, and continued his studies in 

Vienna and Paris as a fellow of Fundação Calouste 

Gulbenkian and the Austrian Government and 

the Secretary of State for Culture. Awarded with 

several prizes, he developed intense national and 

international activities as a soloist and chamber 

musician and has been invited play in the some of 

the most prestigious festivals internationally. He 

has directed numerous courses in interpretation 

and piano pedagogy in Portugal and in Salerno, 

Italy. Frequently invited to join panels of piano 

competitions, he has been a jury member of the 

XI, XV and XX International Piano Competition in 

the City of Porto. 

Jury Member 

Álvaro Teixeira Lopes 

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Biographies 

Belgrade Symphony Orchestra is an emerging young orchestra, founded in January 2014 in Belgrade. 

This orchestra developed from love and dedication towards music of it’s members. From the very beginning 

Belgrade Symphony Orchestra positioned itself as a high quality orchestra, which is realizing it’s artistic 

achievements by combination of talent, youth energy and hard work, guided by it’s chief conductor Radan 

Jovanović. Members of this orchestra are chosen on a basis of their interest towards achieving high artistic 

results trough modern interpretative goals, and also by mutual respect and friendship. Belgrade Symphony 

Orchestra realized many concerts in Kolarac Hall in Belgrade, Student Cultural Center Belgrade, Madlenianum 

Theatre Belgrade, Novi Sad Synagogue, Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad, Banski Dvor Banja Luka (Bosnia 

and Herzegovina) and also performed at festivals “Festum” in Belgrade, “Isidor Bajić Memorial” in Novi Sad, 

“Classic Fest” in Pančevo, “Marble and Sounds” in Aranđelovac, International competition “Lazar Jovanović” 

in Belgrade and European Youth Music Festival in Neerpelt (Belgium). In competitive part of festival in Neerpelt 

orchestra won 1st place in it’s category. Orchestra performed with many renowned soloist including Konstantin 

Bogino (piano), Lovre Marušić (piano), Levon Avagyan (piano), Polina Sasko (piano), Anna Ulaieva (piano), 

Igor Lazić (french horn), Mikhail Rappoport (violin), Martin Malmgren (piano). Belgrade Symphony Orchestra 

repertoire includes symphonic, operatic, vocal-instrumental and film music from baroque till contemporary 

composers. Orchestra played first performances of symphonic works and operas by contemporary Serbian 

composers, and also played first performances of works of foreign composers in Serbia. Beside the concert 

performances, orchestra is also focused on conducting pedagogy and organizes masterclasses for conductors. 

Recent masterclass teachers were Colin Metters and Gerardo Estrada-Martinez, with further development 

planned with different conducting teachers. 

Belgrade Symphony Orchestra 

Competition Finals

Biographies 

Radan Jovanović 

Radan Jovanović (Serbia) (1990) is one of the most promising conductors of his generation in Serbia. He 

worked with most renowned symphony orchestras in Serbia including Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and 

Symphony Orchestra of Serbian Radio-Television. As a conductor, he performed in Belgrade, Novi Sad and other 

cities in Serbia, and also in Italy, Belgium, Romania and Croatia. He also conducted other ensembles including 

Kamerata Kronstadt (Brasov, Romania), Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra (Croatia), Orchestra of Hundred 

Youths (Italy), Construction Site Contemporary Music Ensemble (Belgrade) and Jewish Chamber Orchestra 

(Belgrade). Beside the work with instrumental ensembles he also worked with two choirs from Belgrade - 

“Branko Krsmanović” and “Braća Baruh”. He finished piano studies at Belgrade Faculty of Music in class of 

professor Ninoslav Živković, from who he learned about understanding of music and conducting principles. 

Later he specialized his conducting skills by learning from conductors, including Colin Metters, Ronald Zollman, 

Cristian Orosanu, Cristian Mandeal, Bojan Suđić and Roberto Duarte. In 2014 he founded Belgrade Symphony, 

the youngest professional symphony orchestra in Serbia, where he is currently artistic director and chief 

conductor. During his professional work as a conductor so far, Radan showed great affinity towards repertoire 

exploring, and performing works which haven’t been performed in Serbia so far, either are rarely performed. 

This have included premiere performances of works by Michael and Joseph Haydn, Gerald Finzi, Jean Sibelius 

and Karl Nielsen among others. He is also active as a pianist and chamber musician. 

Competition Finals, Conductor 

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Biographies 

Stanislava Tešić 

(Novi Sad, June 17 th 1967 - August 18 th , 1999) 

Pianist graduate 

She started studying the piano in her eighth year in the Isidor Bajić Music School in the class of professor Jasna 

Grujić. At the Novi Sad Academy of Arts she studied in the class of professor Jokut Mihajlovic and graduated in 

1988. She loved her piano teachers up to a point of adoration, especially professor Kaemmerling at the Academy 

of Music and Theater in Hannover, where she was admitted to postgraduate piano studies right after graduating 

in Novi Sad. 

She was involved in folklore dancing with the ‘Svetozar Marković’ folk ensemble and performed with them 

on children’s ceremonies in the country and abroad. Since her early youth she participated in numerous 

competitions of the musical schools in Vojvodina, Serbia and Yugoslavia (in Novi Sad, Belgrade, Zagreb, Skopje), 

always winning the first prize. She played in Osijek at the “Darko Lukić” Memorial, as well as the “Josip Slavenski” 

Musical School jubilee in Belgrade. After a concerto in the Studio M of Radio Novi Sad, Mrs. Maria Adamov 

wrote of her performance in her commentary published in the local newspaper “Dnevnik”: 

“Fifteen-year-old Stanislava Tešić, a first-year high school student, impressed with a confidence, strength and 

maturity well above her age. Her performance of Bersa’s composition was convincing, in the way of the old, 

clearly understanding the form, while building strong contrasts and gradations. “ 

With Nenad Vrbaški, a famous violinist and a professor at the Academy of Arts, she participated in concertos in 

Varaždin, Belgrade and Kragujevac. On the “Carlo Soliva” pianist competition in Italy, she won the second prize. 

She lived fast, as if she knew she didn’t have much time ahead of her. 

In Hannover, a place where she was ecstatic, she spent only two semesters, because she got ill at the end of her 

second year. Upon returning home she worked at the Novi Sad Academy of Arts as an associate and a lecturer 

on Piano Literature for a short period of time. 

The illness was quicker and stronger than her will, joy, strength and wishes. 

The professional international jury of the Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial 

presents a Special award “Stanislava Tešić” 

to the most perspective and best ranked young pianist from Voyvodina in A 

or B category. 

The award is presented by the Tešić family 

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Memorial Organizer 

Isidor Bajić Music School began operating in Novi Sad on September 1, 1909, at the initiative of Isidor 

Bajić, music pedagogue, publisher, melodiographer, and composer. Excluding the Music School in 

Subotica, this was the only professional music school in this part of Southern Austro-Hungarian Empire 

(today’s Vojvodina). Isidor Bajić, the founder, owner, principal, and teacher of theoretical music 

subjects, employed experts from various fields of the musical arts to serve as teachers at his school. 

Future professional musicians, as well as audiences and music lovers, were all educated at Bajić’s 

music school. 

In the decades that followed, as the school expanded its capacities, the number of students grew 

constantly, as did the teaching staff. After many years of struggle for the adequate space needed for 

lessons to be held and after numerous relocations, in 1953 the school was finally installed at Njegoševa 

9, where it has remained until today. From the moment composer Rudolf Bruči became the principal 

of the school, a twenty year period of constant advancement followed, as teaching methods developed, 

and the enrichment of instrument, record, and sheet music collections began. 

Today, there are about 1000 students and 160 teachers at Isidor Bajić Music School, encompassing kindergarten, 

elementary, and high school educational levels in seven departments: string (violin, viola, 

cello, double bass), wind (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, saxophone), 

piano, poly-instrumental (guitar, tamburitza, harp, percussions), voice, accordion, and theory department. 

Over the last ten years, the pioneering jazz workshop has been continuously gathering jazz lovers 

not only limited to the pupils of the school. 

Special attention at the school is devoted to collective performance, and the institution is especially 

proud of the seven ensembles that gather together all the students of the elementary and highschool: 

Bajić’s Young String Players - an elementary school string orchestra, the High-School String 

Orhestra, Bajić’s Nightingales - an elementary school choir, the Female and Mixed High-School Choir, 

Margita Baračkov - an elementary school accordion orchestra, and the high-school accordion orchestra. 

Several of these ensembles were established more than a half-century ago, and each of them has 

won numerous prizes in their respective fields at national and international competitions, as well as 

various public awards. Recordings of the ensembles’ performances are kept at the Novi Sad Radio Archives, 

while an additional 7 CD recordings and an audio cassette have been produced by the school. 

The dedication and spirit of the school inspired Radujko Svetozar to write a monography, Novi Sad 

– the City of Music, published by Isidor Bajić Music School in 2000. 

The School has been awarded a number of prizes and awards for its decades-long successful operation: 

the Vuk Prize (1999, Ministry of Education and Cultural- 

Educational Association of Serbia), the International New Millennium 

Award for the Best Trade Name (2004, Spain, awarded 

to the school and its principal for the successful work and man- 

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agement in the field of music education and culture), the Dr Đorđe Natošević Award (2007, Executive 

Council of AP Vojvodina for outstanding results in educational work, the organization of work, and 

the affirmation of the idea of collaboration and diversity, as well as the application of contemporary 

educational methods). As one of the most eminent music educational and cultural institutions in 

Southeast Europe, Isidor Bajić Music School was honored to become the regional representative of 

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Isidor Bajić Music School nurtures contacts with 

the European Music School Union (EMU) and the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), and 

has developed successful collaborations with music institutions from Germany (“Harmonia Unitatis” 

Orchestra, Würtzburg), Russia (Balakirev Music School, Moscow), England (Music Services, 

Norwich), Hungary (Music School Siklós), Slovenia (Fran Korun-Koželjski Music School, Velenje), 

and Montenegro (Music School Kotor), the Union of the Ballet and Music Schools of Serbia, 

as well as with all music schools and cultural institutions in Novi Sad and Serbia. As a result of 

devoted organization and accomplished teaching, students of Isidor Bajić Music School have 

achieved notable successes at national and international competitions, ranging across instrumental, 

solfeggio, chamber music, choir, and orchestra categories – an average of about 120 

prizes anually over the last twenty years, earned at competitions in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, 

Hungary, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Russia, Germany, France, England, Taiwan, 

Japan. 

Across the past half-cenury, several particularly significant projects have been realised: S. 

Divjaković, Altum Silentium for mixed choir and symphony orchestra (1989); I. Bajić, Duke Ivo of 

Semberia, opera (1994), The Evening of Opera Arias and Famous Choir Works in honor of Melanija 

Bugarinović and Isidor Bajić (1995); C. Orff, Carmina Burana, cantata (1997/98, joint project with 

the Novi Sad Ballet School and the School of Design Bogdan Šuput); The Concert of Bajić’s Music 

for the occasion of the 120th anniversary of Isidor Bajić’s birth; the organization of the Isidor Bajić 

Piano Memorial Competition (since 2002), W. A. Mozart, Requiem (2006, a joint project of Serbian 

music schools), the organization of the Anton Eberst International Woodwind Competition (since 

2008); the annual organization of The World Piano Conference (since 2009), and the celebration One 

Century of Isidor Bajić Music School (2009). 

103 years after its establishment, this educational institution remains true to the ideas of its 

founder. The lasting success of its students and teachers over a period of many years speaks 

even more substantially of Isidor Bajić Music School’s impact than the sheer continuity of the 

School. The school owes such success most truly to the top class pedagogues gathered at the 

school both in the past and today, teachers who have unselfishly transferred, and continue 

to pass on, their rich performance experiences and professional knowledge to their pupils. 


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Member of the Alink-Argerich foundation 

MEMBER OF THE ALINK-ARGERICH FOUNDATION 

jury sessions are open to the general public 

3 categories: 13 - 16 years · 17 - 20 years · up to 35 years 

total prize money 10600 € 

aplication deadline october 1, 2023 

Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial Competition 

Bulevar Cara Lazara 67 

21000 Novi Sad · Serbia 

Telephone: +381 63 8382988 

Fax: +381 21 524580 

e-mail: office@pianomemorial.rs 

web: www.pianomemorial.rs 

ACCREDITED BY THE WORLD 

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ISIDOR BAJIĆ 11 

PIANO MEMORIAL 

11th INTERNATIONAL PIANO MEMORIAL 

Novi Sad, Serbia, December 9-15, 2023 

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Supporting Partners 

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School of Ballet 

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PUBLIC 

RELATIONS 

AUDIO VISUAL 

COMPETITION 

ORGANISATION OFFICE DESK CATALOGUE TECHNOLOGIES 

GROUP 

PIANO 

TUNING & 

SERVICE 

Ramila Rakin 

Martinović, 

Executive 

Director 

Danijela 

Kličković, 

Press & 

Media 

Manager 

Milena Apić, 

Piano 

Competition 

Co-Head 

Jelena Alargić, 

General 

Secretary 

and Archives 

Manager 

Milena Molnar, 

Graphic 

Designer 

Aleksandar Korom, 

Official Video 

Editing 

Vladimir 

Podunavac, 

Official Piano 

Tuner 

Dorian Leljak, 

Artistic 

Director 

Aleksandar 

Đermanović 

General 

Manager 

Srđan Dalagija 

Piano 

Competition 

Co-Head 

Aleksandra 

Bunjevčev, 

Organisation 

Manager 

Design by Print 

Boss 

Aleksandar 

Rašković, 

web design 

Miodrag 

Blažević, 

Official Piano 

Tuner 

Tatjana 

Vukmanović, 

General 

Director 

Nada 

Mijatović, 

Press&Media 

Manager 

Assistant 

Saša Svijić, 

Computing and 

Data Manager 

Sonja Miljanić, 

Correspondence 

Manager 

Aleksandra 

Vojnak 

Correspondence 

Manager 

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