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MR. CATHAL BRESLIN
Age: 29
Citizenship: Northern Ireland
Country of birth: Northern Ireland
Residing in: USA
Professional training:
University of Michigan,
DMA candidate
Real Conservatorio Superior de
Musica de Madrid, Spain
Royal Northern College of Music,
Manchester, UK
Royal College of Music, London, UK
Prizes won:
2004, 1st prize, Spain
Carlet International Piano Competition
2004, 2nd prize, Greece
Grand Konzerteum International Piano Competition
2003, Two special prizes, Ireland
AXA Dublin International Piano Competition
Performance highlights:
2006, Recital at National Concert Hall, Ireland
2006, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
2005, BBC Ulster Orchestra and Valencia Chamber Orchestra,
Ireland and Spain
PROGRAM
Round One:
Bach Prelude and Fugue in G sharp Minor,
WTC I: 18
Beethoven Sonata in A flat Major, Op. 110
Chopin Etude in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12 (“Ocean”)
Round Two:
Brahms Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Messiaen Ile de feu I, Ile de feu II (Quatre Etudes de
Rythme, Nos. 1, 4)
Semi-final Round:
Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29
(D’apres des vieux cahiers)
Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit
Final:
Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Contestants
Cleveland International Piano Competition 2007
MR. NICOLAS BRINGUIER
Age: 27
Citizenship: France
Country of birth: France
Residing in: Germany
Professional training:
Conservatoire National Supérieur
de Musique et de Danse
de Paris
Universität der Künste Berlin
Prizes won:
2006, Semi-finalist, Monaco
Monte Carlo World Music Masters Competition
2005, Semi-finalist, Poland
International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition
2004, 2nd prize, Germany
Robert-Schumann International Competition
Performance highlights:
2007, Sinfonieorchester des Jungen Ensembles Berlin
2006, Orchestre de Cannes, Orchestre de Nice,
Orchestre d’Avignon, France
2006, Recitals in France, Germany, and Switzerland
PROGRAM
Round One:
Bach English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
Messiaen Première communion de la Vierge (Vingt
regards sur l’enfant Jésus, No. 11)
Chopin Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11
(“Winter Wind”)
Round Two:
Mozart Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
Schumann Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
Semi-final Round:
Mendelssohn Variations sèrieuses in D Minor, Op. 54
Debussy Feuilles mortes, La Puerta del Vino, Les
fées sont d’exquises danseuses,
Général Lavine – eccentric, La terrasse
des audiences du clair de lune, Feux
d’artifice (Préludes, Book II: 2- 4, 6, 7, 12)
Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Final:
Beethoven Concerto No. 5 in E flat Major, Op. 73
(“Emperor”)