VIII International M. K. Ciurlionis Piano Competition

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VIII International M. K. Ciurlionis Piano Competition

Kārlis Gunārs Tirzītis, Latvia

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Name of the educational insititution Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Rīga

Kārlis Gunārs Tirzītis (b. 1996) is a student at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in the class of Herta Hansena. The pianist has participated in various international competitions in Latvia and abroad. Worth mentioning is Jūrmala International Piano Competition, Lyon international piano competition, Latvian national piano competitions for young pianists. Kārlis had masterclasses with Vsevolod Dvorkin, Reinis Zariņš, Konstantin Lifschitz, Dina Yoffe, Dominique Merlet, Graham Scott, Diana Ketler and others. The pianist regularly plays solo and chamber music concerts in Latvia, toured the USA and has played with orchestras in Latvia and Czech Republic.

I ROUND

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach | WTC Book 1: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor · BWV 849
  2. Franz Liszt | "Grandes études de Paganini": Etude No. 6 · Quasi presto · A minor · S. 141/6
  3. Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 2 · A major · Op. 2/2
    • I Part. ~Allegro vivace
  4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D flat major · VL 187
  5. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · G major · VL 338
  6. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D minor · VL 344

II ROUND

  1. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B minor · VL 182a
  2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "Autumn" · VL 294
  3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · A major · VL 335
  4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "The Sea, Cycles of Small Landscapes" · VL 317
  5. Anatolijus Šenderovas | "M. K. Čiurlionis’ Sketches": "Demon", "Amber Palace","The Bell"
    • "Amber Palace"
    • "Bell"
    • "Demon"
  6. Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Sonata No. 6 · A major · Op. 82
  7. Igor Stravinsky | Three Movements from "Petrushka" (arrangement for Piano) · K 012

III ROUND

  1. Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 3 · C major · Op. 26

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