Aleksandr Kliuchko - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Russia

Place of Birth USSR

Date of Birth August 15, 2000

Prizes

2018 First Prize: Concours Ile-de-France International Piano Competition (Maisons-Laffitte, France)

2019 Second Prize: Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Barcelona, Spain)

2018 Third Prize: Paloma O’Shea Santander Piano Competition (Santander, Spain)

2017 First Prize (equal) and Grand Prix: Astana Piano Passion International Festival of Classical Music and the Competition for Young Pianists (Astana, Kazakhstan)

Aleksandr Kliuchko started playing piano at the age of six, giving his first recital at the age of seven. He studied with Sergey Arsibashev in the F. Chopin Moscow State College of Musical Performance. He is currently studying at the École Normale de Musique de Paris ‘Alfred Cortot’, studying under Réna Shereshevskaya.

Aleksandr has performed in Russia with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra and Governor’s Orchestra of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic. He has also performed with the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the Catalan Youth Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic and the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra in Kazakhstan. Aleksandr has performed with renown conductors including Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez and participated in masterclasses with eminent pianists including Réna Shereshevskaya, Dmitry Bashkirov and Paolo Giacometti.

Aleksandr has appeared in international festivals including Stars on the Baikal Festival (Southern Siberia), Gradus International Piano Festival (Denmark) and the Musical Olympus International Festival (St Petersburg, Russia).

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Carl Vine: from Five Bagatelles (1994)

II. Leggiero e legato
V. Threnody

Frédéric Chopin: Deux Nocturnes Op.62

No.1 in B Major

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.3 in A minor Op.28

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Franz Liszt: from Années de Pèlerinage, Book II S.161

VII. Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Franz Liszt: Trübe Wolken S.199

Mily Balakirev: Islamey – Fantasie Orientale Op.18

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No.2 in A minor BWV 807

I. Prélude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Les agréments de la même Sarabande
VI. Bourrée I alternativement
VII. Bourrée II
VIII. Gigue

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2

I. Largo – Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto

Igor Stravinsky: Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’

I. Russian Dance
II. Petrushka’s Cell
III. The Shrovetide Fair

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in G Major Op.78

I. Vivace, ma non troppo

II. Adagio

III. Allegro molto moderato

Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation

OR:

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op.19

I. Lento

II. Allegro scherzando

III. Andante

IV. Allegro mosso

Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour Op.12

Finals

Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21

I. Maestoso
II. Larghetto
III. Allegro vivace

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D♭ Major Op.10

I. Allegro brioso
II. Andante assai
III. Allegro scherzando