Anna Geniushene - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Russia

Place of Birth USSR

Date of Birth January 1, 1994

Prizes

2018 Laureate: Leeds International Piano Competition (Leeds, UK)

2018 First Prize: Orbetello International Piano Competition (Orbetello, Italy )

2017 Third Prize, Junior Jury Prize and Chamber Music Prize: Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy)

2017 Second Prize: International Piano Competition, Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize (Barletta, Italy)

2015 First Prize: Maria Yudina International Competition (St Petersburg, Russia)

Anna Geniushene earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. In 2018 she completed a Master of Arts with Distinction and an Advanced Diploma at London’s Royal Academy of Music, studying under Professor Christopher Elton.

Anna’s solo and chamber music recitalist career has seen her perform in several major concert halls such as the Great Hall of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, the Konzerthaus ‘Neue Welt’ and Chamber Hall of the Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin, Salle Cortot in Paris and Wigmore Hall in London. Anna regularly takes part in masterclasses where she has collaborated with renowned artists including Ferenc Rados, Kirill Gerstein, Rita Wagner, Stephen Hough, Paul Lewis, Imogen Cooper, Pascal Rogé and Steven Osborne.

Anna is a keen player of chamber music, including piano duo repertoire with her husband, Lukas Geniušas, and close collaboration with Quartetto di Cremona. She also runs her own annual festival in collaborative music-making, NikoFestCollection, in Moscow.

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Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Prelude and Fugue in C Major K.394

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.2 in G# minor Op.19

I. Andante
II. Presto

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.4 in C minor Op.29

I. Allegro molto sostenuto
II. Andante assai
III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiere

Percy Grainger: from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies

IV. Strauss. Der Rosenkavalier. Ramble on the Last Love Duet

Percy Grainger: In Dahomey: ‘Cakewalk Smasher’

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Johannes Brahms: Ballades Op.10

I. Andante
II. Andante
III. Intermezzo. Allegro
IV. Andante con moto

Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor Hob.XVII:6

I. Theme
II. Variation 1
III. Variation 2
IV. Coda

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata in G Major Op.37

I. Moderato e risoluto
II. Andante non troppo quasi Moderato
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
IV. Finale. Allegro Vivace

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in F minor Op.80

I. Andante assai

II. Allegro brusco

III. Andante

IV. Allegrissimo – Andante assai, come prima

Joseph Achron: Hebrew Melody Op.33

OR:

Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Op.40

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Allegro

III. Largo

IV. Allegro

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Op.34 No.14

Finals

Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A Major K.414/385p

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Rondeau. Allegretto

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major Op.15

I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo. Allegro