Anna Geniushene - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Russia

Place of Birth Russia

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.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round

Frank Hutchens: Two Little Birds

Alfred Hill: Doves

Ludwig van Beethoven:: Seven Bagatelles Op.33

I. Andante grazioso quasi allegretto

II. Scherzo – Allegro

III. Allegretto

IV. Andante

V. Allegro ma non troppo

VI. Allegretto quasi andante

VII. Presto

Béla Bartók: Piano Sonata Sz.80

I. Allegro moderato
II. Sostenuto e pesante
III. Allegro molto

Encore:

Sergei Rachmaninoff: from Études-tableaux Op.33

II. Allegro

Semi-Finals

Semifinal Round

Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke Op.111

I. C minor
II. A♭ major
III. C minor

Alexander Scriabin: Vers la Flamme Op.72

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

Finals

Final Round

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

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

Johannes Brahms: Ballades Op.10

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

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.8 in B♭ major Op.84

I. Andante dolce
II. Andante sognando
III. Vivace

Encores:

Arno Babadjanian: Humoresque