
Background
Prizes
Antonii Baryshevskyi studied at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, completing his Master’s degree and Doctorate with Professor Valeriy Kozlov. He has also graduated from the École Normale de Musique de Paris ‘Alfred Cortot’, studying with Marian Rybicki.
Antonii regularly gives recitals at home in Ukraine and performs internationally with orchestras such as the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, St Petersburg State Governor’s Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed in venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmoniker, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall. He has appeared in international music festivals including Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugarno, Switzerland, Chautauqua Festival in the USA, Klavier Festival Ruhr in Germany, Copenhagen Summer Festival in Denmark and Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Festival in Bolzano, Italy.
He has participated in masterclasses given by Daniel Pollack, Lily Dorfman, Alfred Brendel and Richard Goode and has presented masterclasses at the International Summer Academy of Music in Ochsenhausen, Germany.
Upcoming Competition Repertoire
Preliminaries
Preliminary Round
I. Darkly
[Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
I. The Gnome
[Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
II. The Old Castle
[Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesamente
III. Tuileries
IV. Oxen
[Promenade IV]. Tranquillo
V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells
VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
[Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto
VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News)
VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language
IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs
X. The Great Gate of Kiev
II. Leggiero e legato
Semi-Finals
Semifinal Round
X. Regard de l’Esprit de Joie
Finals
Final Round
Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 850
I. Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo
II. Prestissimo
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
I. Drammatico
II. Allegretto
III. Andante
IV. Presto con fuoco
I. Russian Dance
II. Petrushka’s Cell
III. The Shrovetide Fair