Lucas Thomazinho - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Brazil

Place of Birth São Paulo

Date of Birth April 12, 1995

Prizes

2017 Second Prize: Teresa Carreño International Piano Competition (Miami, USA)

2016 First Prize: XVIII Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition (Porto, Portugal,)

2016 Brazilian Music Award: V BNDES International Piano Competition (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Lucas Thomazinho began his piano studies at the age of eight. He studied at São Paulo’s Magda Tagliaferro Foundation, with teachers Zilda Candida dos Santos, Armando Fava Filho and Flavio Varani; he received his Bachelor of Music from the University of São Paulo as a student of Eduardo Monteiro.

Lucas has toured widely throughout Brazil, Portugal, Spain, France and Germany, appearing in recitals and as a soloist with orchestras such as São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras, Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared with notable conductors such as Marin Alsop, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez and Henrik Schaefer, and collaborated in masterclasses with eminent pianists including Michel Dalberto, Cristina Ortiz, Joaquín Soriano, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Paul Lewis.

Lucas is currently studying with Wha Kyung Byun and Alessio Bax for his Master’s degree at the New England Conservatory of Boston. He released his first CD, with pieces by Czerny, Liszt, Scriabin, Granados, Carlos Gomes and Camargo Guarnieri, in 2017.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Peter Sculthorpe: Harbour Dreaming

Béla Bartók: Piano Sonata Sz.80

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

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Carl Czerny: Variations on a theme by Rode in E♭ Major Op.33

Samuel Barber: Sonata in E♭ minor Op.26

I. Allegro energico
II. Allegro vivace e leggiero
III. Adagio mesto
IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Alexander Scriabin: Fantasy in B minor Op.28

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Rudepoema W.184

Robert Schumann: Symphonic Études Op.13

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E♭ Major Op.18

I. Allegro, ma non troppo

II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile

III. Finale: Andante – Allegro

Fritz Kreisler: Three Old Viennese Dances

III. Schön Rosmarin

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

Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto No.1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra Op.35

I. Allegro moderato

II. Lento

III. Moderato

IV. Allegro con brio

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No.2 Sz.95

I. Allegro
II. Adagio – Presto – Più adagio
III. Allegro molto