Timur Mustakimov - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Russia

Place of Birth USSR

Date of Birth October 1, 1987

Prizes

2018 Second Prize and Schubert Prize: Alaska International Piano-e-Competition (Fairbanks USA)

2016 First Prize and Audience Choice Award: Midwest International Piano Competition (Iowa, USA)

2014 First Prize, featured in documentary: NTD International Piano Competition (New York, USA)

2013 First Prize (equal): Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition (Connecticut, USA)

2013 Winner: Mannes Concerto Competition, (New York, USA)

Timur Mustakimov began his piano studies at the Music School for Gifted Children in Kazan with Alfiya Burnasheva. He received his Master of Music and Professional Studies Diploma from the Mannes School of Music (The New School) under Vladimir Feltsman. He continued his studies in the Postgraduate Diploma program at Kazan Conservatory in Piano Performance. In early 2020, he will receive his Doctorate of Musical Arts from Temple University in Philadelphia, USA.

As a soloist, Timur has performed with the Mannes Symphony Orchestra at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre, NY and with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic in New York under the baton of Vladimir Feltsman, with the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, with Orchestra Sinfonica Città di Grosseto in Italy and the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony in Iowa, USA.

This year, Timur has released a debut CD of sonatas by Scriabin and Myaskovsky on the Blue Griffin label.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor K.87

Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne from Violin Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.3 in F# minor Op.23

I. Drammatico
II. Allegretto
III. Andante
IV. Presto con fuoco

Percy Grainger: The Gum-Suckers March

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in C minor Hob.XVI:20

I. Moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Finale. Allegro

Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B♭ minor Op.31

Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

[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. Cattle [Promenade IV]. Tranquillo

V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells

VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle [Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto

VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News)

VIII. Catacombs

IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs

X. The Great Gate of Kiev

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 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

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto No.1 in D minor BWV 1052

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegro

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15

I. Maestoso
II. Adagio
III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo