Timur Mustakimov - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Russia

Place of Birth USSR

Date of Birth October 2, 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

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

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

Johann Sebastian Bach/Timur Mustakimov: Prélude from Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008

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

Encore:

Percy Grainger: from Free Settings of Favorite Melodies

VI. Dowland: Now, O now, I needs must part

Semi-Finals

Semifinal Round

Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Bagatelles Op.126 

I. Andante con moto, cantabile e con piacevole

II. Allegro

III. Andante, Cantabile ed espressivo

IV. Presto

V. Quasi allegretto

VI. Presto — Andante amabile e con moto

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

Finals

Final Round

Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture in the French Style BWV 831

I. Overture
II. Courante
III. Gavotte I/II
IV Passepied I/II
V. Sarabande
VI. Bourrée I/II
VII. Gigue
VIII. Echo

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major D.959

I. Allegro  
II. Andantino  
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Un poco più lento  
IV. Rondo. Allegrett

Mily Balakirev: Islamey – Fantasie Orientale Op.18 

Encores:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia in E♭ major BWV 791

Röstäm Yaxin: Sandugash