OPENING CONCERT_KONSTANTIN EMELYANOV Part II | 12th International German Piano Award 2023

Winner of the 11th International German Piano Award 2022 Concert Programm: Part II Elegy in E flat minor, Prélude in C sharp minor, Melodie in E major, Polichinelle in F sharp minor, Serenade in B flat minor - Claude Debussy, la sérénade interrompue, Claire de lune from the Suite bergamasque - Igor Strawinsky, Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka - Franz Liszt, La Campanella Etude No. 3 in G-Sharp - Jean-Philippe Rameau “...Konstantin Emelyanov ist ein Juwel! Mit seinem bemerkenswert klugen Programm, seiner unkonventionellen Werkauswahl und seinen har¬monischen Interpretationen, bei denen technische Stabilität kein Hindernis für unverhüllte Emotionen ist, Temperament durch Gedanken gebändigt wird und das intuitive Stilgefühl in jedem Stück ein per¬fektes Gleichgewicht zwischen der Vision des Interpreten und dem Willen des Autors aufrechterhält, macht er in der Tat einen Unterschied…” Musical Life The technical brilliance of Konstantin Emelyanov is not surprising, given his numerous awards, the expressiveness and tonal nuance of his interpretations is impressive. But it is especially the combination of these three works or cycles that makes the CD of the pianist, who was born in 1994 and trained in Moscow and Catania (Sicily), so convincing – Ö1, Hans Georg Nicklaus ....He has mastered even the most diabolical (often hidden) pitfalls of the famous piano concerto (Rachmaninov third) with flying colors. The pianist, ......who is not obviously trimmed for too big a show effect - he simply lets what is already happening in the score, big and beautiful, happen. There is truth in the music itself — Westdeutsche Zeitung In November 2022 Konstantin won the 11th International German Piano Award and the . Audience Award 2022! Konstantin Emelyanov became a discovery at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition 2019. As the winner of third prize, he received the title “Artist of Radio Russia“ and the Audience Award from the readers of Musical Life magazine. He has been a Yamaha Artist since 2019. During his studies at the Moscow Music Conservatory, Konstantin won prizes at prestigious international competitions, including the Inter-national Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, the piano competitions in Verona (Italy) and Suzhou (China), as well as the Viotti Piano Competition (first prize and audience prize). In 2018, Konstantin won first prize at the third Russian Music Competition. Konstantin Emelyanov completed his studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (with Professor Sergei Dorensky and his assistants, Professors Andrei Pisarev, Pavel Nersesyan and Nikolai Lugansky). He also studied at the Rachmaninov Academy in Catania (Italy) with Professor Epifanio Comis in the 2017/2018 season. Since 2022 he has been attending the “Senior Course“ of the international piano academy “Incontri col Maestro“ in Imola (Italy), with Professor Boris Petrushansky. Konstantin has performed with many symphony orchestras and has worked with artists such as Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vladimir Spivakov, Al¬exander Rudin, Felix Korobov, Mark Kadin, Mark Gorenstein, Zaurbek Gugkaev, Dmitris Botinis, Dmitry Liss and many others. The International Piano Forum (IPF) – a summit of internationally acclaimed pianists and a podium for outstanding young artists from all over the world to showcase their instrumental mastery. The International Piano Forum is the initiator of the worldwide piano competition - International German Piano Award (IGPA), Internationaler Deutscher Pianistenpreis - which is donated yearly. The prize money amounts to a total of € 20,000 - The Arnold Freymuth Special Prize € 5,000 - and the Audience Award € 3,000 -. This International Piano Competition has the objective to find and promote outstanding pianists. Yet, alone being nominated for this piano competition is an honor to extraordinary talent. The Forum supports its nominees and prize winners with concerts at famous national and international concert halls and create contacts to conductors as well as orchestras. The association also supports the production of CDs, websites, and Artist Management - IPF-Masters. In the past years, the prize was awarded to Amir Tebenikhin 2011, Lukas Geniusas 2012, Dmitri Levkovich 2013, Misha Namirovsky 2014, Yekwon Sunwoo 2015, Wataru Hisasue 2016, Eric Lu 2017, Hans H. Suh 2018, JeungBeum Sohn in 2019, no IGPA Covid 2020, Dmitry Ablogin 2021, Konstantin Emelyanov 2022 and Andrey Gugnin 2023. The Audience-Award 2013 went to Thomas Wypior, 2014 to Albertina Eunju Song, 2015 to Andrejs Osokins, 2017 to Eric Lu, 2018 to Tomoki Sakata, 2019 to Luka Okros, 2021 to JeungBeum Sohn, 2022 to Konstantin Emelyanov and 2023 to Xuanyi Mao.