INTERNATIONAL GERMAN PIANO AWARD

IGPA 2022
Program

Michelle Candotti

Michelle obtained the piano Diploma with top marks while attending Verona’s “Dell’Abaco” Conservatory of Verona at the age of 14 under the direction of Laura Palmieri. She also obtained with distinction the Master in Performance and the Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music.

Konstantin Emelyanov

“ Konstantin Emelyanov is a quiet superstar: he displays no fancy aggressiveness, yet you cannot stop listening to his music. A bright head, a bright soul, an unusual, ear-pleasing sound.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta

“…Konstantin Emelyanov is a gem of the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Ilia Papoian

At the age of 9 Ilia became the winner of the International Youth Chopin competition (Saint-Petersburg). In 2011 he entered the Secondary Special Music School of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Olga Kurnavina and Professor Alexander Sandler). Since 2019 he is a student of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after Rimsky-Korsakov, class Professor Alexander Sandler.

Jinhyung Park

was born in 1996 in Seoul, Korea and began studying the piano at the age of 5. He studied at Yonsei University with Prof. Ian Yungwook Yoo and currently continuing my master course at Hochschule fur Musik in Hannover with Prof. Arie Vardi.

Dmitry Sin

Laureate of international piano competitions, notably the first prize-winner of MozArte Piano Competition 2022 and the sixth prize-winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2021, Dmitry Sin is a pianist who “literally lives every note he plays”, praised by the critics for his “original and profound interpretations”, “rich sound palette” and “extraordinary musical sensitivity” (RTDF, La Libre, La Provence).

Slavomir Zaranok

Slavomir Zaranok wurde in Lida, Weißrussland geboren und lebt seit 22 Jahren in Deutschland. Mit 7 Jahren begann er Klavier zu spielen, und sein erster öffentlicher Auftritt im Alter von 8 Jahren sorgte bereits für Aufsehen, als er Werke von Bach, Mozart und Kabalewsky vortrug. Daraufhin wurde er in die berühmte Zentralmusikschule für hochbegabte Kinder in Minsk aufgenommen