Ilya Kondratiev - Piano Recital

The Pharos Arts Foundation, in collaboration with The Keyboard Charitable Trust in London, presents a recital with the talented young pianist Ilya Kondratiev – prize winner of such renowned competitions as the International Chopin Piano Competition in Hannover and the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Budapest. Having appeared extensively as a soloist in venues such as the Great Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, St-Petersburg Philharmony, Gasteig Munich and Palacio de Festivales de Santander, Ilya will appear for the first time in Cyprus, on Wednesday 28 March 2018, at The Shoe Factory, Nicosia in an exciting programme comprising works by Liszt, Beethoven and Chopin.

PROGRAMME:

Ludwig v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18, Op.31 No.3
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat major & Impromptu in A-flat major, D.899
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp minor, Op.39

Interval

Franz Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S.260
Franz Liszt: Piano Transcriptions after Schubert - ‘Ständchen’, ‘Gretchen am Spinnrade’, ‘Die Erlkönig’
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2

ILYA KONDRATIEV piano

Pianist Ilya Kondratiev is the prize winner of such renowned competitions as the International F. Chopin Piano Competition (Hannover, 2011), International F. Liszt Piano Competition (Budapest, 2011), International F. Liszt Piano Competition (Weimar, 2011), the Fifth Tbilisi International Piano Competition (2013), the Birmingham International Piano Competition (2015) and the Ile-de-France International Piano Competition (Paris, 2016). He is also the winner of the Beethoven Senior Intercollegiate Competition (2015) and the Chappell Medal Piano Competition (2016).

Ilya has appeared extensively as a soloist in venues such as the Great Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Gasteig Munich, Weimarhalle, Palacio de Festivales de Santander, the Palace of Arts in Budapest, the Great Hall of Tbilisi Conservatoire, the Steinway Hall in London, St-Petersburg Philharmony and Bayreuth Stadthalle. He is also a dedicated chamber musician and, in 2009, he founded the Robert Quintet, which won Second Prize at the 6th Stasys Vainunas Chamber Music Competition in Vilnius and the Third Prize at the Premio Vittorio Gui Chamber Music Competition in Florence in 2011.

Ilya Kondratiev is supported by the Henry Wood Trust Foundation, the Future of Russia Foundation, the Talent Unlimited Foundation and the Mark Zetland Foundation. In 2010 he won a DAAD scholarship to study in Germany in 2011. He has studied at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and at the Samara College of Music. He obtained a Master’s in Performance from the Royal College of Music in London, and he is now pursuing the College’s Artist Diploma, under the guidance of Vanessa Latarche.

Tickets:
€15 / €10 Concessions & members of the Pharos Arts Foundation,
Box Office: Directly from the Foundation’s website www.pharosartsfoundation.org/Tickets_online.htm or Tel. 9666-9003 (Monday - Friday 10:00am-3:00pm)