Takehira KAMOGAWA won the special prize «Spiriades» of the International Competition of Île-de-France 2023.  He arrives especially from Japan with his beautiful sensitivity to kick off the 11th edition of the Spiriades. Takehira occurred in the church Saint-Nicolas de la Frette sur Seine. 

Progam:

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic fantasy and fugue in D minor, BWV 903
• Claude Debussy: Images, second booklet:
  - Bells through the leaves
  - And the moon descends on the temple that was
  - Goldfish
• Alban Berg: Piano Sonata in B minor Op.1
• Alexandre Scriabine: Sonata for piano n°4 in F sharp major Op.30
• Johannes Brahms: Variations on an original theme in D major Op 21-1
• Franz Liszt: Reminiscences of "Don Juan" S.418 R.228

The association Opus Yvelines, in the person of its president, is particularly honoured to receive from Jacques Myard the medal of the city of Maisons-Laffite, in recognition of its activity to promote culture and music for more than 25 years. The event took place on June 8, 2024 during the Concert Diploma Category awards ceremony, in the presence of a large audience of personalities, sponsors, spectators and musicians. 

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Sho Yamasaki, lauréat du 24ème Concours de piano d'Ile de France, dans la catégorie Pianiste Concert Amateur

PROGRAMME :

• Alexandre Scriabine : Deux Poèmes, Op. 32 - Poème n°1 : Andante cantabile
• Gabriel Fauré : Nocturne n°6, op. 63
• Frédéric Chopin : Fantaisie, Op. 49
• Félix Mendelssohn : Fantaisie, Op. 28 : « Sonate écossaise »
• Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonate pour piano n° 28, op. 101

Danylo Saienko , Winner 2022

Program :

• Scarlatti : sonatas K9 et K 175

• Haydn : sonata in C minor Hob XVI : 48

• Beethoven : sonata n° 30 opus 110

• Chopin : Barcarolle opus 60 and Polonaise-fantaisie opus 61

• Kosenko : sonata n°2 opus 14

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ODEON in TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE

Dmytro Semykras was born in Sumy, Ukraine in 2001. He began studying piano at the age of 5 with Natalya Hubicheva. From 2011 to 2020, he was a student at Sumy High school of art and Culture. Over the years, he perfected his art and worked tirelessly to refine his technique, notably with teachers D.S. Bortniansky and Svitlana Morozova. From 2021, he continues his teaching in Austria at the Kunstuniversität in Graz, in the class of Milana Chernyavska.

Dmytro has performed as a soloist at international festivals in Kaunas, Lviv, Palma de Mallorca and Stockholm. He participates in international competitions and has won prizes on numerous occasions. He is notably laureate of the Volodymyr Horowitz International Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine, 2011, 2016, 2019 – 6th, 3rd and 2nd prize), of the Krainev International Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine, 2021 – 1st prize) and the International Competition “Mercy, Maestro!” (Belgium, 2021 – 2nd prize).

In 2023, he won 1st prize in the Ile-de-France International Piano Competition.

Program :

Part 1

J.Brahms :3 Intermezzi op.117

A.Scriabin : Preludes op.16

S.Prokofiev : sonata op.14 no.2

2e  Partie 

S.Prokofiev : sonata op.103 no.9

D.Shostakovich : preludes and fugues op.87 :D Major and e minor

M.Ravel : Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs

Showroom KAWAI FRANCE

11 place de la Bataille de Stalingrad, 75010 Paris (metro Stalingrad)

Alicia NIU (16 years old)

KAWAI France and SHIGERU KAWAI, major partner of the Competition, will
welcome the 16-years-old pianist Alicia NIU, Winner of the 2023 Excellence
Category, to its showroom on Saturday November 25, 2023 for a one-hour
recital.

Free entrance
Program :

• J.S. Bach : Prelude and Fugue in E Major BWV 854 (book 1)
• Schumann : Abegg Variations opus 1
• Liszt : Au Bord d’une Source S 160
• Debussy : Reflets dans l’Eau (Images, book 1)
• Ravel : Jeux d’Eau
• Schubert : impromptu opus 142 n°3
• Liszt : St-Francis of Paola walking on the Water (Legend n°2)

Faithful to its commitment to young artists, Pro Musica invites each year the 1st prize of the Ile de France international piano competition of which it has been a partner for seven years.

The members of the jury, chosen by Anne QUEFFELEC, contribute through their reputation, their competence and their integrity to maintaining the level of excellence of the competition Chaired by Jean-Claude VANDEN EYDEN, regularly called as a member of the jury of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition, as well as than in other international competitions, and Honorary President of the Chopin Foundation, the jury crowned, on June 10, 2023, this 22-year-old Ukrainian pianist who largely dominated the competition whose candidates were, according to the jury, of a very high level. This year, Dmytro SEMYKRAS is the winner of the 24th Ile de France international piano competition

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Ancienne église of Maisons-Laffitte

Program:
J.S.Bach: prelude and fugue in G minor BWV 861
Mozart: sonata in B flat Major KV 570
C. Franck: prelude, choral and fugue
Friedman: 2 études Opus 63 No. 1 and 10
Friedman: preludes Opus 80 No 2 and 3
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

Price: €20 Reservation at the tourist office: 01 39 62 63 64 or on: concoursdepiano.com

Sunday, March 5, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Free entrance – Free participation
Damien Lemonnier, Winner of the Île-de-France Piano Competition, Adult
Concert Pianist category, will present his recital: “From Franz to
Frédéric…” Works by Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin
Saint-Merry Church 78 rue Saint-Martin 75004 Paris

Rate B

Concert - In partnership with the Île-de-France International Piano Competition (Maisons-Laffitte)

Centre social de Soupetard 12 Rue Charles Garnier, 31500 Toulouse,

Pianist Danylo Saienko, originally from Ukraine, a rising piano star, has won many awards in the international compétitions.

He won the 1rst Prize in 2022 in the international Piano Competition of Ile de France.

A magnificent Shigeru Kawaï piano will await the candidates of the next Competition, allowing them to deploy their talents to the full. We are pleased to announce that Carine Daniau-Sinigaglia has confirmed the signature of this very attractive partnership with the Competition, and thanks Anne Queffélec, Honorary President, and Christine Girard, Artistic Director, for setting up this artistic collaboration. #kawaifranceofficial #kawaifrance #shigerukawai #shigerukawaipiano #annequeffelec #concoursinternational

The Lourmarin Laurent-Vibert Foundation will host the Winner of the Concert Pianist Category 2023 in its artists residency for a period of one to four weeks with a grant of €380 per week. Then, He (she) will be invited to perform a recital in 2024 as part of his Summer Music's festival. Thanks to Max MICHELARD for this wonderful partnership. Registration is open on the competition website : concoursdepiano.com

Piano Recital Friday
10th March 2023 - 7.30 pm
The British School of Paris
1, rue de l'Ecluse - 78200 Croissy-sur-Seie
(Doors open from 7pm)

20-years-old Alaa Ouaghlani, winner of the International Piano Competition of Ile-de-France 2022, SUperior Level, will play works by J.S Bach, Beethoven, Chopi, Rachmaninov and Raval.

Olivier BERGER, 57 years old, is an experienced music lover and amateur pianist. He has taken over the management of OPUS YVELINES, the association that has been organising the International Piano Competition of Ile-de-France for the past 23 years, in the exceptional setting of the Parc de Maisons-Laffitte (78).
Under the Honorary Presidency of          Anne QUEFFELEC, the Competition welcomes every year 250 pianists of more than thirty nationalities. Alongside the candidates for the prestigious "CONCERT PIANIST DIPLOMA", future international concert artists, pianists of all levels can participate throughout the week in dedicated competition sessions.
The next edition of the Competition will be held from 3 to 10 June 2023 in the concert hall of the Ancienne Église de     Maisons-Laffitte, renowned for its excellent acoustics.

For more information, please visit our website:  concoursdepiano.com.

Hyunji KIM

2rd Prize of the Ile-de-france International Piano Competition 

Programme*

CHOPIN
4 Mazurkas, opus 24
Nocturne en mi majeur, opus 62,
number 2
Barcarolle en fa dièse majeur,
opus 60
……………….

CHOPIN
12 Etudes, opus 25

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