Marianna Shirinyan
Biography
Armenian-born Marianna Shirinyan is one of the most creative and in sought after pianists in Europe today. Her vibrant and virtuos musicianship puts her in demand, both as soloist and as chamber musician. Shirinyan plays with great sensitivity, understanding, technical brilliance and beauty of tone, which allows her to offer a wide range of repertoire. Her love for the music and her joy in sharing it with a larger audience are apparent in her performances.
She has received Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s prestigious P2 award for her contribution to Danish music life and the critics prize of the association of Danish critics. She is a frequent guest at a string of international music festivals, among them the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bodensee Festival, the Schwetzinger Festspiele, MDR Summer Music Festival, Festspillene in Bergen.
Simultaneously she has won the reputation of being one of this generations leading pianists through solo appearances with orchestras as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestras, Munich Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Göteborg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice to name a few. She enjoyed collaborations with conductors such as Michael Balke, Lawrence Foster, Zoltan Kocsis, Antonello Manacorda, Jun Märkl, Eva Ollikainen, Daniel Raiskin, Lan Shui, Thomas Søndergård, Marc Soustrot, Krysztof Urbanski and Joshua Weilerstein.
Shirinyan is a professor of piano at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, a Steinway artist and artistic director of the Oremandsgaard Chamber Music Festival in Denmark. From the summer 2020 also co-artistic director of the Valdres Sommersymfoni in Norway.
Shirinyan has a bright discography. All the CD’s has been received enthusiastically by international reviewers and listeners alike. Her latest release, the Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra by Louis Glass which she has recorded together with the Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz under the baton of maestro Daniel Raiskin has been awarded the P2 prize of the Danish radio in 2018.
Events
76e CONCOURS DE GENÈVE | PIANO 2022
FINAL ROUND WITH ORCHESTRA
THURSDAY 3 NOV. 2022, 19:00, VICTORIA HALL
Zijian Wei (China)
Franz Liszt
Concerto n°1 in E-flat Major
Kaoruko Igarashi (Japan)
Sergueï Prokofiev
Concerto n°3 in C Major, Op.26
--- INTERMISSION (20 MINUTES) ---
Kevin Chen (Canada)
Frédéric Chopin
Concerto n°1 in E minor
Sergey Belyavsky (Russia)
Sergueï Prokofiev
Concerto n°3 in C Major, Op.26
With the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
conducted by Maržena Diakun
The Final Round is followed by the official prize-giving ceremony (approx. 11 PM).
The Final Round is live streamed on our website, YouTube, Facebook, as well as via medici.tv and amadeus.tv
Live radio broadcast on RTS-Espace 2
Finalists had to choose one of the following concertos:
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto n°3 in C minor Op. 37
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto n°4 in G Major Op. 58
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto n°5 in Eb Major Op. 73
- Béla Bartók: Concerto n° 3 Sz 119
- Johannes Brahms: Concerto n°1 in D minor Op. 15
- Frédéric Chopin: Concerto n°1 in E minor
- Frédéric Chopin: Concerto n°2 in F minor
- Franz Liszt: Concerto n°1 in Eb Major
- Franz Liszt: Concerto n° 2 in A Major
- Serge Prokofiev: Concerto n° 2 in G minor Op. 16
- Serge Prokofiev: Concerto n° 3 in C Major Op. 26
- Maurice Ravel: Concerto in G
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto n° 2 in G minor Op. 22
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto n° 4 in C minor Op. 44
- Robert Schumann: Concerto in A minor Op. 54
- Piotr Tchaikovsky: Concerto n° 1 in B flat minor
76e CONCOURS DE GENÈVE
PIANO SEMI-FINAL ROUND
PART 2 : CHAMBER MUSIC
Salle Franz Liszt, Geneva Conservatoire
Session 1 : Saturday 29 Oct,14.30 PM
Ms Miyu Shindo, 20 years old, Japan
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in G maj, Op. 5, N°2
A. Schönberg: 4 Lieder, Op.2
Mr Zijian Wei, 24 years old, China
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in G maj, Op. 5, N°2
F. Poulenc: Tel jour telle nuit
Session 2 : Saturday 29 Oct, 17.30 P.M
Ms Kaoruko Igarashi, 28 years old, Japan
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in A maj, Op. 69
F. Liszt: Tre Sonetti di Petrarca
Mr Sergey Belyavsky, 28 years old, Russia
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in A maj, Op. 69
F. Liszt: Tre Sonetti di Petrarca
Mr Jae Sung Bae, 22 years old, Korea
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in D maj, Op. 102, N°2
F. Liszt: Tre Sonetti di Petrarca
Session 3 : Sunday 30 Oct, 14.30 PM
Ms Adria Ye, 24 years old, USA
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in C maj, Op. 102, N°1
A. Berg: 7 frühe Lieder
Mr Yonggi Woo, 28 years old, Korea
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in C maj, Op. 102, N°1
F. Liszt: Tre Sonetti di Petrarca
Session 4 :Sunday 30 Oct, 17.30 P.M
Mr Vsevolod Zavidov, 17 years old, Russia
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in A maj, Op. 69
A. Schönberg: 4 Lieder op. 2
Mr Kevin Chen, 17 years old, Canada
L.v. Beethoven: Cello sonata in A maj, Op. 69
C. Debussy: Prose lyrique
76e CONCOURS DE GENÈVE
PIANO SEMI-FINAL ROUND
PART 1: SOLO RECITAL
Salle Franz Liszt, Geneva Conservatoire
Session 1 : Thursday 27 Oct, 2.30 PM
2.30 PM - Ms Miyu Shindo, 20 years old, Japan
F. Chopin: Sonata n°3 in B minor, Op.58
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata n°24 in F-sharp Major, Op.78 "For Therese"
A. Scriabin: Sonata n°2 in G-sharp minor, Op.19
F. Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
--- 5 minute break ---
3.45 PM - Mr Zijian Wei, 24 years old, China
J. Haydn: Sonata n°46 in E Major, Hob.XVI:31
S. Rachmaninov: Sonata n°2 in B-flat minor, Op.36
S. Barber: Excursions Op.20
F. Liszt: Fantasie über Themen aus Mozarts Figaro und Don Giovanni, S. 697
Session 2 : Thursday 27 Oct, 6.30 PM
6.30 PM - Ms Kaoruko Igarashi, 28 years old, Japan
F. Schubert/Liszt: Auf dem wasser zu singen, Du bist die Ruh', Gretchen am Spinnrade, Erlkönig
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata n°29 "Hammerklavier", Op.106
--- 5 minute break ---
7.45 PM - Mr Sergey Belyavsky, 28 years old, Russia
S. Prokofiev: Sonata n°6 in A Major, Op.82
V. Silvestrov: Bagatelle n°3, Op.1
R. Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
F. Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
--- 15 minute break ---
9.15 PM - Mr Jae Sung Bae, 22 years old, Korea
G.F. Haendel: Suite n°3 in D minor, HWV 428
C. Franck: Prélude, Choral and Fugue in B minor, FWV 21
F. Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S.178
Session 3 : Friday 28 Oct, 2.30 PM
2.30 PM - Ms Adria Ye, 24 years old, USA
F. Schubert: Sonata in G Maj, D.894
S. Prokofiev: Sonata n°8 in B-flat major, Op. 84
--- 5 minute break ---
3.45 PM - Mr Yonggi Woo, 28 years old, Korea
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in C-Sharp minor, K. 247
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in F Major, K. 107
D. Scarlatti: Sonata in F Major, K. 6
F. Chopin: Sonata n°3 in B minor, Op.58
M. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Session 4 : Friday 28 Oct, 6.30 PM
6.30 PM - Mr Vsevolod Zavidov, 17 years old, Russia
F. Schubert: Impromptu n°1 in C Major, Op. 90
F. Schubert: Impromptu n°4 in A-flat Major, Op. 90
A. Scriabin: Sonata n°4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30
M. Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
I. Stravinsky: Three movements from Petrouchka
--- 5 minute break ---
7.45 PM - Mr Kevin Chen, 17 years old, Canada
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata n°28 in A Major, Op. 101
F. Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op.54
B. Bartók: 3 Studies, Op.18
F. Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage – Troisième année -Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, S. 163/4
F. Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
76e CONCOURS DE GENÈVE | PIANO 2022
ONLINE RECITAL (max. 40 candidates - max. duration 45 min.)
Free 45 minute recital, must include a work from the "contemporary" list (see below).
The choice of works, their originality and the relevance of their arrangement are an element of the judgement.
SESSION 1 - MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 AM GMT+2
Akane Yoshida, 29 years old, Japan
- A. Berg : Sonata Op.1
- A. Webern : Kinderstück
- K. Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX
- J. Brahms : 7 Fantasien, Op.116
Yunkeon Ji, 20 years old, Korea
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in A minor, K.175
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor, K.466
- S. Prokofiev: 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 - The Young Juliet
- S. Prokofiev: 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 - Mercutio
- S. Prokofiev: 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 - Montagues and Capulets
- F. Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi sonata, S.161/7
- R. Saunders: Shadow
Yun Wei, 28 years old, China
- F. Couperin: "Les Ombres Errantes" from Pièces de clavecin, livre IV, ordre XXV
- R. Saunders: Shadow
- M. Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit - Scarbo
SESSION 2 - MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER, 2:00 PM GMT+2
Zijian Wei, 24 years old, China
- W. Blank: Lightnings
- F. Liszt: Ballade n°2 in B minor, S.171
- M. Ravel: La valse
Aurore Grosclaude, 23 years old, Switzerland
- C.P.E Bach: Sonata in A major, Wq.55 H.186
- L.v. Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77
- W. Blank: Lightnings
- R. Schumann: Variations on the name Abegg in F Major, Op. 1
- J.P. Rameau : Gavotte from the suite en La
- T. Escaich: Jeux de doubles
Robert Bily, 25 years old, Czech Republic
- P. Boulez: 12 Notations
- C. Debussy: Images - Reflets dans l'eau
- F. Chopin: Scherzo n°2 in B-flat minor, Op.31
- S. Prokofiev: Sonata n°7 in B-flat Major, Op.83
SESSION 3 - TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 AM GMT+2
Yonggi Woo, 27 years old, Korea
- G. Ligeti: Etude n° 4 - Fanfares
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°5 - Arc-en-ciel
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°10 - Der Zauberlehrling
- F. Chopin: Scherzo n°2 in B-flat minor, Op.31
- R. Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Motohiro Sato, 29 years old, Japan
- G. Kurtág: 8 Klavierstücke, Op.3
- J.S. Bach: French Suite n°5 in G major, BWV 816
- A. Webern: Klavierstück "Im Tempo eines Menuetts"
- C. Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21
Melvil Chapoutot, 25 years old, France
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°10 – Der Zauberlehrling
- L.v. Beethoven: Sonata n°31 in A-flat Major, Op.110
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°2 – Cordes à vide
- I. Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°5 – Arc en ciel
SESSION 4 - TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER, 2:00 PM GMT+2
Kyubin Chung, 25 years old, Korea
- Kurtag: 8 Klavierstücke, Op.3
- A. Berg: Sonata, Op. 1
- J. Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
Sung Ho Yoo, 26 years old, Korea
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K.87
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K.96
- R. Schumann: Novelette n°8 in F-sharp minor, Op.21
- U. Chin: Etude n°2 - Sequenzen
- U. Chin: Etude n°5 - Toccata
- U. Chin: Etude n°6 - Grains
- F.Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op.53
Kaoruko Igarashi, 28 years old, Japan
- K. Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX
- M. Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit - Scarbo
- F. Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
SESSION 5 - WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 AM GMT+2
Adria Ye, 24 years old, United States
- J.S.Bach: Ricercar a 6 from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079
- R. Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16
- E. Carter: Caténaires
Federico Gad Crema, 23 years old, Italy
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K.213/L.108
- A. Scriabin: Fantaisie in B minor, Op.28
- B. Furrer: Voicelessness. The Snow Has No Voice
- F. Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49
Martin Jollet, 26 years old, France
- G. Fauré: Nocturne n°6, Op.63
- W. Blank: Lightnings
- C.P.E Bach: Sonata in G minor, Wq. 65/17 H.47
- N. Medtner: Sonata Skazka n°1, Op.25
- R. Schumann/Tausig: Der Kontrabandiste
SESSION 6 - WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER, 2:00 PM GMT+2
DongKyu Leo Kim, 28 years old, Korea
- J. Haydn: Sonata in C Major, H.XVI:50
- L.v. Beethoven: Andante Favori in F Major, WoO 57
- K. Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX
- F. Rzewski: Song of Insurrection n°7
Chanyeon Jung, 20 years old, Korea
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°5 – Arc-en-ciel
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°10 – Der Zauberlehrling
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°11 – En suspens
- F. Chopin: Sonata n°3 in B minor, Op. 58
Shih-Yu Tang, 27 years old, Taïwan
- J. Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119
- C. Schumann: 4 Characteristic Pieces, Op.5
- P. Boulez: 1st Sonata
- A. Scriabin: Fantaisie in B minor, Op.28
SESSION 7 - THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 AM GMT+2
Eka Bokuchava, 29 years old, Georgia / Switzerland
- W.A. Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K.485
- F.Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S.178
- B. Furrer: Voicelessness. The Snow Has No Voice
Jae Sung Bae, 22 years old, Korea
- J.S. Bach: Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
- P. Boulez: 12 Notations
- L.v. Beethoven: "Eroica Variations", Op.35
Antoine Preat, 25 years old, France / Belgium
- J.P. Rameau: Gavotte et six doubles
- F. Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D.664
- I. Albeniz: Iberia - El Corpus Christi en Sevilla
- H. Dutilleux: 3 Préludes
SESSION 8 - THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER, 2:00 PM GMT+2
Boyang Shi, 29 years old, China
- F. Schubert: Impromptu n°1 in C Minor, Op.90
- F. Schubert: Impromptu n°4 in F minor, Op.142
- E. Carter: Caténaires
- F. Chopin: Nocturne n°2 in F-sharp Major, Op.15
- I. Stravinsky/Agosti: L'oiseau de feu
Sebastian Iivonen, 24 years old, Sweden
- B. Furrer: Voicelessness. The Snow Has No Voice
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K.1
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K.27
- F. Chopin: Mazurka n°4 in A minor, Op. 17
- F. Chopin: Ballade n°3 in A-flat Major, Op.47
- D. Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue n°24, Op.87
Vsevolod Zavidov, 16 years old, Russia
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°4 - Fanfares
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°5 - Arc-en-ciel
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°6 - Automne à Varsovie
- M. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
SESSION 9 - FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 AM GMT+2
Sergey Belyavsky, 28 years old, Russia
- F. Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op.10
- B. Furrer: Voicelessness. The Snow Has No Voice
- C. Saint-Saens/Liszt/Horowitz: Danse Macabre
Seongju Kim, 27 years old, Korea
- J.S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue n°3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 872
- E. Carter: Caténaires
- F. Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi sonata, S.161/7
- M. de Falla: Fantasia Baetica
SESSION 10 - FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER, 2:00 PM GMT+2
Youl Sun, 22 years old, Korea
- J. Haydn: Sonata in F Major, Hob.XVI:23
- A. Scriabin : Sonata n°4 in F-sharp Major, Op.30
- P. Boulez: 12 Notations
- F. Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S 418
Yuanhan Lu, 17 years old, China
- György Kurtag: 8 Klavierstücke op.3
- J.S.Bach: Prelude & Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
- J. Haydn: Sonata in D Major, Hob.XVI:42
- F. Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op.54.
- S. Prokofiev: Sonata n°6 in A Major, Op.82, 4th mvt
SESSION 11 - SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 AM GMT+2
Anna Han, 26 years old, United States
- G. Kurtág: 8 Klavierstücke, Op.3
- B. Bartók: 3 Etudes, Op.18
- R. Schumann: Fantasie in C Major, Op.17
Miyu Shindo, 20 years old, Japan
- G. Ligeti: Etude n° 2 - Cordes à vide
- G. Ligeti : Etude n°10 - Der Zauberlehrling
- G. Ligeti : Etude n°12 - Entrelacs
- F. Chopin: Sonata n°2 in B-flat minor, Op.35
- F. Chopin: Ballade n°4 in F minor, Op.52
SESSION 12 - SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, 2:00 PM GMT+2
Hyojin Shin, 25 years old, Korea
- J. Haydn: Sonata in D Major, Hob.XVI:42
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°4 - Fanfares
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°5 - Arc-en-ciel
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°10 - Der Zauberlehrling
- F. Chopin: Sonata n°3 in B minor, Op.58
Yeram Park, 26 years old, Korea
- C. V. Alkan: Etude n°12, Op. 39 "Le Festin d'Esope"
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°4 - Fanfares
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°11 - En suspens
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°13 - L’escalier du diable
- L.v. Beethoven: Sonata n°21 in C Major, Op.53
SESSION 13 - SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER, 10:00 AM GMT+2
Maximilian Kromer, 26 years old, Austria
- R. Schumann: Toccata in C, Op.7
- O. Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus - No.XV: Le Baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°8 - Fem
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°13 - L’escalier du diable
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°5 - Arc-en-ciel
- F. Kreisler/S. Rachmaninov: Liebeslied
- F.Kreisler/Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud in C Major
Yiheng Wang, 25 years old, China
- D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K.1
- E. Carter: Caténaires
- L.v.Beethoven: Sonata n°24 in F-sharp Major, Op.78
- I. Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
SESSION 14 - SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER, 2:00 PM GMT+2
Mari Kawakami, 28 years old, Japan
- K. Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX
- F. Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D.664
- A. Schönberg: Suite Op.25
Kevin Chen, 17 years old, Canada
- J. S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue n°3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
- F. Schubert: Sonata n°14 in A minor, D 784
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°10 - Der Zauberlehrling
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°12 - Entrelacs
- G. Ligeti: Etude n°13 - L'escalier du diable
- M. Ravel: La Valse