Four semi-final sessions will be broadcast live over the weekend of 23-24 October

Watch the Geneva Cello Competition semi-finals live right here! Eight semi-finalists will perform over four sessions this weekend at the Salle Franz Liszt, Conservatoire de Genève

Session one: Saturday 23 October 4pm (CEST)

Maria Zaytseva (20, Russia)

Piano: Maria Zaytseva, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  • Bach: Sonata in G minor BWV1029
  • E. Carter: Figment
  • Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major

Jaemin Han, (15, South Korea)

Piano: Ivani Venturieri, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  • Bach: Sonata G Major BWV 1027
  • I. Yun: Glissées
  • Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143
  • Rostropovich: Humoresque, Op. 5

Session two: Saturday 23 October 7pm (CEST)

Samuel Niederhauser (23, Switzerland)

Piano: Shih-Yu Tang, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  • Boccherini: Sonata in C minor G.2
  • Klengel: Scherzo in D minor, op.6
  • J. Harvey: Ricercare una melodia, for cello and electronics
  • T. Demenga: EFEU
  • Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Op.119
     

En-Chun Lin (20, Taiwan)

Piano: Julien Gernay, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  • Boccherini: Sonata in C minor G. 2
  • E. Carter: Figment 
  • R. Schumann: Five pieces in Folk style, op.102 
  • Brahms: Sonata no.2 in F major, op.99 

Session three: Sunday 24 October 4pm (CEST)

Min Ji Kim, (26,South Korea)

Piano: Ivani Venturieri, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  •  Boccherini: Sonata in A Major G.4
  • I. Yun: Glissées
  • Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, op.40 
  • Piatigorsky: Variations on a Paganini theme


Michiaki Ueno, (25, Japan)

Piano: Julien Gernay, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  • Bach: Sonata in D Major BWV1028
  • Xenakis: Kottos
  • Britten: Cello Suite no.2, op.80
  • Schubert: Rondo in B minor, D.895

Session four: Sunday 24 October 7pm (CEST)

Bryan Cheng (24, Canada)

Piano: Silvie Cheng, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  • Boccherini: Sonata in C minor G.2
  • E. Carter: Figment 
  • Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143
  • Shostakovich, Sonata in D minor, op.40 (3rd, 4th movements) 
  • de Falla (arr. Gendron/Cheng): La vida breve
     

Maxime Quennesson (26, France)

Piano: Katsura Mizumoto, Harpsichord: Constance Taillard

  • Bach: Sonata in D Major BWV1028
  • K. F. Abel: Arpeggiata, Wko 205 
  • E. Carter: Figment 
  • C.M. Widor: 3 pièces, Op. 2 (no.1, 3, 2) 
  • L. Boellmann: Cello Sonata in A minor, op.40

 

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