Vitaly Starikov
Supported by Club 32 donor Mick McCormack

Background

8 May 1995

This experience will not only be an incredible opportunity to showcase my skills as a pianist but also a chance to grow personally and artistically. I can’t wait to see what this journey has in store for me.

Prizes

Fifth Prize: The Queen Elisabeth Competition (Brussels, Belgium)
Third Prize: “Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize” International Piano Competition (Barletta, Italy)
First Prize: Premio Roberto Melini International Piano Competition (Trento, Italy)
First Prize and Audience Prize: Épinal International Piano Competition (Épinal, France)

Vitaly Starikov began his piano studies at the age of six at the Ural Music College in Yekaterinburg with Alexandrina Gerlah and Sergey Beloglazov. He completed his studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, under the tutelage of Eliso Virsaladze and Vera Gornostayeva. He also credits his studies with Boris Petrushansky at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola ‘Incontri col Maestro’ and masterclasses with Dmitry Bashkirov, Dmitry Alexeev and Leslie Howard for his musical development.

Recitals and chamber music have taken Vitaly around the world, notably to Austria, Slovakia, Israel, Cyprus, Italy, France, Belgium and Malaysia. He has performed with orchestras such as the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est and the Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. He has collaborated with conductors including Frank Braley, Alexander Titov, Hugh Wolff, Petr Nikiforov and David Reiland. He is currently studying with Professor Arie Vardi in Israel.

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2023 Competition Performances

Preliminary Round Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
Verbrugghen Hall
Friday 7 July 2023, 2.30pm
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Preliminary Round Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital
Verbrugghen Hall
Sunday 9 July 2023, 7.30pm
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Semi Final Round Semi Finals Round 1: 70-Minute Recital
Verbrugghen Hall
Thursday 13 July 2023, 11.30am
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Semi Final Round Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music
Verbrugghen Hall
Saturday 15 July 2023, 2.00pm
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Final Round Final Round 1: Concerto 1800 and Earlier
Concert Hall
Wednesday 19 July 2023, 8.00pm
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Final Round Final Round 2: Post 1800 Concerto
Concert Hall
Saturday 22 July 2023, 2.30pm
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2023 Competition Repertoire

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

No.1 Pagodes

I. Russian Dance
II. In Petrushka’s cell
III. The shrove-tide fair

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 904

No.1 Short story
No.2 Filigree
No.3 Thumper
No.12 Chorale

Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt: Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser S.442

Semi Finals Round 1: 70-Minute Recital

No.1 in C minor. Lento

Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E major Op.54

Thema. Andante
Etude I. (Variation I) Un poco più vivo
Etude II. (Variation II) Marcato il canto espressivo
Etude III. Vivace
Etude IV. (Variation III)
Etude V. (Variation IV)
Etude VI. (Variation V) Agitato
Etude VII (Variation VI). Allegro molto
Etude VIII. (Variation VII)
Etude IX. Presto possible
Etude X (Variation VIII)
Etude XI. (Variation IX) Con espressione
Etude XII. (Finale ) Allegro brillante

No.3 Du bist die Ruh

Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No.1 Op.12

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

I. Allegro non troppo – Largo – Poco con moto
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro

No. 14 Vocalise in E minor

Final Round 1: Concerto 1800 and Earlier

I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo. Allegro

*cadenza by Vitaly Starikov

Final Round 2: Post 1800 Concerto

I. Maestoso
II. Adagio
III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo