La Stravaganza. Eva Gevorgyan (piano)

Eva Gevorgyan is a student at the Central Music School in Moscow. She is a Young Yamaha Artist, a laureate of the prestigious International Classical Music Discovery Award, a laureate of the “Young talents of Russia” Award (2019) and was awarded scholarship from the New Names Foundation.

Eva has received awards at more than forty international competitions for piano and composition in the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Russia among others, including First Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists (incl. special prize for the best interpretation of Bach and Canton Symphony Orchestra Prize), First Prize at the Robert Schumann Piano Competition in Dusseldorf, Second Prize and the Press Award at the Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition, Grand Prix and special prize for best Chopin interpretation at the Chicago International Music Competition, and First Prize at the Jeune Chopin International Piano Competition in Martigny. She has been a laureate and received five special prizes at Moscow's Grand Piano International Competition. Eva also won First Prizes at the Chopin International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Szafarnia, Poland, and Portugal's St. Cecilia International Piano Competition, and won the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition of Giuliano Pecar in Gorizia, Italy.

Eva Gevorgyan has performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Russian National Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Malta Philharmonic and others. She has already performed at major concert venues including the Royal Albert Hall, the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Moscow Conservatory Great Hall, and KKL Lucerne. Eva has participated in the Verbier Festival, Mariinsky International Piano Festival, Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival, Stars on Baikal Lake Festival by Denis Matsuev, Stars of the White Nights Festival, Eilat Chamber Music Festival, Palermo Classica Festival, the Perugia Piano Festival, ClaviCologne Festival and Klassik vor Acht, Jeune Chopin à Cannes, Ferrara Piano Festival, Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival, Fränkische Musiktage Alzenau and others. In January 2020 Eva was invited to perform in Yerevan in front of the President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and his spouse. At the Alto Adige Festival she performed in the presence of Italy's President Sergio Mattarella.

Program:

Chopin - Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1

Chopin - Four Mazurkas Op. 17

Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

Chopin - Trois Valses Brillantes, Op. 34

Scriabin - 12 Preludes, Op. 11

Orchestrion Concert Hall

November 10, 2021