Opening Concert of the Competition

    11th International Chopin Competition — All seven jurors on stage

    Eröffnungskonzert des Wettbewerbs

    About the event

    An unusual opening is promised by the opening concert of the 11th International Chopin Competition in Darmstadt, when on 6 October all seven jurors will take to the stage at the Darmstadt Orangerie to demonstrate their artistry.

    These are: Dang Thai Son (winner of the Warsaw Chopin Competition 1980), Kevin Kenner (winner of the Warsaw Chopin Competition 1990), Ewa Pobłocka (main prizewinner in Warsaw 1980 and winner of the mazurka prize together with Dang Thai Son), Prof. Andrzej Jasiński (former teacher of Krystian Zimerman and long-standing chairman of the Warsaw jury), Tobias Koch (lecturer at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf), Martin Kasík (lecturer at the Prague Academy of Music) and Sabine Simon (lecturer at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt).

    The participation of all jurors of a competition in one and the same concert marks a first for Germany.

    Date6 October 2017
    Start7:00 pm
    VenueOrangerie DarmstadtBessunger Str. 44, 64285 Darmstadt
    AdmissionTickets at the box office
    Programme

    Opening Concert of the Competition

    11th International Chopin Competition — All seven jurors on stage

    6 October 2017 · 7:00 pm · Orangerie Darmstadt

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    Tobias Koch

    Chopin (1810–1849)

    Compositional sketches based on Polish folk songs: Mazur, Allegretto & “Mazurek Dąbrowskiego”

    J. Elsner (1769–1854)

    Rondo à la Mazurka in C major

    K. Kurpiński (1785–1857)

    Polonaise in D minor

    J. Krogulski (1815–1842)

    Mazurka in E minor à la Chopin

    M. K. Ogiński (1765–1833)

    Polonaise in A minor “Pożegnanie Ojczyzny” (Farewell to the Homeland)

    Andrzej Jasiński

    Chopin

    Polonaise in C-sharp minor op. 26

    Chopin

    Mazurka in C-sharp minor op. 6

    I. J. Paderewski (1860–1941)

    Légende op. 16

    Sabine Simon

    Chopin

    Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” op. 2

    Interval

    Ewa Pobłocka

    Chopin

    4 Mazurkas op. 24

    Chopin

    Nocturne in F minor op. 55 no. 1

    Martin Kasík

    A. Dvořák (1841–1904)

    Humoresque in G-flat major op. 101 no. 7

    Chopin

    Scherzo in B-flat minor

    Dang Thai Son

    Chopin

    Prélude in C-sharp minor op. 45

    M. Ravel (1875–1937)

    Jeux d'eau

    M. Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (from “Miroirs”)

    Kevin Kenner

    Chopin

    Nocturne in D-flat major op. 27/2

    Chopin

    Ballade in G minor op. 23
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