XXVI International Masterclass for Pianists

Annabelle Kühnbaum

Germany · b. 6 Aug 2003 · secondary school pupil and junior student at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt with Sabine Simon

• Debussy: From Préludes, Book 2 — "Bruyères", "General Lavine – eccentric", "La Puerta del Vino"
• Chopin: Étude in A flat major Op. 25 No. 1
• Liszt: Funérailles

Dayeong Heo

Korea · student at the AfT Darmstadt with Sabine Simon

• Schumann: Kreisleriana

Jiyoung Hwang (piano) & Eujin Hwang (cello)

Studies at the AfT Darmstadt

• Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and Piano

Dayeong Heo (piano) & Jihyun Kim (violin)

Studies at the AfT Darmstadt

• César Franck: Violin Sonata

Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann

Argentina · completed studies with Lukas Blondeel and Carmen Piazzini at the AfT Darmstadt

• Debussy: Préludes "Les collines d'Anacapri", "La danse de Puck"
• Mozart: Sonata in F major K. 533, 1st movement
• Bartók: Suite Op. 14
• Scriabin: Étude Op. 8 No. 2
• Chopin: Étude Op. 25 No. 4 and Ballade No. 3

Tomás Nessi

Argentina/Italy · studies in Buenos Aires, at the Cologne University of Music and master's studies in Freiburg

• Chopin: Sonata in B minor Op. 58

Leon Xu

Germany · b. 5 Dec 2003 · secondary school pupil and junior student at the AfT with Yannick Van de Velde

• Chopin: Ballade in F minor
• J. S. Bach: English Suite No. 5 in E minor
• Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann Op. 9

Quyen Tran le Bao

Vietnam · age 27 · studies in Vietnam and at the Frankfurt University of Music, postgraduate at the AfT with Sabine Simon

• Chopin: Nocturne in B major Op. 62 No. 1, Études Op. 10/1, Op. 10/5, Op. 25/8, Mazurkas Op. 7 and Waltz in E minor (posth.)
• Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2

Jiyoung Hwang

Korea · student at the AfT Darmstadt

• Schumann: Humoreske Op. 20

Seulgi Lee

Korea · student at the AfT Darmstadt with Yannick Van de Velde

• Brahms: Scherzo Op. 4
• Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in G minor

Wednesday, 22 Sep — from 2.00pm

• 14:00Jiyoung Hwang & Eujin Hwang (cello)
• 15:00Seulgi Lee
• 16:15Leon Xu
• 17:15Quyen Tran le Bao
• 18:30Annabelle Kühnbaum
• 19:30Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann

Thursday, 23 Sep — from 2.00pm

• 14:00Annabelle Kühnbaum
• 15:00Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann
• 16:15Leon Xu
• 17:15Seulgi Lee
• 18:30Dayeong Heo & Jihyun Kim (violin)
• 19:30Dayeong Heo & Jihyun Kim (violin)

Friday, 24 Sep — from 2.00pm

• 14:00Quyen Tran le Bao
• 15:00Seulgi Lee
• 16:15Annabelle Kühnbaum
• 17:15Mariana Röhmer-Litzmann
• 18:30Jiyoung Hwang
• 19:30Dayeong Heo & Jihyun Kim (violin)

Saturday, 25 Sep — from 10.00am

• 10:00Leon Xu
• 11:00Tomás Nessi
• 12:15Tomás Nessi
• 13:15Quyen Tran le Bao
• 14:15Jiyoung Hwang