Details
St Christopher's Church
Wey Hill
Haslemere
Surrey
GU27 1DD
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor 'Tempest', Op.31 no.2
Dmitry Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in D major, Op.87 no.5
Dmitry Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in A major, Op.87 no.7
Dmitry Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op.87 no.4
Dmitry Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in D major, Op.87 no.5
Stephen Hough – Sonata No 3
Performers
Emanuil Ivanov – piano
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Programme Note
Emanuil Ivanov attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at the 2019 Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition in Italy. This achievement was followed by concert engagements in some of the world's most prestigious halls including Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Herculessaal in Munich.
Emanuil Ivanov was born in 1998 in the town of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. From an early age he demonstrated a keen interest and love for music. He regards the presence of symphonic music, especially that of Gustav Mahler, as tremendously influential in his musical upbringing during his childhood. He started piano lessons with Galina Daskalova in his hometown around the age of seven. He later studied in and graduated from the Bertolt Brecht language high school in Pazardzhik. Ivanov studied with renowned bulgarian pianist Atanas Kurtev from 2013 to 2018. He is currently studying on a full scholarship at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under the tutelage of Pascal Nemirovski and Anthony Hewitt.
Ivanov has won prizes in competitions such as "Alessandro Casagrande", "Scriabin-Rachmaninoff", "Liszt-Bartok", "Young virtuosos" and "Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti". He was also awarded the honorary Crystal Iyre and teh Young Musician of the Year Award - some of the most prestigious awards in Bulgaria. In 2022, he received the honorary Silver Medal of the London Musicians' Company and later in the same year became a recipient of the Carnwath Piano Scholarship.
