| COMPETITORS | 2020 EDITION |
RAFAEL KYRYCHENKO
Age: 23 | Country: Portugal
Rafael Kyrychenko, winner of many important international prizes, was born in the Azores Island and began his studies at 5 years old with his mother, Cristina Pliousnina. Since his early ages, Rafael showed a great admiration for music, aided by a family of musicians. The beginning of his studies and professional development led him to his first prize at the age of 8, in his first international competition in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Since then, he has traveled internationally achieving many 1st and 2nd prizes in Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Estonia, San Marino, Cyprus and also in the United States. Having finished his studies in the Professional Course in the Madeira School of Arts, and also the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth under the mastership of Maria João Pires, Rafael is now attending the Brussels Conservatory with Daniel Blumenthal, and since 2019 has been accepted into the Imola Piano Academy with Prof. Leonid Margarius.
REPERTOIRE
Preliminary Round:
F. Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 8
F. Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 4 “Mazeppa”
Semifinal Round:
A. Scriabin: Poémes, Op. 32
C. Franck: Prélude, Chorale et Fugue
Final Round:
F. Chopin: Sonata No. 3 Op. 58
S. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 Op. 83
PRELIMINARY ROUND
SEMIFINAL ROUND
FINAL ROUND