Satomi Chihara is undoubtedly one of the young up-and-coming piano talents in the Netherlands. She won third prize and the Bärenreiter Praha Prize at the 58th Beethoven Hradec International Competition (2022). During this competition she played Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra. In May 2022 she made her debut in the Recital …
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) in 1996. He started studying piano at the age of 7 with his mother. He continued his studies at the Conservatory of Gran Canaria with Emilio Tabraue. He also took lessons with Galina Neporozohnya.
For Sunday 30 April 2023 we have invited pianist Ruben Plazier. Ruben obtained his Diplôme Supérieur d’èxécution unanimously in 2021 at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris, where he was supervised by Jean-Bernard Pommier.
After two days of intensive master classes, the nine students give a final concert in which they present themselves to each other, to masters Nino Gvetadze, Mariam Batsashvili and Diana Ketler, and to the audience. An excellent opportunity to hear how much talent has gathered in Naarden. We will certainly be hearing more from some of them!
The students receive intensive masterclasses from Nino Gvetadze, Mariam Batsashvili and Diana Ketler. And you can witness this!
The very first edition of NIPF Masterclass starts with a dazzling opening concert. Masters Nino Gvetadze, Mariam Batsashvili and Diana Ketler demonstrate their mastery in a program with virtuoso music by Franz Liszt, but also with melancholy sounds by Valentin Silvestrov. Of course we also welcome the nine students to this concert, for many the first meeting with their teachers for the coming days.
This evening is all about the tango, from the doyen of the Argentine tango Astor Piazzolla to Igor Stravinksy and Kurt Weill.
On March 17, we have the honor to welcome the 2nd prize winner of the Liszt Utrecht International Piano Competition. You will of course hear virtuoso works by Liszt, but the full program is still a surprise…
Described by Fanfare Magazine in 2018 as a true keyboard poet, Pablo Suaste’s elegant and virtuoso artistry has led to him being recognized as an emerging artist in the music world.
Soprano Sophie Klußmann, born in Freiburg, is an opera and concert singer. Since 2008 she has played in several operas worldwide and played leading roles as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro.