Anastasiia Kliuchereva

Eighteen-year-old pianist Anastasiia Kliuchereva is currently studying with Prof. Mikhail Voskresensky and Prof. Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, Austria.

She is also a scholarship recipient of the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein and takes part in the intensive-study weeks held there. 

Anastasiia has won numerous prizes and awards, including First Prize at the Russian National Competition in Kirov, Russia, in 2011; the Grand Prix at the 2012 International Competition Music Without Limits in Druskininkai, Lithuania; First Prize at the 2013 International Piano Competition for Young Pianists named after Vasily Safonov in Pyatigorsk, Russia; the Grand Prix at the 2014 International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Villahermosa, Mexico; the International Piano Competition named after Tatiana Nikolaeva in Bryansk, Russia, 2014; as well as First Prize at the 2014 International Piano Competition Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte in Ústínad Labem, Czech Republic.

In 2015, she received the Senator Award for the best interpretation of a composition by Rachmaninoff at the Astana Piano Passion International Piano Competition in Kazakhstan. In addition, she won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Amadeus International Piano Competition in Brno, Czech Republic; 2016 International Chopin Piano Competition in Narva, Estonia; the Grand Prix at the 2016 Balys Dvarionas International Piano Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania; 2017 Peter Toperczer International Competition in Kosice, Slovakia; and Second Prize at the 2017 International Chopin Piano Competition in Szafarnia, Poland. 

Anastasiia Kliuchereva’s recent awards and prizes include the 2019 Yamaha Music Award at the Jewgeni Michailowitsch Timakin International Piano Competition in Moscow, Russia; the Silver Medal at the 2019 Delphic Games in Rostov-on-Don, Russia; First Prize at the 2020 Sergei Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition in Moscow, Russia; the Grand Prix at the 2020 International Competition Citta di Barletta in Italy; First Prize at the 2020 Pietro Argento International Competition, Italy; the Russian National Competition and  Young Talents of Russia Competition; Second Prize at the International Competition Euregio Piano Award in 2021; First Prize at the International Competition Orbetello Piano Competition; Third Prize at the International Competition San Jose International Piano Competition in 2021, U.S.; and the Artistic Prize of Eppan Piano Academy in 2021, Italy.

Virtual First Round

Bach: Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860 

Mozart: Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K. 283 

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Presto

Chopin: Étude in g-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6 

Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 4, “Mazeppa,” in d minor 

Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23: No. 4 in D major, No. 5 in g minor, No. 7 in c minor

In-Person Second Round

Carl Vine: Resolve

Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in b-flat minor, Op. 36

I. Allegro agitato

II. Non allegro—Lento

III. Allegro molto

Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in f-sharp minor, Op. 2

I. Allegro non troppo, ma energico

II. Andante con espressione

III. Scherzo. Allegro—Trio. Poco più moderato

IV. Finale. Sostenuto—Allegro non troppo e rubato

Ravel: “Scarbo” from Gaspard de la nuit

Semifinal Round – Chamber Music

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100

I. Allegro amabile

II. Andante tranquillo—Vivace—Andante—Vivace di più—Andante—Vivace

III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Final Round

Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

I. Andante—Allegro 

II. Tema con variazioni

III. Allegro, ma non troppo

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