Anastasia Vorotnaya, 28

Anastasia Vorotnaya

Winner of the Gold medal at the Third Vienna Piano Competition in 2021 (Vienna, Austria), Anastasia Vorotnaya (“A Prodigy of the 21st Century”, Musical Life Magazine) is no stranger to 1st prize awards.

Spanning two decades, beginning when she was seven years old in 2002, these include: 1st Prize, Vienna New Year's Concert International Music Competition (Vienna, Austria) - 2022, Gold Medal at the 3rd Vienna Piano Competition (Vienna, Austria) - 2021, 1st Prize, Gegen den Strom International Piano Competition (Nochern, Germany) - 2018, 1st Prize, Concertino - Praga International Piano Competition (Prague, Czech Republic) - 2010, 1st Prize, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition (New York, USA) - 2008, 1st Prize, IV International Young Pianists Competition, Central Music School - 2007, 1st Prize, Mozart - Child Prodigy Competition - 2006, 1st Prize, Muravieva Competition (Samara, Russia) - 2004, 1st Prize, Talents of the New Century (Moscow, Russia) - 2003, and 1st Prize, Assembly of Arts, Regional Competition (Samara, Russia) - 2002.

Other prizes include: 2nd Prize, Juriesin Competition (Salzburg Mozarteum, Austria) - 2019, Public Prize, Jeudis du Piano (Geneva, Switzerland) - 2018, Yamaha Music Europe Scholarship - 2017, Yamaha Piano Scholarship - 2014, and Member of the Vladimir Spivakov 'New Names' International Charity Foundation (2003 - 2013).

She has performed around the world in 20 countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, The Republic of Georgia, Italy, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, and across her native Russia, in Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Murom, Naberezhnye Chelny, Orenburg, Pskov, Saratov, Tver, Vladimir, Volgograd, and Yaroslavl, in prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Musikverein (Vienna), Auditoria Nacional (Madrid), Rudolfinum (Prague), Grand & Small Halls of the Moscow State Conservatory (Moscow), Hall of the Armoury Museum of the Kremlin (Moscow), Chamber & Svetlanovsky Halls of the International House of Music (Moscow), Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), State Central Concert Hall (Moscow), Kuskovo Estate (Moscow), Arkhangelskoye Palace (Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast), Pavel Slobodkin Concert Hall (Moscow), and at the Pushkin Museum (Moscow).

Notably, she performed Beethoven Concerto No. 3 under the direction of Sir András Schiff with the Orquesta de Cámara de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía at the Auditorio Nacional (Madrid, 2017), and her commercial recording, which was part of the prize from when she won the Concertino Praga at 15 years of age (2010), can still be heard on radio across Europe and the UK on the BBC radio network. On the album, she recorded music of Chopin, Liszt, Martinu, Ravel, and Scriabin.

Anastasia has been invited to perform at many important international festivals such as Rheingau Music Festival (Germany), Klosters Music Festival (Switzerland), Menuhin Music Festival (Switzerland), Jeudis du Piano (Switzerland), Les Solistes à Bagatelle (France), Les Nuits Oxygène (France), Ciclo de Recitales en la Plaza de Oriente (Spain), Festival de Piano Rafael Orozco (Spain), Crescendo Music Festival (Russia), New Names Music Festival (Russia), Moscow Meets Friends Music Festival (Russia), and the Vozvrashenie Music Festival (Russia).

She has attended the Togliatti Academy (2001), Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory under Vasily Ermakov (2004), and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía under Dmitri Bashkirov (2012 - 2019). She currently studies at the Lake Como International Piano Academy (2016 - Present) and Park University (Kansas City, USA).

Anastasia holds a Bachelor's of Music and a Master's of Music degree from Escuela Superior de música Reina Sofia. She has received an Artist Diploma from Park University (Kansas, USA) and continues her studies under Stanislav Ioudenitch.

Stage 1: Recital

Stage 2: Recital

Stage 1: Recital

All competitors will perform a solo recital with the maximum duration of 30 minutes

J S  Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F major (Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2)

W A Mozart: Sonata in F major K332

I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro assai

C Saint-Saëns/F Liszt/V Horowitz: Danse Macabre

Stage 2: Recital

All competitors will perform a solo recital with the maximum duration of 30 minutes

C Franck/H Bauer: Prélude, Fugue et Variation Op. 18

M Ravel: Jeux d’eau

E Granados: Goyescas Op. 11

IV: Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruiseñor

F Chopin: Étude in F major Op. 10 No. 8

F Liszt: Transcendental Étude "Appassionata" S. 139 No. 10

Stage 3: Recital (semifinal)

Up to ten competitors will perform a solo recital with the maximum duration of 60 minutes

D Önaç: Five Études

I. Monody Dance II. Melancholia

S Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36

I. Allegro agitato II. Non allegro - Lento III. Allegro molto

N Medtner: Sonata “Night wind” Op. 25 No. 2

Introduzione: Andante - Allegro

Stage 4: Concerto (final)

Three competitors will perform a concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

J Brahms:

Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83