Fedor Orlov, 18

Fedor Orlov

Fedor Orlov is 18 years old. Currently, he is studying at the Gnessin Moscow Special Music School with the Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation - teacher Elena Berezkina. In March 2022, Fedor became the winner of the Sixteenth International Piano Concerto Competition in Hastings. In 2021, Fedor became the winner of the joint project of the Zaryadye Hall, the Verbier Festival, and the Swiss bank Julius Baer, and took part in the academy of the Verbier Festival. He also received a special music award, the "Yamaha" music award, which included a debut concert at the Yamaha Ginza Hall in Tokyo in the 2023-2024 season.

Fedor is the gold medalist of the 5th Manhattan International Music Competition in Manhattan, 2021, the second Finland International Piano Competition WPTA 2021, the International Competition "Nouvelles Étoiles" in France, 2022, the 1st anniversary International Competition named after Rachmaninoff, 2023, the Grand Prix of the international competition "Cup of China and Russia", the 10th International Competition of Young Pianists in memory of V Horowitz, and others.

As a soloist, Fedor has performed with the orchestra of the Royal Music College Prince Consort Orchestra, as well as with the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Great Britain, the Russian National Orchestra, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after E F Svetlanova, the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Yuri Bashmet, the orchestra of the State Opera and Ballet Theater "Astana Opera", the Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Chapel of St Petersburg, and many others. Over the past 3 years, Fedor Orlov has performed in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, on Red Square, in the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theater, in the Chamber Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, in the Great Hall "Zaryadye", in the Moscow International House of Music, in the State Academic Chapel of St Petersburg, in the Embassies of Germany and Japan in Russia, the Orchestra Concert Hall, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the Tretyakov Gallery, and many others.

Fedor Orlov actively participates in various concerts, conferences, and masterclasses. He has performed solo concerts in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Cyprus, Estonia, Ukraine, and other countries.

Stage 1: Recital

Stage 2: Recital

Stage 1: Recital

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

D Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor K1

D Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor K466

L v Beethoven: Sonata in F minor “Appassionata” Op. 57

I. Allegro assai II. Andante con moto III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Stage 2: Recital

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

S Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableau in F sharp minor Op. 39 No. 3

A Scriabin: Étude in C sharp minor Op. 42 No. 5

S Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 Op. 83

I. Allegro inquieto II. Andante caloroso III. Precipitato

Stage 3: Recital (semifinal)

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

J Brahms: Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2

S Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36 (1931 edition)

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

C Gluck/G Sgambatti: A melody from the opera "Orpheus"

M Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit M. 55

I. Ondine II. Le Gibet III. Scarbo

D Önaç: Five Études

I. Monody Dance II. Melancholia

Stage 4: Concerto (final)

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

S Rachmaninoff:

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43