Ilya Shmukler
Russia | Age 22
Moscow native Ilya Shmukler studies piano with Elena Kuznetsova at the Moscow Conservatory. He has frequently performed in the leading concert halls of Russia, including in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, and Kazan, as well as in Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania, Moldova, and Kazakhstan. Mr. Shmukler has won awards at a number of piano competitions, including grand prizes of the 2009 Musica Classica and the 2012 Scriabin-Rachmaninoff competitions in Russia, and second prize in the 2012 International Rachmaninov Music Competition. He has played with several orchestras, most notably the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra. When not playing piano, he enjoys cinema, literature, art, swimming, and table tennis.
COMPETITION REPERTOIRE
Preliminary Recital
HAMELIN Toccata on “L’homme armé”
HAYDN Sonata in F Major, Hob XVI:23
BACH-SILOTI Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
Quarterfinal Recital
BACH-BUSONI Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
STRAVINSKY Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
Semifinal Recital
SCHUMANN Novelette in F-sharp Minor, op. 21, no. 8
DEBUSSY La cathédrale englouitie from Preludes, Book I
DEBUSSY Feux d’artifice from Preludes, Book II
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, op. 84
Semifinal Concerto
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Final Round Piano Quintet
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44
Final Round Concerto
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26