Nikolay Khozyainov

Russia | Age 24

Nikolay Khozyainov was born in Blagoveshchensk in far eastern Russia and made his debut at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory at age 7 in a Handel piano concerto. He won first prize at the Dublin International Piano Competition, second prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition, and was a finalist at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Mr. Khozyainov has performed at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, and Lincoln Center in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, the Théâtre de Champs-Élysées and the Louvre in Paris, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He has recorded several CDs and has performed concertos with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Mr. Khozyainov is now pursuing an advanced degree at the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover, where he studies with Arie Vardi. When he’s not playing piano, he likes listening to opera and often visits opera theaters.

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COMPETITION REPERTOIRE

Preliminary Recital
HAYDN Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:33
CHOPIN Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1
RACHMANINOFF Étude-Tableau in C Minor, op. 39, no. 1
LISZT Après un lecture de Dante (Fantasia quasi sonata)
HAMELIN Toccata on “L’homme armé”

Quarterfinal Recital
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, op. 110
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
STRAVINSKY Trois mouvements de Petrouchka

Semifinal Recital
CHOPIN Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 1
CHOPIN Ballade No. 2 in F Major, op. 38
SCHUMANN Fantasie in C Major, op. 17
LISZT-BUSONI Variations on Two Themes from Mozart’s Opera Marriage of Figaro

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
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30