TomአVRÁNA

4 January 1994

Czech Republic

He played piano since the age of three, and studied at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava, under Monika Tugendliebová. Nowadays he studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under prof. Ivan Klánský. His greatest piano achievements include his fivefold victory in the Prague Junior Note Competition, among several other competition prizes and laureates. He performed in Slovakia, Austria and France, as well as with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra in recent years. As a soloist, he performed at Chopin Festival in Mariánské Lázně, and in 2017 and 2018 he was invited by Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra again to play Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and Strings.

REPERTOIRE: 

PRELIMINARY

Bartók: Suite, BB 70

Dohnányi: Rhapsody in C major, op. 11/3

Liszt: Two Concert Études – 2. Gnomenreigen

SEMI-FINAL

Bartók: Sonata, BB 88

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, op. 27 – 1. Andante – Allegro – Andante, 2. Allegro molto e vivace

Dániel Dobos: Drumul Dracului

FINAL

Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, op. 52

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit – 2. Le Gibet, 3. Scarbo

GRAND FINAL

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91