Mateusz RETTNER

21 January 1990

Poland

Pianist and composer Mateusz Rettner obtained a master’s degree with distinction from the Royal College of Music, London, where he studied with Dina Parakhina and Leon McCawley. Previously he studied at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany (with Nicolas Hodges) and the Academy of Music in Łódź. He attended master classes by Dmitri Bashkirov, Kirill Gerstein, Andrzej Jasiński, Philippe Giusiano, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Michel Béroff, Laurent Lamy, Wojciech Świtała and others. He is currently studying for a PhD at the Academy of Music in Kraków. His most recent successes include receiving the Mercers’ Arts Award as well as first prize in the Brooks-van der Pump Competition in London. Mateusz Rettner’s performance career as a soloist and chamber musician has taken him to some of the most prestigious venues in the UK as well as Poland, Germany and the United States.

REPERTOIRE:

PRELIMINARY

Bartók: Three Studies, BB 81

Dohnányi: Winterreigen, op. 13 – 9. Morgengrauen, 10. Postludium

Liszt: Transcendental Études – 10. Allegro agitato

SEMI-FINAL

Bartók: Sonata, BB 88

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, op. 78

Dániel Dobos: Drumul Dracului

FINAL

Brahms: Four Piano Pieces, op. 119

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5, op. 53

GRAND FINAL

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91