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RECORDINGS FROM THE EIGHTH WINNERS GRAND PRIX CONCERT AT THE EMBASSY OF POLAND IN WASHINGTON, DC

THIS CONCERT, ENTITLED "CHOPIN AND COMPANY," WAS PERFORMED ON THE "PADEREWSKI" STEINWAY B PIANO AT THE POLISH EMBASSY

CONCERT DATE: Thursday, APRIL 23, 2009


Left to Right: Vincent Schmithorst, Matthias Fischer, Jelena Vladikovic, Christopher Shih

 

Click on the following links to download LIVE PERFORMANCES from the 2009 Winners Grands Prix Concert
(recordings are in MP3 format).

For a copy of the program for the evening concert that includes biographies of the prize winning pianists, click on the following link

2009 WGP PROGRAM - FILE in PDF format

JELENA VLADIKOVIC, 1ST PIANIST IN PROGRAM

Chopin - Prelude No. 4 in E Minor

Chopin - Prelude No. 10 in C-sharp Minor

Chopin - Prelude No. 22 in G Minor

Chopin - Prelude No. 24 in D Minor

Liszt - Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses No. 7: Funérailles 

CHRISTOPER SHIH, 2ND PIANIST IN PROGRAM

Debussy - En Bateau from Petite Suite

Chopin - Barcarolle

MATTHIAS FISCHER, 3RD PIANIST IN PROGRAM

Rachmaninoff - Variations on a Theme of Chopin

VINCENT SCHMITHORST, 4TH PIANIST IN PROGRAM

Mendelssohn - Variations Serieuses

Chopin - Chopin Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49

Schumann - Tocatta, Op. 7

 

NOTE: The actual order of pianist at the concert was changed from what was printed in the program. Schmithorst preceded Fischer, who closed the evening with the Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Chopin at the Embassy. The order presented here is the order that was printed in the accompanying program.

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