Bogdan Efremov began taking cello lessons at the age of four in St Petersburg. In 2024, he completed his training at the Gnessin Specialised Music School in Moscow and went on to study at the Moscow Conservatoire. He is currently studying under Professor Claudio Bohorquez at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin.
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His most recent achievements include prizes at prestigious international competitions, including the International Khachaturian Competition (2nd prize and two special prizes, 2026) and the International Schoenfeld String Competition (3rd prize, 2025).
Yueyue Gu is a young pianist and is active in the field of chamber music.
Yueyue Gu was born in 2006 in Heilongjiang Province, China, into a family of musicians, and received early musical training from his parents.
Programme:
- Debussy – Sonata in D minor, L. 135
- Penderecki – Per Slava
- Gubaidulina – Selection of preludes from 10 Preludes
- Demenga – EFEU
- Shchedrin – Quadrille from the opera *Not Love Alone*
- Ginastera – Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21, 1950, 9 mins
- Saariaho – 7 Papillons
- Gusev – Sonata, Op. 11
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Dates
October 2026
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