Winners of the "Best Master Class Participant" award will perform in a recital: Dalila Azimova, violin, and Mikhail Mordvinov, piano

In 2020, she continued her studies at the Berlin University of the Arts under Prof. Latica Honda-Rosenberg. Dalila is a prize winner at numerous international violin competitions, including the Competition for Young Musicians (Tallinn, 2015), the International Competition “Dedicated to Sergei Prokofiev” (Moscow—Grand Prix), the International Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow, 2016), the International Arthur Grumiaux Violin Competition (Brussels, 2017), and the International Loutraki Festival Competition (Greece, 2017 – First Prize).

She has participated in masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Mihaela Martin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Boris Garlitsky, Zakhar Bron, and Sergei Krylov. Dalila has performed at international music festivals in Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Slovenia, and Austria, and has given recitals as a soloist with symphony and chamber orchestras in renowned concert halls across Europe.

Mikhail Mordvinov, born in Moscow, is considered one of the most significant Russian pianists of his generation. Following numerous successes at international competitions, he now performs worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, and song pianist. Radio and CD recordings document his virtuosity and musical maturity. Mordvinov began playing the piano at the age of six and, starting at age seven, studied in the piano class of Tatiana Zelikman at the Gnessin Music School in Moscow.

In 1994, he began his studies at the Russian Gnessin Academy under Professor Vladimir Tropp. There, he was honored as “Best Student of the Year” in 1997. This was followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Drama in Hanover under Prof. Bernd Goetzke. Since receiving the Scriabin Scholarship from the Moscow Scriabin Museum in 1994, he has been a regular guest at the Scriabin Music Festival. In 1997–98, Mikhail Mordvinov was also a Heinrich Neuhaus Fellow. Between 2004 and 2006, he received support from the Keyboard Charitable Trust in London.

Mikhail Mordvinov is a prize winner at numerous competitions and has won, among other awards, First Prize at the 12th International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (1996), First Prize and a Special Prize at the 6th International Schubert Competition in Dortmund (1997), and the First Prize and Special Prize at the 12th International Competition in Andorra (2006).

Program:

• Bach - Sonata BWV 1003 in A minor, 3rd & 4th movements
• Mozart – Concerto in A major, K. 219, 1st movement
• Paganini – Caprice No. 10 in G minor, Op. 1
• Beethoven – Spring Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24
• Henri Marteau - Caprice No. 14: “Spinning Wheel,” Op. 25
• Richard Blackford - “Kopfkino”
• Karol Szymanowski - Sonata in D minor, Op. 9, 1st movement
• Max Reger - Prelude No. 7 in A minor, Op. 117
• Jenő Hubay - Carmen Fantasy, Op. 3
• Tchaikovsky - Concerto in D major, Op. 35