Franz Liszt International Piano Festival and Competition
Presented by The Ohio Chapter of the American Liszt Society
Hosted by The Ohio State University School of Music
Timashev Family Music Building
1900 College Road
Columbus, Ohio
Caroline Hong, Festival and Competition director
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
DAY 1 , Oct. 14 | DAY 2, Oct. 15 | DAY 3, Oct. 16
DAY 1 — Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023
SESSION I • 2–4 p.m.
Piano master class with Spencer Myer,
Indiana University Piano Faculty
PROGRAM
Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Major,
from Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. I
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Clara Rudy
Sonata in B Minor, S. 176
I. Lento assai — allegro energico
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Manuel Vizurraga
From Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
I. Allegro maestoso
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Eunji Baik
From Images I
TBA
Claude Debussy (1872–1918)
Tracy Qian
DAY 2 — Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023
SESSION II • 3:15 p.m.
Wellness presentation: “The Healthy Liszt Performer”
Lynn Singleton
SESSION III • 4 p.m.
Piano Compositions of Franz Liszt:
Recital by Ohio State students and Steven Glaser, professor of piano
Master of Ceremonies
Ryan Behan, competition co-director
PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, mvt. I
Yiwen Zhu
Conor Smyth-Small, orchestral reduction
Légende No. 2, "St. Francis Walking on the Waves"
Conor Smyth-Small
Liebestraum No. 3
Steven Glaser
La leggierezza
Dasom Kwon
Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
Grace Ding
Rigoletto Concert Paraphrase
Kaiwei Guo
Vallée d’Obermann
Xinying He
Sonata in B Minor, S. 176
Movements I. and II.
Manuel Vizurraga
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Minor
Liam Utt
DAY 3 — Monday, Oct. 16, 2023
PRE-CONCERT TALK • 6:45 p.m.
Arved Ashby, professor of musicology
GUEST ARTISTS CONCERT • 7:30 p.m.
Celebration of the birthdays of Liszt and Rachmaninoff
- Ji-Hyang Gwak, 2021 Winner of Franz Liszt International Piano Festival and Competition
- Sunghwan Kim, 2021 Competition Ohio Call 3rd Place Winner
- Ryan Behan, competition co-director
PROGRAM
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Ji-Hyang Gwak
Selections from Schubert Song Transcriptions
Franz Liszt
Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, S. 562: No. 1
"Der Müller und der Bach"
from Die schöne Müllerin, S. 565: No. 2
Gretchen am Spinnrade, S. 558: No. 8
Sunghwan Kim
Selections from Années de pèlerinages: "Suisse"
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Ryan Behan
Following this concert, join us in the Timashev Lobby for birthday cake provided by Nothing Bundt Cakes, Upper Arlington.
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