Franz Liszt Piano Festival 2023

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  •  24 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

Meet the artists

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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