PLANET PIANOFriday 8 March - Tuesday 12 March

Welcome to the RCM Keyboard Faculty's five day extravaganza for 2013,Planet Piano. Consisting of students from 50 countries, the keyboard faculty proudly celebrates its internationalism with music from the fourcorners of the earth. Events include recitals by students from our international partner institutions, a forum on international piano competitions and the exciting musical tour Around the World on 88 keys which is followed by the centrepiece of the festival, a masterclass given by one of today's truly great global concert artists, András Schiff.

We look forward to seeing you!Professor Vanessa LatarcheChair of International Keyboard Studies & Head of Keyboard RCM London

60 minutes11.00am, 1.00pm & 3.00pm | 8 March 2013 | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Ligeti at 906.00pm | 8 March 2013 | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Jazz Journeys7.00pm | 9 March 2013 | College Hall, Goldhawk Road, W12 9PL

Around the World on 88 Keys10.00am-3.00pm | 10 March 2013 | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Piano Masterclass with András Schiff4.00pm | 10 March 2013 | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

L'invitation au voyage1.05pm | 11 March 2013 | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Excursions around Europe6.00pm | 11 March 2013 | West Parry Room

Competitions: How to make use of them10.00am | 12 March 2013 | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

International Piano Competition Forum11.30am | 12 March 2013 | Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

60 minutesThe RCM welcomes pianists from our international partner institutions in Italy, France, and Russia who present a series of one- hour recital programmes.

11.00am Beatrice Magnani

J S Bach English Suite no 1 in A BWV 806Prelude; Allemande; Courante I; Courante II; Double I; Double II; Sarabande; Bourrée I; Bourrée II; Gigue

Mozart Sonata in C K330Allegro moderato; Andante cantabile; Allegretto

Chopin Ballade in G minor op 231.00pm Guillaume Sigier

Liszt Ballade no 2 in B minor Henri Dutilleux Trois préludes

D'ombre et de silenceSur un même accordLe jeu des contraires

Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit Ondine; Le gibet; Scarbo3.00pm Natalia Sokolovskaya

Mozart Sonata in E flat K282 Adagio; Menuetto I-II; Allegro

Chopin Introduction and Rondo in E flatRachmaninov 8 Preludes op 32

Born in Cremona in 1988, Beatrice Magnani started to study the pianoat the age of six with the Russian pianist Ludmilla Krylova. At presentshe is attending the International Pianistic Academy Incontri col Maestro in Imola. Winner of 20 first prizes in national and internationalcompetitions, in February 2010 she won the 10th edition of the PianoCampus International Piano Competition in Pontoise (France).

Since the age of eleven she has given recitals in many internationalconcert venues including the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow and the Feng-Youang MusicHall in Taiwan. She has taken part in international festivals and concert series such as Die NeuePhilharmonie Westfalen in Recklinghausen and Gelsenkirchen, MiTo in Milan and Borghi e Valli dell’Oltrepò in Pavia.

Beatrice has played with Ensemble Respighi, the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the NizhnijNovgorod Academic Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also recorded works by J S Bach, Chopinand Rachmaninov for the Italian Music Magazine Suonare News.

Born in 1988, the French pianist Guillaume Sigier entered the class of Henri Barda and Isabelle Dubuis at the Paris Conservatoire in 2005. There he also studied accompaniment, chamber music, and harmony, most notably with Roger Muraro, Claire Désert and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger.

Eager to encounter leading musical personalities, Guillaume has benefited from the advice andmasterclasses of Susan Manoff, Anne Quéffelec, Denis Pascal, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Ivry Gitlis,Byron Janis, Gilbert Amy, Michel Béroff, Christian Ivaldi and the members of the Wanderer Trio.

He has performed in recitals at Salle Pleyel and Cité de la musique in Paris and in Lille as a soloistin Beethoven’s Concerto no 3, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and Ravel’s Concerto in G. An enthusiastic chamber musician, he has collaborated with the gifted young artists Rika Masatoand Yury Revich, as well as with the cellist Honorine Schaeffer at the Roque d’Anthéron Festival.

Guillaume was a prize winner at the 57th Maria Canals International Piano Competition inBarcelona, and winner of the Ravel Prize given by the town of Ciboure in 2011. He is planning torecord a CD dedicated to Ravel’s work in 2013.

Natalia Sokolovskaya began her acquaintance with music at the age ofthree. In 2003 she studied at the special music school at the Music College of Musorgskiy in the south of Russia.

In December 2005, she made her solo debut in The Great Hall ofMoscow Conservatory under the baton of A Levin. She has since performed with the St Petersburg Symphony, Classica, and the Philharmonic Orchestra in Kharkov.

Natalia is currently studying piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory. She has taken part in masterclasses with Mstislav Rostropovich, Dmitriy Bashkirov, Dmitriy Alexeev and Michell Beroff.

During the last ten years Natalia has taken part in international music competitions and festivalsin Russia, England, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic. She has performed soloin the concert halls of Moscow, St Petersburg and the Astrakhan Conservatory.

In addition to the competitive awards Natalia has been a scholarship holder of the Rostropovich,Spivakov Charitable Foundation, the Russian Performance Art New Names, and a Special Scholarship from the President of the Russian Federation.

Ligeti at 90In this concert we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of the great Hungarian composerLigeti (1923-2006) whose Etudes have proved to be seminal works in the history of piano music.Extracts from all three books of Etudes are interspersed here with composers and styles whichLigeti often cited as influences when he was writing these remarkable pieces. RCM piano professorJulian Jacobson, who is performing this evening, gave the UK premiere of the first book of Etudesat the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in 1986.

Ligeti Désordre (Etudes, book I)Ligeti Arc-en-ciel (Etudes, book I) Valentin Barry

Chopin Berceuse op 57 Harry Nowakowski-FoxBill Evans Peace PieceLigeti Der Zauberlehrling (Etudes, book II) Andrew Zolinsky*

Scarlatti Sonata in D minor K 141 Kausikan Rajeshkumar

Chopin Etude in F op 10 no 8 Lara Melda

Chopin Etude in D flat op 25 no 8 Aleksandar Pavlovic

Ligeti Touches bloquées (Etudes, book I) Julian Jacobson*

Ligeti White on white (Etudes, book III) Emmanuelle Fleurot

Ligeti Pour Irina (Etudes, book III) Gen Li

Debussy Etude pour les degrés chromatiques Sean Jackson

Ligeti En suspens (Etudes, book II)Ligeti Fém (Etudes, book II) Gwenaelle Rouger

* RCM professorJazz Journeys Join us for a relaxed evening at the College's hall of residence with RCM jazz pianists and instrumentalists. Please note the venue, RCM College Hall, 220-238 Goldhawk Road, W12 9PL

The Street-Nelms Jazz Quartet - Toby Street trumpet Adam Higgs bass Oli Patrick drumsMonk Straight, No ChaserT Nelms Noctilucent Walton Touch Her Soft Lips and PartT Nelms AdnamiraRodgers/Hart My RomanceInterval

Keith Jarrett Long as You Know You're Living YoursHaggart/Burke What's New?Tizol Caravan Tom Harrell Moon AlleyStevie Wonder Bird of Beauty

Around the World on 88 Keys We present five hours of non- stop music-making for piano and harpsichord which takes us on atour around the world, beginning and ending in the UK. Follow our entertaining journey either inperson in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall or, if you are unable to be with us for the whole period,watch us live online at www.rcm.ac.uk/live

England

Beethoven Seven Variations on ‘God Save the King’ WoO 78 Yoon-Seok Shin

Froberger Plainte faite à Londres pour passer la Mélancholie James Perkins

J S Bach Prelude from English Suite no 2 in A minor BWV 807 Aleksandar Djermanovic

Spain

John Bull The Spanish Paven Valarie Liow

Albéniz El Puerto from Suite Iberia Merce Villanueva

Albéniz Fetes-Dieu a Seville from Suite Iberia Han-Sae Jang

Albéniz Triana from Suite Iberia Margalida Moll Salord

Albéniz Cordoba from Cantos de Espana op 232 Bram Simmonds

France

J S Bach French Suite no 5 BWV 816 Lisa BritcherAllemande; Courante; Sarabande; GavotteSwitzerland

Liszt Au Lac de Wallenstadt from Années de pèlerinage: Suisse Gen Li

Liszt Les Cloches de Genève from Années de pèlerinage: Suisse Oda Voltersvik

Austria

Schumann Romance and Intermezzo from Carnival Scenes from Vienna op 26 Weihao Fu

Godowsky Alt Wein Andrew Yiangou

Poland

Chopin Polonaise in C sharp minor op 26 no 1 Emas Au

Norway

Grieg Wedding Day at Troldhaugen op 65 no 6 Stephanie Onggowinoto

Russia

Tchaikovsky Album for Children Elena Toponogova Russian song; Italian song; German song; Old French song; Neapolitan song Medtner Russian Fairy Tale op 42 No1 Asiya Akperova

Balakirev Islamey Dominic Doutney

Ukraine

Bax Two Russian Tone-Pictures ‘Nocturne’ and ‘May night in the Ukraine’ Alexander Kirk

Mussorgsky The Hut on Fowl's Legs and The Great Gate of Kiev Vasco Dantas Rocha from Pictures at an ExhibitionRomania

Paul Constantinescu Joc Dobrogean - veloce (quasi una Toccata)‘Between the River Danube and the Black Sea’ Elisabeta Furtuna

Bartok Six Romanian Dances Alexandra Zlatior

Italy

Debussy Les collines d'Anacapri from Préludes Book I Lara Melda

Liszt Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli Tomoka Kan

Saint-Saëns Souvenir d'Italie Minyoung Bae

Poulenc Napoli Suite Hamish Dustagheer

Greece

Debussy Danseuses de Delphes from Préludes Book I Ewa Tytman

Turkey

Fazil Say Black Earth (inspired by the landscape of the town of Sivas) Emma Wang

India

John Mayer Calcutta-Narga Ning See

China

John Adams China Gates Miklos Veszpremi

Guo Zhihong Xinjiang Dance Catherine Cheung

Japan

Ryosuke Karaki Jipang: The sounds of an ancient temple bell wafting in the air Tingting Li

Malaysia and Singapore

Albert Tay Variations on the theme 'Di Tanjong Katong' Nabillah Jalal

Muhd Nazzerry Procession in Telok Blangah Tang Rachel

Indonesia

Godowsky The Gardens of Buitenzorg from Java Suite Phonoramas - Tonal Journeys for the Pianoforte Mark Viner

China, Australia & America

Stephen Goss Piano Cycle (Olympic Games) Fanfare: The Bird’s Nest (Asia); Arioso (Oceania); Repetitive Strain (America) Ray Long

Argentina

Ginastera Danza del Viejo Boyero from Danzas Argentinas op 2 Aleksy Kornicz

Ginastera Danza de la Moza Donosa from Danzas Argentinas op 2 Chi-Hoi Cheung

Ginastera Danza del Gaucho Matrero from Danzas Argentinas op 2 Bing Bai

Brazil

Milhaud Brasileira from Scaramouche for two pianos Vasco Dantas Rocha & Pedro Gomes

America

Ginastera Suite de Danzas Criollas op 15 Muqiao Zhou

Portugal

Lopes-Graça Variações sobre um tema popular Português Ana Beatriz Ferreira

Ireland

Grainger Irish Dance no 1 A March-Jig Sarah Park

Grainger Spoon River and Irish Tune from County Derry Liang Shan

England

Judith Bingham The Moon Over Westminster Cathedral Eungi Chung

Piano Masterclass with András Schiff In the middle of his highly acclaimed recital series of the Complete Beethoven Sonatas at the Wigmore Hall in London this season, András Schiff leads a class on these monumental works withthree RCM pianists.

This masterclass is supported by Dasha Shenkman in memory of her mother, Belle Shenkman,who was a great supporter of the arts.

Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor Quasi una fantasia op 27 no 2 ‘Moonlight’ Pavel KolesnikovBeethoven Sonata in E flat op 31 no 3 Kausikan RajeshkumarBeethoven Sonata in F minor op 57 ‘Appassionata’ Anna Fedorova

András Schiff was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1953 and started piano lessons at the age of fivewith Elisabeth Vadász. Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academywith Professor Pál Kadosa, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados, and in London with George Malcolm.Recitals and special cycles such as the major keyboard works of J S Bach, Haydn, Mozart,Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Bartók form an important part of his activities. Since2004 he has performed complete cycles of the 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in 20 cities, and thecycle in the Zurich Tonhalle was recorded live. For his recording Geistervariationen, with works byRobert Schumann (ECM), Andras Schiff received the International Classical Music Award 2012, inthe category Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year. András Schiff has worked with most of themajor international orchestras and conductors, but nowadays he performs mainly as a conductorand soloist. In 1999 he created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, whichconsists of international soloists, chamber musicians and friends. In addition to working annuallywith this Orchestra, he also works with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.Since childhood he has enjoyed playing chamber music and from 1989 until 1998 was ArtisticDirector of the internationally highly praised Musiktage Mondsee chamber music festival nearSalzburg. In 1995, together with Heinz Holliger, he founded the Ittinger Pfingstkonzerte in KartauseIttingen, Switzerland. In 1998 András started a similar series, entitled Hommage to Palladio atthe Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza.

András Schiff has been awarded numerous international prizes, the most recent being the GoldenMozart-Medaille by the International Stiftung Mozarteum. In 2006 he became an HonoraryMember of the Beethoven House in Bonn in recognition of his interpretations of Beethoven’s works.In 2008 he was awarded the Wigmore Hall Medal in appreciation of 30 years of music-making atWigmore Hall, in 2011 the Schumann Prize awarded by the city of Zwickau and in June 2012 hereceived the Order pour le mérite for Sciences and Arts. In 2012 he was also made a Member ofHonour of Vienna Konzerthaus. András Schiff has been made a Special Supernumerary Fellow ofBalliol College, Oxford.In 2006 András Schiff and the music publisher G Henle began an important Mozart edition project.In the course of the next few years there will be a joint edition of Mozart’s piano concertos in theiroriginal version to which András is contributing to the piano parts, the fingerings and the cadenzaswhere the original cadenzas are missing. In addition, in 2007 both volumes of Bach’s WellTempered Klavier were edited in the Henle original text with fingerings by András.In the spring of 2011 Mr Schiff attracted attention because of his opposition to the alarmingpolitical development in Hungary and in view of the ensuing attacks on him from some HungarianNationalists, decided not to perform again in his home country.

L'invitation au voyage RCM postgraduate pianists on the accompaniment specialism are joined by singers in this concerton the theme of journey and voyage.

Duparc L'invitation au Voyage Fiona Mackenzie mezzo-soprano Ian Tindale pianoMendelssohn Auf Flügeln des GesangesSchumann Abends am Strand Peter Kirk tenor Clara Murnig pianoWolf Mignon Marie Jaermann soprano Lucy Colquhoun piano Chabrier L’Ile HeureuseChausson Le Colibri Stephanie Jennings-Adams soprano Emas Au piano Qing Zhu I live at the Source of the Yansze River Roussel Réponse d'une épouse sage Marie Jaermann soprano Wing Shan Chan piano Bizet Adieu de l'Hotesse ArabeWeill Youkali Anna Migallos soprano Wing Man Leung piano Duparc Romance de MignonDuparc Le Manoir de Rosemonde Ranveig Karadottir soprano Asiya Akperova piano Britten Midnight on the Great Western Finzi When I set out for Lyonesse Nick Pritchard tenor Jerome Knox baritone

Paul Mckenzie pianoDuparc La Vie Antérieure Fiona Mackenzie mezzo-soprano Ian Tindale piano

Excursions around Europe Join the RCM organists for an exploration of organ music from around the continent.

Liechtenstein

Rheinberger Sonata no 7I Georgina SherriffAllegro non troppoPoland

Sawa B.A.C.H Michal Bryks

England

Harwood Sonata in C sharp minor James PerkinsAllegro appassionatoSpain

Ximénez Batalladel sexto tono Richard Moore

Sweden

Von Koch Kontraster Toril BrieseRitmo; Misterioso; Giublioso

Competitions: How to make use of them - 10.00amInternational Piano Competition Forum - 11.30amDr Gustav Alink, a leading authority on piano competitions, presents a talk and is joined afterwardsby international piano competition organisers and jury members Dorian Leljak, Murray McLachlan,Tori Stødle and Ian Jones for a round table discussion on the pros and cons of the piano competition world.

Chair Professor Vanessa Latarche

Thank you to all involved in the organisation and planning of the festival.Thanks are due to RCM staff and the professors and students of the keyboard faculty , particularly Ian Jones, Assistant Head of Keyboard,and Valeria Farruggia, Faculties Administrator and Masterclass Coordinator.