ARSENII MUN,
piano
Winner of the International Piano Competition "Ferruccio Busoni" - 2023
Arsenii Mun, the winner of the 64th International Piano Competition Ferruccio Busoni 2023. The twenty-four-year-old pianist also won the prestigious Benedetti Michelangeli Prize, awarded only in the case of a unanimous verdict from the jury, a rather rare occurrence as this recognition had not been granted for almost 30 years. Additionally, he was voted online by a large majority of viewers from around the world, winning the Audience Prize.
Born in St. Petersburg in 1999, Arsenii began studying piano at the age of six. From 2010-2017, he studied at the Special Secondary Music School of the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg and then at the Conservatory itself. He is currently enrolled at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. In 2009, he made his debut with a symphony orchestra at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and in 2014, he held his first recital at the Mozarthaus in Vienna. Winner of awards in numerous international competitions, Arsenii has performed under the guidance of important conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Mark Russell Smith, Mei-Ann Chen, and Ian Hobson.
The young talent, originally from South Korea, has amazed the world of classical music with his brilliant and original interpretations of Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. His concert will be an unmissable opportunity to hear one of the greatest young artists of our time live.
program
Debussy "Cloches à travers les feuilles"
Scriabin - 24 Preludes
Rachmaninov - Etude-tableaux op. 39 no.2
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Web:
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