Sofya Gulyak

WINNER

2007 William Kapell International Piano Competition & Festival

Age:
27

Country of Birth:
Russia

Country of Citizenship:
Russia

Currently Residing In:
Russia

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Musical Selection

Sofya Gulyak was born in Kazan, Russia. She began her piano studies at the Kazan State Conservatory with Nailya Khakimova and Alfya Burnasheva, whom she also studied with for her postgraduate work. She has won prizes at many competitions, including the Artlivre International Piano Competition, International Liszt Competition, Pozzoli Competition, Piano Competition of Great Britain, Repubblicca di San Marino Piano Competition, Rachmaninov Piano Competition, Valsesia Musica Piano Competition, Grand Prix Animato Competition and Pausilypon Piano Competition. In 2004, she began her studies at the École Normale de Music de Paris with Marian Rybicki. In 2006, Ms. Gulyak was first prize winner of the International Piano Competition in Rhodes, Greece and Thalberg Competition in Naples, as well as second prize winner of the International Rina Sala Gallo Piano Competition. In 2006 she also received Grand Prize in the First International Gubaidullinas Piano Competition (Kazan, Russia). She has been a scholar for the Russian Ministry of Culture, Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation and Russian Federation President Foundation. Until the end of 2006, Ms. Gulyak studied at the Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestri" in Imola (Italy) with Boris Petrushansky and in 2007 she won first prize at the Schumann International Piano Competition in Italy (Pistoia). She has participated in master classes with Dimitry Bashkirov, Lev Naumov and Paul Badura-Scoda. Her playing has been broadcast on Russian and Polish radio and on television in Brazil and San Marino. Ms. Gulyak recorded an album with the Kazan Chamber Orchestra entitled La Primavera and has performed concerts in Russia, Poland, France, Morocco, Norway, Italy and Portugal.

Solo Repertoire

Muzio Clementi:
Sonata in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Sonata in C Major, K. 279

César Franck:
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Dimtri Shostakovich:
Prelude and Fugue in D-Flat Major

Maurice Ravel:
La Valse

Franz Liszt:
La Campanella
Etude "Chasse neige"

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Elégie, Op. 3, No. 1
Etude-tableau in E-Flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5

Robert Schumann:
Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22

Required Piece

Aaron Copland:
Piano Sonata: Vivace (2nd movement)

Trio

Robert Schumann:
Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63

Concertos

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

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