Alyosha Jurinic
Croatia | Age 28
Alyosha Jurinic won the International Robert Schumann Competition in 2012, and was a fifth-prize winner of the 2016 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition and a finalist at the 2015 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. He won the Best Young Musician Award from the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, and is the youngest-ever recipient of the Croatian Ministry of Culture’s Vladimir Nazor Award, given annually for highest achievement in the arts. Mr. Jurinic made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2015 and has performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Belgium, Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosovo Philharmonic, and others. His festival appearances include Piano Fortissimo in Zagreb, Dubrovnik Summer Festival in Croatia, Kiev Summer Music Evenings, and Serate Musicali in Milan, as well as Chopin festivals in Serbia, France (the George Sand House), and Chopin’s birthplace in Poland. Mr. Jurinic is currently studying with Grigory Gruzman at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar. His passions include film, TV, pop music, books, fitness, and soccer tactics.
COMPETITION REPERTOIRE
Preliminary Recital
DEBUSSY Rêverie
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, op. 27, no. 1 (“Quasi una fantasia”)
HAMELIN Toccata on “L’homme armé”
SCHUMANN-LISZT Widmung
LISZT Concert Etude No. 2 in F Minor “La Leggierezza”
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A Minor
Quarterfinal Recital
DEBUSSY Images, Book II
SCHUMANN Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, op. 11
Semifinal Recital
SCHUBERT Sonata in A Major, D. 664, op. posth. 120
DORMAN Piano Sonata No. 5
CHOPIN Nocturne in D-flat Major, op. 27, no. 2
CHOPIN Mazurkas, op. 17 , nos. 1 and 2
CHOPIN Etudes, op. 25, nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, and 12
Semifinal Concerto
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
Final Round Piano Quintet
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44
Final Round Concerto
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 16