Martín García García

Martín García García (Gijón, Spain, 1996) is one of the most promising pianists on the global music scene today, acclaimed on prominent stages across Europe, America, and Asia. Among his achievements are his victory at the Cleveland International Piano Competition 2021 and third place at the International Chopin Piano Competition 2021, the world’s most prestigious piano competition, where he also received the Special Prize from the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

A graduate of the Reina Sofía School of Music under the guidance of Galina Eguiazarova, he was recognized as an Outstanding Student by Queen Sofía of Spain. He later completed a master’s degree at the Mannes School of Music in New York City, studying with Jerome Rose. He has performed with orchestras such as the Symphoniker Hamburg, Seoul Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony, under the baton of renowned conductors like Mikhail Pletnev, Andrey Boreyko or Vasily Petrenko.

The 2024/2025 season marks a milestone in Martín’s career, featuring his sixth tour of Japan, where his concerts draw a combined audience of 25,000. He will also perform in Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Colombia, and Germany, with appearances in Rostock, Rheingau, and Cologne, between others, further cementing his outstanding international career.

MASTERCLASS:

16:00 – Yijun Xie, 18 years old

Yijun previously studied piano at the Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In September 2023, at the age of 15, he was admitted to the Talent Program in Piano Performance at the Rubinstein State Music School in Poland, becoming the only Chinese student accepted that year. He is currently studying piano performance under Professor Maria Murawska, Executive Chair of the International Chopin Youth Piano Competition (organized by the Szafarnia Chopin Music Center) and former Vice President of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music.

Programme:

Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S.139 No.5 – Feux follets

Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma,S.394

17:00 – Xuanxiang Wu, 18 years old

Xuanxiang Wu was admitted to the Primary School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music at the age of nine, studying under Professor Zhong Ting. At fourteen, he was accepted into the Juilliard School Pre-College Division in New York, where he studied with Dr. Ernest Barretta. This August, he will begin his undergraduate studies at the Juilliard School under Professor Yoheved Kaplinsky.

In 2025, he qualified for the main competition in both the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA) and the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Italy).

Programme:

Chopin: Etude op. 25 no. 7 in C sharp minor

Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 11 in D-Flat Major, S. 139 “Harmonies du Soir”

The event is supported by the Liszt Society, the CIPMF Piano Festival (Founder/Artistic Director: Hao YAO; Co-Artistic Director: Leslie Howard) and Instituto Cervantes London.

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