Tuesday 12 March 2.00 pm
Mihai Ritivoiu (piano)
Scarlatti: Sonata in A major K 24 (5')
Beethoven: Sonata in D major Op 10 no 3 (23')
Presto / Largo / Minuet / Rondo
Fauré: Ballade in F sharp Op 19 (12')
de Falla: Fantasia Baetica (12')
Born in Bucharest, the London-based Romanian pianist Mihai Ritivoiu is alaureate of numerous national and international competitions, most notably the George Enescu International Competition. Mihai leads an international career performing solo and chamber music recitals in Europe and Asia, and has played concertos with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra and MDR Leipzig, and with conductors such as Joshua Weilerstein, Robert Trevino, Michael Collins, Cristian Mandeal, Christian Badea and Horia Andreescu. He has been invited to play at prestigious festivals, including Young Euro Classic in Berlin and the Enescu Festival in Bucharest, and has performed in halls such as the Barbican Centre, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Studio Ernest Ansermet Geneva, the Radio Hall andthe Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest He appeared live multiple times on BBC Radio 3's programme ‘In Tune',and his performances have been broadcast by Radio Romania MuzicalRadio Television Suisse and Medici TV. His debut album, released under the label Genuin with solo works by Franck, Enescu and Liszt, has been praised as “beautifully recorded, handsomely played - a solo recital to cherish” (The Arts Desk).A graduate with the highest honours from the National University of Music in Bucharest and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, Mihaistudied with Professors Viniciu Moroianu and Joan Havill. He took masterclasses with Dmitri Bashkirov, Dominique Merlet, Emmanuel Ax, Richard Goode, Jean-Claude Pennetier and has been mentored by Valentin Gheorghiu and Christopher Elton. In addition to his solo career, Mihai is passionate about chamber music. Throughout the years he has played with Corina Belcea, Antoine Lederlin,Roland Pidoux, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Bernhard Naoki Hedenborg andOleg Kogan. Mihai became a City Music Foundation artist in 2016. He has also received generous support from the Liliana and Peter Ilica Foundationfor the Endowment of the Arts, Erbiceanu Cultural Foundation and Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation.
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