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Saturday 28 November 2026

The Liszt Society Day and International Competition

11.30 am : Welcome and coffee

12 noon : Annual General Meeting

1.10 pm Recital - Max Walsh
(Winner of the 2025 Liszt Society Competition)

Scriabin: Sonata no 5 Op 53 (12')
(single movt)
Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude S173/3 (16')

Liszt: Andante lagrimoso S173/9 (8')

Messiaen: 'Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus' (11')
(No 15 from 'Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus')

Winner of The Liszt Society International Piano Competition and the Junior Wales International Piano Festival 2025, Max Walsh has just completed his studies at Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He has been awarded the L.G. Harris Scholarship to study Piano and Composition at the Royal College of Music, studying piano with Norma Fisher and composition with Jonathan Cole.Described by Christopher Axworthy as “a young man born to play the piano,” Max is celebrated for a “youthful passion, fearless mastery, and aristocratic control that would be hard to find from a pianist twice his age.” Axworthy added that “his potential is enormous and may know no bounds.” Max is funded with the generous support of Dr K.R. Weir's legacy through The Keyboard Charitable Trust, where he is a new artist. He is also supported by Talent Unlimited. Max has performed as a soloist at London's Regent Hall, St James' Piccadilly, St Mary's Perivale, and Montpellier's Un piano sous les arbres festival. In Spring 2027, he will make his Spain debut in Mondoñedo's Salon de los Pilares. He has benefitted from masterclasses with Boris Giltburg, Joanna MacGregor, and Julian Lloyd Webber. Max was also one of five finalists of the 2025 BBC Young Composer competition.

2.0 pm Lunch break

3.15 pm The Liszt Society International Piano Competition Final 2026

1. Ryuichi Saito (b 2004, Japan)

Benedictus und Offertorium aus der ungarischen Krönungsmesse, S501
Scherzo und Marsch, S177
Sursum corda [Années de pèlerinage — Troisième Année — Italie], S163/7

2. Alexandru-Stefan Placinta (b. 2001, Romania)

Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa [Années de pèlerinage — Deuxième Année — Italie], S161/3
1st Mephisto-Walzer — Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke S514a
Valse de l'opéra Faust de Charles Gounod, S407

3. Aditya Deshpande (b. 2000, India)

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen — Präludium nach Johann Sebastian Bach, S179
Hexaméron – Morceau de concert — Grandes Variations de bravoure sur la marche des Puritains de Bellini par MM. Liszt, Thalberg, Pixis, Henri Herz, Czerny et Chopin, S392

INTERVAL

Zvjezdan Vojvodic (b. 2003, Croatia)

Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III, D839) [12 Lieder von Franz Schubert] S558/12
Deux Légendes, S175:1 St. François d'Assise — La prédication aux oiseaux
2 St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots

Alfredo Conte (b. 2002, Italy)

Sarabande und Chaconne über Themen aus dem Singspiel Almira von G. F. Händel, S181
Deuxième Ballade, S171

Alfredo Conte is an Italian classical pianist currently based between Rome and London.He has performed extensively across Europe, including in Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom, Austria, and Monaco. Recipient of the prestigious “Sir Antonio Pappano” Scholarship, Alfredo is currently pursuing a research doctorate in classical piano performance at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, while studying under the guidance of Prof. Ronan O'Hora. His research project on the piano études was awarded the Innovation and Knowledge Prize by the association Il Circolo.Alfredo completed his piano studies at the Conservatoire of Music Santa Cecilia of Rome, graduating cum laude , and his Master ' s degree was also awarded with Honourable Mention.His particular interest in musicology led him to pursue, alongside his piano studies, a degree in Music at King ' s College London, where he graduated with First Class Honours. He has also attended the Advanced Performance Studies course at the Royal Academy of Music. Prizewinner of several international piano competitions, Alfredo was awarded the first prize at the Dinu Lipatti International Piano Competition and the Abbadessa Piano Competition, where he was also awarded the Audience Prize and recognised as the Best Young Pianist of the Lazio Region (ITA). Alfredo has been also selected by the Keyboard Charitable Trust and recently performed at the Steinway Hall, London. Alfredo has attended various masterclasses with important pianists and teachers such as: Antonio Pappano, Vanessa Latarche, Marcella Crudeli, Leon McCawley, Angela Hewitt, Konstantin Bogino, Alberto Portugheis, Pierluigi Camicia, Imogen Cooper and Olga Zdorenko. His growing interest in contemporary music has led him to take part, in collaboration with the Mahler Academy Foundation of Bolzano, in the world-premiere recording of Georg Friedrich Haas ' s 11,000 Saiten . He has also recorded the étude Calligraphy by Toshio Hosokawa. Alfredo has recently been appointed as a piano teacher at King ' s College London.

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Yichen Yu (b. 2002, China)

Réminiscences de Don Juan de Mozart — Grande Fantaisie, S418
Harmonies du soir [Douze Études d'exécution transcendante], S139/11

Born in 2002, Yichen Yu began studying the piano at the age of four. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.Yu won second prize at the 22nd A. Scriabin International Piano Competition in 2020 and first prize at the Bulgarian International Competition “Young Virtuosos.” In 2025, he was admitted to several of the world's most prestigious piano competitions, including the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. As a young concert pianist, Yu has performed extensively across Europe, Asia, and North America, appearing in the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, Germany, Russia, Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. In August 2025, with the support of Classical-D Music, Yu successfully presented Chopin recitals at St Marylebone Parish Church in London and the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. Yu is an artist with Classical-D Music.

Adjudication should take place at around 6.30pm.

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