Slava Antipov

Bach                ‘Italian Concerto’, BWV 971

Beethoven       32 variations on an Original Theme in C minor

Liszt                Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S. 161, No. 5          (Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie)

‘La campanella’ from ‘Grandes études de Paganini’

‘Feux follets’ & ‘Chasse-neige’ from ‘Transcendental Etudes’

Chopin             Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano', Op.2 

Ravel               Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55          

Slava Antipov started learning to play piano at the age of six and at an early age won junior piano competitions. When the family moved to London, Slava continued his music education at the Royal College of Music and the Purcell School for Young Musicians before entering the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded a scholarship and the Peter Clarke bursary. Slava completed his education at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance studying with Alexander Ardakov. Currently, he is attending Piano Masterclass course with Martino Tirimo at Morley College.

Slava has performed with the Folkestone & Hythe Orchestra after winning the Clovelly Recording Piano Competition and also became a finalist in the Liszt Society International Piano Competition. He has regularly been playing solo concerts around the UK and abroad including Germany, France and Luxembourg. Slava has performed a few times at Wigmore Hall including playing a Chamber Music Recital with the Kingfisher Piano Trio. He is an outstanding virtuoso pianist and has extremely challenging compositions in his repertoire as will be demonstrated in this recital.