Part I:

Claude Debussy

Pour le Piano, 14’

Études pour les arpèges composées, agréments et pour les cinq doigts, 6’

Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: No. 10: La cathedrale engloutie, 7’

- Intermission -

Part II:

Claude Debussy

Preludes, Book 2, 40’

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes including an interval

About Julian Trevelyan:

Julian is a British pianist and performs regularly throughout Europe and the UK.  In recent seasons he has given five performances of Bartók's 1^st piano concerto with Musikkollegium Winterthur, and two performances of Lutosławski's  Variations on a Theme by Paganini for piano and orchestra with I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan.  Solo recitals have included performances of Beethoven’s Diabelli variations in Festivals in London, Cambridge, Munich, Paris, Switzerland and Vienna.

His recording of Mozart's piano concertos 23 and 24 with ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, directed by Christian Zacharias was released by Alpha Classics in October 2022.

From 2016 to 2022, Julian studied piano with Rena Shereshevskaya at the Ėcole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot.  In 2023, Julian returned to the Ėcole Normale to take part in the Elite program, to prepare for competitions and to develop various other musical projects.  He is composer and conductor with Ensemble Dynamique, and an experienced chamber musician on piano, violin and viola.

Competitions

• In 2023 he was awarded the Silver Medal (second prize) at the Horowitz Competition Kyiv-Geneva.

• In 2021 he was awarded the second Grand Prize, the Audience Prize and the Mozart Prize at the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich.

• In 2018 he was awarded second prize in the Dumortier International Piano Competition in Belgium.

• In 2017 he was awarded the Luitpold Prize, given to the most promising young artist in the Kissinger Sommer Festival. He was also awarded second prize, the audience prize, and the CD recording prize in the Dudley International Piano Competition.

• In 2016 he was awarded second prize in the Kissinger Klavier-Olymp in Germany.

• In 2015 he came top in the Long-Thibaud-Crespin International Piano Competition (he was awarded the Deuxieme Grand Prix, no first prize was awarded) and was awarded the Concerto prize.  In the same year, he won the Grand Prix at the Concours Festival pour le Repertoire Pianistique Moderne in Paris, second prize at the Ile-de-France International Piano Competition, and first prize in the Young Pianist of the North in the UK.

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