GRINSHTEIN Natanel
Israel
age 22
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University 2013–
Givatayim Conservatory, Israel 2008–2013
Natanel Grinshtein (born 12 February 1995) has won the first prize at the Primavera Pianistica competition in Belgium and the second prize at the International Piano Competition in Mayenne in France. He has been a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Music Fest Perugia Festival Orchestra. Grinshtein began his studies at the age of five with Michael Kishinevsky. At the age of 14 he started his studies in Michal Tal’s Studio at the Givatayim Conservatory, and he continues to study with Michal Tal at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music. He has also participated in the David Goldman Programme for Outstanding Young Musicians at the Jerusalem Music Center, as well as in chamber music ensembles under the supervision of Hillel Zori and Menachem Wiesenberg.
COMPETITION REPERTOIRE
First round
J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major (WTK I)
BEETHOVEN Sonata no. 21 in C major op. 53 ”Waldstein”
LIGETI Etude no. 4 ”Fanfares”
JOSEF BARDANASHVILI Fantasy (2004)
CHOPIN Etude in A minor op. 25/11
SAINT-SAËNS Etude en forme de valse op. 52/6
Second round
SIBELIUS Opus 76: I Esquisse, II Etude, III Carillon, IV Humoresque, V Consolation
CHOPIN Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor op. 35
SAARIAHO Arabesques et adages
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit: I Ondine, II Le gibet, III Scarbo
Finals
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet no. 2 op. 81
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto no. 2 op. 18
