Kostandin Tashko

ALBANIA
December 17, 1997

Kostandin Tashko was born in 1997 in Tirana. In 2021 he was awarded the prestigious Premio Alfredo Casella at the 37th Venice Music Awards, the renowned competition reserved for the best graduates of Italian conservatories. He has also won dozens of international prizes, most recently at the Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition.
He has been invited to perform solo recitals and orchestral concerts at major festivals throughout Europe and at prestigious venues such as the Fazioli Concert Hall, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Musikverein Vienna, Teatro Verdi Trieste, National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania, Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Amaryllis Fleming Hall London, Casa da Música Porto.
Kostandin Tashko has collaborated with international orchestras such as I Virtuosi Italiani, Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Albanian Radio Television.

First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor BWV 889, WTC II
Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI/52
Franz Liszt Transcendental Étude in F minor S. 139 No. 10, Allegro agitato molto
Alexander Scriabin Étude in C sharp minor Op. 2 No. 1

Second round
Diana Rotaru Bulz for Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57, Appassionata
Maurice Ravel La valse M. 72

Semifinal
George Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores
Frédéric Chopin Preludes Op. 28

Final
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major S. 125

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