CANADA
February 17, 1993
A laureate of international competitions, Daniel Kogan was born into a family of famous musicians. Grandson of the great violinists Leonid Kogan and Elizaveta Gilels, nephew of the famous conductor Pavel Kogan, he began studying violin at the age of 6 with Marina Keselman. In 2011 he graduated with honours from the Central School of Music of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and entered the Conservatory (class of Professor Maya Glezarova), where he began teaching in 2020.
Since 2016 he has studied with Boris Belkin and Irina Svetlova, and since 2022 with Eduard Wulfson. Daniel Kogan gives many concerts in Russia and abroad, performing in many famous venues and with many renowned musicians.
First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219 (first movement with cadenza)
Niccolò Paganini Caprice in A minor Op. 1 No. 24
Second round
Vlad Maistorovici B.A.C.H., Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Franz Schubert Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano D. 934
Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin Op. 27
Semifinal
George Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28
Claude Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor L. 140
George Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”
Eugène Ysaÿe Caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns
Final
Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz. 112
