Concours musical international de Montréal 2024
Tuesdays in February
This February, Stingray Classica continues to broadcast the full Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM) on Tuesday evenings at 21:00. Twenty-four of the world’s finest young pianists were selected for the first round. The ten highest-scoring pianists advanced to the semi-final round, consisting of a solo recital and a performance with a chamber music ensemble. Six competitors advanced to the final round, where they performed with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Witness the next generation of piano virtuosos as they compete for one of the classical music world’s most prestigious prizes on Stingray Classica!
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final I: Carter Johnson
Tuesday, February 4 | 21:00
Pianist Carter Johnson (Canada, 1996) joins the CMIM ensemble, consisting of three principal strings players of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, in a performance of the first movement, Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo, of Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47. This performance took place during the chamber music round of the two-part semi-final of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). It was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final II: Carter Johnson
Tuesday, February 4 | 21:10
Pianist Carter Johnson (Canada, 1996) performs Muzio Clementi’s Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 5; Barbara Assiginaak’s Mzizaakok Miiniwaa Mzizaakoonsak (Horseflies and Deerflies); and Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, during the solo recital of the two-part semi-final round of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). This performance was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final I: Elias Ackerley
Tuesday, February 11 | 21:00
Pianist Elias Ackerley (United Kingdom/South Korea, 2001) joins the CMIM ensemble, consisting of three principal strings players of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, in a performance of the first movement, Allegro molto moderato, of Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15. This performance took place during the chamber music round of the two-part semi-final of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). It was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final II: Elias Ackerley
Tuesday, February 11 | 21:10
Pianist Elias Ackerley (United Kingdom/South Korea, 2001) performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42; Barbara Assiginaak’s Mzizaakok Miiniwaa Mzizaakoonsak (Horseflies and Deerflies); and Alexander Scriabin’s Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30, during the solo recital of the two-part semi-final round of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). This performance was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final I: Gabriele Strata
Tuesday, February 18 | 21:00
Pianist Gabriele Strata (Italy, 1999) joins the CMIM ensemble, consisting of three principal strings players of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, in a performance of the first movement, Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo, of Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47. This performance took place during the chamber music round of the two-part semi-final of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). It was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final II: Gabriele Strata
Tuesday, February 18 | 21:10
Pianist Gabriele Strata (Italy, 1999) performs Première communion de la Vierge (No. 11) from Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus; Barbara Assiginaak’s Mzizaakok Miiniwaa Mzizaakoonsak (Horseflies and Deerflies); and Johannes Brahms’s Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5, , during the solo recital of the two-part semi-final round of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). This performance was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final I: Anthony Ratinov
Tuesday, February 25 | 21:00
Pianist Anthony Ratinov (USA, 1997) joins the CMIM ensemble, consisting of three principal strings players of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, in a performance of the first movement, Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo, of Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47. This performance took place during the chamber music round of the two-part semi-final of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). It was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
CMIM Piano 2024 - Semi-final II: Anthony Ratinov
Tuesday, February 25 | 21:10
Pianist Anthony Ratinov (USA, 1997) performs Joseph Haydn’s Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32; Barbara Assiginaak’s Mzizaakok Miiniwaa Mzizaakoonsak (Horseflies and Deerflies); Ferruccio Busoni’s transcription of J. S. Bach’s chorale preludes Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734, and Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639; and Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84, during the solo recital of the two-part semi-final round of the Piano Edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2024 (CMIM). This performance was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.