X international m. k. čiurlionis piano and organ competition
is planned for September 2027, Vilnius

Participant data

Tähe-Lee Liiv has made solo appearances in music festivals such as the Concertino Praga, the J. Sibelius Festival and the Mänttä Music Festival, also in the F. Chopin Concert Series in Zelazowa Wola. She has played with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Camerata New York Orchestra, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, the Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra, Israel Camerata Jerusalem, the Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, and the Pärnu City Orchestra. Tähe-Lee has won: the Estonian National Television’s live-broadcasted talent show Klassikatähed (2020); IX Competition of Estonian Pianists (2019); Theodor Leschetizky Concerto Competition for Gifted Young Pianists (2019); Festival Venice Music Masters (2019), International Piano Competition in San Dona di Piave (2018). Tähe-Lee is a graduate of the Tallinn Music High School, the Youth Department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, and the Sibelius Academy’s Young Musicians International Class. Her professors include Ivari Ilja, Hui-Ying Liu-Tawaststjerna, Dmitri Alexeev, Konstantin Bogino and Sir András Schiff.

I ROUND

1. Johann Sebastian Bach | WTC Book 2: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor · BWV 873
2. Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 15 (''Pastoral'') · D major · Op. 28
3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B major · VL 186
4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · G minor · VL 343
5. Franz Liszt | "Études d'exécution transcendante", S. 139: Transcendental etude No. 12 "Chasse-neige" ("Snow-whirls") · B flat minor · S. 139/12

II ROUND

1. Vidmantas Bartulis | "Hanami"
2. Maurice Ravel | "Miroirs" · M. 43
   • III. "Une barque sur l'océan" ("A Boat on the Ocean") , F sharp minor
   • IV. "Alborada del gracioso" ("The Jester's Aubade") , D minor
3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B minor · VL 182a
4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D minor · VL 344
5. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "The Little Sonata" · VL 269-271
6. Robert Schumann | Fantasie · C major · Op. 17

III ROUND

1. Robert Schumann | Piano Concerto · A minor · Op. 54