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

Participant data

Grigorios Ioannou has won the 3rd prize in the Liszt Competition in Weimar and also a special prize in the Mozarteum Summer Academy, where he performed in the Salzburg Festival. He has given concerts in many European countries, has already won national and international awards, and performed with the Weimar State Orchestra and the Athens State Orchestra, among others. He graduated from the Royal College of Music in London while studying with prof. Ian Jones and Peter Jablonski, with scholarships from the The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). He is currently studying at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz, with prof. Michael Korstick and prof. Saskia Giorgini. His studies are supported by the association World In Harmony.

I ROUND

1. Johann Sebastian Bach | WTC Book 1: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor · BWV 849
2. Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 23 ("Appassionata") · F minor · Op. 57
3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "The Sea, Cycles of Small Landscapes" · VL 317
4. Franz Liszt | "Études d'exécution transcendante", S. 139: Transcendental etude No. 4 "Mazeppa" · D minor · S. 139/4

II ROUND

1. Franz Liszt | "Années de pèlerinage. Deuxième année. Italia" ("Years of Pilgrimage II. Second year. Italia") · S. 161
   • 7. Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata (After a Reading of Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata) , B minor
2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D minor · VL 239
3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B minor · VL 182a
4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · B flat minor · VL 345
5. Žibuoklė Martinaitytė | "Phantasmagorias"
6. Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Sonata No. 7 · B flat major · Op. 83

III ROUND

1. Franz Liszt | Piano Concerto No. 1 · E flat major · S. 124