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

Participant data

Genki Takai is currently enrolled in the doctoral studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) under prof. Hiroshi Arimori. He was selected as an honor student and performed Piano Concerto No. 3 by S. Rachmaninoff with the Geidai Philharmonic Orchestra. He successfully participated in multiple international competitions and has won: the finalist prize in the IV Tallinn International Piano Competition, the 4th prize in the XV Vienna International Piano Competition and diploma prize in the LXI International Piano Competition Jaén Prize. He has been awarded with the Leonid Kreutzer Prize (2021) and has also received the honor musical prizes in Japan (for example, Geidai Klavier Grand Prix and Acanthus Music Award etc.), he is exhibitioner (for example, he was granted with the scholarships from the Fund of Munetsugu Angel, Tobe Maki Foundation, Fund of L. Kreutzer, Fund of Geidai Klavier). He performed the piano concerto with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in 2021. Also, he performs S. Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the West Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 2023 season.

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. 32 · C minor · Op. 111
3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D minor · VL 325
4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B flat minor · VL 169
5. Frederic Chopin | Etude No. 10 · B minor · Op. 25

II ROUND

1. Robert Schumann | Four Fugues · Op. 72
   • Fugue No. 1 , D minor
2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "Autumn" · VL 264
3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "Autumn" · VL 294
4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B minor · VL 182a
5. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B major · VL 186
6. Alfred Schnittke | Prelude and Fugue
7. Vidmantas Bartulis | "Hanami"
8. Robert Schumann | "Papillons" ("Butterflies") · Op. 2
9. Viktor Kosenko | 11 Etudes in the Form of Old Dances · Op. 19
   • 10. Passacaglia , G minor

III ROUND

1. Franz Liszt | Piano Concerto No. 2 · A major · S. 125