Archives: Deelnemers

Alejandro Gonzáles Gerwig

Alejandro Gonzáles Gerwig

Alejandro González Gerwig (2007, Germany) was born into a musical family and began his piano lessons at the age of three. He is the winner of several competitions, including the Bechstein Solo Competition (2022), the German Youth Competition Jugend musiziert (2023), and the Westfälischer Van-Bremen Competition (2023). He has also won first prizes in piano […]
Abel Hox

Abel Hox

Abel Hox (1998, Netherlands) began playing the piano at the age of eight under the guidance of his father. At thirteen, he was admitted to the School for Young Talent at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where he studied with Kamilla Bystrova. Abel has performed on various stages both nationally and internationally and has […]
Alexander Jansen

Alexander Jansen

Alexander Jansen (2005, Netherlands) began piano lessons at the age of seven with his mother, piano teacher E. Jansen. By the age of ten Alexander began performing in public, giving concerts in France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. He studied under teacher Marjès Benoist at the Academie Muzikaal Talent at the Conservatorium Utrecht, and since […]
Alexandre Lutz García

Alexandre Lutz García

Alexandre Lutz García (1998, Spain) began his musical studies at 3 years old, playing both piano and violin. Afterwards, Alexandre started studying at the ‘Conservatorio superior de Alicante’, where he met the Spanish pianist Francisco Escoda, who became his teacher and mentor. With professor Escoda’s counsels, Alexandre was able to pursue a cycle of studies […]
Antoni Kleczek

Antoni Kleczek

Antoni Kleczek (2006, Poland) is a pianist praised by Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń for his deep understanding, natural expression, and communicative emotions, all delivered with apparent ease. He has performed in renowned concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Gusman Hall at the Frost School of Music, Sala Anthony Junior […]
Brecht Valckenaers

Brecht Valckenaers

Brecht Valckenaers (2000, Belgium) is a versatile pianist and composer celebrated for blending classical and contemporary repertoire with his own compositions and improvisations. After eight years of study with Nikolaas Kende at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, he now furthers his education with Claudio Martínez Mehner at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and Eliso Virsaladze […]
Carmen Sánchez Labrador

Carmen Sánchez Labrador

Carmen Sánchez Labrador (2002, Spain) began playing the piano at the age of four. At seven, she was admitted to the Arturo Soria Conservatorio Profesional de Música, where she continued her studies until 2018, when she was accepted into the Purcell School of Music in London. After two years at Purcell, Carmen was accepted into […]
Elizaveta Kliuchereva

Elizaveta Kliuchereva

Elizaveta Kliuchereva (1999, Russia) graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory under Maxim Zheleznov and later continued her studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, and the ‘Incontri col Maestro’ Academy in Imola, studying with Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Arie Vardi, and Boris Petrushansky. Elizaveta […]
Gorka Plada

Gorka Plada

Gorka Plada (2002, Spain) began his musical studies independently before receiving private lessons from Maria Jesús Durán. Gorka was later accepted into the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in England, where he studied under Marcel Baudet. Currently, he is completing his master’s degree at the HfM Hanns Eisler in Berlin under the guidance of Eldar Nebolsin. […]
Guillermo Castellano Pérez

Guillermo Castellano Pérez

Guillermo Castellano Pérez (2004, Spain) began his piano studies at the age of five at the Escuela de Música y Danza ‘José Lidón’. He continued his training at the Centro Integrado de Música ‘Padre Antonio Soler’ and is currently studying at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Prof. David Kuyken. Guillermo has earned significant recognition in […]