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 is a laureate of numerous international competitions. She won the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition in Villahermosa (Mexico) and the II Prize at the Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition in Novosibirsk. In 2016, she won the 50th Concertino Praga and the II Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Youth Competition in Beijing. Further successes include awards at competitions in Rio de Janeiro, Lyon, Narva, and Singapore. In 2024, Elizaveta received the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize and the Audience Prize at the Piano Academy Eppan (Italy). She was also a semifinalist at the Leeds Competition in 2024. Since 2016, Elizaveta has been a member of the St. Petersburg Music House programs.

Repertoire:

Quarter Finals
W.A. Mozart – Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576
N. Medtner – Fairy Tale, Op. 35 No. 4 ‘King Lear’
N. Medtner – Fairy Tale, Op. 26 No. 3
S. Rachmaninoff – Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 36

Semi Finals
W.A. Mozart – Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
F. Liszt – Rhapsody espagnole, S. 254
C. Debussy – Feux d’artifice (Préludes, Book 2, No. 12)
C. Debussy – La plus que lente
L. Godowsky – Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes from ‘Die Fledermaus’ by Johann Strauss

Finals
J.P. de Graaff – Lock, Stock, and Barrel
L. van Beethoven – Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37