Romanian pianist George Todică completed his Bachelors of Music and Masters of Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating in 2017, and also obtained an Artist Diploma degree from the Royal College of Music in 2019.
George had his Wigmore Hall debut in November 2018 as a Tillett Trust Young Artist, and his competition successes include first prizes at the Norah Sande Award in England, Young Classical Instrumentalist at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in Wales, Stefano Marizza Piano Competition in Italy, the Moray Piano Competition in Scotland, 2nd prize at the International Piano Campus Competition in France, as well as the Ligeti prize and the prize for the best performance of a contemporary work for piano and orchestra, and 2nd prize in the George Enescu International Competition in 2022.
Programme
Scarlatti – Piano Sonata in E Major K380
Bach – Rachmaninov – Transcription of Violin Partita No 3 in E Major
1. Prelude 2. Gavotte 3. Gigue
Mozart – Piano Sonata in A minor
Chopin – Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante
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Scarlatti – Sonata in A Major K208
Rachmaninov – Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante defunte
Enescu – Bourrée, from Suite No 2, Op 10
"His playing is heartfelt, spacious, punctuated by moments of genuine rapture. "
