Other participants

• 1. Lionel Martin, Germany
• 2. Mikhail Makhnach, Belarus
• 3. Arsenii Stavytskyi, Ukraine
• 4. Ivan Pshenichnikov, Russia
• 5. Augustas Gocentas, Lithuania
• 6. Che-Wei Kuo, Taiwan
• 7. Bence Bánkövi, Hungary
• 8. Raphaela Paetsch, Switzerland
• 9. Megan Yip, United States
• 10. Mingyue Zhao, China
• 11. Kamil Mukhametdinov, Switzerland
• 12. Anna Skladannaya, Russia
• 13. Krystyna Wiśniewska, Poland
• 14. David Ezhov, Russia
• 15. Aihao Zheng, China
• 16. Serafim Volkov, Russia
• 17. Florian Pons, France
• 18. Kotryna Šiugždinytė, Great Britain
• 19. Mara Lobo, Portugal
• 20. Gaudas Paulius Krištaponis, Lithuania
• 21. Kyung Jun Lee, South Korea
• 22. Timur Kolodyazhny, Russia
• 23. Despond Zoltan, Switzerland
• 24. Constantin Macherel, Switzerland
• 25. Christine Caroline Lamprea, United States

Participant data

Name of the educational insititution	Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, Moscow
Accompanist	Vitaliy Egorov

Mikhail Makhnach was born in 2001. Since 2007 he has been a student at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music (College), under the leadership of the professor Vladimir Tonkha. Mikhail is a regular participant of music festivals in the central halls of Moscow and abroad. In recent years, he has performed at the concert cycles Cello Cathedral and Cello Zodiak of the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music. Mikhail had received the 3rd prize in the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in 2014, Porec, Croatia. In 2015 he had gained a Semifinalist certification in the 9th Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition, Novosibirsk, Russia. Most recently, in 2016, Mikhail claimed the 2nd prize in the Knushevitsky’s International Cello Competition, Saratov, Russia; as well as the 3rd prize in the Kozolupov’s Cello Competition, Moscow, where he became the youngest performer. In 2017, Mikhail has received a Silver medal in Celloklaipeda competition, Litva, and became a participant of the Musica Mundi Summer School in Belgium. In 2018 Mikhail became a laureate of the Knushevitsky’s International Cello Competition, in Saratov, Russia, where he was the youngest performer in the Senior group, receiving the 3rd prize.

I ROUND

1. Carlo Alfredo Piatti | "12 Caprices for Solo Cello" · Op. 25
   • No. 12
2. Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No. 3 · C major · BWV 1009
3. Arvydas Malcys | Narcissus for Solo Cello

II ROUND

1. Johannes Brahms | Cello Sonata No. 2 · F major · Op. 99
2. Vladas Jakubėnas | Serenade for cello and piano
3. Benjamin Britten | Cello Suite No. 1 · G major · Op. 72

III ROUND

1. Robert Schumann | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (A. H. Lilienthal version for string orchestra) · A minor · Op. 129