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	A.G. Schnittke Institute of Music, Moscow
Accompanist	yes

Timur Kolodyazhny was born in 1992, in Russia. He studied at the Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music, under prof. Lev Evgrafov. The cellist is a laureate of national and international competitions, such as the competition for young violinists and cellists The Magic Bow in 2006, won first prizes in the Moscow International Festival of Slavic Music in 2007 and won third place at the III International S.N. Knushevitsky Cello Competition in Saratov in 2013. The cellist is not only a soloist, but also a member of the string quartet 432, and has experienced success in various competitions as part of the group as well. In 2012, the ensemble won first-place prizes in the international competition Autumn Marathon in Saint Petersburg and the international competition The Muses of the World in Moscow. In 2003-2004 Timur was receiving a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, in 2004-2010 – from the Ludmila Guranova foundation. In 2006, he was supported by the New Names foundation and in 2010-2012 received sponsorship from Mstislav Rostropovich’s cultural programs. Timur actively performs in Russia, as well as abroad, both as a soloist and the member of the aforementioned string quartet. In 2011, he took part in the 22nd international young orchestra competition Eurochestries, in France, where he performed modern pieces of Russian composers and published two CDs – Sounds, and Hommage. Symphony and Chamber Music – in collaboration with music creators from Russia. The cellist also plays at the Helikon-opera theatre and the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre in Moscow. He is also a constant member of the Music Aeterna orchestra, lead by Teodor Currentzis.

I ROUND

1. Carlo Alfredo Piatti | "12 Caprices for Solo Cello" · Op. 25
   • No. 7
2. Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No. 5 · C minor · BWV 1011
3. Arvydas Malcys | Narcissus for Solo Cello

II ROUND

1. Sergei Prokofiev | Sonata for Cello and Piano · C major · Op. 119
2. Vladas Jakubėnas | Serenade for cello and piano
3. Gaspar Cassadó | Cello Suite · D minor
   • Preludio-fantasia. Andante
   • Intermezzo e danza finale. Lento ma non troppo - Allegro marcato

III ROUND

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