PROGRAMME

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 in G-flat major, D. 899

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Partita, Op. 2: Toccatina, Fughetta, Larghetto, Ostinato

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Transcendental Étude No. 9 “Ricordanza”, S. 139

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Suggestion Diabolique (“Diabolical Suggestion”), Op. 4 No. 4

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4 in A minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Toccata in E minor, BWV 914

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Papillons (“Butterflies”), Op. 2

Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Prélude

ALEKSANDRA GALUSHKINA (born May 2012) began playing the piano at the age of five. She is currently a 7th-grade student at the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet (MUBA) in the piano class of Jekaterina Rostovtseva. At just eight years old, she performed with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, playing Haydn’s Piano Concerto in C major. Galushkina has won prizes at international piano competitions in more than 20 countries, including Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her recent achievements include: Carles & Sofia International Piano Competition 2025 – First Prize and a special prize for best Haydn performance; Tapiola International Piano Competition 2025 – laureate with two special prizes; National Pianists’ Competition “Eesti Kõla 2024” – First Prize with two special prizes; Takács Piano Competition 2024 – Third Prize; MozArte International Piano Competition 2024 – Third Prize. She has received recognition from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research four times (2022–2025) for outstanding international achievements. In 2023, she was awarded the MUBA Talent Prize presented by Music Trust PLMF and the Kelam family. Galushkina has participated in the Chetham’s International Piano Summer School (UK) and taken part in masterclasses with renowned professors.

MULIN WANG (born 2011, China) began piano studies at the age of six in his home country. Five years ago, he moved to Estonia with his parents and continues his studies at the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet (MUBA) under Jekaterina Rostovtseva. Despite his young age, Wang has received recognition at numerous international and national competitions: First Prize at the international competition “Città di Barletta” (Italy, May 2025); Third Prize and a special prize for best performance of a work by Rachmaninoff at the competition “Young Musician – Tallinn 2025” (April 2025); First Prize and a special prize for best performance of an Estonian composer’s work at “Eesti Kõla XIII” (December 2024); Third Prize at the International Jenő Takács Young Pianists Competition (Austria, November 2024). In February 2025, Wang performed as a soloist with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, playing a Mozart piano concerto. In November of the same year, he was recognized by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research for his excellent results at international competitions. Mulin Wang is also an avid opera enthusiast, regularly attending performances both in Estonia and elsewhere in Europe, and he aspires to study conducting in the future.

VIOLA ASOSKOVA (born 2003) is a pianist active as a soloist, chamber musician, and Lied duo partner. She is known for her strong stage presence, musicality, and fresh, distinctive interpretative style. Asoskova began her piano studies at the age of six at the Tallinn Music High School, where her teachers included Jekaterina Rostovtseva and Professor Peep Lassmann (from 2018). In autumn 2021, she continued her studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre under Professor Lassmann. During the 2022/23 academic year, she studied in Germany at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar with Professor C. W. Müller through the Erasmus+ programme. She regularly participates in masterclasses with distinguished professors such as Grigory Gruzman, Ewa Kupiec, Anna Malikova, Mikhail Marchenko, and Alexei Zolinsky. Asoskova has performed at the Piano City Milano Festival, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris, Carnegie Weill Hall in New York, and Murray Edwards College in Cambridge. In 2024, she was selected for the Estonian Concert mentorship programme LIFT. In July 2022 and 2023, she gave solo recitals in the Netherlands and Germany במסגרת the NiederRhein Lande Festival. In June 2023, she was invited to participate in the EMCY tour “Young Hearts of Music” in Austria and Germany. She has also appeared at the KLAVER Festival (2020, 2022). In 2016, she performed as a soloist with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra in the Tallinn Philharmonic project “Sipsik.” In 2019, she took part in contemporary music masterclasses and a tour organized by EMCY (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium). Viola Asoskova is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions in France, China, the United States, Germany, Italy, Finland, Switzerland, and elsewhere. In 2019, she received the EMCY Prize.