PianoEspoo is delighted to present a series of church concerts featuring a number of talented young musicians. At Olari Church, you will hear Samuel Eriksson, winner of the Tampere Piano Competition in May 2025, whose mature interpretation of Sergei Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto impressed the jury. The concert also features advanced students from various music institutes: Kevin Ni represents the Espoo Music Institute, Andrew Guo comes from Juvenalia, and Martta Pölönen from the East Helsinki Music Institute.

Programme:

Anniina Haapaviita (Helsinki Conservatory, teacher Naoko Shibayama-Aarnio)
F. Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, S.

Kevin Ni (EMO, teacher Carlos Juris)
S. Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableau in E-flat Major, Op. 33/7
F. Chopin: Nocturne in F Major, Op. 15/1
F. Chopin: Ballade No. 2, Op. 38

Andrew Guo (Juvenalia, teacher Kari Tikkala)
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 855 (WTC I)
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata in G Major, Op. 14/2 – I Allegro
F. Liszt: Concert Etude Gnomenreigen

Martta Pölönen (East Helsinki Music Institute, teacher Kristiina Junttu)
F. Schubert: Impromptu in B-flat Major, Op. 142/2
M. Leinonen: Sunken (2017)
S. Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableau in C-sharp Minor, Op. 33/9

Intermission

Samuel Eriksson, piano
A. Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1
E. Melartin: Noli me tangere (Stämningsbilder för piano), Op. 87
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54

Duration: Approx. 1 h 45 min including intermission