Ivan Shemchuk
He started to play the piano at the age of three taught by his mother and went on to study under Elvira Ryzhonok and Ludmila Zakopets. He also perfected his skills during master classes conducted by such musicians as Urszula Bartkiewicz, Irina Rumiancewa-Dabrowski, Vera Nosina, Mikhail Voskresensky, Andrzej Jasiński, Sergei Edelmann, Boris Bloch, Igor Tchetuev, Vladimir Vinnitsky, Eugen Indjic, Philippe Giusiano, Dina Joffe, Kevin Kenner, Akiko Ebi, Takashi Yamamoto and Lidia Grychtołówna. He graduated with distinction from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he studied with Jarosław Drzewiecki. He has appeared in concert in Ukraine, Slovakia, Lithuania, Italy, Denmark, Russia, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania and Germany, where he performed solo, chamber and orchestral works.
In 2020, the label DUX released his debut recording titled Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions. As a soloist and a chamber musician (a member of the Andriuti-Shemchuk Piano Duo together with Alina Andriuti-Shemchuk), he has won a number of Grands Prix and first prizes at competitions held in Denmark, Russia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Poland. Between 2016 and 2018, he worked as an accompanist at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Since 2018, he has been employed at the Romanian National Opera in Iaşi. He has won scholarships granted by Elżbieta and Krzysztof Penderecki, the city of Bydgoszcz, Mera-Pnefal S.A. and the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (in the academic years 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018).
PROGRAMME
First stage
? Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński
Prélude from Trois pensées musicales
? Fryderyk Chopin
Etude in G flat major, Op. 10 No. 5
? Ignacy Friedman
Etude in G major, Op. 63 No. 2
? Karol Szymanowski
Etude in E flat minor, Op. 4 No. 1
? Zygmunt Stojowski
Caprice, Op. 10 No. 2 from Deux Orientales
Second Stage
? Stanisław Moniuszko
Waltz No. 2 in E flat minor
? Karol Szymanowski
Twelve Etudes, Op. 33
I. Presto
II. Andantino soave
III. Vivace assai (agitato)
IV. Presto (delicamente)
V. Andante espressivo
VI. Vivace (agitato e marcato, vigoroso)
VII. Allegro molto (con brio, burlesco)
VIII. Lento assai mesto (espressivo)
IX. Animato (capriccioso e fantastico)
X. Presto tempestoso (molto agitato)
XI. Andante soave
XII. Presto (energico)
? Henryk Pachulski
Sonata in C minor, Op. 10
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante non troppo
III. Finale. Allegro con brio
? Mieczysław Karłowicz
Chant de mai
Final
? Ludomir Różycki
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 43
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro giocoso