PIANO RECITAL
ILYA KONDRATIEV(London)
Saturday 8 November 2025, 7.30pm
at Swafield Hall
A critically acclaimed pianist, Ilya Kondratiev is the prize-winner of several renowned international music competitions, including Franz Liszt Budapest 2011, Franz Liszt Weimar 2011, the Fifth Tbilisi 2013, Brant Birmingham 2015 and Chappell Gold Medal in 2016.Born in Russia, he studied from the age of seven in Samara with the distinguished teacher Victoria Soifer and, from the age of 16, at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with the People’s Artist of Russia Zinaida Ignatieva.
In 2014 Ilya Kondratiev moved to London in order to further his studies at the Royal College of Music under Vanessa Latarche and Sofia Gulyak, graduating with a Master of Performance and an Artist Diploma. Ilya performs extensively as a soloist and chamber music player at venues such as the Great Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Gasteig Munich, Weimarhalle, Palacio de Festivales de Santander, the Palace of Arts in Budapest and the Great Hall of the Tbilisi Conservatoire.
In 2011 Ilya was invited to work with ElisabethLeonskayaat the Franz Liszt Piano Academy inSchilllingfurst, Germany and with PavelGililovat theEppanPiano Academy in Italy. He has also performed in the masterclasses of DinaYoffe, Konstantin Shcherbakov, Willem Brons, DmitryBashkirov, Jerome Rose, Leslie Howard, Lang Lang and ArieVardi.
In 2019 Ilya was appointed piano professor at the Royal College of Music London
PROGRAMME
Bach/Marcello. Oboe concerto in D-minor
Franck/Bauer.Prelude, Fugue and Variation op.18
Bach/BusoniChaconne
INTERVAL
Liszt.Sonata in B-minor
The concert took place at Swafield Hall.
Tickets: £15 – adult, £7 – children.
Tickets were availableonline or by phoning 01692 402 624.
Proceeds from this concert were donated towards the restoration of St. NicholasChurch (Swafield), which is part of the parish of Trunch.