A rising-star pianist introduces his repertoire for Tokyo’s 12th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

Rustam Khanmurzin is a rising-star pianist gaining a reputation for the poetry of his playing as much as for his virtuosity – in the words of one reviewer, his playing is about ‘much more than mere pyrotechnics’. Come and support him as he introduces a stunning selection of his chosen pieces before flying to Tokyo to compete in the world-famous 12th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

Rustam studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, winning a number of prizes including the silver medal of the 2012 2nd Asia-Pacific Chopin Piano Competition and the PianoForum Magazine Award at the ‘Virtuoso-2015’ Festival in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. He’s known to Oxford audiences as a Young Artist of the Oxford International Song Festival, a Young Artist of the Musician’s Company and a former Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music.

We advise you to book early to ensure you don’t miss out as capacity in the Smethurst Studio is limited. The concert will be one hour with no interval. Please note that the venue is a five minute walk from the main entrance to the College on Walton Street.

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Programme

• Wagner, arranged by Liszt: Liebestod (from Tristan and Isolde)
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-tableau in B minor, Op. 39 No. 4
• Scriabin: Fantasy in B minor
• Brahms: Piano Sonata Op. 5