
Background
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev studied piano from the age of four and at nine performed for the first time with the Bryansk Philharmonic Orchestra. During his school years, Arseny won five international youth piano competitions, including the New Names Competition in Moscow. In 2011, he graduated with Honours from the Central Musical School of the Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied with Professor Alexander Mndoyants. He is currently studying with Professor Sergey Dorensky at the Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.
He has toured in Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Lithuania, Poland, Israel, Macedonia, China, Japan, USA, Mexico and other countries. Arseny has performed with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra ‘Evgeny Svetlanov’, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra among others and has collaborated with conductors including Stanislav Kochanovsky, Stefan Sanderling, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Dimitris Botinis, Valentin Uryupin and Georg Mais. In 2015 Arseny recorded his first CD with Debussy’s first book of Préludes and L’isle Joyeuse, and Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit.
2016 Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
- Allegro fantastico
- Allegretto
- Molto vivace
Round 2: 30-Minute Recital
- La fille aux cheveux de lin
- La danse de Puck
- Allegretto in E♭ minor
- Andante cantabile in B minor
- Presto in E minor
Semi Final Round
Round 1: 65-Minute Recital
- Grave. Doppio movimento
- Scherzo
- Marche funèbre: Lento
- Finale. Presto. Sotto voce e legato
- Étude Tableau in C minor Op.33 No.3
- Prelude in G Major Op.32 No.5
- Allegro inquieto
- Allegretto
- Tempo di valzer, lentissimo
- Vivace
Round 2: Accompaniment/Chamber Music
- Allegretto ben moderato
- Allegro
- Ben moderato: Recitative-Fantasia
- Allegretto poco mosso
- Allegro, ma non tanto
- Dumka: Andante con moto
- Scherzo (Furiant): molto vivace
- Finale: Allegro
Final Round
Round 1: 18th Century Concerto
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro assai
Round 2: 19th or 20th Century Concerto
- Moderato
- Adagio sostenuto
- Allegro scherzando