VII INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION "CITY OF VIGO - GALICIA"

(Vladimir Horowitz Edition)

29th of April to 2nd of May, 2023

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  • INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
    "CITY OF VIGO"

2023

Victoria Fernandez Samodaeva, Asistant

Victoria Fernandez Samodaeva, Asistant

Cuban father and Russian mother, a mixture that throughout his life influenced his training as a professional musician. He began his studies in Havana, Cuba, at the National School of Music, under the tutelage of his mother, the pianist Irina Samodaeva and the great teacher Ofelia Montalvan. Later in 1988 he won the contest to study at the Academy of Music, for talented children “I. Stoliarsky ”, in Odessa, Ukraine, where she works with Professor T. Fomina and later moved to Volgograd, Russia to study and finish her baccalaureate in the same area, at the prestigious“ A.

Maria Eugenia, Asistant

Responsible for the social networks of the contest, she has extensive experience in organizing events and dissemination on social networks.

Álvaro Sevilla, Assistant

Álvaro Sevilla, Assistant

He was born in Santiago de Compostela in 2002. He finished his Bachelor's Degree in 2020, accessing the ABAU selection system, finally entering the Bachelor's Degree in English Philology with a Mention in German Philology. Already, the following year he finished the Professional Historical Conservatory. He took the entrance exams to the Conservatory of Music of A Coruña, obtaining a place in the Orchestral and Choral Conducting Specialty.

Arturo Viéitez Molina, Assistant

Arturo Viéitez Molina, Assistant

2nd year student in the Bachelor of Music program (specialization in trumpet) at the Superior Conservatory of Music in A Coruña, Spain, where he studies under the tutelage of Prof. Gonzalo Sánchez. Previously, he studied trumpet with Prof. Andrés Vales in A Coruña, and with Prof. Francisco Escobar at the Professional Conservatory of Music in Huelva, Spain. Since September 2022 he is a member of the Youth Orchestra of Andalusia, Spain as a trumpeter.

Dilara Vardar, assistant

Born on July 27, 1996 in Turkey. In high school she started to study in Istanbul University State Conservatory when she finished she started to study with Pablo Galdo in Conservatorio Superior de la Musica de Vigo in Spain (2014-….). She attended masterclasses of  Professor Sthephen 

Luis Esteban Cruzaley, assistant

He began his piano studies at age 6 at the Conservatorio de las Rosas, institution where he later completed his baccalaureate studies with Master Yadira López and a degree in music under the direction of the Maestro Alexander Pashkov and Gellya Dubrova in chamber music.

Joao Mesquita, Asistant

Joao Mesquita, Asistant

Jazz student on improvisation techniques

Betty Cortiñas, ASISTANTE

Betty Cortiñas Lorenzo (Mos) started to play the piano at the age of 9 and from 2011 until 2016 she studied at the Professional Conservatory of Vigo. During these years, Betty joined the Conservatory ́s Senior Orchestra as soloist and became interested in composition. Among the pieces composed during this time, one was awarded in a contest that made Betty expeditionary in Ruta Quetzal 2016.

Angel Fernández, Asistant

Angel Fernández, Asistant

Ángel was born in A Coruña in 2000. He is a flautist since he is 10. Currently, he is studying the flute bachelor in the Conservatorio Superior de Música de A Coruña and in Luca School of Arts Leuven. He is also working as a teacher.

Nádia Vicente, asistant

Nádia Vicente, asistant

Nádia Vicente was born in Camacan, Bahia, Brazil.
Graduated in Biology from the State University of Santa Cruz - UESC, Bahia.
As a musician, he was part of the Symphony Orchestra of Bahia as violinist and violist.
Besides, she is student of International Relations and nowdays develops activities in the Association of Classical Music of Galicia in the area of institutional relations, administrative activities and events such as the International Piano Competition "City of Vigo".

International Piano Competition "City of Vigo"

The Galician Classical Music Association (AMCG) organizes the I International Piano Competition "City of Vigo".

Take place in:

Rúa de Manuel Olivié, 23, 36203 Vigo, Pontevedra

+34 651 109 095
info@vigopianocompetition.com