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Klavir FL2
Herman Med Cerisha

Year of birth: 2005
Country: Romania

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Herman Med Cerisha, a 19-year-old pianist from Putignano, Italy, began studying piano at age of 6. At 8, he was accepted into the top piano class at the George Enescu National College of Music Bucharest. There, he trained under Professor E. Barzescu, receiving a foundation rooted in the Eastern European musical tradition. In 2020, Herman won a scholarship to study at the Purcell School for Young Musicians, and in 2021, he was named Bechstein Scholar Student of the Year. In 2024, he accepted a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London under Professor F. Mitrea. He has participated in masterclasses with renowned pianists such as B. Petrushansky, D. Alexeev, and N. Ogawa and has also worked with L. Margarius and F. Scala at the Imola International Academy. He has performed in prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, the Romanian Athenaeum, Svetlanov Hall at the Moscow International House of Music, and with the Kosovo Philharmonic. Between 2018 and 2022, he collaborated annually with the Arad State Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2025 he performed at the Cadogan Hall in London with the Purcell School Symphony Orchestra.

Programme

1st round

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
     I. Allegro con brio
     II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
     III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1

Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

2nd round

Johannes Brahms
Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119
     I. Intermezzo in B minor
     II. Intermezzo in E minor
     III. Intermezzo in C major
     IV. Rhapsody in E-flat major

Franz Schubert 
Sonata in A minor, D. 784
     I. Allegro giusto
     II. Andante
     III. Allegro vivace

Arnold Schönberg
Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
     I. Leicht
     II. Langsam
     III. Sehr langsame Viertel
     IV. Rasch, aber leicht
     V. Etwas rasch
     VI. Sehr langsam

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
     I. Allegro inquieto
     II. Andante caloroso
     III. Precipitato

3rd round

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
     I. Allegro ma non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoso
     II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo
     III. Allegro con fuoco – Molto meno mosso – Allegro vivo

Prizes received

  • 1st prize, Orbetello Piano Competition, Orbetello, Italy, 2023
  • 1st Prize, Dinu Lipatti International Piano Competition, Bucharest, Romania, 2022
  • 1st prize, International Piano Competition “Pianist I Ri” – The Young Pianist, Pristhina, Kosovo, 2020
  • 1st prize, Dinu Lipatti International Piano Competition, Bucharest, Romania,
    2019
  • 1st prize, International German Music Piano Competition, USA, 2017
  • 1st prize, International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth, Szafarnia, Poland, 2015
  • 1st prize, International PianoTalents Competition, Milan, Italy, 2016