Pianist Sergei Babayan inaugurates the second edition of the Ciudad de Málaga piano competition

The International Piano Competition City of Málaga announces its second edition, from June 7 to 15, focusing on young talent. Armenian pianist Sergei Babayan will preside over the jury and will also perform at the opening concert at the Cervantes Theater, the same venue where a week later, the grand finale with the Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra will take place. The winner will be announced there, receiving a prize of 20,000 euros and the opportunity to go on a concert tour.

The Gerhard Quartet, for its part, will perform alongside the semifinalists on June 13. French pianist Lucas Debargue will give an extraordinary concert on June 12 at the Sala Fundación Unicaja María Cristina. These are the first confirmed names of a competition that has already opened the registration period to find the new keyboard promise, with the rules available at www.concursopianociudaddemalaga.com. The deadline ends on February 28. The 24 candidates will be announced on April 3.

Over a hundred musicians under 33 years of age from 29 countries participated in the previous edition. "It was a wonderful surprise to see the response it had," acknowledges Pablo Amorós, the artistic director of the competition.

Among the participants were winners of some of the most important competitions in the world such as the Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Dublin in Ireland, Epinal in France, Ettore Pozzoli in Italy, and the Geneva Competition in Switzerland. Musicians from the world's top music institutions also participated: the Juilliard School in New York, Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, University of Vienna, Paris Conservatory, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and the Royal College of Music in London. Eventually, Russian Sergey Belyavsky prevailed over all of them.

Schedule

The first phase of this second edition will take place on June 8 and 9, followed by a second phase on June 10 and 11 before the semifinal scheduled for June 13. All these rounds will be held at the Sala Fundación Unicaja María Cristina.

Amorós thanked the collaboration of the Málaga City Council, the Unicaja Foundation, and the Provincial Council, along with various private companies, "who have trusted and supported culture," allowing the Málaga City competition to continue.

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