Piano Recital

Carla Román Vázquez
Somin Lee

Young international Chopin prize winners

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Program

Grand Piano Steinway & Sons

Carla Román Vázquez

Prizewinner of the 3rd Chopin Competition Granada 2024

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Prélude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 "Raindrop"

Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 58

  • I Allegro maestoso
  • II Scherzo: Molto vivace
  • III Largo
  • IV Finale: Presto, ma non tanto, agitato
Intermission

Somin Lee

Prizewinner of the 19th Chopin Competition Hannover 2025

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

12 Variations on a Russian Dance from the ballet The Forest Maiden by Paul Wranitzky and Joseph Kinsky, WoO 71

    Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

    Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
    Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39

      Start:

      7:30 PM

      Intermission: approx.

      8:20 PM

      End: approx.

      9:15 PM

      Biography

      Somin Lee

      An exceptionally elegant, communicating with intense passion. - Bernd Goetzke

      In 2012, Somin Lee made her debut as a soloist with the Seoul String Orchestra in Seoul. Since then, she has performed extensively across Europe and Asia, earning recognition in the international music scene. Notable performances include recitals at the Elim Art Center, as well as her participation in the "Extraschicht" festival in Bochum. Other significant appearances include her recital at the “Große Klaviermusik” series in Essen and the “Young Artist Piano Recital” in 2021 at the Elim Art Center.

      Somin Lee has achieved remarkable success in international competitions, including first place at the "Köhler-Osbahr Competition" and second place at the 2025 International Piano Competition of the Chopin Society Hannover. Her accomplishments have been further recognized with the Dr. Alfred Hoff Special Prize as part of the "Folkwang Prize."

      Her performances are distinguished by a remarkable combination of technical...

      Carla Román Vázquez

      Born in 2008, beginning to study piano and cello at four and a half years with his mother Patricia Vázquez García. She also works with the Spanish pianist Luis Fernando Pérez. She has received further musical input from distingues artists as Graham Jackson, Nino Kereslizde, Angel Sanzo, Juan Lago, Jorge Pepi-Alos, Edith Fischer, Josep Colom, Wolfram Schmitt Leonardy, Galina Eguiarazova, Pascal Nemirowski, Pavel Nessersian, Yuri Bogdanov, Boris Slutski, Christopher Elton, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Enrico Pace, Dimitri Alexeev, Fabio Bidini, Piotr Palezcny, Alexander Kobrin, Paul Lewis and Arie Vardi. She received advices from the polish pianist Krystian Zimerman.

      In June 2018, when she is 10 years old she makes her debut with orchestra playing Haydn D Major concerto at the Gran Teatro Falla in Cadiz. A few months later she makes her first solo recital in Cadiz, Seville and La Linea. She has also performed in concert halls in Spain and abroad. In September 2018, representing Spain in the 40th...

      Venue

      Rittelmeyer-Saal

      Heimhuder Str. 34a

      20148 Hamburg

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