Prizewinner at the Samson François Piano Competition 2025
Program
Shigeru Kawai Grand Piano, Hamamatsu 2019
Domenico Scarlatti (1685‒1757)
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 9
Allegro
Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 96
Allegrissimo
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 141
Allegro
Felix Mendelssohn (1809‒1847)
Variations sérieuses, op. 54
Tema: Andante Sostenuto
Var. 1
Var. 2. Un poco più animato
Var. 3. Più animato
Var. 4
Var. 5. Agitato
Var. 6
Var. 7
Var. 8. Allegro vivace
Var. 9
Var. 10. Moderato
Var. 11. Cantabile
Var. 12. Tempo di tema
Var. 13. Sempre assai leggiero
Var. 14. Adagio
Var. 15. Poco a poco più agitato
Var. 16. Allegro vivace
Var. 17
Presto
Enrique Granados (1867‒1916)
Allegro de Concierto, op. 46
Intermission
Frédéric Chopin (1810‒1849)
Mazurkas, op. 59
A minor. Moderato
A-flat major. Allegretto
F-shart minor. Vivace
Barcarolle, op. 60
Piano Sonata in B minor, op. 58
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo. Molto vivace ‒ Trio
Largo
Finale. Presto non tanto
Begin
7:30 pm
End (approx.)
9:30 pm
Artist Biography
Diana Cooper has won multiple awards on the international stage, including first prizes at the Samson François International Competition (France, 2025), the Halina Czerny-Stefańska Competition in Poznań (Poland, 2022), the Vigo International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022), and at the Chopin Competition in Brest (France, 2017). Cooper was among the 84 pianists out of 642 applicants selected to participate in the 19th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in October 2025.
She has been invited to perform at numerous prestigious festivals and venues — including the Chopin Festivals in Nohant and Paris (Bagatelle), the Salle Cortot, the Colmar and Menton International Festivals, the Ysaye Festival (Belgium), Kings Place (London), Teatro Filarmónica in Oviedo (Spain), Teatro Jovellanos (Gijón), Filharmonia in Kielce (Poland), the Chopin manor houses in Duszniki and Żelazowa Wola, and Hrvatski dom Split (Croatia). In 2023 and 2024 she was selected for Un Été en France avec Gautier Capuço...
