Piano Recital
Diana Cooper
Prizewinner at the Samson François Piano Competition 2025
Program
Shigeru Kawai Grand Piano, Hamamatsu 2019
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata in C major, op. 2/3
- Allegro con brio
- Adagio
- Scherzo. Allegro
- Allegro Assai
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)
- Berceuse in D-flat major, op. 57
Piano sonata in B minor, op. 58
- Allegro maestoso
- Scherzo. Molto vivace
- Largo
- Finale. Presto non tanto
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7:30 pmEnd (approx.)
9:30 pmArtist 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...
