2022 Vendome Prize Laureates

The Vendome Prize aims to seek out, reward, support, and guide future professional artists who are technically perfect, magnetic, original, in possession of a large repertoire and ready to undertake the challenges of a performing career. Throughout the years they have built an enviable reputation of discovering extraordinary talent and bringing it to the attention of the music world.

Cayman Arts Festival has established a partnership with the Vendome Prize competition, and we are honoured to showcase the winners of this year’s competition Korkmaz Can Saglam (Turkiye) and Maxim Lando (United States of America). The Managing Director of the Vendome Prize, Romanian pianist Matei Varga will also be present in Cayman.

The three guests will hold a special concert together an interactive piano performance featuring 2 pianos with some individual and combined pieces, followed by a panel discussion.

Programme
Korkmaz Can Saglam, Maxim Lando - Fantasie in F minor D.940 for 4 hands by Franz SCHUBERT
Matei Varga, Maxim Lando - Romanian Dances for 2 pianos No. 3 (Allegro Vivace) by Dinu LIPATTI
Maxim Lando - Gaspard de la Nuit (Ondine) by Maurice RAVEL
Maxim Lando - Variations op. 41 by Nikolai KAPUSTIN
Maxim Lando - Stairway to Heaven by Led ZEPPELIN / Maxim LANDO
Maxrim Lando - Variations on a Theme from “Carmen” by Georges BIZET and Vladimir HOROWITZ

INTERMISSION
Korkmaz Can Saglam, Matei Varga - Suite No. 1 in G minor for 2 pianos Barcarolle (Allegretto) by Sergei RACHMANINOV
Korkmaz Can Saglam - Fantasie in C major, op. 17 Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen by Robert SCHUMANN
Korkmaz Can Saglam - Mazurkas op. 56 (Allegro non tanto, Vivace, Moderato) by Frédéric CHOPIN
Maxim Lando, Korkmaz Can Saglam - Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos by Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI

Tickets: US$ 30 (adults), US$ 10 (students). Click here for purchase.

For more information and to purchase or reserve tickets please contact us at enquiries@caymanartsfestival.com or tel. 922-5550.