THE GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL WILL RETURN IN JUNE 2025!
FESTIVAL STUDENT APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN IN MARCH 2025.
3 DAYS OF EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC
The Bachauer invites music enthusiasts to experience three exhilarating days of brilliant piano virtuosity, featuring Bachauer Laureates and friends performing in evening concerts and six young pianists showcasing their artistry in the Festival Students Concert.
Whether you plan on taking in a Concert, a Master Class, or attending every event, this will be one music festival you don’t want to miss!
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
138 West 300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
- $30 reserved keyboard-side
- $25 reserved other
- $12 students
- $20 reserved keyboard-side
- $15 reserved other
- $8 students
- Three (3) concerts
- $65 reserved (all seats)
- $32 students reserved (all seats)
- Free admission
24 Préludes
Book I
Danseuses de Delphes
(Dancers of Delphi)
Voiles
(Veils/Sails)
Le vent dans la plaine
(The Wind in the Plain)
“Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir"
("The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening air")
Les collines d’Anacapri
(The Hills of Anacapri)
Des pas sur la neige
(Footsteps in the Snow)
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest
(What the West Wind Saw)
La fille aux cheveux de lin
(The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
La sérénade interrompue
(Tne Interrupted Serenade)
La cathédrale engloutie
(The Engulfed Cathedral)
La danse de Puck
(Puck's Dance)
Minstrels
Book II
Brouillards
(Mists)
Feuilles mortes
(Dead Leaves)
La puerta del vino
(The Wine Gate)
“Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses”
("Fairies are exquisite dancers")
Bruyères
(Heather)
Général Lavine – eccentric
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
(The Terraces Holding Audience with the Moon)
Ondine
Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
(Homage to S. Pickwick)
Canope
(Canopic Jars)
Les tierces alternées
(Alternating Thirds)
Feux d’artifice
(Fireworks)
Etude No. 1, pour les cinq doigts d’après Monsieur Czerny
Prelude in G Major, op. 32, no. 5
Prelude in G-sharp Minor, op. 32, no. 12
Etude-tableau in E-flat Minor, op. 33, no. 6
Prelude in B Minor, op. 32, no. 10
Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, op. 5
Allegro maestoso
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro energico – Trio
Intermezzo: Andante molto
Finale: Allegro moderato ma rubato
Douglas Humpherys
Bachauer Artistic Director and Eastman School of Music
Douglas Humpherys
Bachauer Artistic Director and Eastman School of Music
Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53 (I)
Schumann: Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, op. 14 (I)
Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, op. 81a (I)
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli in D Minor, op. 42
Liszt: Rhapsody Espagnol
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A Major, op. 82 (IV)
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in C Major, op. 2, no. 3 (I)
Balakirev: Islamey Fantasy
Spencer Myer
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Spencer Myer
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
24 Préludes
Book I
Danseuses de Delphes
(Dancers of Delphi)
Voiles
(Veils/Sails)
Le vent dans la plaine
(The Wind in the Plain)
“Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir"
("The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening air")
Les collines d’Anacapri
(The Hills of Anacapri)
Des pas sur la neige
(Footsteps in the Snow)
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest
(What the West Wind Saw)
La fille aux cheveux de lin
(The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
La sérénade interrompue
(Tne Interrupted Serenade)
La cathédrale engloutie
(The Engulfed Cathedral)
La danse de Puck
(Puck's Dance)
Minstrels
Book II
Brouillards
(Mists)
Feuilles mortes
(Dead Leaves)
La puerta del vino
(The Wine Gate)
“Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses”
("Fairies are exquisite dancers")
Bruyères
(Heather)
“Général Lavine” – eccentric
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
(The Terraces Holding Audience with the Moon)
Ondine
Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
(Homage to S. Pickwick)
Canope
(Canopic Jars)
Les tierces alternées
(Alternating Thirds)
Feux d’artifice
(Fireworks)
Spencer Myer
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Spencer Myer
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, op. 27, no. 2
Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, op. 23
Chopin: Rondo in E-flat Major. op. 5
Kapustin: Variations, op. 41
Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D Major. op. 10, no. 3 (I)
Liszt: Reminiscences of Don Juan
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne in D Minor
Chaeyoung Park
Chaeyoung Park
Etude No. 1, pour les cinq doigts d’après Monsieur Czerny
Prelude in G Major, op. 32, no. 5
Prelude in G-sharp Minor, op. 32, no. 12
Etude-tableau in E-flat Minor, op. 33, no. 6
Prelude in B Minor, op. 32, no. 10
Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, op. 5
Allegro maestoso
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro energico – Trio
Intermezzo: Andante molto
Finale: Allegro moderato ma rubato
Festival Students
(early start time!)
Festival Students
(early start time!)
Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31
Moderato
Allegretto
Finale: Presto
Humoreske, op. 20
Waltz in F Minor, op. 70, no. 2
Waltz in F Major, op. 34, no. 3
Tarantella in A-flat Major, op. 43
Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, op. 4
Allegro maestoso
Menuetto
Larghetto
Finale: Presto
ALL MASTER CLASSES ARE FREE ADMISSION
However, we will gladly accept donations. It’s because of the generosity of people like you that Bachauer can host such events!
FESTIVAL STUDENTS
Selected through an international screening, these outstanding young pianists will perform in the Festival Master Classes and combine efforts in the Festival Students Concert to offer a program of virtuosity and lyricism, showcasing their skills as developing artists.
