Opening Ceremony and Concert of the 8th Tbilisi International Piano Competition

Grand Hall of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire

Monday, October 5, 2026 | 19:00

Opening Ceremony and Concert of the 8th Tbilisi International Piano Competition

Soloists

Alexander Korsantia — USA / Georgia
Yutong Sun — China

Program

Claude Debussy

“Masques,” L.105
“L’isle joyeuse,” L.106

Dmitri Shostakovich

Prelude and Fugue in C Major, Op. 87, No. 1
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op. 87, No. 24

Performed by Yutong Sun

Igor Stravinsky — “Petrushka”
Transcription by A. Korsantia for piano and tambourine

1. The Shrovetide Fair

2. The Magic Trick

3. Russian Dance

4. Petrushka’s Room

5. The Moor’s Room

6. The Shrovetide Fair

Performed by Alexander Korsantia

Main Supporters of the Competition

Ministry of Culture of Georgia
Tbilisi City Hall

Supporters

Khazaradze Foundation / For Culture
Embassy of the Italian Republic in Georgia
Embassy of Israel in Georgia
Polish Institute in Tbilisi
Elisabeth Leonskaja Foundation
Georgian Airways
Polyphonia Restaurant
Pheasant’s Tears Winery

Competition supporter and host hotel: The Biltmore Tbilisi

Partners

Zakaria Paliashvili Central Music School “Decade for Gifted Children”
Evgeni Mikeladze National Symphony Orchestra
Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire