Queen Elisabeth Competition: Cello 2026

CD1
Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sinfonia Concertante in E minor, op. 125 – Ettore PAGANO
Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994) Concerto – Tae-Yeon KIM

CD2
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Concerto n. 1 in E flat major, op. 107 – Álvaro LOZANO CAMES
Samuel BARBER (1910-1981) Concerto in A minor, op. 22 – Leland KO

CD3
Josef SUK (1874-1935) Ballade, op. 3 – Clara DIETLIN
Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998) Sonata n. 1, op. 129 – Maria ZAITSEVA
Harold NOBEN (°1978) Caffeine – Krzysztof MICHALSKI
Dmitri KABALEWSKY (1904-1987) Sonata in B flat major, op. 71 – Leland KO
Krzysztof PENDERECKI (1933-2020) Capriccio per Siegfried Palm – Lionel MARTIN
György LIGETI (1923-2006) Sonata for Solo Cello – Dilshod NARZILLAEV
Kaija SAARIAHO (1952-2023) Lullaby – Andrew Ilhoon BYUN

CD4
Anton KRAFT (1749-1820) Concerto in C major, op. 4 – Ettore PAGANO
Leopold HOFMANN (1738-1793) Concerto in D major, Badley D3 – Tae-Yeon KIM – Cadenza: Tim Hugh
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Klid (Silent Woods), op. 68 n. 5, B. 173 – Ivan SENDETSKY
FANG Man (°1977) Four Odes to the Tidings of Flowers – Yo KITAMURA

Belgian National Orchestra – Antony Hermus, conductor (CD1, CD2, CD4: 8-11)
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie – Vahan Mardirossian, conductor (CD4: 1-6)
Piano: Antoine de Grolée (CD3: 1), Maria Zaitseva Sr (CD3: 2-4), Sarah Zajtmann (CD3: 5), Adria Ye (CD3: 6-8), Thomas Hoppe (CD4: 7)

Queen Elisabeth Competition – Cello 2026
Ettore Pagano [1st Prize]  |  Andrew Ilhoon Byun [Laureate]
Tae-Yeon Kim [2nd Prize]  |  Clara Dietlin [Laureate]
Leland Ko [3rd Prize]  |  Lionel Martin [Laureate]
Álvaro Lozano Cames [4th Prize]  |  Krzysztof Michalski [Laureate]
Yo Kitamura [5th Prize]  |  Dilshod Narzillaev [Laureate]
Maria Zaitseva [6th Prize]  |  Ivan Sendetsky [Laureate]

Audience prizes – Prix RTBF Musiq3: Ettore Pagano  |  Klara-Prijs: Tae-Yeon Kim