Maria Daniela Navarro Mora

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

23 y.o.

Education

Academy of music «Hiller» (2001-2004)
Pre-University music education programme of the Costa Rican National University and the Higher Institute of Arts (2003-2009)
Central Music School of Moscow State P. I Tchaikovsky Conservatoire. (2009-2015)
Moscow State P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire (2015-present)
Professors: Sabina Hiller, Alexandr Sklyutovsky, Tamara Skyutovskaya, Ludmila Meltzer, Anatoly Ryabov, Darya Ryabova, Irina Monastyrsckaya, Galina Shirinskaya, Irina Kirillova, Irina Plotnikova.

Awards

«Interlochen Juniors Honor Recital International Piano Competition», 2006, Michigan, USA, 1st prize
«Valentino Bucchi International Piano Competition “The Piano Music for Children from 20 and 21 Centuries», 2006, Rome, Italy, 1st prize and a special award as the youngest winner
«International Competition of Slavic Music for the Piano Stanisław Moniuszko», 2008, Paris, France, 1st prize and Grand-Prix
«Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition», 2009, New York, USA, 1st prize
«Chopin Golden Ring International Piano Competition for Young Pianists», 2010, Bled, Slovenia, 1st prize and Grand-Prix
«American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music», 2010, New York, USA, 1st prize
«Jeunesse International Piano Competition», 2013, Romania, 3rd prize
«A Step Towards Mastery», 2013, Saint Petersburg, 3rd prize
International Piano competition in memoriam of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko, 2014, Ekaterinburg, 1st prize

Concerts & Venues (2006-2018)

New York: The Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Moscow: Conservatoire: The Grand Concert Hall, The Small Concert Hall, Myaskovsky Concert Hall, Rachmaninov Concert Hall; Moscow State Academic Philharmonic: Tchaikovsky Concert Hall; Pavel Slobodkin’s Theatrical and Concert Center Hall; International House of Music: The Chamber Hall; Central Music School of P. I Tchaikovsky Conservatory: The Grand Hall, The Small Hall; Russian National Museum of Music, Na Kyslovke Concert hall, Museum B. Goldenweiser, Museum N.S. Golovanov
Kaunas: State Philharmonic, Grand Hall.
St. Petersburg: Academic Philharmonic “D.D. Shostakovich”: The Grand Hall, The Small Hall o
Paris: Salle Cortot
Costa Rica: National Theatre, Music Theatre «Melico Salazar», Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Golden Hall, Presidential House, Costa Rica, Concert Hall of the Ministry of culture
Interlochen (MI): Corson Auditorium
Sugden (FL) Community Theatre
Tour of Winners of the International Competition Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in France: Lyon, Nancy, Strasbourg, and Paris

Performances with orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, 2006, conductor Chosei Komatsu
Moscow Chamber Orchestra of the Pavel Slobodkin’s Center, 2012, conductor Ilya Gaysin
Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philhamonia, 2013, conductor Anatoly Rybalko
Moscow state Symphony Orchestra for Children and Youth of the Department of Culture, 2015, conductor D. Orlov
Central Symphony Military Orchestra of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, 2015, conductor Aleksey Bogorad
The Fifth Avenue Chamber Orchestra, USA, 2017, conductor William Noll
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Lithuania, 2018, conductor Martynas Staškus

Festivals

International festival «Moscow meets friends» of Vladimir Spivakov´s Foundation, 2010
«Costa Rica Piano Festival», 2017
«Art Naples World Festival», USA, 2017

Envisaged programme

First round

L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major Op. 31 No. 3

F. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 in E minor, S. 244/5 , “Héroide élégiaque”

Second round

W.A. Mozart: Adagio in B minor, K. 540

M. Ravel: Sonatine pour le piano

R. Schumann: Humoreske in B-flat major, Op. 20

Semifinal

A. Scriabin: Mazurkas for Piano, Op. 3: No. 1 in B minor & No. 2 in F sharp minor

S. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 5 in C major, Op. 135 (revised)

F. Schubert: Impromptus Op. 90

Final

L. van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op.37