Oleksandr Loiko

Ukraine

Oleksandr Loiko is a classical pianist. He took part in master classes with pianists Boris Blokh, Arkadii Sevidov, Galina Popova and Josef Yermin. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the National Music Academy in Odessa with prof. Yuri Rakul. He is currently doing his master’s degree with prof. Till Engel and Kai Schumacher at the Folkwang University of the Arts. He has been a scholarship holder of the Lions Club Essen-Werethina since September 2018 and a scholarship holder of the Lions Club Essen-Voerde. 2019 laureate of the first prize of the Köhler-Osbar Competition, Essen.

First round

S. Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux op. 39
No. 5 e flat minor
No. 9 D major

C. Debussy: Imagines book 1
No. 1 Reflets dans l’eau

G. Antheil: Sonata No. 2 ‘The Airplane’

Final round

F. Chopin: Fantaisie f minor op. 49

F. Chopin: 24 Preludes op. 28
No. 20 c minor Largo
No. 21 B flat major Cantabile
No. 22 g minor Molto agitato
No. 23 F major Moderato
No. 24 d minor Allegro appassionato

A. Scriabin: Sonata op. 68 No. 9 ‘Black mass’
Moderato quasi andante – Molto meno vivo – Allegro molto – Alla marcia – Allegro – Presto – Tempo primo

A. Scriabin: Sonata op. 70 No. 10
Moderato - Allegro - Piú vivo - Presto - Moderato

S. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 23 No. 2 B flat major