Julian Trevelyan (pianist)

Julian Miles Trevelyan is a British concert pianist. He was born on 29 October 1998. He is the son of Peter Trevelyan and Diane Terry, and the grandson of Sir Geoffrey Trevelyan. He is distantly related to Julian Trevelyan the artist. Julian has been home-schooled.[1]

Competitive Piano Career

Julian has been successful in international piano competitions.

2014

Julian Trevelyan was a finalist in the keyboard section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.[2]

2015

In April 2015, Julian Trevelyan took the Grand Prize in the "Concours Festival pour le Répertoire Pianistique Moderne" (Competitive Festival for the Contemporary Piano Repertoire, or C.F.R.P.M.) in Paris, including the prize for the best interpretation of a work by Maurice Ravel.[3]

In May, he took second place and the Mocsari Prize (given by Károly Mocsári) in the Ile-de-France International Piano Competition in Maisons-Laffitte.[4]

On the 27 October, at the age of 16, Julian Trevelyan became the youngest prize-winner ever in the piano section of the Concours International Long-Thibaud-Crespin in Paris. He won the second Grand Prize, the first prize not being awarded that year, as well as the Prize awarded by His Serene Highness Albert II of Monaco for the best interpretation of the concerto. The Long Piano prize is one of the four major international piano competitions.[5]

In November 2015, he was the winner of the Young Pianist of the North competition in Newcastle, England.

2016

In 2016, Julian continued his exceptional international competition record for a British pianist, by coming second in the Bad Kissingen Piano Olympics for young pianists, as part of the Kissinger Sommer. Programme.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/indepth/features/4256565.Is_home_schooling_the_way_forward_/
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2gWC3kX6Z4VDTT3hsbtwjbh/julian-trevelyan
  3. ↑ http://concours-festival.com/pdf/CFRPM-PALMARES-2015.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.opus-yvelines.org/index.php/en/erten/previous-editions/2015-final-results.html
  5. ↑ http://www.long-thibaud-crespin.org/fr-fr/laureats/recherche-des-laureats.html?v_piano=1&v_annee=2015&v_submit=1&v_concours=piano

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