PROGRAMME 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, "Chasse-neige" R. 2/b, S.139, No. 12 
György Kurtág: Games, Vol. 5. "La fille aux cheveux de lin – enragée", No. 7 
György Kurtág: Games, Vol. 7. " Fugitive Thoughts on an Alberti Bass", No. 2 
Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, "Feux follets", R. 2/b, S. 139, No. 5 
Mozart–Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, R. 288, S. 418 

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SEMI-FINAL

Bellini–Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma, R. 133, S. 394 
Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage, First Year: Switzerland - "Au bord d'une source " S. 160, No. 4 
Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage – Third Year: "Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este", S. 163, No. 4 
Liszt: Légende, "François de Paule marchant sur les flots" S. 175, No. 2 
Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer, "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke", S. 514, No. 1 

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FINAL

Liszt: Sonata in B minor, R. 21, S. 178 
Liszt: Piano Concerto in E-flat major, R. 455, S. 124 
Liszt: Totentanz, R. 457, S. 126 

Calvin Abdiel is an Indonesian pianist currently pursuing the Konzertexamen program at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. He previously studied at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, building an international artistic profile across Europe, Asia, and Australia. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed extensively worldwide with leading orchestras and in major concert halls.

Here is the organized and professional CV of Calvin Abdiel in English, based on the provided sources:

Education

• 10/2025 – present: Konzertexamen (Piano), Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Hamburg, DE)
• 04/2023 – 02/2025: Master of Music (Piano), Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin (Berlin, DE)
• 02/2019 – 12/2022: Bachelor of Music (Performance) with Honours, Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Sydney, AU)
• 01/2013 – 12/2018: High School: Conservatorium High School (Sydney, AU)
• 02/2016: Diploma, LMusA of AMEB, Awarded with Distinction (Piano) (NSW, AU)

Principal Teachers (Piano)

• 10/2025 – present: Prof. Stepan Simonian (HfMT Hamburg)
• 04/2023 – 02/2025: Prof. Eldar Nebolsin (HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin)
• 01/2013 – 01/2023: Prof. Natalia Ricci (Sydney Conservatorium of Music)
• 08/2011 – 12/2012: Lynette Morgan (Sydney, AU)

Key Awards and Scholarships

• 2024: 3rd Prize, 27th Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize (Barletta, Italy)
• 2024: Official Release of Debut Recording Album – "Theme and Variations" (DECCA)
• 2023: Henderson International Graduate Scholarship in Piano (Sydney, AU)
• 2022: DAAD Scholarship for postgraduate studies in the field of music (Germany)
• 2022: 1st Prize, Piano Concerto Competition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
• 2021: 3rd Prize, Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist, Sydney International Piano Competition
• 2020: 1st Prize, Ananda Sukarlan Award International Piano Competition (Jakarta, ID)
• 2017: 2nd Prize, Steps to Mastery International Piano Competition (Saint Petersburg, RU)
• 2017: 2nd Prize, Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition (Brisbane, AU)

Selected Concert Activity

Concerto Performances with Orchestra

• 03/2026 (scheduled): Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra – Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
• 05/2024: ICO Suoni del Sud – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
• 09/2022: G20 Orchestra – Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Yogyakarta, ID)
• 05/2018: Queensland Symphony Orchestra – Saint-Saëns: Africa (Brisbane, AU)
• 09/2017: Queensland Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Solo and Chamber Music Performances

• 01/2026: Half-recital, C. Bechstein Centrum Chilehaus (Hamburg, DE)
• 07/2025: Solo Recital at Institut Francais Indonesie (Jakarta, ID)
• 03/2025: Solo Recital at the Goethe Institut (Sydney, AU)
• 08/2024: Solo Recital celebrating the CD release (DECCA) at Verbrugghen Hall (Sydney, AU)
• 07/2024: Duet recitals with Cedar Newman (Australian tour)
• 03/2022 – 05/2022: Australian Recital Tour (Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and other cities)

Masterclasses and Festivals

• 05/2026 (scheduled): Fellow at The Gilmore Piano Festival (Kalamazoo, US); Masterclasses: Marc-André Hamelin, Stanislav Khristenko
• 2024–2025: Masterclasses at Liechtenstein Musikakademie (Pavel Gililov, Claudio Martinez-Mehner, Milana Chernyavska)
• 2022–2023: Lieven Piano Summer School (Vienna, AT) – Teachers: Andreas Steier, Lilya Zilberstein, Arie Vardi
• 2017: Musica Viva Festival – Masterclass with Angela Hewitt

Other Musical Activities and Skills

• Artistic Director: Cantate Deo Chamber Orchestra (2025)
• Founder/Conductor: Cantate Deo Chamber Orchestra (2019–2023)
• Composition: Original works for piano quartet, solo cello, and chamber ensembles
• Languages: Indonesian and English (Native Speaker), German (Advanced, B2 level)