Bohdan Luts

VIOLIN 2023 

Violin 2023

Competitors 2023

 

Semifinalist

Born in Lviv, Bohdan Luts studied at the Kyiv State Music Lyceum and the Lviv State Music Lyceum. He is currently a student at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland, studying with Renaud Capuçon and Oleg Kaskiv, and regularly participates in master classes of renowned musicians such as Gabor Takacz-Nagy, Liviu Prunaru, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Pablo de Naverán, Ivan Vukčević, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, and others.

Bohdan was awarded the Grand Prix and First Prize at the International Competition “Lviv Virtuoso” and the International Competition of Bohdan Varhal’s “Talents for Europe” in Slovakia. In 2022, at the age of 17, he won First Prize at the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in Denmark and First Prize at the 2nd Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition in Gstaad.

He has played concerts in Switzerland, Slovakia, Poland, Italy, and Ukraine. As a soloist, Bohdan has performed with the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and the Kyiv Chamber National Soloists’ Ensemble, among others.

 

Principal teachers  

• Renaud Capuçon, 2019-present
• Oleg Kaskiv, 2019-present  
• Oksana Tsap, 2019-2022 
• Olga Korinets, 2017- 2019 
• Mariya Futorska, 2014- 2017 
• Yaroslava Kataryna, 2012-2014 
   

Concours majeurs  

• 1^st prize, Nielsen International Violin Competition 2022,
• 1^st prize, Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition 2022
• 3^rd prize, Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition 2021
• 2^nd prix, Piccolo Violino Magico International Violin Competition 2018
• 3^rd prize, Arthur Grumiaux International Violin 2017

 

Programme

FIRST ROUND

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
I. Adagio
II. Fugue

EUGÈNE YSAYË Violin Sonata No. 6, Op. 27
I. Allegro giusto non troppo vivo

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15 

 

SEMIFINAL

MAURICE RAVEL Violin Sonata in G major No.2
I. Allegretto
II. Blues. Moderato
III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro

LUNA PEARL WOOLF L’Inconnu.e bouleversant.e

RICHARD STRAUSS Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 
I. Allegro, ma non troppo 
II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile 
III. Finale: Andante – Allegro  

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (arr. Ysayë) Caprice in Waltz Form

 

 

Pianist: Carson Becke

 

Bohdan Luts is generously sponsored by Luc Maurice. 

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