CONCERT | Crescendo Competition

The POMIR Festival is a Classical Music Festival. Since its foundation, its goal has been to create “Musical Bridges” between different countries and cultures.

The project was founded in Italy, in Padua, in 2018. From its very first edition, it has been enriched with masterclasses, themed cultural visits, concerts, and the “Crescendo Competition”, which takes place within the Festival.

Young international musicians have performed in front of professors from various conservatories. Some foreign participants later enrolled to study at Italian music institutions.

In 2019, the winners of the “Crescendo Competition” undertook their first trip to New York, where they performed in the final at Carnegie Hall and participated in masterclasses with the prestigious professors of the Juilliard School.

Since 2023, the POMIR Festival has been held in several countries. In 2024, it had its first edition in New York.

Program

POMIR Festival

Performances by the winners of the International Competition “Crescendo Competition.”

Carlotta Donda, piano, 8 years old
D. Scarlatti – Sonata in C Major, K. 95
F. Mendelssohn – Songs Without Words, “Venetian Gondola Song”
A. Casella – Bolero from Pieces for Children

Evan Miliani, piano, 10 years old
L. van Beethoven – Variations in G Major on “Nel cor più non mi sento”
J. Sibelius – Étude, Op. 76 No. 2
V. Ukmar – Zamaknjenost (Ecstasy), Ed. DSS No. 133
H. Villa-Lobos – Punch (Polichinelo) No. 7 from The Baby’s Family

Tina Uršič, piano, 13 years old
W. A. Mozart – Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, maman”
L. M. Škerjanc – Prelude No. 1
E. Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65 No. 6

Francesca Maiocco, violin, 17 years old
Eugenia Nalivkina, piano

E. Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21 in D minor, 1st movement
N. Paganini – Caprice No. 16
F. Chopin – Nocturne in C-sharp minor (piano)

Diana Settimi, piano, 14 years old
F. Liszt – Romance in E minor
C. Sinding – Rustle of Spring, Op. 32 No. 3
J. Brahms – Rhapsody, Op. 119 No. 4
S. Prokofiev – Étude, Op. 2 No. 4
G. Gershwin – Three Preludes for Piano

Alessandro Simboli, viola, 18 years old
Eugenia Nalivkina, piano

J. S. Bach – Suite No. 2 for Solo Cello, Prelude (performed on viola)
R. Schumann – Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Movements I & II

Damian Posteuca, piano, 10 years old
J. S. Bach – Two Little Preludes in C Major, BWV 939
J. Rameau – Le Rappel des oiseaux
F. Chopin – Cantabile in B-flat Major, B. 84; Waltz in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2
W. Gillock – Soaring, Phantom Rider
S. Slonimsky – A Gloomy Evening from Album for the Young
I. Berkovich – Variations on a Theme by Paganini
R. Shchedrin – Humoresque

The POMIR Festival has collaborated with the American “Crescendo Competition” Foundation since 2018. The Festival organizes a summer music program in several European countries called the “Student Exchange Program.”

Musicians from all over the world take part in this project. Previous editions have taken place in Finland, Sweden, Italy, Austria, and the Czech Republic.