Opening Concert

Opening Concert of the 8th International Piano Competition “Merci, Maestro!” 2024 will be held on 10th April 2024, 19:30, at Piano’s Maene Brussels (Rue de l’Argonne 37, 1060 Bruxelles). The concert will be presented by our amazing jury member, the great pianist from Italy/Ukraine, Prof. Olga Zdorenko.

The programme includes solo piano works by Rameau, Schubert, Beethoven, and Chopin.

Ticket Price: 20 euros

*Participant of the competition: 10 euros

You can purchase your ticket HERE

About our Jury Member, Pianist, Prof. Olga Zdorenko:
Professor of the Conservatoire of Frosinone (Rome). Artistic director of the musical association “Angelica Costantiniana” at Rome.

She won a lot of international contests such as “Carlo Zecchi” (Rome), “Classical Sanremo”, “Sulmona Award.” She won the constest “Walter Massaza” in Alessandria and she received the O.Messiaen special award.

In 2000 she graduated with the highest grades at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia and she became the chair of the piano department at the Conservatory Gesualdo da Venosa in Potenza (Italy, Basilicata).

She worked with record labels such as Brilliant Classics, Diapason, Movie Sound, to produce her own CD. She is always invited at international festivals and she performed all around the world: France, Austria, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Belgium and Australia.

Since 2015 she is the Lady of Malta’s Knights. She received a silver plaque from the President of the Italian Republic and the gold medal from the Italian Ministry of Culture for particular merits.