Instructors: Susan Boettger, Rufus Choi
About Weston:
Weston Mizumoto enjoys performing piano music for audiences all over the world and has been recognized for his solo work as well as for chamber music. His numerous awards include piano scholarships from the Chopin Foundation of the United States and the Warsaw Piano Institute (2010), first-place prizes in the CAPMT Concerto Competition (2009) and California International Young Artists Competition (2007), and grand prize at the Glendale Piano Competition (2009). Now 16, he studies with Dr. Susan Boettger in Huntington Beach, California. Weston ranks among the best in the world at his hobby, Rubik’s Cube competition, and is founder of a popular speed-cubing club.
Repertoire:
| Disklavier Audition |
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| Franz Josef Haydn |
Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, First Movement |
| Frederic Chopin |
Etude Op. 25 No. 11 in A Minor |
| Samuel Barber |
Sonata Op. 26, Fourth Movement |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Elegie in E-Flat Minor Op. 3 |
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| First Round |
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| Franz Josef Haydn |
Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, First Movement |
| Frederic Chopin |
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Major, WTC I, BWV 848 |
| Gyorgy Ligeti |
Etude No. 13, "L'escalier du Diable" |
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| Second Round |
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| Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Elegie in E-Flat Minor Op. 3 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, First Movement |
| Franz Schubert |
Impromptu Op. 90, No. 3, in G-flat Major, D899 |
| F. Schubert/F. Liszt |
Standchen, S. 558, NO. 9, "Horch, horch! Die Lerch" |
| Samuel Barber |
Sonata Op. 26, Fourth Movement |
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| Semi-Final Round |
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| Frederic Chopin |
Mazurka Op. 6 No. 2 in C-sharp Minor |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor, WoO80 |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor Op. 36 (1913) |
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| Finals |
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| Sergei Prokofiev |
Piano Concert No. 2 in G Minor Op. 16, First Movement |
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