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Markiyan Popil

Year of birth: 1995
Place of birth: Lviv
Educated in: Antwerp
Place of residence: Antwerp
(Plays in Paris)

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Markiyan Popil performance.

Program

F. Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, op. 49 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 8 C. Debussy - Étude no. 12, "Pour les Accords", L. 136  


Biography

Markiyan Popil began his piano studies at the age of 5 with his mother, Olena Popil. He continued his education at the S. Krushelnytska Specialized Music School in Lviv, where he was mentored by Lidia Kryh and Oksana Rapita. Markiyan later studied at the M. Lysenko National Academy of Music in Ukraine and the Antwerp Royal Conservatory in Belgium, where he was a student of Sergei Edelmann.

 

Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.

 

Candidates who withdrew from the competition:

Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng