Year of birth: 1999
Place of birth: Leipzig
Educated in: Rostock
Place of residence: Salzburg
(Plays in Hamburg)
Watch Julian Gast performance.
F. Liszt - Grande Étude de Paganini no. 6 in a-Minor S. Prokof’ev - Étude op. 2 no. 3 in c-minor M. Ravel - “Scarbo” from Gaspard de la nuit
Born in Leipzig in 1999, Julian Gast began playing the piano at the age of six. He has performed with renowned orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Norddeutsche Philharmonie, and with artists such as Nils Mönkemeyer and Priya Mitchell. He studied with Prof. Matthias Kirschnereit in Rostock from 2016-2022. Since 2022 he studies with Jacques Rouvier at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Gast has won prizes at national and international competitions and received support from foundations such as the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. He has also been accepted into the German National Academic Foundation in 2020. He was part of important festivals such as Musiktage Hitzacker, Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern, International Festival Bodensee, etc.
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