Festival OCTAVE — Piano Masterclass + Concert

About

A day designed for listening, learning and wonder

From 1:00 PM, the audience can experience an intensive masterclass with Gregory Chaverdian and participants from the EPFL Chopin competition. At 5:00 PM, Angela Yixuan Miao takes the stage for a two-part recital featuring Scarlatti, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt and Volodos.

At a glance

Masterclass: Free, with Gregory Chaverdian · ticket required
Concert: Ticketed, with Angela Yixuan Miao · ticket required
Audience: Musicians, students, piano lovers and curious newcomers
Atmosphere: Warm, inspiring and refined

Day schedule

Timeline

12:30 – 1:00 PM

Doors open

BC Hall, EPFL, Lausanne

1:00 – 2:30 PM

Masterclass · Part I

With Gregory Chaverdian · free · ticket required

2:30 – 3:00 PM

Intermission

Drinks & Snacks

3:00 – 4:30 PM

Masterclass · Part II

With Gregory Chaverdian · free · ticket required

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Intermission

Drinks & Snacks

5:00 – 7:00 PM

Angela Yixuan Miao Concert

Ticketed · ticket required

Concert

Recital programme

Part One

Scarlatti

Sonata K.141

Mozart

Sonata K.576, 3rd movement

Brahms

Variations on a Theme by Paganini, op. 35, Book I

Chopin

Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, op. 22

Rimsky-Korsakov – Cziffra

The Flight of the Bumblebee

Drinks & Snacks

Part Two

Runtz

Clair-Obscur

Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10

Chopin

Étude op. 10 no. 1

Chopin

Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, op. 2

Mozart – Volodos

Concert Paraphrase on “Turkish March”

Biographies

The artists

Gregory Chaverdian

Gregory Chaverdian has been Professor of Piano at Concordia University since 2000. He holds a Master of Music and a doctorate in piano performance from the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan. In 1989, he won First Prize at the International Music Competition in Rio de Janeiro. As a soloist and collaborative pianist, he has performed across Europe, North America and South America, including with the Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Brunswick Symphony Orchestra and I Musici de Montréal.

Angela Yixuan Miao

Angela Yixuan Miao, born in 2013 in China, began studying piano at age six in Montréal with Gregory Chaverdian. Recognized early for her talent, she performed with orchestra in her first year of study and recorded Chopin’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with string quintet at age ten. Winner of numerous international competitions, she received First Prize in Category C at Genève Musicale 2025, as well as the Audience Award and the Orchestra Prize.