Sofya Gulyak (piano)

In September 2009 Sofya Gulyak was awarded the 1st prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal at the 16th LeedsInternational Piano Competition—the first woman in the history of the competition to achieve this distinction. Since then she has appeared all over the world to great acclaim.

Sofya has been praised for her “tremendous precision and colouration .... exquisite soft playing ....with delicacy”.

Sofya’s resume includes prizes from many prestigious piano competitions: she is a first prize winner of the William Kapell International Piano Competition in the USA; Maj Lind Helsinki International Piano Competition; Tivoli Piano Competition in Copenhagen; Isang Yun International Piano Competition in South Korea; San Marino Piano Competition, winner of the Busoni Competition in Italy and prize winner of the Marguerite Long Piano Competition in Paris.

After the concert we offer a finger buffet tea of freshly-made sandwiches and homemade cakes with your choice of wine, tea, coffee, juice. Sofya Gulyak will attend the buffet and you can meet her. 'Tea' tickets are £7, or just £5 for students, and can be bought on the door with cash or a cheque. We can cater for up to 70.

Please note: student concert tickets at £8 each are not sold online and are only available from the Chopin Society. Email info@chopin-society.org.uk to reserve your ticket, which can be collected and paid for on the door with cash - sorry, no cards. Students should have ID