Can Saraҫ

Year of birth: 2007
Place of birth: Istanbul
Educated in: Munich
Place of residence: Weimar
(Plays in Dortmund)

November 2026

Program

J.S. Bach / F. Busoni 10 Chorale Preludes, BV B 27, No. 3, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (after J.S. Bach, BWV 659) A. Schönberg Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19 S. Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, op. 36

Biography

Born in 2007, Can Saraç has performed with renowned orchestras, including Denmark’s Underholdningsorkester under the baton of Adam Fischer, the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in Milan, Bucharest, Sofia, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, and Copenhagen. Can is a recipient of the 2025 ICMA Discovery Award and the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize. He has participated as a festival artist at the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival, and as a scholarship recipient at the Morningside Music Bridge program at the New England Conservatory, as well as the Liechtenstein International Music Academy. He currently studies at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar under Prof. Michail Lifits, following earlier studies in Munich.

Withdrawn candidates:

Daria Podorozhnova
Qinyaoyao Ji
Jeongwoo Lee