XXIX International Chopin Festival
"Lato z Chopinem"
named after Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
Busko-Zdrój, July 17-21, 2024
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Ayla Moreno, USA
Ayla started playing the piano and the violin at the age of 3 and her first appearance with an orchestra as a soloist was when she was 6 years old, where she played the Berkovich Piano Concerto with the Tucson Civic Orchestra. Then the following year, she performed the Mozart Piano Concerto No.1 with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra and also with the Tucson Repertory Orchestra during their tour in Japan. In 2022, she performed the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 with the Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra, then in 2023, the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 with Orquestra do Algarve under the baton of maestro Maurizio Colasanti.
She is a winner in various national and international competitions such as Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT, Young Artists’ Competition by the Civic Orchestra of Tucson, Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Competition by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, the Concerto Competition by the Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra, the WPTO Spain International Piano Competition, the Sound Espressivo Competition, the Tiziano Rossetti International Music Competition, the Charleston International Music Competition and many more. Other than music, she loves playing chess and taking dance classes.