In a programme of Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat major, Op 27 No. 2; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 and Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25
In association with Austrian Cultural Forum
Vikram Rajan is a Vienna based concert pianist of Indian origin. He studied classical piano at the University at Buffalo (New York) with Stephen Manes. Further studies took him to the Mannes College of Music in New York City with Jerome Rose and to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where he studied with Wolfgang Watzinger and Noel Flores. Masterclasses with Elisso Wirssaladze, Zoltan Kocsis, Malcolm Bilson, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Naum Grubert, Natalia Trull and the Brentano String Quartet, among others, paved the way of his artistic development.
Vikram Rajan is a prizewinner (1999) of the “University at Buffalo Concerto Competition”, won the third prize at the “Chopin” piano competition in Brest, France, in 2008, as well as second prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of a Spanish work at the “Teresa Llacuna” competition in France. In 2020, Vikram Rajan received a special mention at the Fourth International “City of Vigo Piano Competition”, where Martha Argerich chaired the jury. In 2023, he received the second prize in the “Grand Prix” category at the “Music Competition Online” in France for his solo piano performance.
Vikram Rajan has performed in the USA, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and France, at venues like the Vienna Musikverein, Schloss Elmau, the Bösendorfer Hall and the Bösendorfer Stadtsalon in Vienna, and in festival frameworks like the “Accueil Musical de Saint-Merry” concert series in Paris and at the “Palaissommer” festival in Dresden.
