Young pianists form Vienna Nina and Ines Böck are students at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw).
Program:
Joseph Haydn
Allegro from Keyboard Sonata in C major, H. 16/50
Nina Böck
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12 Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je maman in C major, KV 265
Ines Böck
Robert Schumann
Variations on the name Abegg in F major, Op. 1
Ines Böck
Maurice Ravel
Sonatine for piano in F sharp minor
Modéré
Mouvement de menuet
Animé
Nina Böck
Cécile Chaminade
Concert Étude Automne, Op. 35/2
Nina Böck
Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14
Ines Böck
Biographies:
Nina Böck was born in 2002 in Vienna, Austria. Already in her very early ages of childhood, she started her musical education. At the music schools of the city of Vienna, she was accepted in the promotion program for gifted students and later in the university preparatory program. Since 2021, she has studied the piano in the class of professor Roman Zaslavsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw). Her piano concerts took place e.g. at Vienna in Altes Rathaus, Bösendorfer Stadtsalon, Schubert-Haus, Haydn-Haus, Beethoven-Haus, Reaktor, MUK, Kleiner Ehrbar-Saal, mdw, Brahmsmuseum in Mürzzuschlag. In addition to her solo projects, she was part of several ensembles in various formations.
Nina won several first prizes in the Austrian national competition „Prima la musica“ in the solo category as well as the ensemble category. She also took part in international competitions like the International Piano Competition Milan „Piano Talents“ in 2020. In August 2024 she was part of the Vienna Classic Stars Piano Festival and won the first prize in the competition. Nina regularly attends masterclasses, e.g. with Thomas Kreuzberger, Yaron Rosenthal, Florian Eggner, Elisabeth Eschwé, Albert Mamriev, Anne Queffélec and Sonja Radojković.
Ines Böck was born in 2005 in Vienna. She began to play the piano at the age of 4. Very soon she was accepted in the special talent development and university preparatory program. At the age of 15 she continued her studies at the mdw (university of music and performing arts in Vienna) in the university preparatory program. Since 2023 she has studied the classical piano as a regular student at the mdw, first with professor Sibylla Joedicke, now with professor Katharina Treutler. Ines regularly attended masterclasses, e.g. with Jasminka Stančul, Lilya Zilberstein, Christian Pohl, Anna Malikova, Niklas Sivelöv, Thomas Kreuzberger, Vladimir Kharin, Sonja Radojković, Florian Eggner, Simon Callaghan, Hiro Takenouchi, Juliana Kiss, Elisabeth Eschwé. She took part from early age on at national and international competitions in solo categories as well as ensemble categories. At the Austrian national competition Prima la Musica she won regularly first prizes. In 2024 she won the first prize at the IX. Danubia Talents International Music Competition in Budapest. In 2025 she won the first prize in the age group 18+ at The New York Classical Music Competition (NYCMC). Her concert performances took place in Vienna at Goldener Saal of Musikverein, Mozart-Haus, Schubert-Haus, Haydn-Haus, Steinway-Haus, Bösendorfer Stadtsalon, Altes Rathaus, Reaktor, Parkhotel Schönbrunn, Brahmsmuseum in Styria, Mürzzuschlag and in England at the Winchester College Hall und at the Oxford Holywell Music Room. She also performed at livestream concerts at the mdw Vienna.