# Ethella Chupryk

Ethella Chupryk (Ukrainian: Етелла Чуприк; 20 June 1964 – 25 December 2019) was a Ukrainian pianist and Professor of piano at the Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy in Lviv, Ukraine.

## Childhood

Ethella Chupryk was born in Vynohradiv, Zakarpattia Oblast, in a musical family. At the age of three, Etelka made a lifelong friendship with the piano. By the age of five she performed her first public concert performing Chopin's Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor and Schubert's "Serenade".
After finishing musical school (at Judith Gergely's class) and musical college (at Mary Valkovsky's class), in 1986 she entered the Mykola Lysenko Conservatory in Lviv; she became an internationally renowned pianist under the supervision of Maryna Kryh., piano professor of the Conservatory. Then she took master classes at the Moscow Conservatory with pianist teachers such as Yevgeny Malinyin, Vera Gornostayeva, Vladimir Viardo and Vladimir Krajnyev.
Etelka became laureate at several international competitions: 1988 - Lysenko Competition in Kyiv (First Prize) 1990 - Rakhmaninov Competition in Moscow (Third Prize) 1991 - Liszt Competition in Budapest (Third Prize).

## Achievements

Shortly after starting her studies in Lviv, Chupryk began to compete in a number of international piano competitions. In 1988 she took first place at the Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition. In 1990, she traveled to Moscow to compete in what was then known as the All-Union Rachmaninov Competition and the precursor to the Sergey Rachmaninov International Piano Competition. Here she took third place. In September 1991 she was awarded third place at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest.
In 1994 she was awarded a gold medal and prize at the International Competition for Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Kyiv. Then she received an honorary bursary from the Richard Wagner association exhibitioner (Bayreuth, Germany, 1998).
At that time, she gave concerts in several European countries. She worked with renowned conductors including András Ligeti, Jerzy Salvarovsky, Robert de Koning, Karol Stryja and Jansug Kakhidze. In her repertoire, you can always find compositions by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Bartók, Kodály and Chopin.
She published more than 30 CDs consisting of outstanding works of music literature at record labels Naxos, Philips, Amadis and IJMPS.
She was a professor at the Mykola Lysenko National Conservatory in Lviv and pianist in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lviv County and Subcarpathian County.
In 1994, in recognition of this artistic work, she was named "Honoured Artist of Ukraine", in 2016 – "Folk Artist of Ukraine".
From 2018–2019 she gave concerts in Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels, Kyiv and Kharkiv, hosted by the Hungarian Embassy and Consulate General.

## Repertoire

Concerts for piano and orchestra:
J. S. Bach
* Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
W. A. Mozart:
* No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (10 February 1785)
* No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (9 March 1785)
* No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (2 March 1786)
* No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 (24 March 1786)
L. van Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73.
S. Rachmaninoff:
* Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30.
* Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40.
* Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 Arranged as Piano Concerto No. 5 by Alexander Warenberg
J. Brahms:
* Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83.
F. Liszt:
* Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124.
* Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125.
F. Chopin
* Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11.
* Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22.
P. I. Tchaikovsky
* Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23.
E. Grieg
* Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16.
G. Gershwin
* Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano and jazz band
S. Prokofiev
* Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16.

## Discography

| Year | Released by | Repertoire |
| 1992 | Amadis Lydian Donau | F. Liszt Sonata in B Minor Rhapsodie Espagnole  Nuages gris    Mazeppa      Mephisto Waltz No. 1. |
| 1993 | Lydian | L. van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5. "Emperor" P. I. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1. |
| 1995 | Amadis Smooth Classical | L. van Beethoven Piano sonata No. 17 "Tempest" Piano sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux" Piano sonata No. 31 |
| 1995 | Amadis Smooth Classical | L. van Beethoven Piano sonata No. 15 "Pastoral" Piano sonata No. 21 "Waldstein" |
| 1995 | Amadis Smooth Classical | S. Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme Chopin Etude Tableau  Prelude        Liebesleid - Elégie      Piano works |
| 1996 | Amadis | F. Schubert Impromptus  Op. 90 Impromptus   Op. 112 Moments Musiciaux  Op. 91 |
| 2000 | Amadis | S. Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme Chopin Etude Tableau in C minor 13 Preludes in B minor Liebesleid (Kreisler) Elégie No. 1 Mélodie No. 3 |
| 2008 | Rostyslav Shtyn | The Vancouver collection Undiscovered geniuses of piano music |
| 2009 | Smooth Classical Lydian Naxos | R. Shumann Carnaval Kindersczenen Papillons |
| 2016 | Amadis Smooth Classical | F. Liszt Sonata in B Minor Rhapsodie Espagnole Mephisto Waltz No. 1 |
| 2018 | IJMPS | GOLD SELECTION of Classical Piano Music Volume 1. J. S. Bach    Chorale Prelude "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr" BWV 639 J. S. Bach    Prelude and Fugue in D major   BWV 850 J. S. Bach    Prelude and Fugue in D minor    BWV 875 W. A. Mozart  Requiem - Lacrimosa, Domine Jesu K. 626 W. A. Mozart  Fantasia in C minor              K. 475 L. van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor (Moonlight) Op. 27, No. 2. - 1. mov. - Adagio sostenuto. F. Chopin     Nocturne B flat minor             Op. 9 No. 1 F. Chopin     Nocturne F major               Op. 15 No. 1 F. Chopin     Waltz C sharp minor             Op. 64. No. 2 |
| 2018 | IJMPS | Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16. |
| 2019 | IJMPS | J. S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I. - II. BWV 846 - 893 (4 CDs) |
| 2019 | IJMPS | GOLD SELECTION of Classical Piano Music Volume 2. J. S. Bach    Prelude and Fugue in C minor WTC I. BWV 847       J. S. Bach    Prelude and Fugue in G minor WTC II. BWV 885         J. S. Bach    Prelude and Fugue in B minor WTC II. BWV 893         W. A. Mozart  Rondo D major K. 485  F. Chopin     Ballade in G minor Op. 23. No. 1.          F. Liszt Spanish Rhapsody S. 254          S. Rachmaninoff Elégie Op. 3 No. 1.        P. I. Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Op. 71. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, Sugar Plum and Cavalier: Adagio - transcribed by Ethella Chupryk |
| 2019 | IJMPS | GOLD SELECTION of Classical Piano Music Volume 3. (NEW) F. Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie op. 61 in A flat Major Sonata Op. 58 No. 3 in B Minor Nocturne Op. 9, No. 3 in B major |