Deva Mira Sperandio
18, Spain
DEVA MIRA SPERANDIO started to play the piano at the age of six, and began her musical studies at the age of eight at the State Conservatory. In 2023, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in London, where she worked with Dinara Klinton and Ashley Wass. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Music at the Royal College of Music under the guidance of Dina Parakhina, supported by the Alida Johnson Award and the ArteMusica Stiftung.
Deva has received several distinguished scholarships, including Morningside Music Bridge, the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, and her ongoing selection as a Lang Lang Young Scholar. She attended the 2023 Cleveland International Piano Institute for Young Artists.
Deva made her stage debut at ten and has since performed across Europe and the United States. Her engagements include appearances at venues in Madrid as the Ateneo and RABASF, Windsor Castle—representing the Lang Lang Foundation in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales—the Cannes Jeunes Talents Festival, in the Nederland for the Chopin Stichting, Frankfurt, Hannover, Andermatt, Cleveland, Boston, and several venues throughout the UK. She has performed as a soloist with the Málaga Symphony Orchestra and the Caixa Ontinyent Orchestra, playing concertos by Chopin and Beethoven.
Her competition achievements include numerous national and international first prizes. She became the first Spanish pianist to win an award at the Chopin Competition for Children in Szafarnia and has been recognized with top prizes in competitions such as Orléans “Brin d’Herbe,” the London Chopin Competition, the Béla Bartók Competition, and the Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition.
She has appeared on Spanish National Radio performing live, as well as on RTVE and À Punt radio and TV. Deva has also received guidance from renowned masters including Lang Lang, Dang Thai Son, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Vanessa Latarche, and Jerome Rose. She has also participates in initiatives such as Musicians for Health and Back to Bach.
Program
Semi-Final Solo Round
D. Scarlatti
Sonata in D Minor K. 517/L. 266
S. Prokofiev
Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29
M. de Falla
Serenata Andaluza
I. Albéniz
Triana from Iberia, Book 1
Semi-Final Chamber Round
F. Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
I. Molto allegro agitato
Final Masterclass Round
I. Albéniz
Triana from Iberia, Book 1
Final Concerto Round
L.V. Beethoven
Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
I. Allegro con brio