Date/Time: Wednesday 8 April 2026, 1:10pm
Venue: St. James Church, 197 Piccadilly, London (W1J 9LL)

Programme

L. v. Beethoven – Sonata Op. 109
J.S. Bach – Prelude in G BWV860
C-V. Alkan – Prelude in E flat Op. 31 No. 7
A. Scriabin – Prelude in B flat minor Op. 37 No. 1
D. Shostakovich – Prelude in E minor Op. 87 No. 4
S. Rachmaninoff – Prelude in E minor Op. 32 No. 4
F. Chopin – Prelude in F sharp Op. 28 No. 13
A. Ginastera – Op. 12 No. 3 ‘Danza criolla’ (from 12 American Preludes)
G. Gershwin – Prelude No. 1 (from 3 Preludes)

Liana Storey is Second Prizewinner of the 33rd BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition.

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Biography

Japanese-British pianist Liana Storey was born in Kansas City, USA in 2002 and began piano at the age of four. After early studies with Marina Sultanova at the International Center for Music, Park University, she continued her training at the Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Marika Slater, James Willshire, and Graeme McNaught.

She has won prizes in numerous competitions, including first prize at the Young Pianist of the North International Competition (2014), second prize at the Junior Intercollegiate Beethoven Piano Competition (2018), and most recently, the RNCM Concerto Competition (2025). She has also performed concertos with several amateur orchestras, alongside a wide range of solo and chamber repertoire.

Liana has participated in international festivals and courses such as the Lake Como Summer Piano School, Óbidos International Piano Masterclasses Course in Portugal, and Ticino Musica Festival. She has worked in masterclasses with pianists including Stanislav Ioudenitch, William Grant Nabore, Roberto Plano, and Boris Berman.

She completed her Undergraduate and Master’s degrees at the RNCM with Dina Parakhina & Graham Scott, and now continues her Postgraduate Diploma with Graham Scott, Ben Frith, and Karin Greenhead.