Oliver Moore

Age: 23

Hometown: San Francisco, California

School/Teacher: San Francisco Conservatory of Music / Garrick Ohlsson

Oliver Moore (b. 2001) is currently completing his Masters of Music degree under the tutelage of pianist Garrick Ohlsson at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Oliver has been featured as soloist with the Bear Valley Festival Orchestra, North State Symphony, and Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, and as an Emerging Young Artist on the Noontime Concert Series in San Francisco. He was a semifinalist in the 2024 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition. In July 2023, Oliver presented a recital of works by Liszt, Bach/Busoni, Bach/Saint-Saëns, and Brahms for the San Francisco Bach Festival, and was nominated for Favorite New Discovery by the SF Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards. Oliver has attended the Piano Texas International Festival, and completed his undergraduate studies under Garrick Ohlsson at SFCM. He has previously studied with John McCarthy, and participated in masterclasses with artists such as Jonathan Biss, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Shai Wosner.

Repertoire

Preliminaries 

Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10 (Ekier)

Nocturne in D flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2 (Ekier)

Waltz in A-flat, Op. 42 (Ekier)

Ballade in A-flat, Op. 47 (Ekier)

 

Quarterfinals 

Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 (Ekier)

Preludes, Op. 28, No. 7-12 (Ekier)

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (Ekier)

Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Ekier)

Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39 (Ekier)

 

Semifinals 

Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2 (Ekier)

Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29 (Ekier)

Mazurkas, Op. 24 (Ekier)

Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 (Ekier)

 

Finals 

Polonaise-Fantasy, Op. 61 (Ekier)

Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 (Ekier)