A recipient of the ECHO Rising Star 2024–2025 title, Vienna-born Lukas Sternath has, at the age of just twenty-five, already made his debut at the Salzburg Festival, the BBC Proms, the Elbphilharmonie, London’s Wigmore Hall and with the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2022, he won eight prizes at the ARD Munich Competition, including First Prize and the Audience Award. The previous year, he garnered several distinctions at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, the International Schubert Competition Dortmund and the European Piano Competition Bremen. A pupil of Igor Levit and Paul Lewis, he is currently a BBC New Generation Artist and the first musician in history to curate his own chamber series at Vienna’s Musikverein. programme Franz Liszt — Transcription of Franz Schubert Songs (excerpts) Franz Liszt — Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S 161 Franz Schubert — Fantasy C major Op. 15 „Wandererfantasie“ D 760 More Übergeordnete Aktionen festivals Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival 3. 11. 2026—9. 11. 2026