Round 1: Tossup 5

The second movement of a concerto by this composer opens with the soloist playing E major arpeggios before a flute introduces the rising theme [read slowly] “B, E, E-sharp, long E-sharp.” Yunchan Lim (15[1])won the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition after performing a piece by this composer that features a notoriously difficult ossia cadenza. An Arnold Böcklin painting inspired (15[1])this composer’s (15[2])(*) Isle of the Dead. (10[1])A piano piece by this composer (-5[1])is titled for an Italian violin virtuoso’s 24th (10[1])caprice. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this Russian composer of four piano concertos and (10[1])Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. ■END■ (10[1])

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