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 won the 2022 Van Cliburn (-5[1])Competition after performing a piece by this composer that features a notoriously difficult ossia cadenza. An Arnold Böcklin painting inspired this composer’s (*) Isle of the Dead. A piano piece by this composer (10[1])is titled for an Italian (-5[1])violin virtuoso’s (10[1])24th caprice. For (10[1])10 points, name this (-5[1])Russian composer of four piano concertos and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. ■END■ (10[2])

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