2022 Competition Book

PIANO | FESTIVAL | COMPETITION

20 TO 28 OCTOBER 2022

Jon Kimura Parker Artistic Director 1

We applaud Honens for its work in discovering and developing the best Complete Artists for the world stage.

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6 HONENS THEN & NOW 13 COMPETITION PROCESS 19 AWARDS 25 COMPETITION GUIDE 31 COMPETITORS 75 GUEST ARTISTS 87 JURIES 95 APPLAUDS 107 GREETINGS

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THANKS Honens applauds the corporate, media and arts partners, foundations, public funders, and suppliers who make the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition possible.

Supporting Partners Artist Development Program

Debut Series & Mind Over Music

Awards

Venue Partner

JUDITH KILBOURNE

Official Partners Official Piano

Official Piano Technician

Official Streaming Partner

Principal Partners Video

Design

Laureate Circle, Calgary

Public Relations

Partners

Media

Hotels

Foundations & Public Funders

MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR I am thrilled to welcome you to Honens’ tenth Competition and our search for the next “Complete Artist!”

When I was a young pianist, competitions always motivated me to find more within myself. I began with small local competitions and gradually progressed to the international stage. I never thought about besting anyone around me—the variety of artistry and the levels of accomplishment are infinite. Rather, I was inspired to connect with music, through my chosen instrument, in more meaningful ways than I had before.

I have also judged international piano competitions, and it is a humbling experience, requiring a trained ear and an open mind. My first jury experience was in 1992, at the inaugural Honens International Piano Competition, and I knew after meeting Esther Honens that I was fortunate to be at the beginning of something extraordinary.

Music is our universal language. Music transcends spoken language and different cultures. Music has the power to move us, transport us, and excite us. And now we have the privilege to host extraordinary young artists whose talent, dedication, and hard work will be evident through their musical expression.

I am also grateful to our distinguished Jury, collaborating artists, past Laureates, mentor, conductor, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

All are committed to bringing the highest level of music and artistry to you.

Let the music begin, and let’s enjoy every note.

Jon Kimura Parker Artistic Director

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO Honens Family & Friends: Finally!

After four long years, the moment we’ve all been waiting for…and to our ten sensational Semifinalists, this moment belongs to you.

Welcome…I wish you all the very best of luck.

When Esther Honens made the decision to establish an international piano competition here in Calgary, she could not have imagined the impact that her generosity would have on the lives and careers of emerging musicians, the international piano world, and her beloved hometown.

Thirty years and ten competitions later, we proudly remain true to her vision—to discover and help launch the careers of the world’s most promising emerging pianists.

To the Honens Team, Board of Directors, and Volunteers, my deepest and most profound thanks. An event of this magnitude truly takes a village, and all contributions, big and small, are equally important when it comes to ensuring its overall success. Your commitment and dedication continue to amaze and inspire. To you who support us—individuals, as well as private and public funding agencies—we could not do this without you and are beyond grateful for your partnership.

As many of you know, I will depart my current role shortly after the Competition comes to a close and feel privileged to have had the unparalleled opportunity to be among you. Thank you Honens, thank you Calgary, for six tremendous years.

Neil Edwards President & CEO 7

MESSAGE FROM THE 2018 HONENS PRIZE LAUREATE The tenth edition of the Honens International Piano Competition is finally here. What a journey it’s been since the last Competition, for all of us.

Arguably, between no two editions of Honens has the world changed as much as it has in the past two.

Four years ago, I had the incredible good fortune of being named Prize Laureate. My international career launched in an ideal fashion, with the comprehensive support of Honens’ unique Artist Development Program.

Notwithstanding the flurry of international engagements and acclaim that followed, perhaps the greatest testament to the value of the program has been the continued flourishing of my career through one of the most surreal periods of our lifetimes, the pandemic. At a time when musical life disappeared as we knew it, Honens, through its support of exciting projects such as album recordings, new work commissions, and streamed performances, has been a lifeline to my professional development. I am enormously grateful to the wonderful Honens Team and all those who support this remarkable institution for making this possible.

My trips to Calgary over the past four years have been some of the highlights of my time as Prize Laureate—by now, it feels like home!

Engaging with this vibrant community of piano lovers has been such a joy. In turn, representing Honens and Calgary across the world has been a true privilege.

I am excited to pass the mantle on to one of the ten pianists competing in Calgary. We are in for a feast of brilliant piano playing, and I’m looking forward to enjoying it together with this fantastic audience. During the Competition, I’m also thrilled to curate and present the symposium Mind Over Music, exploring a number of themes surrounding competitions in the 21st century. I hope to see you there!

Nicolas Namoradze 2018 Honens Prize Laureate 8

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending and competing in this year’s Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Alberta.

As one of Canada’s most prestigious international piano competitions, this event attracts artists and spectators from a multitude of countries around the world, who speak a multitude of languages. On this occasion, however, we are all united through the universal language of music. We are blessed to see this triennial event return after being delayed by the pandemic, and to witness once again these musicians’ passion, dedication and talent.

Congratulations to the organizers and supporters who have made this event possible, and who continue to build community through the arts.

I wish everyone in attendance a wonderful event, and to the competitors the best of luck.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon Governor General of Canada

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA I am pleased to convey my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition, taking place in Calgary.

Since it was first held 30 years ago, the Honens International Piano Competition has become a highlight of Calgary’s arts scene. This prestigious event offers a diverse program featuring some of the world’s best young musicians, in concert and competition. I am certain that audiences will delight in the chance to see ten emerging artists from seven countries vie to be named the 2022 Honens Prize Laureate.

I would like to congratulate the talented musicians who are competing this year. I would also like to commend the organizers, supporters, and volunteers on a job well done. Your enthusiasm and hard work are vital to the success of this outstanding cultural showcase.

Please accept my best wishes for a most enjoyable and memorable experience.

Sincerely,

The Right Honourable Justin P. J. Trudeau PC MP Prime Minister of Canada

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MESSAGE FROM THE ALBERTA MINISTER OF CULTURE On behalf of Alberta’s government, I am pleased to welcome you all to the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition.

I know from experience that some of the best things to collect are mental.

When you know poetry so well, what you see walking down the street can recall lines of verse into your mind. Similarly, when you know classical music so well, random sounds that you hear can trigger melody and memory. The mundane is infused with meaning and is a healthy release from our troubles. That is the power of music.

And that’s why the Honens International Piano Competition is so important.

This competition brings world-class piano music into our lives. Such music stays with us and lifts us out of the everyday, allowing us to see things in a new way.

Thank you to all the amazing Honens staff and the Board of Directors, for your invaluable work organizing this event. Because of you, Esther Honens’ dream of showcasing Calgary’s community spirit and nurturing artistic talent is a reality.

Best of luck to all the competitors!

The Honourable Ronald Orr Alberta Minister of Culture

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MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR OF CALGARY It is my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of City Council to the Honens International Piano Competition!

For three decades, Honens has provided us with a chance to hear and feel the world around us differently. Calgary is honoured to welcome emerging professional pianists as they compete in one of the most prestigious piano competitions in the world. I commend all those involved in making this event a success and for their dedication to the performance of classical music in our community.

This year’s semifinalists have dedicated countless hours of practice to perfect their craft – an inspiration to musicians everywhere who share their dream. Music has a powerful effect on our brains, and artists, in particular, have the unique ability to soothe, empower, and unite us. I am so glad that we can gather once again to savour the collective audience experience that only live music can provide.

Congratulations and best of luck to the pianists competing to be the 2022 Honens Prize Laureate!

Sincerely,

Jyoti Gondek Mayor, City of Calgary

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HONENS THEN & NOW

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ESTHER HONENS Esther Honens loved the piano and the city of Calgary. After working 25 years as an office manager for Henry Birks & Sons and amassing a sizeable fortune through smart investments, she turned her attention to creating a legacy of musical excellence to be enjoyed by generations of Canadians.

In 1991, knowing she was nearing the end of her life, Mrs. Honens gave $5 million to endow an international piano competition in Calgary. Her competition would provide a springboard for young musicians and be a source of tremendous civic pride. A Board of Directors was quickly assembled, and an Artistic Director appointed. Their challenge was to organize the inaugural competition while Mrs. Honens, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, was still alive. Mrs. Honens observed the Competition’s final concerts in November 1992 from a specially-built chamber in the Jack Singer Concert Hall. Five days later, at age 89, she passed away.

LEGACY PARTNERS Honens Legacy Partners support the realization of Esther Honens’ vision of bringing the finest young pianists in the world to Calgary and taking Canada to the world through the triennial Honens International Piano Competition. The Legacy Partners Endowment Fund allows Honens to provide wide-reaching programming through an annual festival as well as enriching community education and outreach projects. Legacy Partners follow in Esther Honens’ footsteps by contributing to the country’s cultural vibrancy by securing Honens’ future.

Ian and Heather Bourne Percy+ and Lois Cole John and Sheilagh Langille F. Richard Matthews+ cm qc +

Deceased

Legacy Partners make donations of $250,000 and more. All gifts received to date have been eligible for matching contributions from the Government of Canada.

Honens endowment funds are maintained and administered by the Calgary Foundation.

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GOVERNANCE

STAFF

OFFICERS

Neil Edwards

Siân Matthews

President & CEO

Chair

Jon Kimura Parker oc

Connie Hunt

Artistic Director

Past Chair

Catherine McClelland

Hugh McPhail qc

Director, Artistic Planning

Secretary

Mark Mosher

Ian Gray

Director, Finance & Administration

Treasurer

Jennifer Weihmann Director, Audience & Donor Engagement

DIRECTORS

Amanda Smith

Hinrich Alpers

Director, Marketing & Communications

Cathy Beehan

Helen Francis

Heather Edwards Neil Edwards *

Coordinator, Digital Media & Communications

Nadia Riterman

Sharie Hunter

Coordinator, Volunteers & Box Office

Ken Lima-Coelho

Lisa Farquharson

Heather Marreck

Coordinator, Digital Media & Volunteers (on maternity leave)

Carmen Morin Jon Kimura Parker oc *

ARTIST REPRESENTATION

Kimberley Sundell

Kanzen Arts New York, USA

*Ex officio

Earl Blackburn

VOLUNTEERS Melanie Aikenhead

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Co-Chair

8VA Music Consultancy New York, USA

Susan Anderson Co-Chair

Faye Hleucka

Patricia Price Matthew Herman

Co-Chair Honens applauds the hundreds of volunteers who generously share their time and skills.

Volunteers are listed on page 108.

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LAUREATES 1992 TO 2018 2018

2000

Nicolas Namoradze Georgia

Katherine Chi Canada

Honens Prize Laureate

Honens Prize Laureate

2015

Marko Martin Estonia Alessandra Ammara Italy

Luca Buratto Italy Honens Prize Laureate

2012 Pavel Kolesnikov Russia Honens Prize Laureate

2009 Georgy Tchaidze Russia

Laureates

1996 Maxim Philippov Russia Honens Prize Laureate

Albert Tiu Philippines Eugene Watanabe United States Laureates

Honens Prize Laureate

1992

Evgeny Starodubtsev Russia Gilles Vonsattel Switzerland

Yi Wu Argentina / China

Laureates

2006 Minsoo Sohn South Korea Honens Prize Laureate

Hinrich Alpers Germany Hong Xu China Laureates

2003 Xiang Zou China Honens Prize Laureate

Winston Choi Canada Roberto Plano Italy Laureates

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Honens Prize Laureate

Krzysztof Jabłoński Poland Jean-Efflam Bavouzet France Sergei Babayan Armenia Dmitry Nesterov Russia Laureates

JURIES 1992 TO 2018 2018 First Jury

Winston Choi Isolde Legacé Eduardo Monteiro Pedja Mužijević

Second Jury

Second Jury

William Aide Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Iain Burnside Hung-Kuan Chen Jane Coop José Feghali Aleksandar Madžar

Alessio Bax Ingrid Fliter Wu Han Annette Josef André Laplante Asadour Santourian Minsoo Sohn

2006

2015

Second Jury

First Jury

Inon Barnatan Stewart Goodyear Noriko Ogawa Mary Sigmond

Second Jury

First Jury

Lydia Artymiw Angela Cheng Maxim Philippov Andrew Raeburn William Aide Iain Burnside Pietro De Maria Noriko Ogawa James Parker Ewa Pobłocka Blanca Uribe

Alessandra Ammara Janina Fialkowska Jeremy Geffen Charles Hamlen Paul Hughes Pedja Mužijević Costa Pilavachi

2003

2012

Second Jury Rudolf Jansen Emanuel Krasovsky André Laplante Paul Myers Ursula Oppens John P.L. Roberts Christopher Taylor

First Jury

William Aide Leila Getz Charles Hamlen Benedetto Lupo

Second Jury

Adrian Brendel Michael Haefliger Julian Kuerti Aleksandar Madžar HaeSun Paik Jon Kimura Parker Michael Spring

2009

First Jury William Aide Iain Burnside Ick-Choo Moon Isobel Moore Rolston

2000 First Jury

William Aide Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Margo Garrett Lee Kum-Sing Kolja Lessing Isobel Moore Rolston Edith Wiens

Second Jury

Paul Badura-Skoda Angela Cheng Irena Grafenauer Emanuel Krasovsky John P.L. Roberts Simon Streatfeild Blanca Uribe Benita Valente

1996 First Jury

Isobel Moore Rolston Jane Coop José Feghali Charles Foreman Tom Krause Steven Lubin Samuel Wong

Second Jury

James Campbell Rafael Druian Marc-André Hamelin Evgeny Mogilevsky John P.L. Roberts Alan Smith Blanca Uribe Takuo Yuasa

1992 First Jury

Marilyn Engle Knut Franke Dale Jackson Paul Pollei Jeremy Siepmann Peter Simon

Second Jury

Nikolai Demidenko Janina Fialkowska Hitoshi Kobayashi Anton Kuerti David Owen Norris Jon Kimura Parker Andre-Michel Schub Maurice Till Charles Wadsworth

First Jury

Angela Cheng Katherine Chi Matthias Kirschnereit Ronan O’Hora 17

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COMPETITION PROCESS

THE COMPLETE ARTIST The Complete Artist is a thoughtful interpreter, a consummate collaborator, an awe-inspiring virtuoso, a communicator, a risk-taking explorer, a dreamer. The Complete Artist expresses and interprets ideas from a wide cultural context and keen imagination through performances and programming choices that are informed and seasoned by a fascination for life outside the practice studio. The Complete Artist inspires the heart and engages the intellect.

The Honens International Piano Competition discovers unique, imaginative, and informed pianists—emerging Complete Artists whose distinctive voice, versatility, and ease as communicators demonstrate that they are ready for professional careers.

The Complete Artist’s interpretations are founded upon the intellectual and emotional understanding of musical text, and upon their ability to synthesize and express such understanding so as to challenge and stir both the intellect and the emotions of the listener. This creative awareness stems not only from knowledge of a particular composition itself but from a wide knowledge of related music, of musical literature as a whole, and of the arts in general. If the resulting interpretation appears unusual and unconventional, it does so freshly and naturally. Pianists taking part in the Honens Competition must also express—through their stage deportment, program design, and interviews with arts journalists—a sensitivity to contemporary culture and a willingness and finesse to communicate effectively with audiences regardless of age, location, background, or degree of musical sophistication.

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APPLICATION PROCESS AND EVALUATION Applications to the Competition are accepted through an online platform.

Pianists of all nationalities, aged 20 to 30, with the exception of previous Honens Laureates and professionally managed pianists, are eligible to apply.

Honens asks for a comprehensive resume of education, experience, and interests. Proof of schooling, and documentation from performances and competitions must be provided. The Applicant Screening Jury evaluates all eligible applications, based on experience relative to age, proposed Competition programming, and letters of reference. The Applicant Screening Jury chooses 50 pianists to advance to the Quarterfinals.

QUARTERFINALS International Audition Round Quarterfinalists perform a 40-minute recital in New York or Frankfurt.

Recitals are video recorded under conditions that are as similar as possible.

Following the recital, each Quarterfinalist participates in a ten-minute, English-language interview, which is also captured on video.

The First Jury reviews all recital and interview recordings and selects 10 pianists to advance to the Semifinals.

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SEMIFINALS Solo and Collaborative Round Performance order is determined in advance of the Semifinals. This order of performance is maintained throughout the Semifinals except, at the discretion of the Jury Facilitator, for reason of accident, illness, or other untoward circumstance.

Pianists choose their performance piano(s) from instruments supplied by Honens’ Official Piano supplier, Steinway & Sons. Each pianist is allotted 30 minutes for piano selection. They may choose a different instrument for the solo recital, collaborative performance, and for Finals I. The piano for Finals II is pre-chosen by Honens’ Artistic Director and will be the same instrument used by each Finalist.

Each Semifinalist performs in two separate rounds: Semifinals I a 65-minute self-programmed solo recital which must include a newly commissioned 8-minute work by Canadian pianist / composer Stewart Goodyear* Semifinals II a 60-minute solo / collaborative recital which must include one of Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas, one piece from Fritz Kreisler’s Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, and solo repertoire to complete the program *The Stewart Goodyear commission is made possible through the generosity of Irene and Walt DeBoni.

Pianists are asked to design their recital programs with the same care and on the same principles as for a public, professional concerts. Honens believes that a Complete Artist explores both the pivotal works of piano literature and the music of our time (i.e., works composed during the last 50 years).

Each pianist has a 75-minute rehearsal with the collaborative artist, Martin Beaver, and a run-through immediately before the collaborative recital.

The Second Jury selects three pianists to advance to the Finals. Jury deliberations take place immediately following the Semifinals X recitals and the announcement of the Finalists is made that same evening.

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FINALS Chamber, Concerto, and Interview Round The order of chamber and concerto performance is made programmatically and is decided by Honens’ Artistic Director and the conductor of Finals II. Each Finalist performs in two separate rounds: Finals I a three-part performance consisting of a Mozart concerto (from a prescribed list) with string quintet, a set of Schubert lieder (from a prescribed list) with a singer, and an encore announced from the stage Finals II

any concerto composed after 1791, with full orchestra

Each Finalist also undertakes a 30-minute English-language interview with an arts journalist.

Each Finalist has a 90-minute rehearsal with the Viano String Quartet + Sam Loeck (bass), and a 45-minute rehearsal with mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó prior to their Finals I performance.

They also have a 30-minute meeting with the conductor immediately followed by a two-hour rehearsal with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra for their Finals II concerto. There is a dress rehearsal on the day of each performance.

Final Jury deliberations take place immediately following the Finals II performance and the announcement of the 2022 Honens Prize Laureate is made that same evening.

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MEETING WITH JURORS AND MENTOR-IN-RESIDENCE All members of the Second Jury remain in Calgary for one day after the Finals to share their knowledge and expertise with Competition pianists.

Pianists may discuss questions relating to their own technique and musicianship with each Juror.

A highly respected pianist attends the final week of the Competition as Mentor-in-Residence. The 2022 Mentor-in-Residence is Jeremy Denk. The seven pianists who do not advance to the Finals each meet with the Mentor for a 60-minute coaching session. The Mentor also attends the Finals after which he meets with the two Finalists and the Honens Prize Laureate.

JURIES Honens’ juries include concert pianists and other individuals (artist managers, collaborative musicians, presenters, etc.) from the musical world who play a meaningful role in a concert artist’s career. All jurors have extensive knowledge of the piano literature and represent and / or are aware of the qualities an artist must possess in order to build and sustain a career in today’s world.

JURY FACILITATOR Honens’ Artistic Director acts as Jury Facilitator. He has the right at any time to remind juries of criteria for the choice of pianists and prizewinners to maintain the integrity of the process and of the Competition and may invite discussion at any time. He is a voting member of the Applicant Screening Jury but does not vote during any subsequent stage of the Competition.

OFFICIAL MATHEMATICIAN Honens’ Official Mathematician monitors and regulates the voting process and scoring procedures to ensure absolute fairness. He attends jury deliberations but does not vote and is not invited to discuss musicians with juries. The Jury Facilitator may ask the Official Mathematician to lead discussions on topics of scoring or voting procedures, or when scores or rankings are indecipherable between pianists.

JURY MANUAL Guidelines and processes are in place to ensure that the Honens International Piano Competition is as fair as possible and that it continues to lead the competition world by reputation. Scan this QR code to read the complete Jury guidelines as well as the voting and tabulation procedures.

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AWARDS

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CASH AWARDS The Honens Prize Laureate receives one of the largest cash prizes awarded to a single Laureate by any international competition for emerging classical musicians.

Honens Prize Laureate One pianist $100,000 CAD Finalists* Two pianists $10,000 CAD each Semifinalists* Seven pianists $2,500 CAD each Best Performance of Commissioned Work* + $2,500 CAD Best Performance of a Beethoven Violin Sonata* $2,500 CAD Audience Prize* $2,500 CAD *2022 awards made possible through the generosity of Judith Kilbourne. +Commissioned work made possible through the generosity of Irene and Walt DeBoni.

ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The 2022 Honens Prize Laureate will be awarded a comprehensive three-year artistic and career development program valued at a half-million dollars.

Previous Artist Development Programs have offered career-defining debut recitals at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Konzerthaus Berlin; residencies at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; mentorship programs with the leading artists of our time including Emmanuel Ax, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Angela Hewitt, and Hélène Mercier; the production, release, and worldwide distribution of professional recordings; and repertoire and public relations coaching.

The Artist Development Program is largely supported by the generosity of Honens Laureate Circle members in Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa and by foundations from across Canada.

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Honens is grateful for the support of these individuals who played an important role in making the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition a reality.

2022 COMPETITION AWARDS

“Support of these awards is in celebration of thirty years of meaningful music making and successful competitions in the name of Esther Honens, a woman determined and passionate in her efforts to bring some of the finest young pianists in the world to Calgary. There were forty candidates that first Competition! The stories of their journeys to a freezing cold city ‘somewhere in Canada’ are hilarious! My late husband Bill was the founding Chairman of that inaugural event. It was a mammoth task, a significant challenge to be sure, but as Calgary has proved again and again, volunteers and resources emerged from all over the city and succeeded in presenting a fabulous, winning event.”

—Judith Kilbourne

2022 SECOND JURY

“Honens is incredibly dear to my heart and my commitment to the organization is unwavering. I joined the foundational Board of Directors in 1991 and became Chair in 2000—30 years later I have the privilege of witnessing a thriving organization ready to take on new challenges. I am proud to support the Second Jury of the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition—continuing the long tradition of bringing the world to Calgary!”

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LAUREATE CIRCLE MEMBER “The member benefits are critical to my enjoyment of Laureate Circle membership. The recitals allow Circle Members to directly observe and emotionally experience the results of their monetary support.”

—William Hogg, Laureate Circle Member, Calgary

Honens’ Artist Development Program is supported in part by Honens Laureate Circles across the country. Laureate Circle Members nurture the fledgling careers of these inspiring emerging artists and receive exclusive benefits including invitations to intimate salon performances, international musical excursions, and access to ticket discounts.

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COMPETITION GUIDE

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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER

FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER

SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER

12 PM MIND OVER MUSIC

12 PM MIND OVER MUSIC

10 AM MASTERCLASS

HAL AND MARNIE WYATT ATELIER

HAL AND MARNIE WYATT ATELIER

BELLA CONCERT HALL

Introduction to Mindful Listening

The Cognitive Competitor

Lecture Demonstration

Panel Discussion

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Page 40

2:30 PM SEMIFINALS I

2:30 PM SEMIFINALS III

solo recitals

solo recitals

BELLA CONCERT HALL

BELLA CONCERT HALL

Simon Karakulidi Łukasz Byrdy

Sae Yoon Chon Philipp Scheucher

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7:30 PM SEMIFINALS II

7:30 PM SEMIFINALS IV

solo recitals

solo recitals

BELLA CONCERT HALL

BELLA CONCERT HALL

Angie Zhang Rachel Breen

Ádám Balogh Illia Ovcharenko

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Imogen Cooper Piano Free admission

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12 PM MIND OVER MUSIC HAL AND MARNIE WYATT ATELIER

Healing the Brain Through Music Panel Discussion Page 47

2:30 PM SEMIFINALS V solo recitals BELLA CONCERT HALL

George Fu Aleksandra Kasman Laude Page 48

7:30 PM SEMIFINALS VI collaborative recitals BELLA CONCERT HALL

Simon Karakulidi Łukasz Byrdy Page 50

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SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER

MONDAY 24 OCTOBER

WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER

10 AM MASTERCLASS

2:30 PM SEMIFINALS IX

4:30 PM HONENS HONOURS

BELLA CONCERT HALL

collaborative recitals

ROSS GLEN HALL

Orli Shaham Piano Free admission

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12 PM MIND OVER MUSIC HAL AND MARNIE WYATT ATELIER

Mastering the Mental Game Workshop Page 53

2:30 PM SEMIFINALS VII collaborative recitals BELLA CONCERT HALL

Angie Zhang Rachel Breen

BELLA CONCERT HALL

Ádám Balogh Illia Ovcharenko Page 60

7:30 PM SEMIFINALS X collaborative recitals BELLA CONCERT HALL

George Fu Aleksandra Kasman Laude Page 62

collaborative recitals BELLA CONCERT HALL

Sae Yoon Chon Philipp Scheucher Page 58

Julie Nesrallah host Page 68

7:30 PM JEREMY DENK BELLA CONCERT HALL Page 69

THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 7:30 PM FINALS I BELLA CONCERT HALL

11 PM OR LATER ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINALISTS

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7:30 PM SEMIFINALS VIII

Jan and Larry Fichtner

TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER 7:30 PM NICOLAS NAMORADZE BELLA CONCERT HALL

Rachmaninov Refracted Page 64

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FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 7:30 PM FINALS II & AWARDS SHOW JACK SINGER CONCERT HALL Page 72

11 PM OR LATER ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2022 HONENS PRIZE LAUREATE 33

INTRODUCTION TO MINDFUL LISTENING THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER LECTURE DEMONSTRATION

Nicolas Namoradze

12 PM Hal and Marnie Wyatt Atelier Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Nicolas Namoradze presents a session interspersing piano performances with discussions and guided mindfulness exercises designed to place participants into a perceptive headspace to listen to specific pieces of music.

The foundational meditations explore facets of our awareness and attention, our interpreting of stories and dramatic narratives, how we perceive and conceptualize musical textures, and the communication and internalization of emotional affect, prompting a reappraisal of our relationship to music as listeners.

MIND OVER MUSIC Mind Over Music is a four-session mini-symposium exploring a range of questions surrounding music competitions in the 21st century, primarily from the perspectives of cognitive science.

Events include two panel discussions, a workshop, and a lecture demonstration that touch on such topics as performance psychology, mindfulness, mental health, aesthetics, and neuroscience.

Curated and hosted by 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze, Mind Over Music is made possible through the generosity of the Azrieli Foundation and with the cooperation of the Azrieli Accelerator and Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary.

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GOODYEAR COMMISSION

Honens is grateful for Irene & Walt DeBoni’s commitment to keeping new music alive.

“We believe in supporting composers—particularly Canadian composers. We feel that it is important to have music that reflects our time, as well as the classics that we all love. We thoroughly enjoyed sponsoring the retrospective of Alexina Louie's work at the 2019 Honens Festival so when we were asked to sponsor Stewart Goodyear's commission for this year's Competition, it was a natural fit.”

—Irene & Walt DeBoni

“Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso is a virtuosic piano composition written in the spirit of Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns, but inspired by music of Sub-Saharan Africa. The piece opens with a 46-bar serenade of harmony and colour, creating an atmosphere improvisatory and mysterious until it stops on an A-flat chord. The A-flat then repeats and takes on a drumming effect before the Rondo takes off, the rhythm of 3/8 and 6/16 dominating the dance. The middle theme, established in bold octaves in the right hand, and repeated near the end of the work, takes the spirit of a chant.”

—Stewart Goodyear

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS I THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER 2:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Simon Karakulidi Russia

Age 25 Valentin

Silvestrov b. 1937

No. 1 Allegretto from 3 Bagatelles Op. 1 (2005)

Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Franz

Liszt

Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

1811 – 1886 Stewart

Goodyear b. 1978

INTERVAL

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Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals I, continued

Łukasz Byrdy Poland

Age 28 Karol

Szymanowski 1882 – 1937

Masques Op. 34 No. 2 Tantris le Bouffon Vivace assai – Largo No. 3 Sérénade de Don Juan: Vivace

Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Frédéric

Chopin

Etude Op. 25 No. 7 in C-sharp minor

1810 – 1849 Johannes

Brahms 1833 – 1897

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 Allegro maestoso Andante espressivo Scherzo. Allegro energico – Trio Intermezzo. Andante molto Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS II THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER 7:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Angie Zhang United States

Age 26 Mily

Balakirev 1837 – 1910

Piano Sonata in B-flat minor Andantino Mazurka: Moderato Intermezzo: Larghetto Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco

Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Frédéric

Chopin 1810 – 1849

INTERVAL

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Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Allegro maestoso Scherzo: Molto vivace Largo Finale: Presto non tanto

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals II, continued

Rachel Breen United States

Age 26 Nikolai

Medtner

Piano Sonata No. 3 in G minor Op. 22

1880 – 1951 Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Johann Sebastian

Bach 1685 – 1750

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Aria Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3: Canone all’Unisono Variation 4 Variation 5 Variation 6: Canone alla Seconda Variation 7: Al tempo di Giga Variation 8 Variation 9: Canoni alla Terza Variation 10: Fughetta Variation 11 Variation 12: Canone alla Quarta Variation 13 Variation 14 Variation 15: Canone alla Quinta Variation 16: Ouverture Variation 17 Variation 18: Canone alla Sesta Variation 19 Variation 20 Variation 21: Canone alla Settima Variation 22: Alla breve Variation 23 Variation 24: Canone all’Ottava Variation 25: Adagio Variation 26 Variation 27: Canone alla Nona Variation 28 Variation 29 Variation 30: Quodlibet Aria da capo

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THE COGNITIVE COMPETITOR FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER PANEL DISCUSSION

Nicolas Namoradze

Crystal Phillips

Jaideep Bains

Cal Botterill

12 PM Hal and Marnie Wyatt Atelier Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Featuring a professional musician, a sports psychologist, former athlete, and a neurological / medical specialist, this panel discussion focuses on mental training, stress, cognitive skill, and sustaining good mental health under intense pressure.

MIND OVER MUSIC Mind Over Music is a four-session mini-symposium exploring a range of questions surrounding music competitions in the 21st century, primarily from the perspectives of cognitive science.

Events include two panel discussions, a workshop, and a lecture demonstration that touch on such topics as performance psychology, mindfulness, mental health, aesthetics, and neuroscience.

Curated and hosted by 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze, Mind Over Music is made possible through the generosity of the Azrieli Foundation and with the cooperation of the Azrieli Accelerator and Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary.

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS III FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER 2:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Sae Yoon Chon South Korea

Age 27 Johannes

Brahms 1833 – 1897

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5 Allegro maestoso Andante espressivo Scherzo. Allegro energico – Trio Intermezzo. Andante molto Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato

Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Sergei

Prokofiev 1891 – 1953

INTERVAL

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Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major Op. 84 Andante dolce Andante sognando Vivace

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals III, continued

Philipp Scheucher Austria

Age 29 Franz

Schubert

No. 1 in E-flat minor: Allegro assai

1797 – 1828

from Drei Klavierstücke D. 946

Gerd

Kühr b. 1952

Schubert

Intermezzo No. 1 (2013/14) from Zwei Intermezzi zu Schubert’s “Drei Klavierstücke” D. 946

No. 2 in E-flat Major: Allegretto from Drei Klavierstücke D. 946

Kühr

Intermezzo No. 2 (2013/14) from Zwei Intermezzi zu Schubert’s “Drei Klavierstücke” D. 946

Schubert

No. 3 in C Major: Allegro from Drei Klavierstücke D. 946

Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Robert

Schumann

Symphonic Etudes Op. 13

1810 – 1856

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS IV FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER 7:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Ádám Balogh Hungary

Age 24 Béla

Bartók 1881 – 1945

Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op. 20 Sz. 74 Molto moderato Molto capriccioso Lento, rubato Allegretto scherzando Allegro molto Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso Sostenuto, rubato Allegro

Maurice

Ravel 1875 – 1937

Gaspard de la nuit Ondine Le gibet Scarbo

Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Sergei

Rachmaninov 1873 – 1943

INTERVAL 44

Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 36 Allegro agitato Non allegro - Lento Allegro molto

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals IV, continued

Illia Ovcharenko Ukraine

Age 21 Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major Op. 81a “Les Adieux” Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux): Adagio – Allegro Abwesenheit (L’Absence): Andante espressivo Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour): Vivacissimamente

Robert

Schumann 1810 – 1856

Kreisleriana Op. 16 Äußerst bewegt Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch Sehr aufgeregt Sehr langsam Sehr lebhaft Sehr langsam Sehr rasch Schnell und spielend

Alberto

Ginastera

Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22

1916 – 1983

Allegro marcato Presto misterioso Adagio molto appassionato Ruvido ed ostinato

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MASTERCLASS SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 10 AM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

FREE ADMISSION Imogen Cooper piano Franz

Liszt 1811 – 1886

Sonetto 104 del Petrarca from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année S. 161

Katherine Pham Calgary

Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

III. Scherzo: Allegro from Sonata in C Major Op. 2 No. 3

Maria Watson Lethbridge

Johann Sebastian

Bach 1685 – 1750 arr. Ferruccio Busoni

Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004

Ka Yuk (Rose) Yam Edmonton

Masterclasses coordinated by Jani Parsons and Akiko Tominaga.

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HEALING THE BRAIN THROUGH MUSIC SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER PANEL DISCUSSION

Jennifer Buchanan

Nicolas Namoradze

Bin Hu

Stephanie Plamondon

Andrew G. M. Bulloch

12 PM Hal and Marnie Wyatt Atelier Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

A panel of experts connected to the areas of mental health, neurodegeneration, and neurodevelopmental conditions speak to the impact of music on the brain in different conditions either from their own research or research from the literature, and connect it to the theme of the discussion, citing the latest advances in science.

MIND OVER MUSIC Mind Over Music is a four-session mini-symposium exploring a range of questions surrounding music competitions in the 21st century, primarily from the perspectives of cognitive science.

Events include two panel discussions, a workshop, and a lecture demonstration that touch on such topics as performance psychology, mindfulness, mental health, aesthetics, and neuroscience.

Curated and hosted by 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze, Mind Over Music is made possible through the generosity of the Azrieli Foundation and with the cooperation of the Azrieli Accelerator and Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary.

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS V SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

George Fu United States

Age 31 Frederic

Rzewski 1938 – 2021

Down By the Riverside from Four North American Ballads

Frédéric

Chopin

Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52

1810 – 1849 Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Franz

Schubert 1797 – 1828

INTERVAL

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Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major D. 960 Molto moderato Andante sostenuto Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio Allegro ma non troppo

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals V, continued

Aleksandra Kasman Laude United States

Age 27 Sergei

Rachmaninov 1873 – 1943

Preludes Op. 32 No. 1 in C Major: Allegro vivace No. 4 in E minor: Allegro con brio No. 5 in G Major: Moderato No. 6 in F minor: Allegro appassionato No. 7 in F Major: Moderato No. 8 in A minor: Vivo No. 9 in A Major: Allegro moderato No. 10 in B minor: Lento

Stewart

Goodyear

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

b. 1978 Robert

Schumann 1810 – 1856

Fantasie in C Major Op. 17 Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen, Im Legenden-Ton Mäßig. Durchaus energisch Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS VI SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 7:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Simon Karakulidi Russia

Age 25 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major Op. 96 Allegro moderato Adagio espressivo Scherzo. Allegro Poco allegretto

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesfreud from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Franz

Schubert 1797 – 1828

Drei Klavierstücke D. 946 Allegro assai Allegretto Allegro

Nico

Muhly b. 1981

INTERVAL

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Short Stuff (2009)

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals VI, continued

Łukasz Byrdy Poland

Age 28 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Allegro con brio Adagio cantabile Scherzo. Allegro Finale. Allegro

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Modest

Mussorgsky 1839 – 1881

Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade The Gnome Promenade The old castle Promenade Tuileries Bydlo Promenade Ballet of the unhatched chicks Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle Promenade Limoges, the marketplace Catacombs (Sepulcrum romanum) Cum mortuis in lingua mortua The hut on fowl’s legs (Baba Yaga) The Great Gate of Kiev

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MASTERCLASS SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 10 AM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

FREE ADMISSION Orli Shaham piano Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

No. 1: Allegro from Piano Sonata in E-flat Major Op. 31 No. 3

Paolo Miguel Tablante Edmonton

Frédéric

Chopin

Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major Op. 47

1810 – 1849

Noah Robertson High River

Alexander

Scriabin 1872 – 1915

No. 1 in F-sharp Major: Andante cantabile from Deux poèmes Op. 32

Sergei

Rachmaninov 1873 – 1943

No. 3 in F-sharp minor from Études tableaux Op. 39

Nikoli Nesterov Calgary

Masterclasses coordinated by Jani Parsons and Akiko Tominaga.

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MASTERING THE MENTAL GAME SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER WORKSHOP

Nicolas Namoradze

12 PM Hal and Marnie Wyatt Atelier Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Designed with performers in mind, Nicolas Namoradze explores various mental practice techniques. Several methods are described with guided exercises and demonstrations, including imagery work, stress control, getting in ‘the zone,’ concentration techniques, and dealing with negative thought patterns.

MIND OVER MUSIC Mind Over Music is a four-session mini-symposium exploring a range of questions surrounding music competitions in the 21st century, primarily from the perspectives of cognitive science.

Events include two panel discussions, a workshop, and a lecture demonstration that touch on such topics as performance psychology, mindfulness, mental health, aesthetics, and neuroscience.

Curated and hosted by 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze, Mind Over Music is made possible through the generosity of the Azrieli Foundation and with the cooperation of the Azrieli Accelerator and Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary.

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS VII SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Angie Zhang United States

Age 26 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Allegro con brio Adagio cantabile Scherzo. Allegro Finale. Allegro

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Alexander

Scriabin

Fantaisie in B minor Op. 28

1872 – 1915 Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart 1756 – 1791

Kreisler arr. Rachmaninov

INTERVAL 54

Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major K. 280/189e Allegro assai Adagio Presto

Liebesfreud

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LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals VII, continued

Rachel Breen United States

Age 26 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major Op. 12 No. 2 Allegro vivace Andante, più tosto Allegretto Allegro piacevole

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

György

Kurtág b. 1926

Prelude and Waltz in C from Játékok Vol. I

Alexander

Scriabin 1872 – 1915

No. 23 in F Major from 24 Preludes Op. 11

Sergei

Prokofiev 1891 – 1953

Beethoven

No. 1 in B-flat Major Intermezzo from 3 Pieces from Cinderella Op. 95

No. 3 in E-flat Major: Andante, Cantabile e grazioso from Six Bagatelles Op. 126

Frédéric

Chopin

Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Major Op. 29

1810 – 1849 Luciano

Berio 1925 – 2003

Chopin

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No. 3 Wasserklavier from Six Encores for Piano

Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp Major Op. 36

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals VII, continued

Nicolai

Medtner 1880 – 1951

No. 5 in F-sharp minor: Presto from Fairy Tales (Märchen) Op. 51

Sergei

Rachmaninov 1873 – 1943

No. 4 in B minor: Allegro assai from Études tableaux Op. 39

Leonid

Desyatnikov b. 1955

Prelude No. 4 in E minor from Songs of Bukovina (24 for Preludes for Piano)

Felix

Mendelssohn

No. 6 Allegretto grazioso in A Major “Frühlingslied”

1809 – 1847

from Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words) Book 5 Op. 62

J.S.

Bach 1685 – 1750

Prelude and Fugue in D Major BWV 850 from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I

Claude

Debussy 1862 – 1918

Kreisler

No. 12 Minstrels: Modéré from Préludes Book 1 L. 117

Liebesfreud

arr. Rachmaninov

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS VIII SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 7:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Sae Yoon Chon South Korea

Age 27 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major Op. 12 No. 1 Allegro con brio Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto Rondo: Allegro

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Franz

Liszt 1811 – 1886

INTERVAL

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Piano Sonata in B minor S. 178

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals VIII, continued

Philipp Scheucher Austria

Age 29 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major Op. 47 “Kreutzer” Adagio sostenuto – Presto – Adagio Andante con variazioni Final. Presto

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Schön Rosmarin from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Franz

Liszt

Nuages gris S. 199

1811 – 1886 Igor

Stravinsky 1882 – 1971

Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka Danse russe Chez Pétrouchka La semaine grasse

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS IX MONDAY 24 OCTOBER 2:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Ádám Balogh Hungary

Age 24 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major Op. 47 “Kreutzer” Adagio sostenuto – Presto – Adagio Andante con variazioni Final: Presto

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Kreisler

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Liebesfreud

arr. Rachmaninov

Beethoven

Sonata No. 9 in E Major Op. 14 No. 1 Allegro Allegretto Rondo. Allegro comodo

INTERVAL

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LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals IX, continued

Illia Ovcharenko Ukraine

Age 21 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Allegro con brio Adagio cantabile Scherzo. Allegro Finale. Allegro

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Franz

Liszt

Piano Sonata in B minor S. 178

1811 – 1886

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LIVESTREAM Performance

SEMIFINALS X MONDAY 24 OCTOBER 7:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

George Fu United States

Age 31 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major Op. 96 Allegro moderato Adagio espressivo Scherzo. Allegro Poco allegretto

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Olivier

Messiaen 1908 – 1992

Le loriot from Catalogue d’Oiseaux 1er Livre

Maurice

Ravel 1875 – 1937

Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs

George

Fu b. 1991

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The Hen (after Rameau) from Three Paraphrases from Respighi’s The Birds (2021)

LIVESTREAM Performance

Semifinals X, continued

Sergei

Rachmaninov

Études tableaux Op. 39

1873 – 1943

No. 5 in E-flat minor No. 8 in D minor No. 9 in D Major

INTERVAL Aleksandra Kasman Laude United States

Age 27 Martin Beaver violin Ludwig van

Beethoven 1770 – 1827

Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major Op. 96 Allegro moderato Adagio espressivo Scherzo. Allegro Poco allegretto

Fritz

Kreisler 1875 – 1962

Liebesleid from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen

Sergei

Prokofiev 1891 – 1953

Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major Op. 84 Andante dolce Andante sognando Vivace

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NICOLAS NAMORADZE TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER Rachmaninov Refracted 7:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Nicolas Namoradze piano Johann Sebastian

Bach 1685 – 1750

Bach arr. Rachmaninov

Contrapuncti VI & VII from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080

Gavotte from Violin Partita No. 3 BWV 1006

Sergei

Rachmaninov 1873 – 1943 arr. Namoradze

Adagio from Symphony No. 2 Op. 27

Nicolas

Namoradze b. 1992

Memories of Rachmaninoff’s “Georgian Song” (World Premiere)

INTERVAL Rachmaninov

Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14

arr. Kocsis

Rachmaninov

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Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28

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FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Jazz and R&B icon Booker T. Jones plays Stax Records hits like “Green Onions” and “Respect.”

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HONENS HONOURS WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER A Tribute to Jan and Larry Fichtner 4:30 PM Ross Glen Hall Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning, Mount Royal University

Julie Nesrallah host Honens Honours pays tribute to individuals and organizations whose dedication to the arts, like that of Esther Honens, has made an extraordinary contribution to our city, province, and country. Larry has served as a director of many arts organizations over the years, including Honens, the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre.

Both Jan and Larry are committed to bringing together artists for one-of-a-kind collaborations, often in their home, with the end goals being the creation of amazing musical experiences and the support of emerging and established artists alike.

The Fichtners have been a part of the Honens Family since 1992 when they hosted Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, who competed in the inaugural Honens International Piano Competition. Their close friendship with Jean-Efflam and his family continues to this day.

Honour these champions of the arts community at this fundraising dinner and celebration. Proceeds support the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition and its outreach into the community.

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JEREMY DENK WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER Solo Recital 7:30 PM Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Jeremy Denk piano Famed pianist Jeremy Denk joins the Honens lineup with a solo recital and as Mentor-in-Residence, providing feedback to each Competitor after the completion of their time in the Competition. Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and the Avery Fisher Prize, The New York Times writes, “Mr. Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs.”

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LIVESTREAM Performance

FINALS I THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 6:30 PM PRE-CONCERT CHAT Hal and Marnie Wyatt Atelier Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Stewart Goodyear Jon Kimura Parker

7:30 PM FINALS I Bella Concert Hall Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University

Viano String Quartet

Lucy Wang violin Hao Zhou violin Aiden Kane viola Tate Zawadiuk cello

Krisztina Szabó mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah host

Sam Loeck bass Three Finalists Three Finalists each perform a chamber music recital including a Mozart concerto and a selection of Schubert chosen from the lists below. The Finals Program, which will be available at each Finals performance, will include names of finalists and further details about each program.

Program options: Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major KV 413 Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major KV 414 Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major KV 415 Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major KV 449

Schubert—Program I

Die Forelle Op. 32 D. 550 Du Bist die Ruh Op. 59 No. 3 D. 776 Der Erlkönig Op. 1 D. 328

Schubert—Program II Gretchen am Spinnrade Op. 2 D. 118 Nacht und Träume D. 827 Die junge Nonne Op. 43 No. 1 D. 828 70

LIVESTREAM Performance

Finals I, continued

Chamber selections if chosen as a Finalist: Ádám Balogh Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major KV 449 Program II

Rachel Breen Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major KV 414 Program II

Łukasz Byrdy Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major KV 414 Program II

Sae Yoon Chon Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major KV 449 Program II

George Fu Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major KV 414 Program II

Simon Karakulidi Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major KV 415 Program II

Aleksandra Kasman Laude Mozart Concerto Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major KV 449 Schubert Lieder Program II Illia Ovcharenko Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major KV 414 Program I

Philipp Scheucher Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major KV 414 Program I

Angie Zhang Mozart Concerto Schubert Lieder

Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major KV 449 Program II

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LIVESTREAM Performance

FINALS II FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 6:30 PM PRE-CONCERT CHAT Jack Singer Concert Hall Lobby, Arts Commons

Jeffrey Kahane Jon Kimura Parker

7:30 PM FINALS II Jack Singer Concert Hall, Arts Commons

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane conductor

Julie Nesrallah host

Three Finalists Each finalists performs a concerto, composed after 1791, with full orchestra.

The Finals Program, which will be available at each Finals performance, will include names of finalists and further details about each program.

Concerto selections if chosen as a Finalist: Ádám Balogh Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 83

Rachel Breen Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major Op. 58

Łukasz Byrdy Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21

Sae Yoon Chon Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 16

George Fu Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor Op. 23

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LIVESTREAM Performance

Finals Ii, continued

Simon Karakulidi Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 16

Aleksandra Kasman Laude Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30

Illia Ovcharenko Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat minor Op. 23

Philipp Scheucher Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major Op. 73 “Emperor”

Angie Zhang Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18

George Fu Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor Op. 23

Simon Karakulidi Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 16

AWARDS SHOW FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FINALS II Jack Singer Concert Hall, Arts Commons

Julie Nesrallah host The evening culminates in excitement with the announcement of the 2022 Honens Prize Laureate.

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ÁDÁM BALOGH Hungary Age 24 Ádám Balogh was born in Hungary to a family of musicians and made his concerto debut at the age of 13 with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Since then, he has performed with many orchestras in Hungary including the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hungarian National Symphonic Orchestra, Concerto Budapest, and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.

Balogh has also performed with the NYCA Symphony Orchestra (New York) and the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, among others.

He is a prizewinner of international competitions, including PianoTalents (Italy), the Jenö Takács Competition (Austria), the Chopin Competition (Hungary), the Junior Cliburn Competition (Texas), the New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition, as well as the competitions of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York) and the Tel-Hai Masterclasses (Israel). He has performed around Europe, the United States, and Asia.

Balogh is currently a student of Arie Vardi in Hannover, pursuing his master’s degree. Previously, he studied in the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest as a student of Attila Némethy and Gábor Eckhardt. As an active participant of masterclasses, he has worked with Dmitri Bashkirov, Zoltán Kocsis, Roger Muraro, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and Yoheved Kaplinsky, among others.

In 2017, Balogh received the Junior Prima award, considered the most prestigious in Hungary for artists under the age of 35. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Junior Prize of the Tüke Foundation of Pécs and the Cziffra Festival’s Junior Award (Hungary). Most recently, he won Second Prize at the Bartok World Competition (Hungary) as well as Fifth Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition.

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RACHEL BREEN United States Age 26 Californian Rachel Breen received her bachelor’s degree with academic honors from The Juilliard School (New York), where she was a student of Julian Martin. Previously, she studied with Dr. Sharon Mann; until age ten, she was self-taught. She recently completed dual master’s programs at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik and Yale School of Music (Connecticut) with Lars Vogt and Boris Slutsky, respectively.

Breen has earned top prizes at the International Beethoven Piano Competition (Vienna); the Cziffra Festival (Hungary); the Nuova Coppa Pianisti International Competition (Italy); the Livorno International Piano Competition, the Gallinari International Competition, and Premio Roberto Melini (Italy); and the Spanish Composers International Competition. She was selected as the 2021 to 2023 National Federation of Music Clubs’ Young Artist, and received the 2021 Kurt Alten Prize from her university in Hannover. She has performed and taught across the United States, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and was featured in the 2021 podcast 30 Bach alongside Jeremy Denk, Angela Hewitt, Tim Page, and Simone Dinnerstein. In August 2022, her CD recording of works by underrepresented minority composers will be released through New Muses Project.

Aside from piano, Breen has an interest in languages, receiving First Prize on the National Latin Exam and Third Prize on the National French Exam.

She spends her spare time running, exploring philosophy and visual arts, and forgetting to answer important emails.

Breen is based in both Europe and the United States.

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ŁUKASZ BYRDY Poland Age 28 Łukasz Byrdy studied with Waldemar Andrzejewski and Joanna Marcinkowska at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań (Poland) and is currently a student of Klaus Hellwig at the Universität der Künste Berlin. He is a prizewinner of numerous international piano competitions including: First Prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Hannover (Germany, 2019), Third Prize at the 1st Beijing International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (China, 2016), and Third Prize at the IV International Piano Competition “in memoriam Pietro Iadeluca” in Arsoli (Italy, 2016). As a member of Paderewski Piano Trio, Byrdy has also won chamber music competitions in Geneva and Bydgoszcz.

In 2015, Byrdy qualified for Round II of the XVII International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (Warsaw). He received scholarships to Morningside Music Bridge in 2010 and 2011 in Calgary and the Aspen Music Festival in 2012.

Byrdy has given concerts at EXPO in Dubai and Milan; Chopin and His Europe Festival, and the International Paderewski Festival (Warsaw); Festival Chopin à Paris; and performed at festivals in Chengdu, Moscow, and Duszniki-Zdrój. Byrdy has performed in many of Poland’s important concert halls including Fryderyk Chopin’s birthplace in Żelazowa Wola, Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Royal Castle in Warsaw, Royal Łazienki Park, and Polish Radio’s National Orchestra Concert Hall. He has also performed across the United States, Canada, China, Russia, UAE, Austria, France, Lithuania, Norway, Italy, Malta, and Germany.

In 2017, Byrdy released his first CD featuring concertos of Chopin and Mozart in chamber version with the Altra Volta String Quartet.

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SAE YOON CHON South Korea Age 27 South Korean pianist Sae Yoon Chon is one of the most outstanding young pianists to emerge onto the international scene in recent years. He won First Prize at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition and has been a major prizewinner at international piano competitions in Hong Kong, Valencia, Los Angeles, and Seoul, plus Hilton Head International Piano Competition and Young Concert Artists. He has performed at the Verbier and Orford Festivals.

Chon made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall and has given solo recitals at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Seoul Arts Center, and many others.

Chon first studied piano in his native South Korea with Hyoung-Joon Chang. He completed his Bachelor of Music degree on full scholarship at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, studying with John O’Conor, and occasionally with James Anagnoson and Leon Fleisher. He also completed the Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School with John O’Conor. During this period, Chon became a recipient of the prestigious Ihnatowycz Prize. He is now continuing his master’s degree at The Juilliard School (New York) with Robert McDonald.

Chon has played with many orchestras including those of Cleveland, Hong Kong, Valencia, and the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin.

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GEORGE FU United States Age 31 Praised for his performances of distinctive intelligence, sensitivity, and virtuosity, American pianist George Xiaoyuan Fu is establishing an international reputation as a musician who is a “deep thinker, thoroughly in command” (theartsdesk.com) with “stunning virtuosity” (Boston Music Intelligencer).

Fu has appeared at international venues such as Konzerthaus Berlin, Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Carnegie Hall (New York), Wigmore Hall and Kings Place (London), and Tanglewood (Massachusetts). His performances and interviews have been featured on broadcasts around the world, ranging from BBC Radio 3 and National Public Radio to appearances on PBS / American Public Television and On Stage At Curtis (Philadelphia).

Fu has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra (Massachusetts), and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra (Philadelphia).

In addition to being a passionate chamber musician who frequently collaborates with a variety of musicians, Fu is a founding member of Trio Zimbalist, a new piano trio consisting of himself, Josef Špaček (violin) and Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin (cello). He is an enthusiastic performer of contemporary music, enjoying collaborations with composers such as Harrison Birtwistle, George Lewis, Tansy Davies, Phil Cashian, Matthew Aucoin, and Freya Waley-Cohen, as well as being a composer himself.

After receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University, Fu studied under Jonathan Biss and Meng-Chieh Liu at the Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia), and then under Christopher Elton and Joanna MacGregor at the Royal Academy of Music (London). He receives career support from the Kirckman Concert Society, the City Music Foundation, and the Keyboard Charitable Trust.

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SIMON KARAKULIDI Russia Age 25 Born in 1997 in Surgut, Siberia, pianist Simon Karakulidi has lived in the United States since 2016. An aspiring polymath with interests ranging from politics to philosophy, he received his master’s degree at the Yale School of Music (Connecticut), a tuition-free program at Yale University under Wei-Yi Yang. Before then, he studied with the Van Cliburn Gold Prize winner Stanislav Ioudenitch in Parkville, Missouri. Karakulidi has also been mentored by Diego Prigollini. Karakulidi is enthusiastic about American classical music and is currently engaged in learning the complete piano works of David Lang and Nico Muhly.

Most recently, Karakulidi won Second Prize at Virginia Waring International Piano Competition (California) and First Prize at the Hellam International Concerto Competition (Missouri). He also won First Prize from the 2019 Wideman International Piano Competition (Louisiana), First Prize at the Ann & Charles Eisemann International Young Artists Competition (Texas), and the Grand Prize of the Naftzger Competition (Kansas).

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ALEKSANDRA KASMAN LAUDE United States Age 27 Praised for her playing and commitment to rarely-heard repertoire, Aleksandra (Sasha) Kasman Laude is in demand as a soloist and teacher with engagements around the world.

Kasman Laude appears as a guest artist at the invitation of such festivals as International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York), pianoSonoma (California), Southeastern Piano Festival (South Carolina), Utah State University Piano Festival, Kyiv International Summer Music Academy, Busan International Music Academy (South Korea), and PianoCity Milano.

She has given solo recitals at major concert venues including Steinway Hall (New York), Yamaha Ginza Hall (Tokyo), Salle Cortot (Paris), and Teatro Carlo Felice (Genoa).

Kasman Laude made her concerto debut at age thirteen with the Symphonic Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and the Alabama Symphony, and has since worked with numerous orchestras in the USA and abroad. She is an advocate and experienced performer of contemporary music, premiering works of Nathan Daughtrey, Zachary Detrick, and Eric Mobley.

A top prizewinner of numerous international competitions, she holds Artistin-Residence positions at NPR’s Performance Today, PianoArts of North America, and pianoSonoma.

Kasman Laude is a Rackham doctoral candidate in the studio of Logan Skelton and Graduate Student Instructor at the SMTD of the University of Michigan.

She holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School (New York), where she studied with Robert McDonald and served as a Teaching Fellow and Gluck Fellow.

Kasman Laude began her musical studies with her parents, Yakov and Tatiana Kasman, acclaimed pianists and pedagogues. Kasman Laude is a dedicated music teacher herself; in addition to maintaining a private studio, she has given masterclasses at Lee University and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and lectured at Bowling Green State University. Since 2015, she has enjoyed serving as a PianoArts Fellow giving yearly teaching and performing tours to thousands of children in Milwaukee schools and throughout the community.

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ILLIA OVCHARENKO Ukraine Age 21 Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv under the tutelage of Arie Vardie, Illia Ovcharenko has already performed with leading orchestras including the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, National Radio of Ukraine, and the Versailles Conservatory String Orchestra. He has also collaborated with prestigious conductors such as Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Arie Vardi, Ian Hobson, Mykola Diadyura, Kai Bumann, Benoit Girault, Volodymyr Sirenko, Nicolo Giuliani, and Vitaly Protasov.

Ovcharenko is a frequent participant at music festivals worldwide in countries including France, Ukraine, Israel, United States, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy. He has appeared at the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Festival (Israel), Aspen Music Festival (USA), Festival Auvers-surOise and the Pontoise Piano Campus (France), and Bern Interlaken Classics (Switzerland), among others. The recipient of the Polonsky Fellowship (2019, 2021), he studied at the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado) with Yoheved Kaplinsky and Hung Kuan Chen.

His most recent achievements include Second Prize at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition in 2022, becoming a Laureate of the Busoni International Piano Competition (Italy) in 2021, winning the Michelangeli Prize at the Eppan International Piano Academy (Italy), as well as First Prize at the Horowitz International Piano Competition (Ukraine) in 2019.

Ovcharenko is a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship of Ukraine.

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PHILIPP SCHEUCHER Austria Age 29 Whether in Vienna’s Musikverein, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, or Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Philipp Scheucher is at home in the most prestigious concert halls of Europe and beyond. WDR Broadcasting Cooperation wrote: “His absolute presence onstage and his clean, attentive sound of his interpretations set new quality standards,” following his First Prize win at the International Music Prize in Cologne (Germany).

Born in Graz, Austria, Scheucher’s extraordinary musical talent was noticed

by Maria Zgubic at the University of Music and Performing Arts (Graz) at the age of ten, when his career as a pianist started to develop. Under the guidance of Markus Schirmer, he found his own personality and artistry on the piano and finished his Konzertexamen studies with Ilja Scheps in Cologne in 2021. Currently, Scheucher receives further encouragement from Markus Becker, broadening his chamber music repertoire. In addition, he is a Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation Scholar for the Artist Diploma at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London, guided by Ian Jones and Dorian Leljak.

Scheucher has concert engagements around the world having won numerous prizes at international competitions including his most recent success as the Second Prize winner at the International Beethoven Competition (Vienna). His exceptional programs cover the standard repertoire of today’s classical pianists with an affinity for performing works by living composers such as Marc-André Hamelin, Lera Auerbach, Gerd Kühr, and Beat Furrer.

His solo debut album Quasi Fantasia was released in 2019, followed by his double album Concert apértif du Piano in 2020, and his Beethoven album

by Naxos in 2022.

Scheucher’s musical flexibility, technical abilities, and his interaction with an audience all add to his promise as a leading artist of his generation.

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ANGIE ZHANG United States Age 26 Praised as “warmly expressive, sensitive, and polished” and “a valuable advocate for classical music” by New York Concert Review, American pianist Angie Zhang is passionate about sharing the harpsichord, fortepiano, and modern piano with audiences. She breathes life into pieces with historically informed, yet boldly modern interpretations and electrifying execution.

Angie is a sought-after recital and concerto soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue, and social sculptor who prioritizes genuine human interactions and seeks to create impact. Her performances on pianos of all shapes, sizes, and eras have been internationally acclaimed and presented at important venues including Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center (New York), and the Teatro Nacional of the Dominican Republic. Her fervent commitment to artistic excellence invites live and digital audiences to discover a more complete story of the piano lineage and repertoire.

A prizewinner in over 20 competitions and a seasoned soloist, she is widely regarded as one of the foremost ‘complete artists’ of her generation. She has performed in North America, Europe, and Asia and has collaborated onstage with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Maestro Fabio Luisi. A formidable chamber musician, she has performed Beethoven’s complete works for piano and cello with Tchaikovsky International Cello Competition Winner Zlatomir Fung and appeared with the St. Lawrence and Aeolus Quartets. Recent festival appearances include Music Academy of the West and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest (California), Sarasota and Aspen Music Festivals, Perlman Music Program (New York), and Bowdoin International Music Festival (Maine).

Angie holds a Bachelor and Master of Music with Chamber and Academic Honors from Juilliard School, where her principal teachers included Yoheved Kaplinsky and Joseph Kalichstein. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at University of Michigan with Logan Skelton. Angie is a Yamaha Artist.

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Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra The Calgary Philharmonic celebrated 65 years as a pillar of Calgary’s vibrant arts community in 2020 and has grown to be one of Canada’s most celebrated live music ensembles. Led by Music Director Rune Bergmann, the Orchestra presents classical standards, pop favourites, bold collaborations, and cuttingedge new works, and attracts world-renowned guest artists and dynamic conductors each season. In addition to 66 orchestra musicians, the Calgary Phil is one of two major symphony orchestras in Canada that has its own Chorus of over 125 volunteer singers, which celebrates 60 years in 2023.

In a typical season, the Calgary Phil welcomes over 100,000 visitors to the concert hall, engages more than 10,000 students through its education programs, and reaches audiences worldwide through free and accessible digital programming. Follow Calgary Phil on social media @calgaryphil and register for email updates at calgaryphil.com/newsletter.

Rune Bergmann| Music Director Peter Blake Karl Hirzer | Associate Conductor Michael Bursey Alisa Klebanov FIRST VIOLINS Jesse Morrison Diana Cohen | Concertmaster John Lowry | Associate Concertmaster Donovan Seidle | Assistant Concertmaster Eric Auerbach Edmund Chung Hangyul Kim Olga Kotova Bonnie Louie Genevieve Micheletti Maria van der Sloot Hojean Yoo SECOND VIOLINS

Lorna Tsai* Stephanie Soltice-Johnson** Erin Burkholder Jeremy Gabbert Hyewon Grillet-Kim Craig Hutchenreuther Minnie Min Kyung Kwon Theresa Lane Adriana Lebedovich Steven J. Lubiarz VIOLAS

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Martin Beaver violin Canadian violinist Martin Beaver was first violin of the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet from 2002 until its final season in 2013. As such, he appeared to critical and public acclaim on the major stages of the world including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. Concerto and recital appearances have taken him to North and South America, Europe, and Asia with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (Belgium), the Montreal Symphony, and the Sapporo Symphony (Japan), and with conductors including Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Gilbert Varga, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Chamber music collaborations include eminent artists such as Leon Fleisher, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Sabine Meyer, and Yefim Bronfman. Beaver is a founding member of the Montrose Trio with pianist Jon Kimura Parker and cellist Clive Greensmith.

Beaver’s teachers include Victor Danchenko, Josef Gingold, and Henryk Szeryng. A laureate of the Queen Elisabeth, Montreal, and Indianapolis Competitions, he has subsequently served on juries of major international violin and chamber music competitions including the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Belgium) and the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition (Japan). A devoted educator, Beaver has conducted masterclasses on five continents. He has held teaching positions at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto); the University of British Columbia; Peabody Conservatory, and NYU (US). More recently, he was Artist-inResidence at the Yale School of Music (US). He currently serves as Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Colburn Conservatory of Music and Colburn Music Academy in Los Angeles.

Jeremy Denk piano MENTOR-IN-RESIDENCE

Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists, proclaimed by the New York Times “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs.” Denk is also a New York Times bestselling author, winner of both the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In the 2022 / 23 season, Denk will continue his multi-season exploration of Book 1 of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier and will also perform with orchestras and in recital halls across UK, Europe, and the United States, including a return to Carnegie Hall play-directing Bach concerti with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and a multi-concert residency at the Lammermuir Festival in Scotland. An avid chamber musician, Denk will also embark on a US tour with the renowned Takács Quartet.

Denk’s latest album of Mozart piano concertos was released in 2021 on Nonesuch Records. The album, deemed “urgent and essential” by 90

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BBC Radio 3, was featured as Album of the Week’ on Classic FM, and ‘Record of the Week’ on BBC Radio’s Record Review.

Denk has performed multiple times at Carnegie Hall and in recent years has worked with such orchestras as Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra. Further afield, he has performed multiple times at the BBC Proms and Klavierfestival Ruhr, and appeared in such halls as the Köln Philharmonie, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boulez Saal in Berlin. He has also performed extensively across the UK, including recently with the London Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and play-directing the Britten Sinfonia.

Denk is also known for his original and insightful writing, which Alex Ross praises for its “arresting sensitivity and wit.” He wrote the libretto for a comic opera presented by Carnegie Hall, Cal Performances, and the Aspen Festival, and his writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New Republic, The Guardian, and on the front page of the New York Times Book Review.

His memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine was published to universal acclaim

by Random House in 2022.

Jeremy Denk is a graduate of Oberlin College, Indiana University, and the Juilliard School. He lives in New York City.

Jeffrey Kahane conductor Equally at home at the piano or on the podium, Jeffrey Kahane is recognized around the world for his mastery of a diverse repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to the music of our time. First Prize winner at the 1983 Rubinstein Competition and a finalist at the 1981 Van Cliburn Competition, he has appeared as soloist with major orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Chicago and San Francisco symphonies among many others, and is a popular artist at all of the major US summer festivals. In August 2016, he was appointed Music Director of the Sarasota Music Festival and is also the Artistic Adviser of the Sarasota Orchestra.

Kahane made his conducting debut at the Oregon Bach Festival in 1988.

Since then, he has guest conducted many of the major US orchestras including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Indianapolis, and New World symphonies, among others. In May 2017, he completed his 20th and final season as Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He also served as the Music Director of the Colorado Symphony from the 2005 / 06 season through the 2009 / 10 season and for ten seasons was Music Director of the Santa Rosa Symphony, where he is now Conductor Laureate.

Jeffrey Kahane is currently a Professor of Keyboard Studies at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

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Sam Loeck bass Sam Loeck joined the Calgary Philharmonic as Principal Bass in 2016. A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Sam earned his bachelor’s degree in music performance from the University of Nebraska. He then earned a master’s degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with Bruce Bransby and was named winner of the IU Bass Concerto Competition. Sam has participated in numerous music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, Moritzburg Festival, Pacific Music Festival, and the Banff International String Quartet Festival. He has performed extensively as guest-Principal Bass with the London Symphony Orchestra (UK), and served as a substitute bass with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Oregon Symphony.

Sam performs on a beautiful bass made in 2014 by Aaron Reiley. When he is away from the instrument, Sam is an avid woodworker and enjoys solitude in the mountains.

Nicolas Namoradze piano Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze came to international attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary AB, Canada—among the largest prizes in classical music. His recitals around the globe have been met with universal critical praise, and recent album releases have received extraordinary accolades, including: the Choc de Classica, Record of the Month in Limelight, Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, Editor’s Choice in Presto Classical, and Critics’ Choice in International Piano. Among the most critically acclaimed musicians of his generation, Namoradze was bestowed the 2020 and 2021 Young Pianist Award by the UK Critics’ Circle, which called him “very much more than a top-flight pianist.” His current activities include recitals at concert halls including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; festival appearances at Tanglewood, Banff, Gstaad, Santa Fe, and more; and performances with orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Sinfonieorchester Basel, with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Karina Canellakis, and Ken-David Masur. After completing his undergraduate in Budapest, Vienna, and Florence, Namoradze moved to New York for his master’s at The Juilliard School and his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center. His teachers and mentors have included Emanuel Ax, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Zoltán Kocsis, Matti Raekallio, András Schiff, and Eliso Virsaladze in piano, and John Corigliano in composition. He currently pursues postgraduate studies in neuropsychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College, London, where his research interests include the effects of mental practice and mindfulness on musical performance. Namoradze is the author of the book Ligeti’s Macroharmonies, published by Springer in the Computational Music Science series, and his compositions are published by Muse Press.

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Julie Nesrallah host The dazzling Julie Nesrallah performs for leading opera companies, symphonies, festivals, and chamber music ensembles across Canada and around the world.

Nesrallah sang God Save the Queen for Will and Kate, then the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and for Canada Day festivities on Parliament Hill in a performance that was viewed by millions. She also sang for An Evening for Peace for Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan in Montreal.

Nesrallah is the host of Tempo on CBC Music and is also the executive producer and star of Carmen on Tap which performs Georges Bizet’s Carmen as dinner theatre. Nesrallah has been the recipient of several distinguished awards including the Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Award & Mid-Career Grant, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for her cultural contribution to Canada’s performing arts.

Krisztina Szabó mezzo-soprano Hungarian-Canadian, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó is highly sought after in both North America and Europe as an artist of supreme musicianship and stagecraft. She is known for her interpretation of Baroque music as well as her promotion and performance of contemporary Canadian works.

Szabó has performed with San Francisco Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, and Wexford Festival Opera. In 2018, she made her Royal Opera and Netherlands Opera debuts in George Benjamin’s new opera, Lessons in Love and Violence, the recording of which received a Grammy nomination for Best Opera Recording.

Szabó’s career has seen her on all the major opera and concert stages across Canada. She regularly performs with the Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Tapestry Opera, Early Music Vancouver, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

She has been nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Dora Awards twice, and was in Kopernikus (Claude Vivier) with Against the Grain Theatre (Toronto) which won a Dora Award for Best Ensemble.

Her discography includes New Jewish Music, Vol. 3 (Analekta), Ana Sokolovic – Sirens (Naxos), and Talisker Players Where Words and Music Meet (Centrediscs).

Digital projects include Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle (Judith) with the Canadian Opera Company, Tafelmusik’s The Voice of Vivaldi, Festival of the Sound’s Arias and Antics, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with Vancouver Opera, An Italian Baroque Festive Celebration with Early Music Vancouver; performing in recital for the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Behind the Keys with Vancouver Bach Choir, and Tapestry Opera’s S.O.S. Sketch Opera Singers.

Szabó is Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera at the University of British Columbia School of Music.

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Viano String Quartet Praised for their “huge range of dynamics, massive sound and spontaneity” (American Record Guide), the Viano String Quartet won First Prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition and top prizes at the Osaka (Japan) and Wigmore Hall (England) International Chamber Music Competitions, where they also received the Haydn Prize and Sidney Griller Award.

Formed in 2015 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where they were Ensemble-in-Residence during the 2020 / 21 season, the Quartet has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall (England); Segerstrom Center for the Arts, SOKA Performing Arts Center, and the Cerritos Center for Performing Arts (US) and with with world-class musicians such as pianists Emanuel Ax and Elisso Virsaladze, violist Paul Coletti, and violinist Martin Beaver. The quartet was named the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music for 2021 / 22 season.

The name “Viano” was created to describe the four individual instruments in a string quartet interacting as one. Each of the four instruments begins with the letter “v”, and like a piano, all four string instruments together play both harmony and melody, creating a unified instrument called the “Viano.”

Lucy Wang violin Hao Zhou violin Aiden Kane viola Tate Zawadiuk cello

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & JURY FACILITATOR Honens’ Artistic Director acts as Jury Facilitator. He has the right at any time to remind juries of criteria for the choice of pianists and prizewinners to maintain the integrity of the process and of the Competition and may invite discussion at any time. He is a voting member of the Applicant Screening Jury but does not vote during any subsequent stage of the Competition.

Jon Kimura Parker Canada / USA (Indicates nationality / country of residence)

Pianist Jon Kimura Parker is known for his charisma, enthusiasm, and dynamic performances. A veteran of the international concert stage, he has performed regularly in the Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, London’s South Bank, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing Concert Hall. He is the Creative Partner of the Minnesota Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Honens International Piano Competition, Artistic Advisor for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and Professor of Piano at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. This season he also chaired the jury of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition.

A collaborator in a wide variety of styles, Jon Kimura Parker has performed with Doc Severinsen, Audra McDonald, Bobby McFerrin, Pablo Ziegler, and Sanjaya Malakar. As a founding member of Off the Score, he also performed with Stewart Copeland – the legendary drummer of The Police – for the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s 20th Anniversary Season, featuring his own arrangements of music by Prokofiev, Ravel, and Stravinsky.

Parker’s discography of a dozen albums features music ranging from Mozart and Chopin to Barber, Stravinsky, and John Adams. His YouTube channel features a series of Concerto Chat videos, which explore the piano concerto repertoire. In addition, his Whole Notes series, featuring performances of great composers, is available on Amazon Prime Video.

Jon Kimura Parker studied with Edward Parker and Keiko Parker, Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the University of British Columbia, Marek Jablonski at the Banff Centre, and Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School. Winner of the Gold Medal at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition, Parker is an Officer of The Order of Canada and has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of British Columbia and the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Known to friends – new and old – as “Jackie,” Parker is married to violinist / violist Aloysia Friedmann, and their daughter Sophie graduated from Rice University in 2021.

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FIRST JURY The First Jury, comprised of four members, evaluated the 50 Quarterfinal video recorded 40-minute recitals and 10-minute interviews, and selected ten pianists to advance to the Semifinals in Calgary.

Louise Bessette Canada A versatile musician and a piano wizard, Louise Bessette is in demand as a concert artist in Europe, America, and Asia. She has recorded a wide variety of repertoire, appearing the world over with distinguished orchestras and by invitation to first-rate festivals. She premieres works specially written for her and her reviews are laudatory.

In 2016, Bessette was honoured at London’s University of Western Ontario, where she received the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to celebrate her accomplishments as an internationally recognized performer.

In 2019, she received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (GGPAA), a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for Classical Music. The GGPAA are Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts.

As a pianist with an eclectic repertoire and an eagerness to promote exchange with other art forms, Bessette recorded works by Alkan and Grieg for a film soundtrack in 2009. Hidden Diary by French film director Julie Lopes-Curval, starring Catherine Deneuve and Marie-Josée Croze, which was presented as a world premiere at the Festival des Films du Monde in Montreal (2009), and then in movie theatres all over the world.

Bessette received her tenth Opus Prize from Conseil québécois de la musique (Quebec Music Council) in 2021. In 2015, she was listed as one of Canada’s top 25 pianists by CBC Music. Other awards include First Prizes at the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (Canada, 1981), Concours International de Musique Contemporaine (France, 1986), International Gaudeamus Competition (Netherlands, 1989); Femme de l’Année at Salon de la Femme de Montréal—Arts Category (1989); Prix Québec-Flandre (1991); Member of the Order of Canada (2001); Officier de l’Ordre national du Québec (2005), and Canadian Music Centre Ambassador (2009). Bessette has been a professor of piano at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal since 1996.

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Loie Fallis Canada Loie Fallis is one of the most seasoned artistic administrators in the classical music business. She is Vice-President of Artistic Planning with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) where she works with TSO Music Director Gustavo Gimeno on season planning. Now in her 42nd season with the TSO, Fallis engages with the world’s top guest conductors, soloists, and composers, and is equally committed to mentoring and creating opportunities for emerging artists. She has collaborated with many of the TSO’s past Music Directors, including Sir Andrew Davis, Gunther Herbig, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Peter Oundjian. After graduating from Queen’s University (Ontario) and studying at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, she worked at the Guelph Spring Festival and the Canadian Opera Company (Ontario) before joining the TSO in 1980.

She is a frequent participant at industry conferences in Canada, the US, and Europe and has served on the Boards of the Glenn Gould Foundation and Orchestras Canada. Fallis lives in Toronto with her husband, the prominent violist Steven Dann.

Roman Rabinovich Israel / Canada (Indicates nationality / country of residence) The eloquent pianist Roman Rabinovich has been highly lauded by the New York Times, BBC Music Magazine, San Francisco Classical Voice, and others. He has performed throughout Europe and the United States in venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Rabinovich has participated in festivals including Marlboro (US); Lucerne, Davos (Switzerland); Prague Spring (Czech Republic); Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). An avid chamber musician, he is also a regular guest at ChamberFest Cleveland. Rabinovich has earned critical praise for his explorations of the piano music of Haydn. At the 2018 Bath Festival, he presented a ten-recital 42-sonata series, earning praise in The Sunday Times. Prior to that, in 2016 as Artist-in-Residence at the Lammermuir Festival in Scotland, he performed 25 Haydn sonatas in 5 days, and over two seasons, in 2016 and 2017, he performed all the Haydn sonatas in Tel Aviv.

Roman Rabinovich made his Israel Philharmonic debut under the baton of Zubin Mehta at age 10. He was a top prizewinner at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 2008 (Israel), and in 2015 was selected by Sir András Schiff as one of three pianists for the inaugural “Building Bridges” series, created to highlight young pianists of unusual promise. Born in Tashkent, Rabinovich immigrated to Israel with his family in 1994, beginning his studies there with Irena Vishnevitsky and Arie Vardi; he went on to graduate from the Curtis Institute of Music (US) as a student of Seymour Lipkin, and earned his master’s degree at The Juilliard School where he studied with Robert McDonald.

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Gilles Vonsattel Switzerland-United States / United States (Indicates nationality / country of residence) Swiss-born American pianist Gilles Vonsattel is an artist of uncommon breadth with a repertoire that ranges from J.S. Bach’s Art of the Fugue to the complete works of Xenakis. He is Laureate of the 2009 Honens Piano Competition, recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and winner of the Naumburg and Geneva Competitions. Most recently, he received the 2016 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, recognizing a pianist under 40 who has significant influence on the world of chamber music. Deeply committed to the chamber music repertoire, Vonsattel has been an artist member of New York’s Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2012, and is a former member of Chamber Music Society Two. In solo and chamber music performances, Vonsattel has appeared at the Tonhalle Zürich, Wigmore Hall in London and Munich’s Gasteig, and at international festivals including the Gilmore and Caramoor Festivals in the US and la Roque d’Anthéron in France. He has appeared with esteemed orchestras including the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, San Francisco Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, and l’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève.

Vonsattel is committed to the performance of contemporary works, having given premieres on both sides of the Atlantic. He has worked closely with composers including George Benjamin, Heinz Holliger, and Jörg Widmann.

His first recording on the Honens label was named one of the year’s best classical albums in Time Out New York in 2011. His most recent album, titled Shadowlines, released by Honens in 2015, was called a “mesmerizing disc” by The New York Times. Vonsattel received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from Columbia University and a master’s degree in Music Performance from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. He is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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SECOND JURY The Second Jury, comprised of seven members, evaluates ten Semifinalist pianists who each perform two recitals during the Semifinal rounds. They choose three pianists to advance to the Finals for a chamber performance, a concerto with orchestra, and a second interview with an arts journalist.

The Second Jury ultimately chooses the Honens Prize Laureate.

Michel Béroff France Michel Béroff was born in France in 1950. After graduating from the Paris Conservatoire in 1966, he won first prize at the first international Olivier Messiaen Piano Competition (France). He has since been considered one of the most outstanding interpreters of Messiaen’s music. Béroff then went on to play with the most prestigious orchestras around the world under the direction of such conductors as Abbado, Barenboim, Bernstein, Boulez, Dohnanyi, Dorati, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Gielen, Inbal, Jochum, Leinsdorf, Masur, Ozawa, Previn, Rostropovitch, Sinopoli, Solti, Tennsted, Tilson-Thomas, and Zinman. As a chamber music partner, he has been very active playing with Martha Argerich, Barbara Hendricks, Jean-Philippe Collard, Augustin Dumay, Pierre Amoyal, and Lynn Harrell. Professor Emeritus at the Paris Conservatoire, where he taught for 25 years, Béroff gives regular masterclasses in many countries, including Japan, China, US, Italy, and France. An exclusive EMI artist for over 25 years, he has made more than 50 recordings; among them the complete works for piano and orchestra of Liszt, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. For Deutsche Gramophone, he recorded Ravel’s left-hand concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Claudio Abbado. His latest recordings include the complete piano music of Debussy. Béroff is a five-time winner of France’s “Grand Prix du Disque.”

As a jury member, he has served many important piano competitions including Tchaikovsky (Russia), Van Cliburn (US), Leeds (UK), Clara Haskil (Switzerland), Rubinstein (Israel), and Marguerite Long (France), among others. Many of his students have won top prizes at international competitions, the latest one is Seong-Jin Cho, who won the 2015 Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

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Earl Blackburn United States Earl Blackburn has been active in the arts for over 40 years, first as a performer and now as an artist manager. From 1985 to 1995, Blackburn owned his own management agency, Blackburn and Associates, which focused primarily on classical music soloists.

In 1995, Blackburn accepted the position of Vice President and Manager with IMG Artists, New York, where he was instrumental in starting the career of pianist Lang Lang. He moved to ICM / Opus 3 Artists in 2002 where he worked on the careers of artists such as Lynn Harrell, Yuja Wang, Jon Kimura Parker, Orli Shaham, Ravi Shankar, and Wu Man, among many others. In 2017, he opened his own agency, Kanzen Arts, dedicated to a concise roster of top artists.

Blackburn is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music (US) where he studied percussion performance with Gerald Carlyss and Michael Bookspan of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1972 through 1976. Following graduation, Blackburn spent the next 10 years performing with orchestras and festivals including the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra (US), where he was principal percussionist, and the Bethlehem Bach Festival (US), the oldest festival of Bach’s music in North America. Blackburn is known for his projectoriented approach to management and is keenly interested in the further development of artistic exchange with Asia.

He currently lives in Forest Hills, New York with his wife of 25 years, Claire Bright, and their 30-year-old macaw, Josy.

Katherine Chi Canada / United States (Indicates nationality / country of residence) Pianist Katherine Chi, firmly established as one of Canada’s fastest rising stars, has performed throughout Europe and North America to great acclaim. “Ms. Chi displayed a keen musical intelligence and a powerful arsenal of technique,” notes the New York Times. Recent and upcoming performances include appearances with the Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Thunder Bay Symphonies; the Calgary and Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestras; and concerts at the Library of Congress, Freer Gallery, and Gilmore International Keyboard Festival (US). She has appeared with the Alabama, Colorado, Columbus, Edmonton, Grand Rapids, Kitchener-Waterloo, Nova Scotia, Philadelphia, Quebec, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, and Victoria Symphony Orchestras; CBC Radio Orchestra; Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra; I Musici de Montreal; Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen; and Toronto Sinfonia. Festival appearances including Aldeburgh (UK); Banff, Canada’s Festival of the Sound, Launadière, Domaine Forget (Canada); Marlboro (US); Osnabrück Kammermusik, Klavier-Festival Ruhr (Germany); Santander Summer Music (Spain); and Festival Vancouver.

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Just a year after her debut recital at the age of nine, Chi was accepted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music (US). She continued studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where she received her master’s degree, graduate, artist diploma, and doctorate. She later studied for two years at the International Piano Foundation in Como, Italy, and at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. In 2000, Chi was named Prize Laureate of the Honens International Piano Competition and was the first Canadian, and the first woman, to win this award. She was also a prizewinner at the 1998 Busoni International Piano Competition.

Imogen Cooper United Kingdom Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of Classical and Romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. Recent and future concerto performances include the London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle, Cleveland Orchestra with Dame Jane Glover, the Hallé Orchestra with Sir Mark Elder, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with Ryan Wigglesworth and the Aurora Orchestra with Nicholas Collon. Her solo recitals this season include performances in London, Paris, Vienna, Toronto and Philadelphia.

Imogen has a widespread international career and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Budapest Festival and NHK Symphony Orchestras.

She has also undertaken tours with the Camerata Salzburg, Australian and Orpheus Chamber Orchestras. She has played at the BBC Proms and with all the major British orchestras, including particularly close relationships with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Britten Sinfonia. Her recital appearances have included Tokyo, New York, Prague, and Klavierfest Ruhr in Germany.

Imogen is a committed chamber musician and performs regularly with Henning Kraggerud and Adrian Brendel. As a Lieder recitalist, she performs with Ian Bostridge, Sarah Connolly, Henk Neven, and Mark Padmore; following a long collaboration with Wolfgang Holzmair in both the concert hall and recording studio. Her recent solo recordings for Chandos Records feature music by French and Spanish composers, Beethoven, Liszt, and Wagner. Her discography also includes Mozart concertos with the Royal Northern Sinfonia (Avie), a solo recital at Wigmore Hall (Wigmore Live) and a cycle of solo works by Schubert recorded live and released under the label Schubert Live.

She received a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2021. The honour adds to Imogen’s many awards and accolades, including the Queen’s Medal for Music (2019), Royal Philharmonic Society Performer’s Award (2008), and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2007).

The Imogen Cooper Music Trust was founded in 2015 to support young pianists at the cusp of their careers and give them time in an environment of peace and beauty.

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Stewart Goodyear Canada Proclaimed “a phenomenon” by the Los Angeles Times and “one of the best pianists of his generation” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished concert pianist, improviser, and composer. Mr. Goodyear has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world. Last year, Orchid Classics released Mr. Goodyear’s recording of his suite for piano and orchestra, Callaloo and his piano sonata. His recent commissions include a Piano Quintet for the Penderecki String Quartet, and a piano work for the Honens International Piano Competition.

Mr. Goodyear’s discography includes the complete sonatas and piano concertos of Beethoven, as well as concertos by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Rachmaninov, an album of Ravel piano works, and an album, entitled For Glenn Gould, which combines repertoire from Mr. Gould’s US and Montreal debuts. His Rachmaninov recording received a Juno nomination for Best Classical Album for Soloist and Large Ensemble Accompaniment.

Mr. Goodyear’s recording of his own transcription of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet), was chosen by the New York Times as one of the best classical music recordings of 2015. His discography is released on the Marquis Classics, Orchid Classics, and Steinway and Sons labels. His latest album, entitled Phoenix, on the Bright Shiny Things label, includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Highlights for the 2022-2023 season includes the opening night of the Vancouver Symphony season performing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with music director Otto Tausk. He then gives the world premiere of his own piano concerto with the Albany Symphony and music director David Alan Miller for the opening of their season. Further orchestral appearances include the Baltimore, Nashville, Colorado and Toledo Symphony orchestras, the Noord Nederlands Orkest, and dates with the Chineke! Orchestra at Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto and the Celebrity Series of Boston.

Recital appearances include the Wallis in Los Angeles, Wake Forest University, and Music in the Morning in Vancouver. He continues as Artist-in-Residence at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory where he premieres an RCM commission of his new quintet for piano and jazz musicians.

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Ick-Choo Moon Korea Praised by the Los Angeles Times for his “power, virtuosity and mastery of tone color that is vivid and evocative,” Korean-born pianist Ick-Choo Moon is the recipient of numerous awards including those from the Montreal and Geneva International Competitions, and the Gina Bachauer International Competition at the Juilliard School. In 1989, he gave a critically acclaimed New York recital debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall as winner of the William Petschek Award.

Since making his US debut with the Minnesota Orchestra under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Moon has performed as soloist with the Montreal Symphony, Toronto Symphony, National Arts Center Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Leningrad Symphony, KBS Orchestra, Korean Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, and others. He has also given recitals in the United States, Canada, England, Russia, France, Japan, and Korea. His performances have been broadcast frequently on radio and TV in the US, Canada, and Korea.

Moon grew up in the U.S. and Canada as well as in his native Korea and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and with Gyorgy Sebok at Indiana University where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with highest distinction. He later received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School where he worked with Sascha Gorodnitzki.

Currently Professor Emeritus of Piano at Seoul National University in Korea, Moon has also taught at UCLA where he headed the piano department and at University of Southern California. During the summers, he has taught and performed at Brevard Music Center, the Chautauqua Institute, Festival MusicAlp in France, and in numerous festivals in Korea. He has also been a jury member in several international competitions such as the Cleveland, Franz Liszt (Budapest), Seoul (Korea), Hamamatsu (Japan), and others.

Orli Shaham Isreal / United States (Indicates nationality / country of residence)

A consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety, and brilliance, pianist Orli Shaham is hailed by critics on four continents. The New York Times called her a “brilliant pianist,” The Chicago Tribune referred to her as “a first-rate Mozartean,” and London’s Guardian said Ms. Shaham’s playing at the Proms was “perfection.”

Orli Shaham has performed with many of the major orchestras around the world, and has appeared in recital internationally, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. She is Artistic Director of Pacific Symphony’s chamber series Café Ludwig in California since 2007, and Artistic Director of the interactive children’s concert series, Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, which she founded in 2010.

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Highlights of Ms. Shaham’s 2022 / 23 concert season include performances with the Finnish Radio Symphony; Pacific Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic (USA); and Vancouver Symphony (Canada) where she was named VSO’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence. In 2022, she released Volumes 2 and 3 of the complete Mozart piano sonatas. Her Mozart recording project also includes Volume 1 of the piano sonatas, and piano concertos with St. Louis Symphony all of which are part of her discography of a dozen titles on Canary Classics, Deutsche Gramophone, Sony, and other labels.

Orli Shaham is a Co-Host and Creative for the NPR program From the Top. She is on the piano and chamber music faculty at The Juilliard School and is chair of the Board of Trustees at Kaufman Music Center in New York.

Orli Shaham has been a Steinway Artist since 2003.

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Jeanette King Alana Kitchen Gillian Klassen Peter Klein and Deb Louie Donald Kuchinski Linda Kundert Wendy Kunsman Janine LaBossiere and Dave Taylor Bob and Mary Lamond James Lau Susan Lawrence Corinna Lee Sam Lee Sarah Lennerton Richard Lindseth Michael and Nicole Lipnicki Lily and Bill Lister Lucy Liu Wendy Liu Sandra Low Nancy and Blake Lowden Letha MacLachlan QC Lauren Mah Wesley Mah Heather* and Peter Marreck Michael Matas Rick and Janet Matthews Siân Matthews* Bev MacLeod M. Ann McCaig CM AOE LLD Marilyn and Jeff McCaig Jenny and David McDermid David McDougall Patti McKendrick Lachlin McKinnon Matthew Moffatt Ani Mora Carmen Morin* Oliver Munar Dagmara Paszuk M Pecci Dakota Perez Vivian Perng Janet Poyen Debbie Proud Caenie Pyrcz Rochelle Rabinovitz Allen Reiser Alicia Reszka Phyllis and Chris Robb Dave and Susan Robertson Helena Robertson Mary Robertson and Nicholas Heisler Gordon Ross and Richard Cote Rutherford Family Mailinda Salillari Carlo Santos John Santos and Kate Easton

Rene and Anatalia Santos O.J. and Sue Scott Jamie Serafi Mike Shields Clarice Evans Siebens Amanda Smith Antoinette Sossong James M. Stanford QC Betty Stein Erin Stone and David Chodoriwsky Straathof Family Heili Strawbridge Kelly Streit Ida and Sam Switzer Jim and Nancy Taipale The iTeam David and Maureen Thomas Angelo Toselli Tom Lee Music Brent Tucker Alyssa Ung Sue Anne and Stephen Valentine Jesse Villarreal Linda Wagner Bruce Wang Anne Wanklyn Christine Weber Midori Wilson Ken and Stephanie Wilson Marianne Winter Sarah Wong Donna Wood and Brian Krausert Wowospot Music and Media Marion S. Wright Kevin Xu Kim Yim Maggie Yip Thomas Yu Anonymous (8) * Honens Director + Deceased

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