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Message from the Governor of New South Wales
It is
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from
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Vice-Regal Patron
great pleasure
to welcome the pianists, jurors and observers nation and from overseas to our hospitable city for the
prestigious Sydney International Pano Competition. Now in its 31" year, the resonates with
Cormpetition
unique experience, as Sydney enthralling performances by J6 outstanding pianists from is a
around the world all competing for the First Prize. l applaud the Founder and Artistic Director of the Competition for this commitment to musical
excellence. providing the opportunity for talented musicians to shine. I congratulate also the pian1sts who have been selected to pertorm in Sydney. Only one will win the coveted Firnt Prize, but all who compete have already achieved ecellence. You will give great joy to audiences through all stages of the Competition and through the ABC Classic FM, as well as through live performances in Australia and New Zealand, and
worldwide via the Internet. My best wishes are with you all for a most happy and memorable event.
Marie R Bashir AC CVO Governor of New South Wales
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Message from the Vice-Chancellor - Sydney University
For
more than 30 years, the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia has been a significant event in the musical life of the city of
Sydney. Internationally regarded as one of the world's greatest piano competitions, it draws considerable interest from outstanding performers across the world.
The University of Sydney is pleased to be associated with the Competition, particularly in that its high standards and its encouragement and
development of the most talented young pianists reflect the values and aspirations of the University itself. Once again the Cladan Cultural Exchange Institute of Australia is to be congratulated for its role in presenting this intemationalcompetition The Seymour Centre at the University of Sydney will again host the first four stages of the competition. I am also delighted that the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation will make live internet broadcasts of al stages of the competition so that it is available to so many Australians and others worldwide beyond those who can be physically present in the audience. I congratulate all participants on being selected in what was a very
difticult audition process for the Judging Panels given the quality of the
performmers. I wish them every success. I am confident that the Competition will again deliver memorable performances at every stage and we look forward to hearing a new group of pianists.
Professor Gavin Brown AO FAA CorrFRSE
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The
Sydney Piano Competition continues to grow in stature and popularity. It is one of the great competitions of its kind in the world, attracting some of the finest and most promising pianists from International
many countries.
This
year's event is the ninth since the series was founded in 1977 by Claire Dan with the enthusiastic support of the NSW Government of the day, led by my predecessor Neville Wran.
Every four years eager music-lovers hear the contestants in competition
while the event is broadcast live to a vast listening audience by ABC Classic FM and more recently through the internet. This 36 have been invited to contest the finals and
$150,000.
year, pianists complete for prize-money of
Competitions are a wonderful way of forging friendships and building lasting collaborations through shared musical experience. Not everyone can
be
a
winner, but excellence is
encouraged and exciting
new
talent
revealed. The Sydney International Piano Competition has established itself as much loved and respected highlight of the musical life of our city, and I wish everyone involved in this year's event a most enjoyable and
a
rewarding experience.
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Meswagefrvm the lond Mayor of Sydney- Honorary President
Welcome to Sydney and the 9m Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia 2008. Clare Dan and her co-founders have been bringing the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia to us every four years since 1977. It's no mean feat to organise a competition at this level. It is also a great achievement to have made this event, in a relatively short time, one that is both internationally recognised and that is also embraced so whole-heartedly by the people of Sydney.
Sydney is so often depicted as the Emerald City, all flash and dazzle but no real depth. The Piano Competition, along with events like the Sydney Writers' Festival,gives a more rounded- and I would say, more realistic - picture of our city.
City of Sydney is proud to continue its connections with Sydney's musical life through restorations of our City Recital Hall and Capitol Theatre as well as though support of cultural events including the sponsorship of the First Prize for the Piano Competition, which Council has supported since 1992. In March, as Honorary President of the Competition, I had the honour of drawing the name of the first of the 36 pianists selected to compete this year. I would once again like to congratulate all the participating and also the members of the panel who auditioned 240 applicants from countries throughout the world.
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Miss Claire Dan - The Cladan Cultural Exchange nstitute of Australia
It is now thirty years since The Cladan Cultural Exchange Institute of Australia was founded by Claire Dan AM, OBE. One of the Institute's first achievements was the establishment of the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, which has helped put Australia on the world musical map. The stability, continuity and support of the Competition Board and the Friend Committee is a great asset. The audience is now from all parts of Australia and overseas and not only from Sydney. Our audiences have been very loyal and many have attended every Competition since 1977. With the outstanding broadcasts by ABC Classic FM since 1988, our audience is not limited to the Concert Hall but heard live by some 1.6 million listeners in Australia cach day on ABC radio and also by unknown numbers in New Zealand and world-wide on the internet. This illustrates that the aim of the Competition isn't only to encourage and discover new talent but to spread the enjoyment of music and the arts. As part of the awards of the Competition, the Institute organises tours for the First Prize-Winner, the People's Choice Winner, the best Australían pianist and other prize-winners in international festivals, recitals in many countries and recording contracts. In 1989 the Institute instigated the Cladan Awards, which is an annual presentation for the recognition, encouragement and contribution to Sydney theatre performances. To date, awards have been given to Rachel Ward Ruth Cracknell, Melita Jurisic, Richard Wherret and John Carmody. In 2007/08I finished a book 'Ups and Downs' which I anticipate will be the sales of this printed before the 2008 Competition. The proceeds of book will go to the Competition. The Cladan Institute was the first private organisation established in this overseas art country to initiate and develop cultural exchange by bringing to Australia and sending our talents overseas.
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The Competition gratefully acknowledges the wide range of support received from the organisations and individuals listed below, who have donated funds and/or provided services, or volunteered their time and professional advice. 1. Principal Donors
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Classic FM
ABC TV
4. Donors
And for the kind assistance of
Mr. Robert Albert AM Ars Musica Australis
Em. Prof. Michael Brimer
Australia Council Music Board
Limelight Magazine
Mr& Mrs J Bain
ABC Classics
The Hon.
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Julian Block Arthur Charles
Cladan Cultural Exchange Institute of Australia
Council of the City of Sydney
.Friends ofthe Sydney International Piano Competition
Dr Michacl Kennedy NSW Govermment,through the Office of the Minister for the Arts
The Seymour Theatre Centre Sydney Opera House
Sydney SymphonyOrchestra The
University of Sydney
Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney Yamaha Music Australia Pty Ltd 2. For the loan of Pianos and Technical Teams Kawai Australia Pty Ltd Sydney and
Hamamatzu, Japan Steinway & Sons, Hamburg and Theme and Variations, Sydney Yamaha Music Australia, Pty Ltd and
Hamamatzu, Japan 3. Major Donors
Australasian Performing Right Association
The Australian String Quartet Flight Centre St Ives
Council and members of the Friends of the SIPCA
Department of Immigration and
Bronwyn Bishop MP
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs Sydney
Michael Easton
Mrs Jana Chvojka Lady Mary Fairfax Friends of the Sydney International Piano Competition ( Victorian Branch)
Neville Grace Kitty Graf
Julie Fenyo Pan Handling Laurence Langou
Chris Hayles R.M. Gregory - Printers
Sheila Lennon
Hochtief Australia Holdings Ltd
Hunt& Hunt Ltd Lawyers Mrs Judy Hunt
Musicians Union of Australia Li Ya Dai General Manager and staff of the Seymour Centre
Mrs Barbara Leser Manly Music Club
Danny May Music Teachers Association of NSW Mrs Deirdre McCann Music and Opera Singers Trust Ltd Naxos Records
Radio 2MBS-FM Phillip Rowe
The Scots College, Sydney Steinway & Sons
Sydney Youth Orchestra
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Dr. Paul Pollei
Phofesor Karl Heinz Kammerling
M:Marvello Ahhado Phanist and Composer Milan Italy
Founder/Artistic Director
Hochschule für Musik
of Gina International Piano Foundation Bachahauer
Hanover Gemany
Salt Lake City USA
Miss Sulamita Aronovsky
Mr. Hinotaka Kawai
Founder London Intemational Phano
President Kawai Japan Hamamatsu Japan
Competitn London Great Britain
Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel Music Director and
Principal Conductor. Greenville Symphony Fort Wayne USA Orchestra the
Profesor Bryce Morrison
Mr John Crawfornd Manager. ABC Classic FM Svdney Australta
Teacher and Critie London Great Britain
Profeswor Senge Dorensky Peope's Atist of Rusa, Academician
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Mr. Mitsuru Umemura President of Yamaha
Professor Jurgen Meyer-Josten Munich Germany
Tchaikovsky Conservator
Miss Hiroko Nakamura Music Director of Hamamatsu International Piano Academy and Chairperson of
Moscow Rusua Ms Norma Fisher
the Hamamatsu International Piano
Concert Pan1st and Teacher London Great Britain
Competition
Mr. Emest Fleischmann
Tokyo Japan
Consultant. Former Managing Director of Los Angeies Philharmonic Los Angeles USA
London Great Britain Professor Alexander Jenner Pianist. Professor Emeritus of Vienna
Tel Aviv Israel
Conductor
Professor Mischa Voskressensky
Dr. Glacy Antunes de Oliveira
Dr.
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Founder and Artistic Director, Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
Mrs. Paloma O'Shea Founder and President of the Santander International Piano Competition Madrid Spain
Musicologist
Professor Arie Vardi Concert Pianist and
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Specialist in Piano Performance Pedagogy Goias Brazil
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Auditionsfor the 9" Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, 2008
Since the tint Competition in I977. live auditions have been held world-wide. In 2008, live auditions were held in Naples, Vienna. Hamburg.
Paris. Mosco. London.New York. Los Angeles. Tokyo, Beijing. Shanghai and Sydney. In addition unedited videotapes or DVDs were sent from Thailand. Malayvia, Indonesia. Isracl and South Korea. The videos and DVDs were viewed by the Sydney Panel. From theseauditions
a total of 36 pianists were selected to come to Sydney for the Competition itself whieh runs from the Opening Recital on 16 July to the Presentation of Prizes on 2 August, 2008. A Reserve list has also been provided Yamaha provided the Audition facilities in Paris. New York and Tokyo. Kawai
provided the Audition facilities in Los Angeles and Steinway in Vienna, London, Moscow and Hamburg. Conservatories of Musie provided the facilities in Naples, Beijing and Shanghai and in Sydney.The Scots College. Bellevue Hill. Practice rooms were provided in each venue and the staff members in each city were very helpful. In cach
city
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by leading performers and
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teachers. Those
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Naples: Francesco Nicolosi and Laurado De Fusco Vienna: Alexander Jenner and Heinz Medjimorec Hamburg: Volker Banficld and Matthias Kirschnereit Paris: Aquiles delle Vigne and Marcel Baudet Moscow: Serge Dorensky and Ludmila Roschina London: Norma Fisher and Bryce Morison New York: Augustin Anievas and Robert Sherman
Los Angeles: John Pemy and Nancy Bricard Moscow Auditions - 2008
Tokyo: Midori Tanabe and Shuku Iwasaki Beijing: Zhou Guangren and Li Qifang Shanghai: Huang-Kuan Chen and Yun-Ling Yang Sydney: Michael Brimer and Malcom Batty
Certificates of Appreciation were presented to each of the assisting Judges and to the Managers in each of the Venues were the Auditions took place. New York auditions were the largest by sheer
number, with 45 and second in number was Paris with 35. In Sydney there were 35 including the 8 videos and DVDs. A total of 240 Applications were received from 36 countries.
These countries were: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, P.R. China, England, France, Georgia.
Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, lceland Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia. South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taipei, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekhistan and Venezuela. Prof. Warren Thomson OAM Artistic Director and Chairman of the Jury
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Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia
The 9 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia is presented in association with the University of Sydney and with the co-operation of the Australian Broadeasting Corporation. It is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitio Geneva.
Vice-Regal Patron
Her Excellency The Governor of New South Wales. Prof Marie Bashir, AC
Vice-Patron
The Honourable Morris lemma, Premier of New South Wales
Music Patron
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Honorary President
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Sydney. Alderman Clover Moore MP.
Life President and Founder
Claire Dan AM OBE, Chairman
Co-Founders
Rex Hobcroft AM Robert Tobias OAM
Board of Directors
Claire Dan AM OBE, Chairman Neville Grace, Secretary Dr Michael Kennedy Sam Miller Robert Tobias OAM
Advisory Committee
Sam Miller, Chairman The Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP Julian Block Jessica Block Neville Grace Kitty Graff Dr Michael Kennedy Phillip Rowe Prof. Warren Thomson OAM
Artistic Director
Prof. Warren Thomson OAM
Assistants
Sheila Lennon Nerida Young Laurence Langou Julie Fenyo
Treasurer
Dr Michael Kennedy
Accountant
Michael Grasso
Hon. Auditors
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Secretary to the Jury
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In the years since Vladimir
Ashkenazy first came to prominence on the world stage in the T95» Warsaw he has built an not extraordinary career, as only one ol tne mo renowned and revered pianists of our times, but as an artist whose creative life of encompasses a vast range activities and continues to offer inspiration to music-lovers across the world. Formerly Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic (1998 to 2003). he became Music of NHK Symphony Orchestra in Director in 2004. In Tokyo 2009 he will take up the new January of Principal Conductor and Artistic posilion Advisor to the Sydney to Sydney Over Symphony Orchestra. A regular visITO many years, he already shares a warm relationship with the Orchestra, and they look forward to collaborating on a number of exciting projects including composer festivals, major recording projects and international
Chopin Competition
Ashkenazy was
in
touring activities. longstanding relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra of which he Conductor
continues his
appointed
Laureate in 2000. He also holds the positions of Music Director of the Youth Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and maintains strong links with major orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra (he is former Principal Guest Conductor). San Francisco Symphony and Deutsches Berlin Orchester Symphonie (Chief Conductor and Music Director 1988-96). He returned to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic in October 2007.
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Ashkenazy continues to devote himself to the piano, these days mostly in the recording studio where extraordinary comprehensive recording catalogue with releases such as the 1999 Grammy award-winning Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Bach's Wohltemperierte Klavier and released in June 2007, Beethoven's he continues to build his
Diabelli Variations.
PROF. WARREN THOMSON OAM -Artistic Director and Chairman of the Jury Professor Warren Thomson is a graduate of Melbourne University, where he studied under Roy Shepherd, a pupil of Cortot, and became the first Music Director of Trinity Grammar School. Melbourne, which he developed into one of Australia's leading music schools. He became Director for the Australian Music Examinations Board in 1972. He has been actively involved with the Sydney International Piano Competition since its inception and is the Artistic Director. He was the foundation Head of the School of Extension Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
of Studies
a position held from 1974 to 1995. When the Conservatorium amalgamated with the University of Sydney he was appointed the first Associate Professor.
In addition to his position at the Conservatorium he was Chairperson of the Australian Music Examinations Board in New South Wales 1980-95 and also Federal Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and Federal Examiner and was Director of the City of Sydney Cultural Council and Chairperson of its Music Committee from 1980-99. In 1975 he initiated a program of workshops and seminars in Sydney and the country areas of NSW in association with the Australian Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts. He has made over thirty recordings of piano music for teachers and students, as well as giving many radio broadcasts in Australia and abroad, including a recording of the piano music of Khachaturian in 1978, the year of the composer's death, for MoscOw radio. His publications, totalling over fifty. have received critical acclaim both nationally and internationally, especially the editions of Mozart Sonatas and the Well-Tempered Clavier, Inventions and Sinfonias of Bach. In addition to adjudicating at all the major eisteddfods in Australia, he has served on a number of international juries, including those for the Sydney International Piano Competition (1988,97, 6 ,2000, 2004 and 2008). the Tehaikovsky International
Competition in Moscow (1982. 1990), the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competion(99.Cincinnati(1993),the National Concerto Competition inChristchurch,New Zealand (1994), the UNISA Transnet lnternational Music Competition in Pretoria(1994),Hamamatsu International Competition (1994), Horowitz Kiev (1995, 97, 99), Krainev - Kharkov (1996, e Iturbi Valencia, Spain (1996), Cologne (1996), Schubert -
Competition -
and Tbilisi
-
International
Dortmund (1999), China International Competition Xiamen (2007), 1rami - Italy (2000, 2002), Thalberg Competition Naples (2006)
Georgia (2005). Future Competition juries
include Thalberg and Hamamatsu.
In 1987 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to music, and in 1995 was made an honorary member of the Tchaieouel..
Society of Russia. In 2006 he was made Honorary Professor of both the shangna onservalory or MusiC and the First Private University PR. China A Faculty of The Shanghai Polytechnic". Kong Xiang-Dong Music Arts College.
"The
Jury Members
MICHAEL BRIMER Michael Brimer has a brnad musical background as pianist, chamber musician.compor ser.o and academic.
anist.commductrm
Studies at the University of Cape Town, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Schout in London and at the University led to an academic career that Church University of Westem Australia as Lecturer, Monash University as Senior Lecturer, the ntmeno as Foundation Professor of Music. the University of Cape Town as Dean of the Faculsersity University of Melboume where he was for nine years the Ormond Professor of Music anisMusc ofthe Faculty. He was appointed Professor Emeritus on leaving Melbourne and subsequen . eyear in Sydney while performing and lecturing. en based
of Cambridge.
broupht
The formative years of his piano study (in South Africa) were with Eleanor Bonnar Goxdowsky. Thesewere followed by study in London at the Royal College of Music,a at the Cambridge and in Vienna.
pupil of Leopold
University of
He has performed the complete series of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas five times, has performer Schumann in a live ned the e concerto of Busoni. He has broadcast recital series and broadcast the complete sonatas of Schubert. On SIX has OCCasions ne perfomed all four of Tchaikovsky's works for piano and orchestra in a series with the Melbourne performed the mplete amember Symphony Orndary ot The Australian Trio his latest CD set (of chamber music by Saint-Saëns) was released ABC ClassiCs in March by
Pand piano
musie of
chestra.
2008
AQUILES DELLE VIGNE om in Argentina. Aquiles Delle Vigne gave his first recital ATau and
at the or age of 8. At 17 he was the Grand Prix "Albert a Williams", the most prestigious competition in South America. the doors of the most important concert halls of the continent for nim. he completed his training in Europe with Prof. Eduardo del Pueyo and 20 tours in György Cziffra. He has accomplished Japan. 8 in Australia. the United States of America and
uaio This
award
already disciple
won
opened
Later.
Mexico. Festivals and performs in the most important halls in the world. He Dertormed in the Festivals in Gstaad. Paris, Salzburg, Madrid, Flaine. Torroella de Beethoven Festival- where he Antiverp. in the played the Concerti No. 3,4 and 5 Lausanne, Berne, Montgris, Miami, Lljubiana, has Aquiles Delle Vignes been a concerto soloist under Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Skopie. Leopold Hager, Georges Octors, Alberto Lysy, Bogo Leskowitch. Vladimir Kim, Emiel Simon, Edvard R. Donneux. Ferdinand Terbi. Kamen Goleminov, Juan Carlos Zorzi, Reinaldo Tchivtzel, Andre Vandermoot, Edgard Zemba. Eugene Castillo, Jesus Medina, Claudio Santoro. Henrique Morelenbaum. Misto, Alexis Soriano...as soloist with Flavio Scogna, Hendrick Rycken, Andre Neve, D. Marinescou, Roberto Orchestras in Europe, South America, USA, Mexico and Asia. As a teacher, Aquiles Delle Vigne is highly sought after He holds internationally. at Conservatorium (Codarts. Hogeschool voor de currently post the Rotterdams Kunsten) in The Netherlands. He also gives masterclasses International Sommerakademie Universität at the Mozarteum in Northern College of Music in Salzburg, and is a Visiting Professor at the Royal Manchester. His pupils have won over 100 international prizes world-wide. He is also regularly invited at the Juilliard. Manhattan and Mannes Schools in New the Tchaikovsky Moscow York, Petersburg Conservatory. the Toho Unversity in Conservatory and the Korsakow St. the Hochschules in München, Karlsruhe and Taejan. Sydney. Melbourme, Pretoria, Baltimore,Tokyo, Hamburg. the Universities and Conservatories in Seoul. Texas, Indiana, Osaka, Kyoto, Bangkok. He chairs and juries in the most important international in all five Competitions in Monte-Carlo, Bellini, continents: Sydney, Pretoria, Cincinnati, Turin, Madrid, Roma, Warsaw. Texas. Casagrande, Masters
Oday. he is
invited
to
the
most
important
-,
MANANA DOIDJASHVILI Famous Georgian pianist, People's Artist of Rector and Professor at the V. Tbilisi State Conservatoire, prize-winner at the internationalGeorgia, competitions, Director of the Georgian Saradjishvili Musie Competitions Fund Manana Doidjashvili carries out intense performing, and social activities. She teaching Conservatoire under Professor T. Amiredjibi. Her successful graduated the Tbilisi State participation in such international competitions the G. Enescu International Piano in Competition Bucharest (1970), the B. Smetana First International Piano Competition (1974) and the Competition in Sydney, Australia (1977) as well as the festivals brought her worldwide appearances at the major musiC recognition. as
She is known to many musicians and classical music lovers in Russia, Bulgaria, Iceland. the USA. Spain, Germany, Austria, Argentina, Korea, Australia and elsewhere in the world. She has issued a few Finland. CDs o solo recitals, as well as audio caSsettes recording her performances with symphony orchestras. Under her initiative the Grand Hall of the Conservatoire has been Doidjashvili herself has become the organizer and inspirer of the restored and brought back to musical lite. M. competition "movement" in founded two music competitions in Georgia, viz: the Republican Competition of Musician Georgia. She ha Performers /1995 and the Tbilisi Intermational Piano /1997/. In
Competition
Prize, the most honourable award for
a
2003 M.
Georgian musician.
Doidjashvili was
awarded the
z.
Paliashvill
In 2004-2005 she was awarded the prize of the Russian Performing Art Fund for the contribution development of performing art. In 2005 M. Doidjashvili was conferred "Officier de l'Ordre des Artsinto et des the Lettres" by the Republic of France. 22
NORMA FISHER
Noma Fisher was bomn in London of Russian-Polish parents.Soonrecognised as 'arare musical tualent". she was awarded a Junior Exhibition to study with Sidney Harrison at the Guildhall School of Music. At fourteen she was heard by the celebrated Greek pianist Gina Bachauer who became her mentor,introducing her to the distinguished Hungarian teacher lona Kah with whom she subsequently studied. A period wAs also spent in Paris studying French music with Jacques Fevrier.
Her highly acclaimed early performancesfor the BBC Ted to an invitation by RIAS (Berlin) to make her debut with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra - which launched her career in Europe. Success inthe Buson1Inlernational Piano Competition as a top prize-winner followed and in 1963, when she shared the much-coveled Piano Prize in the Harriet Cohen International
Music Awards with Vladimir Ashkenazy, her international reputation was sealed. That same year she made her debut at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall and became a favourite soloist with all the leading British orchestras.
Norma Fisher is known for her versatility as a performer, receiving international acclaim as one of the Britains leading pianists. This versatility extends to chamber music, which she plays with leading musicians throughout the world. Her reputation as a teacher is widely established and many of her prize-winning students are well known on the international
concert circuit. She is Professor of Piano at the Royal Northem College of Music and is invited to give masterclases throughout the world. She is also much in demand as an adjudicator and is regulariy invited on the Jury of many major international piano competitions. London Master Classes whose courses attract She is Artistic Director of in 2008. London. London Master Classes celebrates its 20 Anniversary
major talent
from around the
world
to work
intensively
with top performers/teachers in
CHOONG-MO KANG Frinna Awerbuch the winner of the Dong-A Competition in Korea, the Born in South Korea, pianist Choong-Mo Kang was from critics around the won has Mr. plaudits McMahan D. Kang Competition. Piano Competition, Louise International world for his acclaimed performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, his and confident simplicity of talent captured audiences in as well as Korea's leading orchestras. His poetic intensity in His Oxford. performances and London in honorary and in House The Sydney, at Hall, Opera performances Moscow and St. Carnegie Petersburg to commemorate the 10" anniversary of Russia's revered pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva's death received noteworthy commendations.
Few undertakings are as inspiring as pianist Choong-Mo Kang's five-year endeavour to master and perform J.S. Bach's entire works for the keyboard. His utter absorption in the task of musical expression and his novel interpretations of Bach 's emblem of uncompromising musical compositions are invaluable contributions to classical music. His devotion is an integrity, and none would dispute such a designation. His recordings include Bach's Goldberg Variations, Inventions and Sinfonias, and The Well-1empered Clavier. The great pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher has claimed Mr. Kang's Goldberg Variations as "A quite spectacular performance. A
notable addition to the Goldberg discography." A graduate of Seoul National University, he received his master's degree from the San Francisco Conservatory and his
Arüst's Diploma from Peabody Conservatory. While pursuing his DMA degree at Peabody Conservatory.he was appointed as a member of the Peabody piano faculty.
In 1993, he returned to Korea in order to serveas an eminent faculty memberof the Korea National University of Arts, wherehe hastrained and cultivated young
Lalented pianists who have won many international competitions. His students have been prize-winners in prominent competitionssuch as VlanClibum.Leds, Gina Bachauer, Porto, Jeunesses Musicales, Epinal, Shanghaiand Dublin. He has been invited to be on the jury for prestigious intemational competitions such
as Warsaw Chopin, Cleveland, Dublin, Shanghai and many more. He is also an artistic director of the Euro Music Festival and Academy in Leipzig. as well asa faculty member of the Ishikawa Music Festival in Japan.
HEINZ MEDJIMOREC Heinz studied at the Viennese Academy of Music and Performing Arts (now: University of Music and Performing Arts) with Richard Hauser. He has prizes at International Piano Competitions (Salzburg, Geneva, Vienna). His career as a concert pianist began at the age of 20. He has made tours throughout Europe, the Near and Middle East and the USA. He has made radio recordings and has made TV appearances. Since 1968, he is the pianist of the "Haydn Trio Wien". The Trio concerts have taken the ensemble to North-and South America, Africa, Europe and the Far East. Since 1968 they also have a series of concerts in the Chamber Music Series in the Wiener Konzerthaus. The Trio has made recordings (LPs and CDs) with Arabesque N.Y., Teldec, Warner Classics and Musica Wien. He has accompanied several well - known singers including Edith Mathis, Peter
Schreier, and Kurt Equiluz in numerous Lieder Recitals.
His other musical activities include being a jury member of international and national Piano and Chamber Music
Competitions. He has given Masterclasses in Europe, Australia and the USA. Since 1975, he has been teaching young concert pianists at the Keyboard Institute of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
IAN MUNRO lan Munro has emerged over recent years as one of Australia's most distinguished and awarded musicians, with a career that has taken him to thirty countries in
Europe. Asia, North America and Australasia. His award in 2003 of Premier Grand Prix at the Queen Elisabeth International Competition for composers (Belgium) is a unique achievement for an Australian and follows on from multiple prizes in international piano competitions in Spain (Maria Canals), Italy (Busoni). Portugal (Vianna da Motta) and the UK, where his second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1987 established his international profile.
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Jury Members
AN MUNRO (Cont) lan Munro completed his carly training in Melbourne under the guidance ol Roy Shepherd, a pupil of Alfeat
and furthered his studies in Vienna, London and Italy with Noretta Conci, CGuido Agosti and Michele Ca
ortn
the UK alone he has performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, English Chamber . n London Mozart Players, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and broadcast widelestra
SBC. Elewhere, he has performed with orchestras in Poland, Italy. Portugal, Russia, USA, China,New 7aor the ne ajor orchestras in Australia in over fifty piano concerti. In chamber music he has joined artists such asand al
iCCI, Erich Gnuenberg. Karina Georgian.Jane Manning,Gerald English. Yvonne Kenny, the Medici and Belict
lcea String
Quartets and the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet.
nhas recorded CDs for Hyperion, Naxos, ABC Classics, Tall Poppies, Cala and the new UK label Wae CCent dises include two ireverent political satires: The Keating Tangos, a musical "tribute' to the eponymoucuse Ad he Whitlam Rags. Concerto Symphonique on the ABC Classics label was recorded with David Porceltor, a n i a n SO, featuring popular and rare concertante works for piano and orchestra. A second volume:elijnand O n g with discs of music by Tasmanian composer Katherine Parker and the piano concerto by Elend hermn, commissioned for lan Munro by Tal Poppies and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. (SDreams won the concerto prestigious Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels and was subsequentiy played oy the twelve finalists of tha Broadcast across Europe both on radio and etition. State Orchestra. Since television, Dreams received its second perromancc tetage then lan has received reisdurg in Russia with Musica Viva and the Flinders Quartet, amongst others. many commissions for new work from tne lasnlalla d y " * Australia Ensemble.ith
Commitment to the professional development of younger players has scen him classes and give participate on juries arounu ncWodror many years. the Tasmanian Conservatorium for five years between 1995 and 1999, he joinea Australia Ensemble 2000. This he is
navingol headed the piano department at University NSW in year
on
tne
the staff at ANAM and is
a
member of the board of
PHILLIP SHOVK
Phllip Shovk is considered
to
be
one
Musica
at
vivd
the
of Australia's
concert pianists, chamber musicians, Ater studying at the Sydney Conservatorium Highforemost accompanists and teaCners School with George 1or and graduating with the rize being nmost promising performer of his year he continued Humphrey the Frank Hutcnens his studies at the Moscow State Prolessor Valery Kastelsky (himself a student of Heinrich Neuhaus) Conservalory win Laureate at the Vianni di Motta graduating as a Master of Fine Arts. In 1987 he became in Lisbon and in 1988 at the competition the Sydney International Competition, where he was awarded Hephzibah Menuhin Prize and the Best Australian Pianist Prize. the He was awarded a Best Accompanist prize at Tehaikovsky Competition in 1994 has He performed to great acclaim in Russia, Georgia, Portugal, France, Zealand and China, where he has been Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Singapore, New involved in recording traditional Chinese music. Phillip Shovk has also adjudicated at many of Australia's leading competitions including the Sydney International Competition. Sydney Eisteddfod, Yamaha Youth Competition, Hephzibah Menuhin Competition and many others. Piano Heis currently teaching at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and The a
Australian Institute of Music.
ARIE VARDI
Beginning his artistic career at the age of fifteen, Israeli born Arie Vardi went on to receive of the country's foremost acclaim as pianists. After winning the Chopin Competition in lIsrael, he international with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta, upon appeared winning the George Enescu International he played numerous concerts in throughout Europe. Alongside his study of music at the RubinCompetition he Bucharest, in achieving a Academy, succeeded degree in law at Tel Aviv University.
one
Vardi continued his piano studies in Basel with Paul and studied composition with Pierre Boulez Karlheinz. Stockhausen. He has performed widely Baumgartaner as soloist with major orchestras under the baton of Semion Bychkov, Sergio Commissiona, Lukas Foss, Kurt Masur, Jerry Maksymiuk, Zubin Mehta, Paul Paray. Paul Sacher and David Zinman, among others. His concert tours have taken him to Eastern and Western the United States. Latin America, the Far East, Australia and Japan. His first Russian tour, in 1992, included Europe, St. Petersburg and other cities. Vardi in Moscow, performances pertorms regularly as by Bach and Mozart, part of which he has played on the soloist-conductor, playing the complete set of concerti Hammertluegel. In recent he has specialized in the literature of the Impressionist period, including the entire repertoire of Debussy and years Ravel. His RCA records have won international acclaim and prizes. and
Mr. Vardi's extensive repertoire includes various Israeli works, many of which were dedicated to him. In addition to his concert career, Arie Vardi is a of piano at the Hochschule fur Musik in Hannover and at the Rubin Academy ol Music, Tel AVIV Universily, where he served as its director and chaired profesor the Piano Faculty. More than 30 of his students have won first prizes in internalional competitions. Arie Vardi is best known to television viewers for his Classes", the family series of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra which he conducts and series "Master presents, and currently for his new series "Intermezzo with Arik". He has been a Jury member in most of the lead1ng as piano Beijing. such Cleveland, Hamamatsu, Leeds, Milan, Moscow. Salt Lake City, Santander, Sydney, Tokyo, Vienna, Warsaw, and otners. He is the Artustic Advisor and Chaiman of the Jury of the Arthur Rubinstein International Master Conmpetition.
inlernational
competitions,
Mr. Vardi has held Master Classes and presented lecture recitals at the Juillard School of MusIe, the Paris Conservatoire, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. the London Royal Academy. and many other major music centres. In the 200I season, Arie Vardi directed, conducted and played a series or nve concerts with the Israel Chamber Orchestra. The series, entitled "The Piano Concerto", featured twelve concertos ranging Irom Bach to tne 2 Cenury. In 2004-0 Season he launched a new weekend series with the Israel Philharmonic, Morning Intermezzo", where he serves as conductor and presenter. Mr. varai was tne recipient of the Minister of Education Award in 2004 or lifetime achievement.
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Observer
GUSTAV A.ALINK
Gustav Alink from the Netherlands,
is
considered the worlds" leading authority
on
piano competufirms
He studied mathematics, and from the State University of Utrecht with honours. He played the violin for l13 years, and speaks seven languages. Being a devoted photographer.his portraits of great musicians on record sieeves, and have been used appeared on posters and in programme books. In the early 1980s. it was Martha Argerich who advised him during his research of piano Gustav Alink has visited some 50 piano competitions worldwide. published six books, andcompetitions. wrote more than 300 articles.
graduated
Drs.Alink is frequently invited as a guest to all major international competitions around the world. He served the jury for international competitions in Europe, Japan, and thepiano USA. and has given lectures on all continents In November 1999, he founded together with Martha Argerich the Alink-Argerich Foundation (AAF) aims at helping and assisting young musicians in the liceld of compctitions and building carcers. Morewhich than 75 intemational piano competitions Joined AAF and have become AAF member competitions. on
A unique institution in the Piano World, AAF and its website (www.alink-alerich.org) have become welknown and are frequently consulted by thousands pianist and organisers from all over the world. Drs. Alink research continues. In the 4 cdition of his Guide Book to piano competitions he introduced a classification
of competitions. The various aspects of the classification are constantly being updated and further elaborated They will appear on the AAF website, so that it becomes transparent on which aspects competitions score higher or lower and people can clearly see which are the pros and cons of certain competitions. This is all done in order to help improving the conditions and perspectives for young pianists. Mr.Alink keeps track of more than 45,000 pianists and their achievements in competitions. Meeting contestants and jury members frequently at competitions, Gustav Alink maintains good relations with many of them. which has provided him with a dense network of personal contacts in the Piano World. Because of his dedicated research, Gustav Alink is often referred to
as
'Mr.
Competition".
MARC CASTELAIN Born in Belgium. Studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels and musicology at the Free
University of Brussels. Thesis: "Liszt and the instrumental pianotranscriptions". From 1965 to 2007, senior producer and journalist at the Belgian Radio and Television (RTBE). On "Radio 3" specialist of opera and piano programs which were among the most popular of the music channel. Commentator of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Represented RTBFinseveral international organizations, European Broadcast Union (EBU), Internationales Musik Zentrum (IMZ). For 20 years lecturer (musicology) at the Institute of Art History and Archeology of Brussels. Piano teacher at the Music Academy of Ixelles. Follows worldwide the most important Festivals and Piano Competition. Observer at the SIPCA since 1992. Recently. the Mayor of Brussels asked him to organize piano recitals in the Gothic Hall of the Brussels' Town Hall.
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8pm John Chen - Piano In
July 2004, at
the age of 18, John Chen became the youngest ever winner of the also awarded Sydney International Piano special prizes for the best performance for works by Beethoven, prestigious Mozart, Schubert, Chamber Music and Competition. He Concerto. This followed his win in the 3d Lev 19h/20h Vlassenko Australiasan Piano Competition in Brisbane 2003 where he swept all theCentury prizes. was
special
John began his piano studies 10 years. He won his first
the age of three. He has studied with Rae de piano competition at the age of nine, and over the Lisle for the last was successful in a number of national years competitions. He made his official subsequent at age 15, orchestral debut performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no 3 with the New Zealand Orchestra. at
Symphony
John's musical experience is extremely varied. He has concertos with the many major orchestras in New Zealand and Australia. Heperformed has solo recitals extensively given throughout New Zealand and Australia. He has recorded works for the Royal NZ Ballet and NZ's Concert FM and recorded the complete piano solo works of Dutilleux for Naxos, and a selection of and Ravel for ABC Debussy Classics. John is a keen chamber musician, and has recently toured for Chamber Music New Zealand and given performances with the New Zealand String Quartet, the leading chamber ensemble of New Zealand. He has also been a casual orchestra pianist for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. John's recent and upcoming include engagements concerts in New Zealand, Australia, and The Bochum Festival, both in Japan, Singapore and the Ruhr of the
prestigious
Germany.
Sonata KV 280 in F Major Le Tombeau de Couperin
PROGRAM WA Mozur M Ravel
INTERVAL
Prelude No 3 Le Jeu des contraires 25 Variations and a Fugue on a theme
of Handel
30
Op 24
H Dutilleur JBrahms
Festival
in
tunsparet, itellectunl, almost elussical in form",
F'Mnfor
in David Ewen's "Tlome Book of Twentieth Centwy Musie "(Areo 1950). lis tmusic is often compared witlh the musie of Debussy biut in lact,
K20 Sonata
WAMOZat (1750-1701)
fr
Sonatas
many
e hvan
o
Ihe
the two styles are vstly dillerent, Although Ravel was inlluenced by there were other intluences whieh wereDebussy, more pronounced these inclule Spanish Music. Ravel's melodies
his the
t i e t y at couit at Vicnnan
liends,
and
tthukents mincned
by hy
the the
inthuened nMn'h
Nas
nk uhe
nh
cae
Nels, Mozat varnety
th a
ol
Istnguished
on on
inlucnce
him,but also
those who
witlh were
particularly Society at to the p:anotorte. ments drastic changes inelincdtoaCCept musie required of thuS the OCcasions diions and
he
onial
thein
etinement.grace,
und
The
Basque music.
is also often found in Phrygian provineial songs and Andalusian MamencoSpanish songs.
The
clegance
at this and the pianoforte is
availablee at
avichord,
the invention of in 1709 in Padua.
amolorte. The tm
to Cristofori
Exhibition of 1889. Ravel made use of the secondary sevenths and ninths, pedal points, appoggiaturas and many acciaccaturas. Ravel was a Classicist with
German
made many instrument makers Bach n t h i C n c e of J.C. and 1English ributed
vements
Romantic tendencies.
the
and
in
this
development,
This work is
don was important at many places on planorortes pertomed Sonatas were Mozart London
his
concert
Carner tours, 1neHarpsichord and from the pianoforte, but
1or sixth about the the on any ot uld be played time. avalable
a musical homage to the great French Harpsichordist Couperin le Grand' and was written in 1917. Each of the six movements is dedicated to one of his friends who died in the First World War. The set of pieces shows his classical interest and love of structural logic. The
the wrilen for
probably
onwards
three instruments
at that
CPE Bach
had
Levboard style
a
new
develop his
ideas
works
as
further. The 'Alberti'
bass
The work was also arranged for orchestra.
Three Preludes Henri Dutilleux
new dotted note rhythmie figure and part of the
(1916-
second theme . Adagio - in sonata form in the tonic minor f minor.
The short development is really a free lantasia UIng part of the first theme. "This movement shows the nfuence of
Haydn.
Presto - in sonata form. The second theme has a mythmic link with the first theme of the second
movement. The development also uses this
requires rhythmic vilality
Henri Dutilleux was born in January 1916 in Angers. His ancestors were personal friends of Delacroix and Corot. While at secondary school, he studied piano, harmony and counterpoint at Donai Conservatory with Gallois and then from 1933-38 at Paris
Conservatoire with CGallon (harmony counterpoint and fuguc), Emmanuel (music history) and Gaubert
(conducting) In 1938 he won the Prix de Rome. In 1942 he became Director of Singing at Paris Opera
Le Tombeau de
Couperin M Ravel
(1875-1937) born near the Pyrénées of FTench father and Basque mother in 1875. he age of twelve, he taken to Paris to NTIOUS music begm studies. At the age of teen, hne the Paris TCd Conservatoire where 1ourice Udld de the Beriot, Pessard, Gedalge and teachers r'aurc. ui an unmistakable creative gift and his music nas been deseribed "Precise, rect, as
a
as
variatron
sonoity
Avoidance of so-called programme music or any music contlaining a message
do not, of course, deny in our art a meaning o spiritual order Absolute necessity of choice, of economy o means (at a technical level The Three Preludes were not conceived as a set ls such and were composed over a period of time
from 1973-1988. No 1. D'Ombre et de silence' Composed in 1973, he looks back at Debussy's late works. No 2. 'Sur un même accord' Composed in 1977, he uses only one chord but treated in many
different ways. No 3. Le jeu des Composed in 1988, this work is almost as long as No's I & together. It shows his interest in symmetry and several of the aspects of his style mentioned above are evident in this work.
contraires
Number 3 will be performed in this Recital
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24
JBrahms (1833-1807)
Written in 1861, this is regarded as Brahms greatest work in variation formm. The theme comes trom the last section of Handel's Suite in B Flat Major for harpsichord. In the Handel Suite. there are five variations but Brahms has twenty-tive variations and a fugue.
development uses material Irom the transition, a
was
ot
a Musette, which makes use of the upper register
- in classical sonata form. The
AN
ol
and includes Variations and Fugue on a Theme
-
INTERVALL
a
spirit
a vigorous dlance Minuet-modal and lyrical - the middle section is
The movements are:
was
Joy ot sound"
for the
a certain type
Rigaudon
piano Toccata-a virtuoso piece
sonatas
Ravel
for
Forlane modal and wistful
personal touches
of the
The Sonata KV280 was one of six autumn of 1774. composed in Salzburg in the
Maurice
Apenchant
After an absence of five years from Hamburg. he returned to his native city to become better known there. In Hamburg his output of works was vast
own
example,
and buoyancy.
Evident predilection
Fugue sombre - Baroque techniques with his
bass is not sonatas, the use of "Alberti KV6. In the Iittle changes in it when 1s employcd, frequent and that to relieve il of the monotony the patterm tend talented composers. when used by less come can of overuse could be noted-for Fven so, some cases Sonata K V545, Second movement.
hythiun. This movement
scaffolding
Prelude- capricious in character
was
the young Mozart and was used in cariy Andante kno to the Allegro KV6 and the such
Allegro assai
summarised as follows ('areful avoidance of pre fabricated formal
movements are:
approach to quick to
estabiisnecd composers were
and
was also
inluenced by the humour and wit of Erie Satie, and also the Vicnnese Waltz, the Russian Nationalist Composers and the Javanese gamelang orchestras he heard at the Paris
all, society and wit.
instrumenis Harpsichord
keyboard
Mode
Ravel
church
Above
originality.
t
Mora
court and
lall into the Dorian and
Phrygtan Modes with a preference for the Dorian. This mode was frequently uscd in medieval times and is eharacteristic of F'rench folksongs and
musicians
some had
n
frequently
inlo comaet
he
by Handel Op24.
Geiringer in his book of Brahms states: In this work all the principles of variation followed in the older works are united for the first time. In the great majority of the twenty-five harmonic and periodic structure of the theme is serupulously preserved, while due regard is paid to the melody. Precisely because
variations, the
of the strict limitations, the master imposed upon
himself, the wealth of imagination and technical kill he displays in this work give it a very specal position among his compositions tor the anotorte. It is not easy to say which deserves
greater adnmiration - the logical concatenation of the individual variations, their tirm organie cohesion, the profound spiritual vitality of the work, or its purely technical effectiveness as pianotorte music. Passing from the quietly guy tir
and from 1943-4 at Freneh Radio in a similar
variation, still in the spirit of Handel, through the
position and Director of Music Productions from
two softly veiled pieces in the minor key (Nos. 5
1945-1963. Hle was appointed a Professor of
and 6), the trumpet variations (Nos. 7 and 8), the
Composition in 1961 at the Ecole Normale and 1970 at Paris Conservatoire. iis composilions are all tinely craftled and an
delicate canon (No. 16), the Siciliana (No. 19), the "Musical Box"(No. 22), and the great final elimax (Nos. 23-5) to the powerful erowning Fugue - the
independent composer following on directly from
whole is a masterpiece, in which the strictest
Debussy, Ravel and Roussel.
adherence to the rules and the greatest freedom are miraculously balanced."
le defined his musical style in 1966 and this can
A virtuoso
performance by
the Winner of
the 2008 Sydney
International
Plano Competitlon
CITY OF SYDNEY'S
One performance only.
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RECITAL Wednesday 16 July
GLAOPENING,
Dil: SeymourCer Ccntre, University
sTAES IAND
and Saturday
7 July
19 July
ot
2008-
800p.m. York Theatre,
Sydney. All competitors
9.30am Miya Kazaoka
Tharsday
18July sriday
McCullough
2.00pm Ran Dank
Charlie Albright
Christopher Devine John Fisher
Stage
approximately 6.00pm on Sunday 20 July
FINALS: Seymour Centre, University of 2.00pm
Tuesday 22 July
9.30am
2.00pm
of the
7.15pm
Anmouncement ent ofthe 12 p
pianists selected to proceed to Stage
Sydney. 20 Competitors will play
IV-approximately 6.00pm
STAGEIV: SEMI-FINALS: Seymour Centre, University of Sydney 12 Competitors
will
play 50-minute Recital and a Piano Trio
at 12 noon and
Talk- Downstairs Theatre 10.00-11.30am (Talk by Andrew Ford)
Wednesday 23 July
on
Friday 25 July
de
Concours and
its
Competition 12.00 noon. 7.15pm 12.00 noon. 7.15pm
place in my piano music'
10.00-10.45am (Talk by Dr Earl Owen) How Pianists can avoid physical
Announcement of the six finalists approximately -
STAGE V: FINALS:
12.00 noon, 7.15pm
problems to have a long successful career
1l1.00pm on Friday 25 July
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall. 6 Competitors will each
Tuesday 29 July 8.00pm
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
40-minute Recital.
7.15pm each day
10.00-11.30am (Talk by Roger Smalley) Morceau
a
Tuesday 22 July
Imagining the Piano' Thursday 24 July
XiXi Zhou
Elizaveta Ivanova Ill-
APTER FINA Il1: QUARTER 9.30am
Alexey Yemtsov Chun-Chieh Yen Feng Zhang
David Fung Adam Herd
Marco Ciampi
STAGE Monday 21 July
Aiko Yajima
Balázs Fülei
Manuel Araujo Sean Chen
af the 20 pianists selected to proceed to
Nicholas Milton. Three
play 2 Concertos
pianists, Mozart Concertos.
Wednesday 30 July 8.00pm Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Milton. Three pianists, Mozart Concertos.
Friday 1 August 8.00pm
yaney Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by
Kirill Karabits. Three
pianists
19th or 20h century Concertos.
Saturday 2.30pm UDEy Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kirill Karabits. Three pianists 19h or 20th century Concertos. 2 August
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AND FINALISTS' RECITALS
ydney Opera House, Concert Hall: Saturday 2 August at 8.00pm DEpnzes will be presented by
each
Wojciech Wisniewski
Mariangela Vacatello
Eric Zuber
in
Xun Wang
Yekwon Sunwoo Daniil Tsvetkov
Hao Zhu
Recital
7.15pm
Konstantin Shamray
Femando Altamura
.
20 minute
Takashi Sato
30am
ouncement of t
a
Sergei Saratovsky
Hoang Pham and Sunday 20 July
both Stages with
Yoonsoo Rhee
Tatiana Kolesova Eduard Kunz Jose Menor
in
2.00pm
Tomoki Kitamura
Miyeon Lee Ryan MacEvoy
play
Seyr Seymour Centre John Chen
Miss Claire Dan AM, OBE.
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Competitors TOMOKI KITAMURA
MIYA KAZAOKA JAPANESE 03-03-78
JAPANESE
29-03-85
In 2006 Miya was awarded a First Class Diploma the "Santa Cecilia" in Rome where Conservatory she studied with Franco Medori. at
She has given many recitals since then, mainly as a soloist but also as a duo with a violinist. She has been invited to important festivals in Italy and Japan. In 2007 she gave a concert which included an exhibition of her pictures stucco work in Rome and is presently specialising not only as a soloist and in chamber groups but also in work in collaboration with other artists including dancers, actors, narrators. painters and video artists.
Symphony. the New Japan Philhamonic.
He is currently studying
with Fumiko Eguchi and Mayuko Onishi. PRIZES 3nd Tokyo Music Competition 2005 - 1* Prize and Grand Prize Hamamatsu International Piano Competition -
Pianists -2004 Prizewinner
Rachmaninov Scriabin
L'Isle joyeuse STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book I No 10 La Cathédrale engloutie Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Tomoki began playing the piano at the age of 3. He performs frequently in concerts in Japan and also he has performed in the United Kingdom and in Germany. He has been a soloist with the Tokyo Yomiuri Nippon Symphony and
2006-3 prize Ettlingen International Competition for Young
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etude Tableaux Op 36 No 1 in c minor Sonata No 5 Op 53
TATIANA KOLESOVAa RUSSIAN
22-04-91
Debussy Debussy
Wagner/Liszt
Suggestion Diabolique Op 4 No 4 Prokofiev STAGE I RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI/52 in E Flat Major Haydn Thin Air Andrew Ford Danse Macabre Op 40 Saint-Saëns/Horowitz Fantasie Op 28 in b minor Scriabin STAGE IV RECITAL SEMI FINALS Sonata Op 1 10 in A Flat Major Beethoven Fantasia quasi sonata 'Après une lecture du Dantè" Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca Liszt Toccata (1933) Petrassi CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 49 in d minor Mendelssohn STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 466 in d minor Concerto in G Major
FINALS Mozart
Ravel
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 6 General Lavine Eccentric Sonnet Op 94 No 3 from '6 Pieces Rondo Op 51 No 2 in G Major
Schubert Seriabin
Debussy Sibelus
Becthoven
Morart
Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Prelude "Weinen Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' Liszt French Suite No 4 BWV 8IS in E Flat Major
Bach SEMI FINALS
STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 122 in E Flat Major
L'oiseau de feu Aus Holberg's Zeit' Suite im alten stil Op 40
in
recorie
Birmingham
City. Winnipeg. Minnesota Symphony. Chamber Orchestra of South Atrica. Russian National
Orchestre. National d'lle de France and Israel Camerata.
Schubert
Stravinsky/Agosti Grieg
Brahms PROGRAM
STAGEI
RECITAL Paganini Etude No 3 'La Campanella Liszt Intermezz0 Opl17 Nolin E Flat Major Brahms Intermezzo Opl17 No2 in b lat minor Brahms Sonata Op 54 in F Major Beethoven STAGE II
RECITAL
Prelude Book II No 11 Les tierces alternées
Debussy Elude Op 10 No 9 in I minor Chopin Three Movements from 'Petrouchka' Stravinsky STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI44 ing minor Haydn Morceau de Concours Intermezz0 from Concert Studies
Roger Smalley
Op-40 Wanderer-Fantasie D 760 in C Major STAGE IV
RECITAL
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio No 1 Op 99 in B Flat Major Schubert
Sonata Op 106 in B Flat Major
STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS FINALS Concerto KV 453 in G Major Mozart Concerto No 4 Op 58 in G Major Beethoven
Melody from Orfeo
Beethoven
Gluck/Sgambati
TWOCONCERTOS
Concerto KV 466 in d minor Concerto No 2 Op 22 in g minor
Kapustin Schubert
SEMI FINALS
'Hammerklavier
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio in a minor STAGE V
4
addony
Minneapolis. UNISA. Grieg. Rubinstein and
Chopin
STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata KV 311 in D Major
of ProfAlexei
She has been a prizewinner in International Piano Competitions including GB Viotti, Leeds
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etude Op 10 No 11 in E Flat Major Moments Musicaux Op 94 No 2 in A Flat Major Sonata No 2 Op 19 ing sharp minor
Tatiana was born in MoscoW and is curmen student at the Moscow Tchaikovsky COntlya in the class Nasedkin. In completed a postgraduate course with Prot J Rouvier in Paris. She has given recitals Rusi Italy. Spain. Poland. Great Britain, Switzer Israel and Germany. She has also radio and TV in Russia. Poland. Italy. France and England. She has played with many onehestr including Kharkov. Yarosalivl City. Russian Camerata. Kazan Philharmonie.
Ravel FINALs Mozarn
Saint Saéns
EDUARD KUNZ RUSSIAN
MIYEON LEE
SOUTH KOREA 28-10-82
30-10-80
RYAN MAcEVOY McCULLOUGH
AMERICAN 22-03-1987
n d graduated msk aand gradu.
in 1998
Omsk
borm
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was
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Special
m the
he graduated
Music in
of
chool
Moscow
from
2003 a postgraduate he completed In 2004 Irom the Royal No thern (mcrvatorn distinction 2005 he (RNCM) and in elomawith af Music Diploma at the Colganother postgraduale Maco
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In the same year he
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Junior
in
Fellow
ecamensiderable hashad
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atl RNCM.
He
in international
success
(ompetnions
PRIZES
es
"
following
in the
Compctitions
Piraerus,
-
2002
Sulmona,
-
2005
Italy, George
Enescu
Bucharest,
RECITAL
No Op 25
b Prelude in
12 m
c
Chopin
minor
-
Etude Op 25 No 11 Winter Wind in a manor Ftude Tablcaut Op 19
BachZiloti
in
D
Chop1n
Map
Rachman1nov
Hungarnan Rhap STAGE II
Scarlattu
K212
K213,
STAGE II
RECITAL
No 12
Debussy
"Minstrels
Prelude Book I Rachmannov Lilacs Lisz No 12 Hungarian Rhapsody FINALS QUARTER STAGE II RECITAL Sonata Hob XVI/29 in F Major Haydn
Roger Smalley
Morveau de C oncours
Bach/Busoni
Chacomne
STAGE IN
RECITAL
SEMI FINALS
No2 RECITAL
Liszt
Sonata Op 53Waldstein Mayor
Sin Moments Musicaux Op l6
Beethoven Rachmaninov
CHAMBER MUSIC
PanoTrio No1 Op 32 in d minor
Arensky
STAGEV TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 466 in d minor Conento No I Op 23
FINALSs
mb tlat minor
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Prelude Booi II Sol0 Cawope Prelude& Fugur Bok l
Debussy
No 6 in d munor
Bach
Regand de I'Espat de pouc Iroen Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus Messiacn STAGE I RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata HobXVI46 ia A Flat Maor Hay dn Thin Air Evocation, El Corpus en Sevilla El Albacin from Ibena
STAGE IN RECITAL
Andrew Ford
performed at UNESCO in Paris,
Walt Disney Hall- Los Angeles. Cortinaltaly and Radio. He has also been a soloist with [or Nr
the LoS
Angeles Philharmonic.
He is currently studying with John Pemy at Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles. He has also undertaken master-classes with Deborah Clasquin. Leon Fleisher,
William Grant Nabore, Stanislav loudenich. Yoheved Kaplinsky. Manahem Pressler and Jerome Lowenthal. Ryan has also been placed in many competitions including the Magin in Paris. CAPMT in California, World International Piano Competition in Cincinnati and Virginia Waring Competition. Palm Desert, California
Albeniz SEMI FINALS
Beethoven
Three Pieces Op 52 Poeme Enigme, Poème languide Elis Three Nocturnes Fantasia quasi sonata
Après une lecture du Dante
Scriabin
Holliger Liszt
CHAMBER MUSIC Phano Trio Op8 in B Major TWOCONCERTOS
Concerto KV 467 in C Major Concerto No 2 Op l6 in g minor
Brahms FINALS Mozart
Prokotiev
Chopin
Prelude and Fugue Book II No I in C Major
Pagodes, La soirée dans Grenade and
Bach
Jard1ns sous la pluie from Estampes' STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 8 °Ondine Impromptu Op 142 No 3
Debussy
in B Flat Major
Schubert
Debussy
Five Preludes
Magin STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI/20 in c minor Morceau de Concours Sonata Op 26 STAGE IV
Sonata Op 2No3 in C Major
STAGEV
Ryan is from Humboldt County. Califomia and has
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etude Op 25 No 10 in b minor
minor
Sonatas K27,
n
Portugal
STAGE RECITAL Nu9
PROGRAM
Etude
Competition, Germany 1" prize
Internmational Competition.
-
Andorra- 2007
STAGEI
Brussels National.
PROGRAM
Duo USA
and
Maric Canals International. Spain 5h prize
2004
Manchester
Phano
Berlin Symphony PRIZES Artur Schnabel prize
Netherlands
Dudley,
began at attended Seoul Arts piano the High School graduated with Prof Choong-Mo Kang. She is currently at Berlin University of the Arts with Pascal studying She has Devoyon. Master classes with P participated in Frankel.V Krainev. Rouvier. A Vardi. J O'Conor and H Schiff. She has performed with a number of orchestras including Seoul Symphony. KBSleading Orchestra. Porto. ot 5. She has
and
Porto
Sabutor - 0
Viola.
Miyeon was born in Seoul and
age
Haydn Roger Smaley Barber
RECITAL
SEMI FINALs Sonata Op 28 Pastorale' in D Major Beethoven rations on an Original Theme
Op21 Nol Sonata No 3 Op 28 in a minor CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major
STAGEV TWOCONCERTOS Concerto KV 467 in C Major Concerto No 4 Op 58 in G Major
Brahms Prokofiev Brahms
FINALS Mozart Beethoven
Competitors YOON SO0 RHEE SOUTH KOREA 14-08-8
HOANG PHAM
JOSÉ MENOR SPANISH
AUSTRALIAN
17-01-85
28-09-77
Yoon So0 was born in Seoul and bega José studied piano composition and conducting at the Conservatorio Superior Municipal de Musica. Barcelona and is currently studying for a Masters
degree in Piano at the Royal College of Musicin London withh Yonty Solomon and Kevin Kenner.
He has scholarships from the British Council. Maza Foundation and Myra Hess Trust. He has
and moved to Hoang was born in Vietnam Australia with his parents at an early age. His
first recital in Seoul. first teacher was his father and since the age of
he has been a private student of Rita Reichman. He was also a student of the Australian National
Academy of Music from 2004-5. He has received numerous National awards and has pertormed with the Melbourne. Queensland and Tasmanian
completed an Artists Diploma at Yale School of Music and was offered a 2 year Fellowship by the Aspen Music Festival in 2006-7. He has given
Orchestras. He is currently studying Symphony the Manhattan School of Music in New York with
recitals throughout Spain, the United Kingdom and
Mare Silverman.
Germany. At age 15 he performed at New York's Carnegie Hall when he was the I" prizewinner
PRIZES
of the World Piano Competition at Cincinnati.
at
Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition
2005 - 1
PROGRAM
PRIZES
STAGEI RECITAL
He has been awarded a number of prizes in National competitions in Spain.
PROGRAM
Jeux d'eau Les Requiebros from 'Goyescas and El Pelele
STAGE II
Ravel
Prelude Book II No 4 Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses
Debussy
Sonata K96 in D Major
Scarlatti
Sonata Nol Op 22 Ginastera STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata HobXVI/4| in B Flat Major Haydn Morceau de Concous Roger Snalley
Vine
Sonata No Polonaise Op 44 in f sharp minor
STAGE IV
RECITAL
Sonata in b minor
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major TWO CONCERTOS
Concerto KV 537 °Coronation in D Major Concerto No l in E Flat Major
Chopin
SEMI FINALS
Sonata Op l10 No 3 in D Major
STAGE V
PRIZES
t
Beethoven Scarlattu
Beethoven Liszt
Brahms FINALS
RECITAL.
Liszt
Boevendorfer Piano Competition
STAGET RECTTA
Debussy
Prelude and Fugue Op 87
Shostakov h
Arabesque on themmes fon th*
Etude Op 25 No 4 n a minor
Strauss Schulz-Evler
RECITAl. QUARTER FINALSs
No S in D Major
Bach Liszt
STAGE II
RECTTAL
Prelude Book I No 5
Sonata KV 332 in F Major
Mozart Andrew Furd Scherzo No 3 Op39 in c sharp munor Chopin Out of Doors "The Night's Music Bartok The Chase
Les collines d' Anacapr
Thin Air
Rondo Op 129 Paganin Variations Op 35 Book l
STAGE IV RECITAL
SEMI FINALS
Sonata D664 in A Major
chubert
Sonata Hob XVL 50 in C Major Thin Aur
Une barque sur l'ocean Alborada del gracioso, La vallée des cloches trom 'Miroirs Radetzky Walu
Ravel
Hough
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio No 1 Op 49 in d minor Mendelssohn STAGEV TWOCONCERTOS Ca Concerto KV 453 in G Major Paganini Op 43
Chopin
Prelude and Fugue Book II Mephisto Waltz Nol
FINALS Mozart
Rhapsody on a theme of
Mozart
including the Korean Music Competition, Johanna Hogdes International Prano Competiton and the
PROMRAM
Feux d'artifice
STAGE I
She has had a number of scholurships
of works by Liszt.
-
Etude La leggiere//a No 2
Beautiful Blue Danube
RECITAI
Helwig.
prire
No 12 in g sharp mino
Granados
In 2006 she
and awards. In 2003 she issued a CD recording
Prelude Book II No 12
Rachmaninov
SH he
She has also won prizes in National competitions
of "Three Concert Enudes Sonata Op 78 in F Sharp Maxr
STAGEII
in e minor
piano
graduated from Yewon Music School at the sage of I5 and was accepted to the Vienna National University ot Musie and Pertorming Art where
Ennio Porrino Piano Competition -2007- 1
Sonata K87 in b minor
STAGEI RECITAL Etude Tableaux Op 33 No 3
is also involved with chamber music in a
quartet and also in a duo with a cellist
moved to Berlintocontinue her studies ith Klaus
a Music Arranger and Musical Director for the Opera Show ILa Petita Flauta Magica".
different
attended music festivals in USA and Spain, Sh
her Masters program with ftonours.
prize Cleveland lnternational Piano Competition 2007-Mozart Prize
also worked
She has now given recitals
in Korea. Austria. USA and Spain. She asalso
she studied with Heinz Medj1moree and completed
As a composer he has premiered a number of his has on productions for theatre and television and also as
own works. He
studies at the age of6 and at the age of 1-gavener
Rachmaninov
STAGE I
Debussy
BeethoveD
Brahms RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Haydn Andrew Ford
Sonata No -Op 2 in t sharp minor
STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 101 in A Major
Brahms
SEMI FINALS Beethoven
Oseaux trnstes, Une barque sur
T'océan and Alborado del gracioso from "Miroirs
Five Klavierstücke
Rigoletto Paraphrase CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major
STAGEV
TwoCONCERTOS
Concerto KV 467 in C Major Concerto No 4 Op 58 in G Major
Ravel Yun
Verdi/Liszt
Brahms FINALS Mozart Beethoven
SERGEI SARATOVSKYy
NADIAN
AN
TAKASHI SATO
13-11-81
RUSSIAN
JAPANESE 18-08-83
KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY
CANA
RUSSIAN 27-05-85
C.euei
recipient of an Putin recognising
was a
Vladimir
award his
from
President
accomplishment
He pertornmed France, Italy, nmusic. USA Canada. and Russia. He graduated Portugal. in Piano Performance with a Masters degree Brandon University and is and Literature irom candidate at the University doctoral oresently a where he studies with the
of British
in
has
Columbia
Canadian pianist
Jane
Piano Competition, Portugal Porto Intenational 1999-1 prize and two Special prizes Beethoven and Debussy. Russian Music International Piano Competition, Califormia-2003 - 3" prize and Special Public
prize Eckhard-Gramatte National Competition. Canada. Missouri Southern International Piano Competition., Doris Mclellan Competition. Manitoba 2006-2 prizes PROGRAM
RECITAL
Transcendental Etude No l10 in f minor Liszt Chopin Nocturne Op 15 No I in F Major Nocturne Op 9 No 3 in B Major Chopin Basso Ostinato Shchedrin STAGE II
Debussy Bach
Butterflies and Bobcats (2004) Mclntyre STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI/37 in D Major Haydn Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Giaspard de la Nuit
Ravel SEMI FINALS
STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 28 Pastorale' in DMajor Beethoven Lilacs Op 21 No5
(ranseribed by
Scherzo from 'A
the
composer)
Night's Dream Midsummer
Rachmaninov
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov
Varvations on a Corelli Op 42 Theme ot
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op
STAGEV
8 in B Major
TWO KV 537 oncerto nD Major
Japan.
graduated from Tokyo National University of
Fine Arts & Music with top honours in 2006. He is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik and Theater in Hanover with Arie Vardi.
AWARDS ARD Intermational Competition
2006-Special prize
oncerto No5 Op 73 E Flat Emperor Major
-
Chopin
Debussy Chopin Schumann/Liszt
STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Op 37 No 2 in G Major Clementi Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Les roseaux Couperin Sonata Sz 80 Bartok STAGE IV
RECITAL SEMI FINALS Sonata Op 27 No l in E Flat Major Beethoven
Sonata No 3 Op 58 in bminor
Chopin
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 99 in B Flat Major
Novosibirsk
and
He has performed in many concert halls in Moscow and other cities in Russia and also in
Italy, Germany.
Holland, Austria, Czech Republic and USA. His solo recitals have many different programmes and he has performed with international orchestras
including the Prague and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestras. He has recorded CDs in Holland and PRIZES
Poulenc Bach/Busoni
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book I No 5 'Les collines d'Anacapri
was borm in
began studies in the Kemerovo Music School and from 1996 continued his studies in Moscow at the Gnessin Music School and in Special 2003 at the Russian Gnessin of Music with Tatiana Zelikman. Academy He has been the recipient of several Foundation awards.
The Young Pianists Competition, Senigalia -
RECITAL
Etude Op 10 No in C I Major Presto in B Hat Major Chaconne
Konstantin
the Czech Republic.
PROGRAM STAGEI
Schubert
STAGEV TWO CONCERTOS FINALS Concerto KV 595 in B Flat Major Mozart Concerto No 5 Op 73 'Emperor in E Flat Major Beethoven
1995-3 prize Concertino-Praga- 2000- 1" prize Higher Academies of Music International Competition. Russia - 2007-2nd prize The Russian medal
Delphic Games 2007-Gold -
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etude Tableaux Op 39 No 5 in e flat minor Partita No 5 in G Major
Rachmaninov
Bach
Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde'
Wagner/Liszt
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 8 °Ondine Prelude & Fugue Op 29 Alborado del gracioso from Miroirs'
Debussy Taneyev
Ravel STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata KV 332 in F Major Mozart Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Prelude & Fugue Op 87 No 15 in D Flat Major Shostakovich Toccata Op7 Schumann Fantasistüke Op 111 No 2 Schumann
STAGE IV RECITAL SEMI FINALS Sonata Op l106 "Hammerklavier in B Flat Major Beethoven Three Etudes Op 65 Scriabin CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major Brahms
Rachmaninov Brahms
CONCERTOS FINALS
Coronation
in Munich
Poulenc Competition 2006-3 prize Schubert Intermational Piano Dortmund- 2007- 1" prize Competition.
Widmung Op 25 Nol
Prelude BookII No 12
Competition
pertormed
Barcarolle Op 60
RECITAL
Feux d'artifice Prelude and Fugue Book l No3 BWV873 in c sharp minor
at the age of 4 prize at the Music in Japan 2001. As well as giving solo recitals ne has with major orchestras in Japan and Europe and also with many renowned as part of a chamber music work. He has artistsS 3 CDs that have been released in
of
He
Coop.
PRIZES
STAGEI
Takashi began playing the piano and won the first
STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 595 in B Flat Major Concerto No 2 Op 16 in g minor
Mozart
n
Beethoven
37
FINALS Mozart Prokofiev
Competitors MARIANGELA VACATELLO
DANIIL T S V E T K O V
VEKWON sUNWOO SOUTH KOREAN
KAZAKHSTAN
ITALIAN
25-06-84
22-01-82
10-02-89
Mariangela was born in Naples and studied at th Yekwon began studying piano at the age of 8. In 2004 he gave his recital debut at Kumho Art Hall and gave his orchestral debut with the Yewon orchestra. In 2007 he participated in the Bowdoin Festival and was invited to perform at the Goethe Institut in Manhattan. He was chosen by Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation to undertake a tour in Central America. He is currently a student at the Curtis Institute of
Music where he studies with Seymour Lipkin.
Daniil
was
born in
Kazakhstan
and started play1ng
performed the New Russia, Tbilisi Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic and Winterthur Orchestras.
PRIZES
Dong A Music Competition, Educate of Music Competition, World on Music Competition -
2001 Grand prizes Daegu Broadcasting Competition - 2002 - I
prize Ewha& Kyanghwang Competition- 2003-I
Porto Intenational Piano Competition, Portugal
Europe
PRIZES 1999 -2M prize in Utrecht Liszt Competition Ferruccio Busoni Competition - 2005-2H prize -
Belgium Queen Elizabeth Competition.
-
2007
RECITAL
Etude
Op 39 No 3
Tableau
Rachmaninov
Chopin
Rondo Op l6 Preludes & Fugues Op 87 No 2
in a minor & Nol5 in G Major International Piano
STAGE II
Competition, Madrid 2007 - I" prize
Shostakovich
RECITAL
Prelude Book II No 3
PROGRAM
PROGRAM STAGE I
Chopin Schumann
Ravel
Debussy
Brahms Brahms Balakirev
Ballade Op 118 No 3 in g minor
Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Mozart
Sonata KV 333 in B Flat Major
Roger Smalley Morceau de Concours Three Movements from Patrouchka Stravinsky
Chopin
Ballade No 1 Op 23 in g minor RECITAL
SEMI FINALS
Sonata Op 101 in A Major Scherzo No 4 Op 54 in E Major
Beethoven
Variations on a theme of Corelli
Rachmaninov
Chopin
CHAMBER MUSIC
Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major
STAGEV
South
in
Africa and the
in f sharp minor
2005-1"prize
STAGEI RECITAL Etude Op 10 Nol in C Major Abegg Variations Opl LaValse STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book I No 2 'Voiles Intermezzo Opl18 No 2 in A Major
STAGE IV
-
2007- 1" prize
prize
the Royal Academy concerto appearances given recital and USA.
PROGRAM
2004-3 prize
Spanish Composers
has also studied
STAGE
3nd Tbilisi International Piano Competition
Conservatory with RRisaliti. Sh D Merlet in Paris C Eltona of Music in London. She h
laterat the Milan with
Laureate prize
PRIZES Belgrade International Piano Competition
prize Seoul Youth Chamber Competition 2004- 1
Accademia Pianistico in Imola with F Scala an
from
He graduated the piano at the age of five. MoscOw in 2003. the Central Music School in and Prot N His teachers were A Mndoyants of the Moscow 4h the now in year is He Troull. Prof Troull. He State Conservatory still with Ukraine, Georgia. has given recitals in Russia, and Spain. He Germany, Switzerland, Portugal different styles. He has has a wide repertoire of with the Tchaikovsky Great Symphonic.
TWO CONCERTOS
Brahms FINALS
Mozart Concerto KV 467 in C Major Concerto No 3 Op 30 im d minor Rachmaninov
Chopin
Etude Op 10 No 2 in a minor Two Sonatas K 53 in D Major & K 64 in d minor Improvisations Op 20 STAGE II
Regardde l'Espritde joie from
STAGE IV
Messiaen
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
RECITAL QUARTER FINALS
Haydn
Sonata Hob XVI/20 in c minor Réminiscences
de Don Juan
Figured in the Drift of Stars RECITAL
Mozart/ Liszt Gordon Kerry
SEMI FINALS Beethoven
Sonata Op 2 No 2 in A Major Shéhérazade from Masques 34 Paganini Variations Op 35
Op
Szymanowski
Books I and I
Brahms
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 67 in e minor
Shostakovich
STAGEV TwOCONCERTOS Concerto KV S03 in C Major Concerto No 3 Op 26 in C Major
38
FINALs Mozart Prokofiev
RECITAL
Sonata Op 109 in E Major Scherzo No 2 Op 54 in E Major
SEMI FINALS Beethoven Chopin
Gaspard de la nuit
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major
Andrew Ford
Thin Air
STAGE IV
Haydn
Debussy Schumann
Arabesque Op 18
Busoni
Fantasy inC Major
Scarlatti Bartok
RECITAL
sont d'exquises danseuses
in c minor by Chopin Op 22
sTAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI/ 50 in C Major Haydn Andrew Ford Thin Air Sonata Op 22 in g minor Schumann
Prelude Book II No 4 'Les fées
STAGE IlI
Debussy
'ILa puerta del vino' 10 Variations on the Prelude
RECITAL
STAGEV
TWOCONCERTOS
Concerto KV 467 in C Major Concerto No 3
Op 26 in C Major
Ravel Brahms FINALS MOzart Prokoliev
WOJCIECH WISNIEWSKI CHINESE
l1-09.79
at the
age of five
and
studies to study his piano Conservatory
ean.
Nthe
h Mrs
Central
Yuan
Music
He has
2
years. afteronly Philharmonic. Chinese LingBeijing Symphony
of
Spain.
th and Tenerife (Santa Barbara) and Festival Symphony Nt recitals in USA .Spain. given no
Onchestras.
He has
Singapore,
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POLISH AUSTRALIAN 05-05-81
X U NW A N G
and Japan, Malaysia
France.
Jaly. in the Central Conservatory studied at and also at the Cincinnati University scholarship and the York on full
Wojciech was born in Nowa Sol in Poland and started to play the piano at the age of seven. He then studied with Dr Wojcik in Karlowicz High School of Music in Poznan. He has collaborated with cellist Koziak and also with singers during the
2002 and 2003 Summer Academy in Warsaw. He has pertormed in many Cities in Poland and in 2001
gave a recital in the birthplace of Chopin Zelazowa Wola. He has also performed in Germany. He
presently studies with Phillip Shovk.
China.
He has
ing in New luliard School and
degrees with Bachelor ohtaining has an Artists he addition In of Music where he School Yale I r o m the Diploma
studied
with
Boris
Master
1992-2 prize Stefanski Piano Competition (Poland) -1996 3 prize 7 National Piano Competition. Lodz (Poland) 1999- 1" prize
National Competition
Stravinsky
Intermational
SenigaliaInternational
1" prize -
Competition
1" prize
Competition
Bachauer Piano Competition
1" prize
at
Juilliard
Gina 202 & 2004 l " prize
STAGEI
RECITAL
Etude Op 10 No I in C Major without Words Op 19 No 1
Songs
and Op 67 No 2 Prelude Op 23 No 5 in g minor
Chopn Mendelssohn Rachmaninov
RECITAL
STAGE II
Debussy
Prelude Book II No 8 °Ondine' Waltzes Op 34 No 2 in a minor & Op64 No 2 inc sharp minor
Chopin
Hungarian Rhapsody No6 in D Hlat Major
Liszt
STAGE III RECITAL
QUARTER FINALS
Sonata Hob XVI 46 in AFlat Major Ihin Air Three Movements from
Haydn
Andrew Ford
'Petrouchka' Stravinsky STAGE IV RECITAL SEMI FINALS Sonata Op 106 B Flat Major Sonetlo 47 del Petrarca
n
Hammerclavier
Beethoven
Liszt
CHAMBER MUSIC Phano Trno Op 97 in B Hlat Major Archduke
STAGEV Conceno
Etude Tableau Op 39 No 1 Rachmaninov
Chopin Scarlatti
Scarlatti
RECITAL No5
Prelude BookI s
collincs d'Anacapri
Debussy
Toccata BWV9Il in c minor
Rigoletto Paraphrase STAGE II RECITAL
Bach
Verdi/Liszt
QUARTER FINALS
Sonata KV 576 in D Major Thin A Capriccio Op 76 No I
Mozart Andrew Ford Brahms
in t sharp minor
Spanish Rhapsody STAGE IV RECITAL
Liszt
SEMI FINALS
Sonata Op 8la 'Les Adieux in E Flat Major Pictures at an Exhibition
Beethoven
Mussorgsky
CHAMBER MUSIC
8h European Chopin Competition in Darmstadt -
RECITAL
Etude Op 25 No 11 Winter Wind
Chopin Debussy
in a minor
Etude "pour les arpèges composés
Valse
Ravel
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 8 Ondine Auf dem Wasser zu singen Sarcasms Op 17
Debussy Schubert/Liszt
TwO CONCERTOS
Brahms FINALS
Beethoven
Qucjus o la maja y el riusenor
from Goyescas Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliante Op 22
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
9
Granados
Chopin
STAGE IV
SEMI FINALS Sonata Op 78 in F Sharp Major
Beethoven
Sonata No 8 Op 84 in B Flat Major
Prokofiev
Noctume Op 62 No I in B Major
Chopin Messiaen
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio No 2 Op 67 in e minor Shostakovich
STAGE V
TwO cONCERTOS
Concerto KV 466 in d minor
Concerto in G Major
FINALs
Prokofiev
STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI46 in A FHat Major Haydn Thin Air Andrew Ford
Ile de Feu I
Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major STAGE V
-2002-2 prize
STAGEI
in c minor
STAGE II
18 Takahiro Sonoda Award Piano Competition
PROGRAM
RECITAL
Mozart Concerto KV 466 in d minor Concerto No 3 Op 30 in d minor Rachmaninov
Two cONCERTOS
KV 467 in C Major oncerto Nol nd flat minor Op 23
STAGEI
1"Atlanta Intemational Piano Competition-
2002-3 prize 2006-2 prize
PROGRAM
Scherzo No 4Op 54 in E Major Arna K32 in d minor Sonata KI in d minor
PROGRAM
She has given many solo recitals in Japan and throughout Europe and also many concerto performances in Japan. PRIZES
3d National Piano Competition. Nowa Sol -
PRIZES
Xin Hai
she went to study at the Hochschule in Hanover where she graduated with I" Class Honours. She now studies with Prof Arie Vardi.
PRIZES
Berman.
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Aiko was born in Tokyo and in 2001 entered the Toho-Gakuen School of Music in the Soloist Diploma course studying with Prof Michiko Okamoto and Michael Voskressensky. n 2005
FINALs Mozart Ravel
Competitors AUSTRALIAN
FENG ZHANG
CHUN-CHIEH YEN
ALEXEY YEMTSOV
TAIWANESE
06-11-82
CHINESE 21-01-86
29-09-83
Alexey was bom in the Ukraine and began studying
Chun-Chieh was born in Taiwan and came
the piano at the age of seven. He came to Australia on full scholarship in 1998 and is currently
to prominence when he won 3
Tchaikovsky (Youth) International Music
completing a Masters degree at the Sydney
Competition in St Petersburg. 1997. He has grven
Conservatorium of Musie studying with Gerard Willems. He has given recitals in New South Wales. Victoria, Queensland and South Australia venues have included Tyalgum Festival, Sydney Festival (Prom Concert).Art Gallery of New South Wales and the The Steinway Celebrations in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. He has also
concerts in Europe, Asia and North America. He has performed in festivals in Germany. Saratosa and Italy. The orchestras with whom he has performed include Russian National. Rheinische Philharmonic and the National Symphony of Taiwan. His teachers have included Mei-Fu Chen and Vladimir Krainev in Hanover. Germany. In 2007 he was given a full scholarship to study with John Perry at the Colburm Academy in Los Angeles.
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performed in the Ukraine. USA and China. He Was soloist for President Clinton on his first visit
to the Ukraine. He has
performed
with the
Sydney Symphony.
Queensland. West Australian and Australian Youth Orchestras with conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy and Simone Young.
Holland.
PRIZES Hamamatsu International Academy Piano
Competition. Japan- 1999 -1" prize 4th Prokofiev International Piano Competition. St
PRIZES
Horowitz Competition, Kiev - 1996- 1" prize Prokofiev International Competition, Donetsk1996- I" prize UNISA International Piano Competition -2008 - 2 prize and 3 Special prizes
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etude Tableau Op 39 No 4 in b minor Rachmaninov Ondine from 'Gaspard de la Nuit Ravel Fantasie Op 49 in f minor Chopin STAGE II RECITAIL Prelude Book I No 8 'La fille aux cheveux de lin' Intermezzo Op 118 No 2
Debussy Brahms
Brahms Liszi/Volodos Hungarian Rhapsody No 13 STAGE IIM RECITAL QUARTER FINALS
Sonata KV 330 in C Major Mozart Thin Air Andrew Ford Ballade No 3 Op 47 in A Flat Major Chopin Sonata No 4 Op 30 in F Sharp Major Scriabin STAGE IV
SEMI FINALS Sonata Op 120in Major Schhubert Organ Prelude and Fugue BWV 532 in D Major Bach/Busoni Sonata No 7 Op 83 in B FHat Major Prokofiev CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio in a minor
Ravel
STAGE V TWOCONCERTOS Concerto KV 453 in G Major
FINALS Mozart
Concerto No 1 Op 23
Tchaikovsky
Feng is a student in the Piano Department. of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He has studied with Vice Professor Hong Huang and more recently with Prof. Huan Kuan Chen. He began his pian lessons at the age ot nine and was self-taught
PRIZES Star of the Ocean Piano Competition, Henan
I prize Mozart Concerto Competition - 2003 - 3" prize
Annual Conservatory Piano Competition 4h prize
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Transcendental Etude No5 Feux Follets' Liszt Prelude & Fugue Book I No 22 BWV 867 in b tlat minor Bach Sonata KV 494 in F Major
Petersburg-2004 3 prize
3 Mvt Rondo
PROGRAM
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book I No 4 'Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir Debussy Good Night and
STAGEI RECITAL Etude Tableau Op 39 No6 in a minor Sonata KV281 in B Flat Major Fantasy Op 28 in b minor
STAGE II
Rachmaninov Mozart Scriabin
Prelude Book 11 No 5 Bruyères Etudes Op 25 Nos 1-6 El Corpus Christi en Sevilla
STAGE II
Carnaval Op 9
Haydn Roger Smalley Schumann
SEMI FINALS
Beethoven Ravel
Sonata No 2 Op 36
STAGE IV RECITAL
Rachmaninov
STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 595 in B Flat Major Concerto No 3 Op 26 in C Major
Brahms FINALS lozart
Prokofiev
Rachmaninov SEMI FINALS
Sonata Op 106 in B Flat Major
Hammerclavier Nocturne Op 55 No 2 in E Flat Major CHAMBER MUSIC Phano Trio in a minor STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 466 in d minor Concerto No 3 Op 30 in d minor
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major
Alkan
in b tlat minor
STAGE IV
RECITAL Sonata Op 110 in A Flat Major Jeux D'eau Sonata No2 Op 36 (1931) in b flat minor
Schubert/ Godowsky
Albéniz
RECITAL QUARTER FINALS
Morceau de Concours
Etude in e minor
Chopin
Debussy
from Iberia Book I
Wandering
Mozart
STAGE I RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata HobXVV6 in G Major Haydn Morceau de Concous Roger Smalley
RECITAL
Sonata HobXV1/49 in E Flat Majo
IntermezzoOp 118 No 6
in b flat minor
prize in the
Beethoven Chopin Ravel FINALS Mozart
RachmaninOv
HAO ZHU XIXI ZHODU
CHINESE
13-12-84
at the age offive the p i a n o studying S c h o o l affiliated began VXi to the Middle admittedInstitute in 1997. He is now a
and was Arts oNanjingthe Piano Department at student
in
studying
With
Prof.
the Shanghai Huan Kua uan
Conservatory Chen.
He
as
Fleisher, He has given
with Leon
hadmaster-classes Fou T'song. Gorski and
Anatol and during of halls in Shanghai recitals in a variety he has w o n prizes and at his time
the Conservatory
scholarships.
minor "Winter Wind' BookI
Prelude and Fugue
Chopin No 8
Bach Liszt
Rhapsody No 2
STAGE II
RECITAL
Debussy
PreludeBook II No 8 °Ondine
Mozart Variations KV 398 in F Major Arabesque on themes from the Strauss/Schulz-Evler Beautiful Blue Danube STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Op 25 No 5 in f minor Thin Ar Chant
Moments Musicaux Op 16 Nos 3 & No 4 Overture to Tannhäuser
STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata D 958 in e minor SIx Pieces Op 118
Clementi Andrew Ford Bach/Busoni
Rachmaninov
Wagner/Liszt SEMI FINALS Schubert
CHAMBER MUSIC Phano Trio
Op 8 in
STAGE V Concerto KV
Concerto
He
was awarded the Gold Medal in the Chinese Music Festival in Beijing in 2003. He has also participated in a number of master-classes and has received a number of scholarships.
currently at the Peabody Conservatory as an Artist
Diploma candidate studying with Boris Slutsky. He has performed with the Baltimore Symphony,
South Bend. Peabody, Aspen Concert, Hilton Head, Delaware Symphony and New Millennium Festival Orchestras.
He has also participated in
festivals including Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Newman Millennium Piano Festival and Bowdoin Festival. PRIZES
prize
in e flat minor
Hungarian
Siyi Wu, Qingfeng Chen and Yunlin Yang.
Eric holds a Bachelor degree from the Peabody Conservatory and a Performance Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Leon Fleisher and Claude Franck. He is
Kawai National Piano Competition 2007-2 RECITAL
Etude Op 25 No 11 in a
Hao is a native of Shanghai and began studying the piano at the age of three. He entered the Primary School of Music affiliated with Shanghai Conversatory and in 1996 entered the Middle School and in 2005 was accepted into the Conservatory itself. His teachers have included
PRIZES
PROGRAM
STAGE I
ERIC ZUBER AMERICAN 09-06-85
CHINESE 09-01-86
Major TwO CONCERTOS B
466 in d minor No2 Op 16 ing minor
Brahms
4th Shanghai International Piano Competition
International Young Artists Competition of
2007-4thprize
Washington-2006- 1 prize Yale Gordon Competition -2006-1 prize
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etude Op l10 No 5 in G Flat Major Chopin Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D Major Rachmaninov Fantasie Dance Op 22 Turina STAGE II
- 3
prize
La Cathédrale engloutie Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
Debussy Balakirev
Prelude & Fugue WTC Book I No 8 in e flat minor
Bach
STAGE III
RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Mozart Sonata KV 457 in c minor Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etude Tableaux Op 39 No 5 in e flat minor
Rachmaninov
Sonatas K 33 in b minor &
K135 in E Major
Polonaise - Fantasie Op 61
Chopin
Grand Polonaise Op 22
Albeniz
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book I No 10
RECITAL
Spanish Rhapsody
FINALS
Symphonic Etude
p 13
SEMI FINALS Beethoven Liszt Schumann
CHAMBER MUSIC
Piano Trio Op 97 Archduke Beethoven in B Flat Major STAGE V TWOCONCERTOS FINALS Concerto KV 595 in B Flat Major
Mozart
Concerto Nol Op 23
Tchaikovsky
in b fiat minor
Scarlatti
Andante Spianato and
Triana STAGE IV
-
2007 1 prize
Prelude Book I Nol0
Brahms
Prokofiev
Viardo Intemational Piano Competition 2006 Hilton Head International Piano Competition
RECITAL
Sonata Op 10 No 3 in D Major
Mozart
California Intenational Young Artists Competition 2006 2d prize
La Cathédrale engloutie Mazurkas Op 50 Nos 2 & 3
Chopin
Debussy Szymanowski Liszt
Spanish Rhapsody
STAGE I RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata KV 330 in C Major Mozart Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Concert Suite from the Nuteracker Op 7la Tchaikovsky /Pletnev STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 110 in A Flat Major
SEMI FINALS
Beethoven
Impromptu Op 90 No 3
in G Flat Major Sonata in b minor
Schubert Liszt
CHAMBER MUSIC
Piano Trio Op 49 in d minor STAGE V
Concerto KV 466 in d minor Concerto No 1 Op 23 in b flat minor
41
Mendelssohn
TWO CONCERTOS
FINALS
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Competitors MANUELARAUJO
FERNANDO ALTAMURA
CHARLIE ALBRIGHT AMERICAN
ITALIAN
PORTUGESE 26-02-83
26-09-85
29-07-88
Charlie comes from Washington and began playing the piano at the age of 3 . He has performed
Born in Bari (Italy). He graduated in Bari and
As a young pianist he was awarded first pri
Rotterdam Conservatories.
several competitions in Portugal. Spain and laly
throughout Washington, Oregon. Indiana. Montana,
Marisa Somma and Aquiles Della Vigne. He has
Kansas, Texas and New York. He has performed with a number of orchestras including the Olympia Symphony. Seatle Philhamonic. Port Angeles and North West Wind Symphony. In 2007 he graduated from High School and is now studying in a joint
performed with the Bari Philharmonic, Rotterdam
program with the New England Conservatory of Music and Harvard College.
Competition winner 4
PROGRAM
OMTA Concerto Competition Puget Sound Concerto Competition
PROGRAM RECITAL
Paganini Etude No 3 La Campanella Etudes Op 25 Nos 2,6,12 Ricercare and Toccata on a theme from The Old Maid and the
Liszt
Chopin
Thief
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book 11 No 7 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Sonata From the Street 1-X. 1905 I mvt Sonata Op 101 in A Major Mvts I & 2
Menotti
STAGE IV
RECITAL
Sonata Op 3I Nol in G Major Valses nobles et sentimentales
Janácek
Sonata
SEMI FINALS
Beethoven Ravel
Bartok
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio No 1 Op 67 in e minor Shostakovich STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 467 in C Major Concerto in G Major
He has performed in Portugal, Netherlands Macedonia. Italy. Germany. Russia, Belgium Brazil and Austria.
I prizes in the following competitions: Nationale Pianistico Mascia Masin (ltaly) Maria Campina Portugal
FINALS Mozart Ravel
Ciudad de S.Sebastian, Spain Helena Sa e Costa, Portugal
F. Zadra. Italy PROGRAM
STAGEI RECITAL Transcendental Etude No 2 Prelude & Fugue Book I No 8 in e flat minor Sonata KV 282 in E Flat Major
Liszt
Bach Mozart
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 7 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune' Fantasia quasi sonata "Apres une
lecture du Dante
Debussy Liszt
Malambo
Ginastera
STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI48 in C Major Haydn Thin Air Andrew Ford Three Movements from Petrouchka'
SEMI FINALS
STAGE IV
Beethoven Ravel
Sonata No 9
Sonata
Op
RECITAL
101 in A
Opl03
Stravinsky SEMI FINALS
Major in C Major
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 CHAMBER MUSIC
Chopin CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 97 The Beethoven Arehduke STAGEV TWO CONCERTOS FINALS
in b flat minor
Wagner/Liszt
Dutilleux
Debussy
Beethoven
of the City of Ploiesti orchestras.
Riviera del Conero, Italy
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 9 Hommage a S.Pickwick Esq.P.P.M.P.C. Debussy Une barque sur l'océan from Ravel "Miroirs Sarcasms Op 17 Prokofiev STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI:DI in D Major Haydn Thin Air Andrew Ford
Chopin
Concerto KV 466 in d minor Concerto No 1 Op 23
Schumann
Sonata
STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI/32 in b minor Haydn Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Sonata Op 101 in A Major Mvts 3 & 4 Beethoven Etudes Op 25 Nos 3.7, 8, 10 STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 53 Waldstein in C Major Gaspard de la nuit Etudes Op 25 Nos 4, 5. 11
Scriabin
Symphonic Variations Op 13
Beethoven Prokofiev Liszt
Piano Trio No 1 Op 67 in e minor Shostakovich STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 503 in C Major Concerto No I in E Flat Major
Mozart
Tehaikovsky
42
in
He has been a soloist with the Oporto Nationa Macedonian Philharmonic. Norte and Filarmonica
PRIZES
(5 Posthumous Variations only) Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde
NW Chopin Festival
STAGEI
Youth and Skopje Philharmonic Orchestras. He has performed in International festivals in ltaly. Austria, Belgium, Holland, Germany and South Korea.
STAGEI RECITAL Etudes Op 8 No3 in b minor
PRIZES MTNA Senior Piano times
He is a student of
FINALS Mozart Liszt
MARCO CIAMPI ITALIAN 12-10-81
S E A NC H E N
AMERICAN
27-08-88
RAN DANK
ISRAELI
sophomore
al
Juiliard
School in New
studying with Jerome uhere he is currently with Edward Francis studying menthal after has pertormed with a number he was 8. He New West Symphony and ochestras includ1ng He received a
a an is
Concerto
Orchestra.
he Conejo in 206 from the National Levell el 1 Scholarship in the Arts and Advancement Foundation for the USA Department of selected by also 3 has 2006 Presidential Scholar. He
Marco was born in Naples and in 2003 from the Conservatory San Pietro a graduated Majella with the Paolella Prize as the best He studied graduate. with Francesco Nicolosi. He has in performed Music Festivals as a soloist and with orchestras in a number of cities in Italy including Venice. Naples, Novara and Castello. He has won thity National and International Piano Competitions including Nemi. Roma. Venezia. Salermo. Napoli
Education as a
scholarships and awards since 2002 had nunmerous in USA. He has had
fomanumberof Foundations concerto in
pertformances
Considerable experience nluding Brahms No 2 and concertos by Prokofiev, Chopin and Rachmaninov.
STAGEI
RECITAL
Chopin
Prelude and Fugue Book II
Bach Seriabin
No l6 mg minor
Sonata No 4, Op 30 in F Sharp Major
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book I No 2 feuilles mortes
Debussy
Erudes Tableaux Op 39
No6,8&9
Etude No 13
STAGE III
Rachmaninov L'Escalier du Diable' Ligeti RECITAL QUARTER FINALS
Sumata KV 333 in B Flat Alorccau de Concours
Major
Mozart
Roger Smalley
Ballade No 3,Op 47
mA Flal Major
Serenade (Standchen)
Ranble on Love Dic Forelle
Chopin
R Strauss/Godowsky
RStrauss/ Grainger
Schubert/Godowsky
STAGE IN RECITAL Sonata Op 78 in F Sharp Three P Major Op 18 Sonata in b minor
SEMI FINALS
CHAMBER MUSIC Puano
Beethoven
Bartok Liszt
Trnio in a
AGEV
minor Two cONCERTOS
LODCerto KV 595 in B Flat UNapsody on atheme Major y raganin1 Op 43
Ravel
FINALS Mozart
Rachmaninov
degree studying with Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School in New York. He has
performed in a
number of festivals
including
Virtuosii Music Festival in Finland, Israel Festival, Chopin Festival in Warsaw, Poland and given solo performances in New York, Finland, Russia and Israel.
Cleveland Competition 2007
RECITAL
Etude Op 8 Nol2 in d sharp m Sonata Op 36 (1931) in
Seriabin I Rachmaninov
Etude Op 10 No 12 inc minor
Etude Op 10 Nol in C Major
prizes and scholarships began an Artists Diploma
PRIZES
PROGRAM
b flat minor
PROGRAM
Ran has been awarded many since 1994. In 2007 he
and Latina.
STAGEI
03-04-82
Chopin
STAGE II RECTTAL
Prelude Book I No 8 La fille aur cheveux de lin Debussy Sonata No 4 Op 30 in F Sharp Major Scriabin Transcendental Etude No 10 in f minor Liszt STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALs Sonata KV 332 in F Major Mozart Thin Ai Andrew Ford Variations on a Theme of Paganini Op 35 Book I Brahms Clair de lune from Suite Debussy
Bergamasque
STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 109 in E Major Fantasie Op 17 in C Major
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 67 in e minor
SEMI FINALS Beethoven
Schumann Shostakovich
STAGEV TWOCONCERTOS Concerto KV 466 in d minor
FINALS
Mozart
Concerto No 2, Op 18 in c minor Rachmaninov
National Competition in Tel Aviv 2002 -
prize
PROGRAM STAGE I RECITAL Etude Op 10 No I in C Major Prelude and Fugue Book I
Chopin
No 8 in e flat minor
Bach
Sonata No 9 Op 68 Black Mass STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 12 Feux d'artifice Douze Notations Polonaise Op 53 in A Flat Major STAGE II
Scriabin
Debussy Boulez
Chopin
RECITAL QUARTER FINALS
Sonata KV 570 in B Flat Major
Mozart
Morceau de Concours Sonata No2 Op 36 in b flat minor
STAGE IV
RECITAL
Roger Smalley Rachmaninov SEMI FINALS
Sonata Op 27 No I in E Flat Major
Beethoven
Partita No 5 BWV 912 in D Major
Bach Bartok
Three Etudes
Op
18
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 8 in B Major
STAGEV TWOCONCERTOS Concerto KV 466 in d minor Concerto No 3 Op 26 in C Major
Brahms
FINALS Mozart
Prokofiev
Competitors BALASZ FULES JOIN FISHER
CHRISTOPHER DEVINE ENGLISH 25-11-82
AUSTRALIAN
IUNGARIAN 05-12-R4
25-05-1984
at
Christopher was born in the Netherlands and studied at the Royal Conservatory of "The Hague where he studied with Marcel Baudet and is
currently in Vienna with Stefan Vladar. Since the age of IS he has given concert pertomances in varnous parts of the world including Barcelona, Berlin. Budapest, London. Moscow, New York (Carnegie Hall). Paris, Seoul and Tokyo. He has also performed with major orchestras in the Netherlands and in Spain. He is also active as a
lessons born in Brisbane and began piano at thhe the age of 4. In 1997 he began studying
John at
was
Queensland Conservatorium with John Winlher. and studies with Natasha Vlassenko was awarded B.Mus he 2005 In Oleg Stepanov. Performance) with First Class Honours
He
currently
(Advanced and he is currently undertaking postgraduate with the Queensland study. He has appeared Conservatorium Orchestra, the Queensland Chamber Orchestra and will perform witn the
Chamber musician and is known for his work as
Brisbane Philharmonic in 2008. Hehas pertormed
a composer. He had a work "Mirkwood Music"
in the Tyalgum Festival.
performed in Amsterdam by the Dutch Chamber Orchestra. He frequently includes his own works
PRIZES
in his recitals.
Queensland Piano Competition 5h Yamaha Australian Youth Piano Competition
PRIZES
1999
-
IN Prize
2001 1 Prize
(National)
Vlassenko Piano Competition -2001 -3" Prize
the Bartok Conervatr
passing his exans Alter in Budapest Balazs moved
to the Franz Lisz
Academy of Music also in Budapest in 2x)3 undertaking a degree as a concert pianist. He has
participated in a number of Master Classes since 2001.
He has had concert tours to a number of
European countries and also to China and Japan He has also given world premieres of works by Hungarian composers.
PRIZES Newport International Competition for Young Pianists, Wales 2000- 2 Prize Vianna da Motta International Music Competition, Lisbon 2001 5 Prize Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition London 2002 - 1* Prize
PROGRAM
Young Music Talent, Netherlands 1998 -
4MBS-FM ChamberMusic Competition (Trio)STAGEI
Prize Princess Christina Competition -
1999 - IH Prize
2004
I" Prize
National Piano Competition -2001 2nd Prize
PROGRAM
(International)
RECITAL STAGEI Etude Op 10 No I in C Major Op posth No in c minor
Festival New York - 2002- equal 1" Prize
Scriabin/N.Rubinstein Competition Paris 2003 -1
Prize
Chopin
EtudeTableau
Rachmaninov
Variations on a theme of
Ricard Vines. Spain -2004-1 Prize
Brahms
Paganini Op 35 Book PROGRAM
STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 8 Ondine Etude Op 25 No7 in e sharp minor
STAGEI RECITAL Etude Op 25 No 11 'Winter Wind in a minor
Arabesque Op 18 Sonata No 5 Op 53 STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book II No 7 °La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune" Two Rhapsodies Op 79 in b minor and g minor
Etude No 10 Die Zauberlehrling
Chopin Schumann Scriabin
Debussy Brahms
Ligeti
STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata KV 31l in D Major Mozart Andrew Ford ThinAir Sonata No 7 Op 83 in
BFlat Major
Prokofiev
STAGE IV RECITAL SEMI FINALS Sonata Op 53 *Waldstein' in C Major Beethoven Preludes Book II No's 1.2.3,4. 5,6,8. 11 & 12 Debussy CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio in a minor STAGE V TWOCONCERTOS Concerto KV 467 in C Major
Totentanz
RECITAL
Etude Op 10 No 10 in A Flat Major Contrapunctas XI from 'Art of
Debussy Chopin
Balakirev
Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Hob XVI/32 in b minor Haydn Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde' Wagner/Liszt Variations on a theme by Paganini Op 35 Book I Brahms STAGE III
STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 10 No I ine minor Sonata No 2 Op 36 in
SEMI FINALS
Beethoven Rachmaninov
b flat minor
Chorale- Prelude "Ich ruf zu Bach/Busoni
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 40 in d minor
Mendelssohn
STAGE V TWO CONCERTOS Concerto KV 466 in d minor
FINALS Mozart
Concerto No 5 Op 73 Emperor in E Flat Major
Beethoven
Ravel FINALS Mozart Liszt
4
Brahms
RECITAL
Prelude Book I No 6
Des pas sur la neige Sonata K 545 in B Flat Major Improvisations on Hungarian
Debussy Scarlatti Bartok
Peasant Songs Op 20
STAGE III RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Mozart Sonata KV 331 in A Major Andrew Ford Thin Air Ave Marie from "Die grosse Klavierschule von Lebert und stark Liszt Impromptu Op 142 No 4 in f minor Schubert SEMI FINALS STAGE IV RECITAL
Sonata Op I10 in A Flat Major Prelude. Chorale and Fugue Sonata (1926)
Beethoven César-Franck
Bartok
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 99 in B Flat Major
Schubert
STAGE V
FINALS
TWO CONCERTOS
Concerto KV 466 in d minor
dir, Herr Jesus Christ
Bach
the Fugue BWV 1080 Ballade Op 10 No 1 in d minor
STAGE II
Chopin
Concerto No 5 Op 73 Emperor in E Flat Major
Mozart
Beethoven
ADAM HERD
AUSTRALIAN 09-10-84
ELIZAVETA IVANOVA RUSSIAN 28-11-86
a medical
Adam is currently in his 4h year of a B.Mus in
Elizaveta was bom in Moscow and graduated from
to
Advanced Piano performance with honours. Although offered places at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music in London and also a full scholarship at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music he chose instead to study with Natasha Vlassenko at the Queensland Conservatorium. He has won many competitions
music school of the Academic Music College of Moscow in the class of Olga Mechetina and is now at the State Tchaikovsky Conservatory studying
DAVID FUNG
AUSTRALIAN
way
his
17-08-83
ming
to
scholarship accepting 2001 after South Wales. New Sout of of New
Daid was o
dxtorn
a
University
at
the
gNar of medical
studies
he
was
of
number
h
Since
Award.
Year
winner
the
Young Performer of
hisi r s t SymphonyAustralia the
n
has then he
performed
Colbun.
orchestras
including of
Japa apan,
anazawa
mphony
Sydney Syn Melbourne Orchestra, the China National Queensland engagements Los had Symphony and a Shanghai Cnnhony, the performed solo ie ympnony,
with
nd
nas
Orenesira. Angles Chamber including Aspen, Edinburgh. recilals
Franz
in festivals
Philharmonic
Chamber
AngelesInternational Keyboard the ciety and with John Perry studying
Liszt, LOS
Music .
is currently festival. He
I2"
Rubinstein
Piano
international festivals both as a soloist and with
orchestra.
in his hometown on Coffs Harbour.
She has been awarded a number of scholarships, including from the International V. Spivakov Charity Foundation since 2002, Ministry of Culture of Russia 2004-5 and International Foundation "Russian Performance Art" 2005-6.
PRIZES Queensland Piano Competition 2006- I" prize ASKM National Open Piano Competitionpnze
Qucensland Piano Competition 2005-2 prize Open Piano Championship Canberra 2004- 1"
Masters
Best Competition-2008-4 prize Concerto & Chamber of Classical performances Music
International -
Summer Piano
Prize and
Audience
LevVlassenko Piano pnze
and
Competition
-
2005
Prize
Competition- 2003- 2d
Performer of the Symphony Australia Young Grand Prize Award-2002 Year PROGRAM -
STAGEI RECITAL Eude Opl0 No 12 in e minor
Chopin
Ihree Hungarian Folk Songs
from the Csik region La Valse
Bartok Ravel
STAGE II RECITAL Pelude Book I No 8 La fille aUx cheveux de lin' Sonatas KI in d minor, K32 in dminor, K141 in d minor
Ballade No 4 Op 52 in f minor
Debussy Scarlatti
Chopin STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata KV 282 in E Flat Mozart Morceau de Concours Major Roger Smalley Preludes Op 32 Nos 8-13
STAGEIV RECITAL Sonata Op 90 in minor Six Bagatelles 126 Op Me de Feul e
Chorale et Variations trom the Piano Sonata(1948)
CHAMBER MUSIC Prano
Rachmaninov
SEMI FINALS
Beethoven
Rachmaninov
Partita No 5 in G Major-
PROGRAM STAGEI
Pracambulum.Allemande, RECITAL Seriabin Poulenc Ravel
Mélancolie La Valse STAGE II RECITAL Prelude Book I No 5 °Les collines
d'Anacapri
Debussy
Prelude Op ll No l Ballade No 2 in b minor
Liadov
Liszt
STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata Op 40 No 2 in b minor Clementi Morceau de ConcoursS Roger Smalley Sonata Dutilleux STAGE IV RECITAL Sonata Op 0 in e minor Variations on a theme by
Cho
PROGRAM STAGEI RECITAL Etudes Tableaux Op 39 No 4 in b minor
pnze
2tude Op 65 No 3
prize
and Audience
in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. She has also participated in
and scholarships and in 2007 made his concerto
200%6 3
Intenational
She has given
performances in many parts of Russia and also
debut with the Queensland Orchestra. He has concert engagements in 2008 in Brisbane and also
in Los Angeles.
PRIZES
with Professor Sergei Dorensky.
SEMI FINALS Beethoven
Rachmaninov
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Sonata No 4 Op 30 in F Sharp Major
Corrente Gigue. Scherzo No 2 Op 31 in b flat minor STAGE II
RECITAL
Prelude Book I No 5 Les collines d'Anacapri Fantasy KV 475 in c minor Six Preludes Op 34
Debussy Mozart
Shostakovich
STAGE II RECITAL QUARTER FINALS Sonata KV 332 in F Major Mozart Morceau de Concours Roger Smalley Prologue and Races from the ballet 'Anna Karenina' Shchedrin Chaconne BWV 1004 from Partila in d minor Bach/ Busoni STAGE IV
RECITAL
SEMI FINALS
Sonata Op 26 in A Flat Major Sonata No 6 Op 82 in A Major
Scriabin
CHAMBER MUSIC Piano Trio Op 67 in e minor
PianoTrio No 1Op 32 ind minor
Arensky
STAGE V
STAGE V
FINALS
Concerto KV 503 in C Major Concerto No 3 Op 26 in C Major
CHAMBER MUSIC TWO CONCERTOS
Concerto KV 595 in B Flat Major
Concerto in G Major
Beethoven
Messiaen Dutilleux
Trnio Op 67 in e minor
IAGEV Two cONCERTOSShostakovich Conceno KV FINALS Mozart Loncento No3503 in C Major Bartok 5
Mozart Ravel
Bach
Chopin
Beethoven Prokofiev Shostakovich
TWO CONCERTOS
FINALS
Mozart Prokofiev
Composers
ANDREW FORD and broadcaster, has WOn awards in all Andrew Ford is a composer, writer his song cycle. Learning to the prestigious Paul Lowin Prize for
thre hree
ap How! citieg
including has been played throughout Australia and in more than 40 countries around the u i e
was composer-in-residence with the Australian Chamber Orehestra (1992-94dHe Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer Fellowship from 1998 to 2000 and was awardedat h e 0-ycar Australia Council for 2005 2006. the Music Board
ofthe
fellowship by
in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the lini. Beyond composing. Ford has been an academic Jniveron all manner of music and publisho written has He widely (1993-95). Wollongong of
books. He wrote.presented and co-produced the ABC radio series llegal Harmonies.e the Landscape and Music and Fashion. Since 1995, he has presented The Music Sho
Saturday morning on ABC
Radio National.
ROGER SMALLEY Roger Smalley was born near Manchester, England in 1943. At the Royal College of Musie,
London, he studied piano with Antony Hopkins, winning the Chappel Gold medal in 1964 Widely recognised for his performances of contemporary piano music, Roger Smalley was a prize-winner in the Intemational Competition for Interpreters of Contemporary Music (Utrecht, 1966) and received the Harriet Cohen International Music Award for contemporary music performance in 1968. He gave the British premiers of five of Stockhausen's Piano Pieces, and numerous other avant-garde works. In 1968 Roger was appointed the first Composer-in-Residence at King's College
Cambridge, and in 1969, together with Tim Souster, he formed Intermodulation. an ensemble specialising in works involving improvisation and live-electronics
which performed throughout England and Europe until 1976. He also excelled as a music critic for various publications including The Musical Times and Tempo.
Roger was invited to the University of Westen Australia in 1974 as a Composer-in-Residence returning permanently 2 years later as a research fellow, subsequently becoming Associate Professor, Professorial Fellow and is now Emeritus Professor of that institution. InAustralia Roger continued to perform a wide range of solo and chamber works, and to accompany numerous Australian an international artists. In 1985 he was soloist with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in the Australian premiere ofhis own ConcertoforPianoandOrchestra (a BBC commission for European Music Year), which won the top honourofRecommended Work for 1985. From 1990 to 2000 Roger was Atistic Director and Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra's New Music Ensemble. In 199| he was the recipient of an Arts WA Creative Development Fellowship and was elected a Fellow for the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 1994 he was awarded the Australia Council's prestigious Don Banks Fellowship " in recognition of his distinguished contribution to
Australian music". In 1995-96 he was Composer-in-Residence with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Roger Smalley's compositions have been performed and broadcast worldwide. He has been commissioned by many organisations and ensembles, including the BBC, ABC, West German Radio, the Festival of Perth, London Sinfonietta, Fires of London, The Sydney, Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, Flederman, Nova, Ensemble, Seymour Group, and
Australia Ensemble. Many works are currently available on CD. onABC Classics, Tall Poppies. Melba. NMC, and Deux-elles. In 2001 Roger was awarded an Australian Government Centennial Medal for service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of music and in 2004 was proclaimed a Western Australian State Living
Treasure
Roger's most ecent works include a Piano Quinte, his Second Piano Concerto, commissioned for the winner of the 2004 Sydney International
Piano Competition, the first Barbara Blackman commission Birthday Tumgo to celebrate the 30h Birthday of the Australian Chamber Orchestra a short Lamentfor Horn and Percussion to honour the victims of the 2006 Tsunami disaster, Three Studies in Black and White for the piano
left hand. right hand and both hands together and a song cycle about cats. The Birthday Tungo recently won the 2007 Australian Music Centre and Australian Performing Rights Association's top award for the Best Composition by an Australian Composer.
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Previous Juries and Prizewinners 1977 Jury Rex Hoberoft. Chairman Sergei Dorensky Sir Bernard Heinze
Ludw ig Hoffman Lucrecia Kasilag Eugene Lis
Andre-F. Marescoti Denis Matthews
Hephzibah Menuhin Jan Weber Wiktor Weinbaum
Prizewinners 1. Irina Plotnikova
2.Svetlana Navasardian 3. Andre Laplante
Marioara Trifan 5. Philip Fowke 6. Manana Doidzashvili 7. Daniel Blumenthall 8. Dennis Lee 9. Diana Kacso
10.Gary Steigerwalt 11. Jeno Jando 12. Pawel Checinski 13. Piers Lane
Australia USSR Australia West Germany
Phillipines USA
Switzerland England England
7. Mare Raubenheimer
South Africa
Nicole Henriot
8. Patrick O'Byme
New Zealand
Li Mingqiang
9. Martin Roscoe
11.Edward Neuman 12. Yves Rault
Music Prize
David Owen Norris: Musica Prize
Poland
Phillip Shovk:
USSR Canada USA
England JSSR USA
USA
Hungary Poland Australia
Special Prizewinners Piers Lane: The Australian Newspaper Prize for Best Australian Pianist and the first Cladan Award
Jeno Jando: Musica Viva Chamber Music Prize
Endre Hegedus: Alfreds White Prize for Best Rex Hoberoft, Chairman Eileen Joyce CMG
Marcello Abbabo Andre Laplante
Li Mingqiang Cecile Ousset Frederick Page Abbey Simon Gordon Watson Wiktor Weinbaum
Roger Woodward
USA Australia/ UK
Switzerland China
France New Zealand
USA Australia Poland Australia
Prizewinners 1.Chia Chou 2. Endre Hegedus
3.Catherine Vickers 4. Daniel Blumenthal 5. David Owen Norris 6. Liora Ziv-Li
Canada
Hungary Canada USA
England Israel
China West Germany Australia USA
Hungary Australia
Japan
Du Ning-u
Israel
Arie Vardi
USSR
USSR
1.Alexander Korsantiya
Jtaly
2. Riccardo Zadra
Indonesia USA
China
5. Sergei Erohin
USSR
6. Phillip Shovk
Australia
7. Gilead Mishory
Israel
8. Anton Batagov
USSR Austria
9. Matthias Fletzberger 10. Victor Sangiorgio
Australia
11. Asaf Zohar
Israel
12. Adrienne Krausz
Hungary
Special Prizewinners Phillip Shovk: Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial Scholarship for best Australian Pianist
Alexander Korsantiya: Reisner-Pennycuik Concerto Prize Riccardo Zadra: Prize for the Best Overall Concerto Performances
West Germany
Riccardo Zadra: Lotto People's Choice Prize
3. Thomas Duis
West Germany
Eduardus Halim: Musica Viva Chamber Music Prize
5. Arnan Weisel
Australia
Ana Maria Trenchi de Botazzi
2. Bernd Glemser
Rex Hobcroft, Chairman
Andre-F. Marescotti
Canada
Prizewinners
4. Eduardus Halim
Eileen Joyce
Australia Australia/UK
Italy
Gordon Watson Kasulo Yasukawa
Japan Brazil
4. David Buechner
France
Elizabeth Powell Harold C Shönberg Peter Solymos
Kazuyuki Tohyama
3. Eduardus Halim
Bequest
Nicole Henriot
Jurgen Meyer-Josten
Australia
Prizewinners
1985 Jury
1981 Jury Claude Frank
Special
Yamaha Music Foundation for Best Australian Pianist
Accompanist
West Germany USA
Lev Vlassenko Viva
Malaysia Li Min-duo Brazil
Harold Schönberg Warren Thomson
Chamber
Viva
Albrecht Rocseler
USA
Special Prizewinners Daniel Blumenthal: Musica
China
USA
France
Poland
USSR
England
10. Alec Chien
France
Indonesia Israel
6. Ueli Wiget
Switzerland Hungary Hungary
7. Istvan Gulyas 8. Rita Kinka 9. David Selig
Australia
10. Michael Gurt
USA
11. Luigi Ceci
Italy
12. Phillip Shovk
Australia
Special Prizewinners David Selig: Cladan Cultural Exchange Institute Prize for Best Australian Pianist Bernd Glemser: Lotto People's Choice Prize Thomas Duis: Musica Viva Chamber Music Prize Eduardus Halim: Australian Opera Auditions Committee Prize for Best
Alexander Korsantiya: Australian Chamber Orchestra Prize for Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto Victor
Sangiorgio: Australasian Performing
Right Association Prize for Best Performance of
an
Australian
Composition
1992 Jury Warren Thomson, Chairman Joan Chissell
Anthony Fogg Edward Gordon Li Mingqiang
Hiroko Nakamura John O'Connor
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Japan Ireland
Germany
Maurice Till
England
PR China
Australia
1988 Jury Joan Chissell
USA
Albrecht Roeseler Joaquin Soriano
Australia
Australia
Elizabeth Powell
Accompanist Rex Hoberoft, Chairman
Australia Great Britain
Arie Vardi
Spain New Zealand Israel
Lev Vlassenko
Russia
William Littler
Canada
Previous Juries
and
Prizewinners
Prirewinners 2.
hina
OlivieT Caral
France
Duncan Gifford 4.
Australia
Hiroshi Aimori
Japan
Anna Malikova
Russia
Vitali Samoshko
Ukraine
7. Danicl Gortler 8.
Italy Italy
Roberto Cominati
Xiang Dong Kong
Isracl
Matthias Kirschnereit
Germany
9Michcle Bolla 10. Ivo Janssen
Italy Netherlands
11. Young-Ah Kim
Korea
12. Helen Sim
USA
4. Cristian Burato 5. Mikhail Yanovitsky
8. Ingo Dannhorn
Russia Germany
9. David Louic
11. GaborRosza
Hungary Canada
International Piano Competition for Best
6. Henry Wong Doe
Australian Pianist
New ealand Special Prizes Shan Deng: Best Australian Pianist Sponsored by the Friends of the
5. Vera Kameneva
of an Australian Work
Olivier Cazal: The Fuji People's Choice Prize
Sergei Tarasov: Mr Neville Grace Prize for Best Performance of a work by Liszt
Mathias Kirschnercit: Edward Stermberg Chamber Music Prize
Sergei Tarasov: Mr Sam Miller & Ms Joan
Mozart Concerto
Xiang-Dong Kong: Neville Grace Prize for Best Performance of a work by Liszt
Xiang-DongKong: Sam Miller & Joan Langham Prize for Best Performance of
Langham Prize for Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto
Yuki Takao: The Fuyo People's Choice Prize Sergei Tarasov: Reisner-Pennycuik Prize for Best Performance of a 19th or 20th century Concerto Roberto Cominati: Australian Music Examinations Board Prize for Best Chamber Music Performance
a work by Mozart (in any stage of the
Cristiano Burato: Barbara Leser Prize for
Competition) Xiang-Dong Kong: The Leo Guthman,
the best performance of a work by Chopin
Chicago, Music Award for Best Performance
Roberto Cominati: Goldie Sternberg Prize
of a Stage llI Contemporary Work
for the Best Performance of a work by Mozart
Robert Muczynsky: The Leo Guthman, Chicago, Music Award for Composer of the Best Contemporary Work
(excluding concertos)
1996 Jury Warren Thomson, Chairman Aquiles Delle Vigne
Australia
Argentina
Dean Elder
USA
Enest Fleischmann
USA
Alexander Jenner
György Nador Hiroko Nakamura John Painter John Roos Pnina Salzman Edvard Tehivzhel
Austria Hungary Japan
Yurij Bogdanov: Paul & Helena Haas Encouragement Award - given after the Quarter Finals to a pianist not selected for the Semi Finals Roberto Cominati: Mr Danny May Prize
Israel
USA/Russia
Marina Kolomiitseva: Best 19th or 20th Century ConcertoPerformance of Sponsored Dr John Gregory-Roberts
by
Marina Kolomiitseva: Best Performance of work by Beethoven Sponsored by Kawai
a
Australia
Ayako Uehara: Best Performance of Australian work Sponsored by the Australasian Performing Right Association Ayako Uehara: Best Performance of a Chamber Music work Sponsored by the Australian Music Examinations Board Ayako Uehara: Best Performance of a work by Chopin Sponsored by Barbara Leser an
Viktoria Lakissova: Best Performance of work by Mozart (excluding Concertos) Sponsored by Goldie Sternberg a
Sergei Tarasov: Friends of the Sydney
International Piano Competition (Victoria)
Tulia-Maria Dobrescu: The Paul & Helena
Prize for Best Performance of a Virtuoso Study in Stage I
Haas Encouragement Award Awarded to a Quarter-Finalist not selected to proceed to
Sergei Tarasov: Walsingham Classics Prize Edward Park: Australian Musicians Academy Recital for Best Australian Pianist
2000 Jury
Mikhail Voskressensky
Russia
Lazar Bernman
2. Yuki Takao
Best
Performan Mozart Concerto Sponsored by Sam Millere of a Ayako Uehara: Peoples Choice Prize Sponsored by Miklos Felix
Ayako Uehara: Best Performance of a work
Warren Thomson, Chairman
Australia Russia
Timothy Calnin
Russia
Marina Kolomiitseva:
by Schubert, The Gloria Ogden Memorial Prize sponsored by The Ogden Family
Russia
1. Sergei Tarasov
International Piano CompetitionSydney Marina Kolomiitseva: Best Performance. ance of a work by Liszt Sponsored by Neville Girace
Stage I.
Lev Vlassenko Prizewinners
Russsa Russia
for Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in
Australia CD Recording South Africa
Japran Australa 'Ukraine
4. Alexei Volodin
Sergei Tarasov: Kawai Australia Prizecfor Best Performance of a work by Becthoven
Xiang-Dong Kong: Australian Chamber
Russwa
3. Evgeny Ukhanov
Special Prizewinners Edward Park: Friends of the Sydney
Olivier Cazal:
Orchestra Prize for Best Performance of a
Prizes 1. Marina Kolomiitseva
12. Anne Louise-Turgeon
hrael
tala USAIAuntRunswa Fnyland
Frank Wibaut
2. Ayako Uehara
Sergei Tarasov: Australasian Performing Right Association Prize for Best Performance
Rcisner-Pennycuik Concerto
Phillip Showk Edvard Tchivzhel
Australia
Special Prizewinners Duncan Gifford: Hephzibah Menuhin Memorial Scholarship for Best Australian Pianist Prize
Ciermamany Rusia
Pnina Salman
Russia
Canada
10. Edward Park
Irina Plotnikova
Russia/ USA
6. Dmitry Grigortsevich 7.Konstantin Masliouk
Franz Muller-Heuser
Australia
Aquiles Delle-Vigne
Argentina
Japan 48
the Semi-Finals Ayako Uehara: Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in Stage II Sponsored by
Danny May Shan Deng: Best Australian Pianist Recital Fee sponsored by the Australian Musicians
Academy Ayako Uehara:
Best Performance of a
Virtuoso Study in Stage I, The Lev Vlassenko
Memorial Prize sponsored by the Australa
Institute of Music
2004 Jury Wamen Thomson, Chaiman
Australia
Nancy Bricand
Aquiles Delle Vigne Alexander Jenner
Xiang-Dong Kong Piers Lane
William Lyne John O'Conor Arie Vandi
USA
Argentina Austria
PR.China
Manila Santini: Encouragement Donated by the Victorian Friends Award of the Competition, given after Stage l1 for a pianis not selected for the
quarter-fnals Best Performance of a Sonata by Haydn in Stage 1l1 Donated by Vicki Chu-Fang Huang:
Luberman, in memory of Goldie Sternberg
Australia
Ayano Shinmada: Best Performance of a
England Ireland
Virtuoso Study in
Stagel excluding Liszt
Donated by the Australian Institute of Music
Israel
Prizes 1. John Chen
New Zealand
2. Rem Urasin 3. Daniel Hill 4. Ayano Shimada
5. Alexander Lubiantsev 6. Chu-Fang Huang Special Prizes
Russia
Australia
Japan Russia
P.R.China
Daniel Hill: Best Australian Pianist Concet Tour of up to ten concerts in Australia 2006 Daniel Hill: Best Australian Pianist Sponsored by the Friends of the Sydney International Piano Competition
Alexander Lubiantsev: Best Performance of work by Liszt excluding Studies Donated by
a
Neville Grace
Alexander Lubiantsev: Best Performance of Study by Liszt in Stage I Donated by David
a
Burns
Finalists Sydney International Piano Competition 2004
Rem Urasin: Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto Donated by Sam Miller
Rem Urasin: People's Choice Prize Donated by Hochief Australia Holdings Lid John Chen: Best Performance of a 19th or 20h Century Concerto Donated by Dr John GregoryRoberts
John Chen: Best Performance ofa work by Beethoven Donated by Kawai Australia
Rem Urasin: Best Performance of an Australian work Donated by the Australian Performing Right Association Rem Urasin: Best Performance of a work by Chopin Donated by the Ogden Family, "The Gloria and Ronald Ogden Memorial Prize"
John Chen: Best Performance of a Chamber Music work Donated by Joan Adler in memory
of Henry Adler John Chen: Best Performance of a work by Mozart (excluding Concertos) Donated by Mr & MS J. Bain
John Chen: Best Performance of a work by Schubert Donated by the Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP
James Jae-Won Moon: The Paul & Helena Haas Encouragement Award Donated by Music Lud, awarded to a pianist not selected after the quarter-finals to proceed to the
and Opera Trust
semi-finals Chu-Fang Huang: Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in Stage II Donated by Danny
May
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Chamber Music Players
HELEN AYRES
Helen is a Doctoral graduate from the University of Melbourne, where she com
music of the Romanian violinist and composer George Enescu. Alongside her
cd rese.
carchp held a ful-time position with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, has perfortHelen Concertmaster with Orchestra Victoria, and has toured with the Australian Cha
as Actiiou
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. In 2007. Helen held teaching positions at OucenerchestaPU University of Melbourne's Faculty of Music, where she was Acting Head of Strin lege a n e
for the Australian Youth Orchestra's Young Australian Concert Artists and YouneS
len hase
continuing a long association which started when she toured as a student with AYOtonists pro
ams,
Japan. Europe and America.
ealand,
As a member of the Seraphim Trio Helen has performed at various festivals in Vienn
New at home in Townsville, Mildura, Castlemaine, Port Fairy, the Barossa Valley and the MorCaledonia Other highlights include performances at International Chamber Music Competitions in Aaon Penin
and Trieste and several broadcasts for Musica Viva, ABC Classic FM. 2 MBS FM bourne.O FM and and 3 MBS
ne.Osaka
FM.
TIMOTHY NANKERVIS Tim is currently a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra having taken up a position in 2 to this he was studying music performance as a Doctoral candidate at Melbourne UniversitsPrevious
2004
graduated from Melbourne University with a Master of Music degree, studying with Nelson Tim completed his Bachelor of Music degree in 1998 with honours at the Australian Institute of d.K. He Lois Simpson. After being awarded a Big Brother Music Award in 1995, Tim studied with s i c under and Raphael Wallfisch in London. In 1999 he took up a scholarship to study at the Tchaikove Fieeth Academy of Music in Kiev under Vadim Chervov. Tim s other teachers include Georg Pedersen Lawrence and David Berlin. enise Tim has won numerous awards for cello performance and chamber music and is a member of the acclai. Seraphim Trio. In 2004 and again this year, Tim performed with his colleague from the Trio. viol claimed Helen Ayres, in the Sydney International Piano Competition to provide competitors with a Diano the chamber music component of the competition. In 2000 Tim attended the
Australian National Academy
of MusIC and was one of two
perform with Orchestra Victoria. He has performed widely throughout Australia as awinners selected soloist and hac broadcast regularly for the ABC and 2MBS-FM. Tim is also an active chamber musician
to
the Sydney Soloists and is a member of the Linden String Trio.
performing with
JULIAN SMILES Julian is well known to Australian audiences as one of the country's leading cellists. As a member of the Australia Ensemble, the University of New South Wales' acclaimed resident chamber music group, and of the Goldner String Quartet, he has a busy career performing and recording in Australia and internationally. As a student with Nelson Cooke at the Canberra School of Music Julian rapidly established a position of prominence among young Australian musicians with successes in various major competitions and concerto appearances with youth and symphony orchestras around Australia. He had, by the age of 20, performed as soloist in the Dvorak, Elgar and Shostakovich concertos, the Brahms Double Concerto, and the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations. In 1989 Julian was
appointed principal cellist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a position he held Sydney became increasingly active and recognized as a chamoer
for three years, and with the move to
University. Julian accepted an
musician. During 1990 he also undertook advanced studies as a member of Janos Starker's class at lndiana invitation to join the Australia Ensemble in 1991.
Over the last few years Julian has had
frequent
invitations
to
perform
Guest
Principal Cellist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestrd Australian Chamber Orchestra. He has tutored gifted young musicians individually and as chamber groups at the Australian av of Music in Melbourne, and for the Australian Youth Academy Orchestra, and held teaching positions at the Sydney Canberra School of Music. the
as
Conservator u
In 2007 he was a member of the Jury for the fifth Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and 2008 sees him aP
soloist with the Canberra Symphony and Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestras, and Vale, Townsville, The Hunter Valley, Bangalow and in the French
Alps.
Julian
plays
a
cello
by
Lorenzo
Ventapane, made
in
1827 50
at
chamber music festivals at Camden Haven,
n
as
Chamber Music Players
DIMITY HALL y is privileged to enjoy an exciting career centred on her love of the chamber music. As a member the Australia Ensemble (Resident @UNSW), and of the Goldner String Quartet, she ny highly acclaimed recordings and festival appearances, as well as frequent nationalhas andpaep internau0u DOn
tours.
, Dimity made her solo debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, performing Vaughan
williamsn ASCending". Her performances lead to an invitation to record the work for ABC Classics.
,She appeared as soloist in the SSO's Masters Series performing Bach's Concerto for Two Vi1olins, win
colleague Dene Olding. In 2008 she will perform as soloist with the Canberra Symphony renesud Dimity graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Sydney Conservatorium before completing two years ot postgraduate study with Herman Krebbers in Amsterdam on a Netherlands government scholarsnip Sne is amongst a small number of his former students invited to on publication ns eaching). During that time she toured and recorded with the Royalcontribute to a special under major Orchestra Concertgebouw and conductorS performed in recital in the Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal as Zilveren Vriendenkrans award. prize-winner of the coveted
She returned to Australia in has
1989 as Principal Second Violin with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Guest Concertmaster and soloist on several occasions. Dimity's association with the Australia Ensemble began in 1986 with frequent guest appearances. Her contributions led to the creation of a seventh outstanding core position from 1992. As diverse programs, part of the Ensemble's Dimity regularly performs piano trio with Julian Smiles and lan Muro. repertoire As a member of the Goldner String Dimity has undertaken many special projects including the complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle Quartet, for Musica Viva, a major of 20th Century Quartets, a national tour with didgeridoo artist William Barton, and severalretrospective at London's and appearances UK and Wigmore Hall prestigious Festivals. Dimity was a member of the European for the 2003 Melbourne jury International Chamber Music Competition. In 2009 a major series of concerts is planned for the season of the Melbourne inaugural Recital Centre. been that
Dimity
is also
orchestra's
increasingly in demand Guest Concertmaster and in recent has appeared with the Symphony Orchestra and with the Australian Opera years and Ballet Orchestra. as a
Melbourne and Adelaide
5
Conductors NICHOLAS MILTON Dr Nicholas Milton's visit is supported by the Paspaley Pearling Company Pty Ltd.
Nicholas Milton is currently General Music Director and Chi In Jena Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany. Australia he ser
onduct and Artistic Director of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and CiefCond.e
Conducton
the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Forthcoming European hiohtnduço
highlights inclnchude the orchestras of Dortmund, Hannover, Rostock, Wiesbaden. Inn his United Kingdom debut with the London Philharmonic, and r
periormances vwith
He served as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Duhro
nd N
Orchestra from 2000-2004 and made his United States dehu n Phoenix Symphony. He has appeared frequently as a g
SymphIce
2005 withphonythe
Australia's major orchestras.
Nicholas Milton is also a
all of
devoted interpreter of opera. Recent roductions include
The Mariage of Figaro, Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Hänsel ind
Fledermaus, Barber of Seville, La 1Traviata, II Trovatore, Carmen Iretel, Die and Don Pasquale. In 2007 he conducted Franz Schmidt's masternienamore
with Seven Seals at the German National Theater in Weimar and in 2 Book 9 he will a new production of Henze's Undine. Als an international advoo contemporary Australian orchestral music, Milton this season conducto ales for Eu conduct
premieres of works by Peter Sculthorpe. Graeme Koehne, Elena Kats-Chemia
Vine and Matthew Hindson. Forthcoming highlights include performancesofe by Nigel Westlake, Ross Edwards, Richard Meale, and lan Munro. Originally a violinist. Nicholas Milton was Concertmaster of the AdelaideSv Orchestra from 1996-2002 and Violinist with Macquarie Trio Australn from of Music, 1998-2005. He studied at the Sydney State University. Boston University, the Mannes College of Music, and the unlliard School, and holds Master's degrees in Violin, Orchestral Conducting, Musie Theory, and Philosophy, and a Doctoral degree in Music from the City versity of New York. He won the 1999 Symphony Australia Young Conductor of the Year Competition and was a prize-winnerin the 1999 Lovro von Matacic Intermationl Conductor's Competition. In 2003, Dr. Milton was awarded the Australian Centen Medal, for Service to Australian Society and the Advancement of
Conservatorium
Michiean
Unive
Music
KIRILLKARABITS Mr. Kirill Karabits visit is supported by Mrs Joan Levy in memory of Mr Wal Levy.
Ukrainian Kirill Karabits will become Chief Conductor of Bournemouth Symphony from the start of the 2009/10 season. Highlights of 2007/8 have included Karabits' debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra (fora UK tour of 6 concerts including London's Royal Festival Hall). MDR Leipig, Musikkollegium Winterthur and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Orchester
Further ahead, he will work with SWR-Sinfonieorchester Luzerner Sinfonie Orchester, Seoul Philharmonic, and in April 2010 will make his North American debut with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Baden-Baden/Freiburg
As an opera conductor, Karabits has recently made debuts with Grand Theatre Geneve in Janacek's The Adventures of Mr Broucek and with Glyndebourne Festuval
de
Opera with performances of Eugene Onegin. Future productions include Verdi's Ballo in Maschera with Opera National du Knin
in autumn 2008. Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame at the Grand Theatre de Luxemboug in January 2009 and Idomeneo in Nancy in June 2009.
Svdney Symphony Orchestra
PATRON Her
Excellency
Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales Founded in 1932, the Sydney has Symphony evolved into one of the world's finest orchestras as cities. Last year the Orchestra celebrated its 75th Sydney has become one of the world's great anniversary and the milestone achievements during its distinguished history. Resident at the iconic Sydney Opera House, where it more than 100 performances each gives year, the Sydney Symphony also concerts in a variety of venues around performs Sydney and regional New South Wales. International tours to the Orchestra world-wide Europe, Asia and the USA have earned recognition for artistic excellence. Critical to the success of the Sydney Symphony has been the leadership given by its former Chief Conductors Nicolai Malko, Dean Dixon, Willem van including: Sir Eugene Goossens, Otterloo, Louis Frémaux, Sir Charles Mackerras, Stuart Challender and Edo de Waart. Also to the contributing outstanding success of the Orchestra have been collaborations with legendary figures such as George Szell, Sir Thomas Beecham, Otto Klemperer and lgor
Stravinsky.
Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti, whose appointment followed a ten-year relationship with the Orchestra as Guest Conductor, is now in his and final year as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the fifth Sydney Symphony, a position he holds in tandem with that of Music Director at Rome Opera. Maestro Gelmeti's particularly strong rapport with French and German repertoire is complemented by his innovative programming in the Shock of the New concerts. The
Sydney Symphony's award-winning Education Program is central to the Orchestra's commitment to the future of live symphony music, developing audiences and engaging the participation of young people. The Sydney Symphony also maintains active commissioning program promoting the work of Australian composers, and recent premieres have included works Ross an
major
LiZa Lim, who was composer-in-residence from 2004 to 2006.
by
Edwards and Brett Dean,
In 2009 Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy will begin his three-year tenure as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor.
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as
well
as
Sydney Svmphony Orchestra
Mozart Program Nicholas Milton, conductor
19/20 Century Program Kirill Karablts, conductor
BASSOONS
Matthew Wilkie Prineipal Fiona McNamara
Saturday 26 July -
Wednesday 30 July-
Wednesday 30 July 2008
Saturday 2 August 2008
HORNS
FIRST VIOLINS Kirsty Hilton Asst Concertmaster
FIRST VIOLINS
Ben Jacks Principal Robert Johnson Principal
Fiona Ziegler Assr Concertmaster
Sun Yi Assor. Concertmaster Kirsten Williams Assoc. Concermaster
Sophie Cole
Jennifer Hoy
Leone Ziegler
Jennifer Johnson
SECOND V1OLINS Shuti Huang A/Asst Principal Susan Dobbie Principal Emeritus Nicole Masters
Geoffrey O'Rcilly Prineipal o Lee Bracegirdle Euan Harvey Marnie Scbire
Gicorges Lentz
TRUMPETS
Nicola Lewis Alexandra Mitchell
TROMBONES
Emily Long Emily Qin#
TUBA
Alexandra D'Elia#
SECOND VIOLINS
TIMPANI
Belinda Jezek
Emma West Asst Principal Picter Bersée Emma Hayes Stanislaw Kornel
Richard Miller Principal PERCUSSION
Benjamin Li
Colin Piper
Philippa Paige
HARP
Biyana Rozenblit
VIOLAS Anne-Louise Comerford Assoc. Principal Justine Marsden Mary McVarish Leonid Volovelsky
Alexander Nortonf
CELLOS
VIOLAS
Leah Lynn Asst Principal Fenella Gill Rowena Crouch# Patrick Sutherst
Yvette Goodchild A Sandro Costantino Jane Hazelwood Graham Hennings Felicity Tsai Jacqueline Cronin#
DOUBLE BASSES Alexander Henery Principal Gordon Hil1# FLUTES OBOES
KEYBOARDS / EXTRAS Principal * = Guest Musician #= Contract Musician
= Sydney Symphony Fellow
Jennifer Curl# Yilin Zhu*
CELLOS
Diana Doherty Principal
Ulrich Horn Principal* Kristy Conrau
Elizabeth Chee
Timothy Nankervis
David Wickham CLARINETs Frank Celata Assoc. Principal BASSOONS Roger Brooke Assoc. Principal Fiona McNamara
Rebecca Lagos Principal
DOUBLE BASSES
Alexander Henery Principal David Campbell Richard Lynn David Murray
HORNS
FLUTES
Ben Jacks Principal Robert Johnson Principal Marnie Sebire Euan Harvey
Emma Sholl Assoc. Principal OBOES
TRUMPETS
Shefali Pryor Assoc. Principal Alexander Oguey Principal Cor Anglais
TIMPANI
David Papp
Adam Jeffrey
CLARINETS
Rosamund Plummer Principal Piccolo
Lawrence Dobell Principal
Christopher Tingay
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Compeition Rules
igidility
The Cmpetiton open to panists of any natimality wo an agvM7 ut not mone than 30 years on the 16° July -08. a tis not open to previous hnt winners ot the syuney lntemational Piano CmetithNm. Admissm wille imited to a maximum thirty-six (6) competitors. A sclection eommitte, haded by Artistic Ditor, P'rof, Wamren Thomson, nesponsible tor the choee of competitors from applications reveived and tollowing international auditions. is
was
compctition
The will have five stages, Stages I. 1. I11. and IV will be held in the York Theatre. mour Centre. Stage V will be Sey held in the Concert Hall ot the
Sydney Opera
House. The Gala Opening will be held in the Recital Seymour Centre. and the Concert will be held in the Concert Hall of the Sydney
Prize-winners
Opera House.
All pianists chosen to participate in the will be required to perfom in the first two Competition recital Twenty pianists will be selected for the stages. II recitals: twelve pianists will be selected for Stage the Stage and recitals music: six pianists will be selected for the Stage V concertos.
chamber
Order of appearance in Stage I and II was drawn by the Lord Mayer of Sydney, Alderman Clover Moore MP.prior to the competition. Appearances will follow in order although some fiexibility in the order of appearances in Stages IV and V may be
alphabetical
necessary for rehearsal and programming factors. All
works
prepared for the Competition must be from memory, with the of the Those
competitors
who
Competition
irst prize-winner under an Exclusive Australian ertormance Contract for two years from I" October 2008.
played Stage IV
exception
are
unable to perform when
called upon to do so may be disqualified. In the case of illness or accident certified by an independent medical practitioner, the Jury may, at its discretion, allow the competitor to change the order of his / her appearance.
Practice and Rehearsals
Daily practice facilities will be provided for
or
other
photography, other than that of during performances. The Competition reserves the right to make changes to the program.
official Competition photographers, will be permitted No
material contained in this reproduced without permissionprogram of the
International
Piano
the
Repertoire Regulations Any competitor who knowingly gives inaccurate or misleading information will be disqualified. Competitors who took part in previous Sydney International Piano Competitions must submit new repertoire. The list of works to be presented at the Competition was chosen by the competitors from the Competition repertoire and includes competitors' own choice of work where this is required. No work, whether own choice or listed in the repertoire, may be repeated in another stage.
Competitors must list timings and publishers of
contemporary works. Competitors must ensure
set
for 2008
for each stage are right to stop a competitor who runs over time.
choice remainder of the program will be own the than other more composers of works by one or in 1 above. composer of the sonata chosen Twelve (12) competitors will be chosen for the SemiThe
Semi-Finals Stage IV: Recitals and Chamber Music Each competitor will present a 50 minute recital and
one chamber music work. Recital 50 minutes One (1) sonata by Beethoven or Schubert The remainder of the program own choice.
Each competitor will present one (1) Piano Trio from the following list:
Arensky No.l, op.32 (d minor) Beethoven Op. 97 'Archduke' Brahms Op8 (B Major) Mendelssohn Op.49 (d minor) Ravel- (a minor)
Schubert Op.99 (B Flat Major)
Shostakovich Op.67 (e minor) Six (6) Stage V.
competitors
will be chosen for the Finals
Finals Stage V: 2Concertos
Competitors
will play the following groups:
one
(1) concerto from each of
Mozart
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All competitors will play in Stages I and I1.
Beethoven
Nos. 2 or 3 Nos. 3 or 4or 5
Brahms
Nos. I or 2
Chopin
Nos. I or 2
Liszt
Nos. I or 2
competitor will present:
Wanderer Fantusy
Prokofiev
Nos. 2 or 3
While competitors are in Australia they will be contracted exclusively to the Competition. The Competition has the right, without payment of fees,
to
Stage I1: Recital 20 minutes
Ruvel
One (1) prélude from either Préludes Book (except Book I No.7) by Debussy.
Saint-Saëns
Nos. 2 or 4 or 5
Schumann Seriabin
Op. :
Tchaikovsky
Nos. I or 2
Produce and distribute without limit
or
payment
of fees to the competitors, recordings of all
Stages of the Competition, either in whole or in part, including the prize-winners concets.
Produce documentary or feature films. All approaches to the media must be made through
and with the approval of the Competition Secretariat, and the competitors will be required to be available for media calls as
arranged.
The first six prize-winners will be required to be
available
to
perform in Sydney International Piano
Competition of Australia Prize-winners' Concerts
I or I1
The remainder of the program will be own choice of works by two (2) composers other than Debussy or the tw0 own-choice composers listed in Stage I. Onc
or
more
works of each chOsen composer may
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or Totentanz or
study by Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin
The remainder of the program will be own choice of works by two (2) other composers. One or more works of each chosen composer may be played.
photograph all stages of the Competition for media or any other purpose.
u
Chamber Musie
GROUP 2 Bartok
One (1) virtuosic or Rachmaninov.
o
w
Repertoire
Each
Televise, film, video, tape, broadcast or
are:
Andrew Ford- "Thin Air' Roger Smalley- "Morceau de Concurs
GROUP1
that the timings specified not exceeded. The Jury reserves the
There will be
Performance Rights
Sydney
by ABC Classic Australian Broadcasting Corporation. FM of
Stage 1: Recital 20 minutes
rehearsals for each of the chamber nusic and concerto programs.
be
of the
competitors at the Seymour Centre. two
can
Competition of Australia. All Competition will be open to the general and public broadcast live New Zealand and online throughout Australia and
stages
The Australian works
Finals Stage IV.
llease note No flash
Competition Stages
chamber music works.
fnm the end of the Competition until 1" October 2008. purpose the Competition has the right to bond pTize-winners under an Exclusive Perforance and Recording Contract until that date. The also has the right to bind the or this
Rachmaninov Nos. I or 2 or 3 or Rhapsody on a
Theme by Paganini G Major
Op. 2
Competitors will perform all the concertos with the
Sydney Symphony
be played.
Group I: conducted by Nicholas Milton
Twenty (20) competitors will be chosen for the
Group 2: conducted by Kirill Karabits
Quarter-Finals Stage ll.
Smoking is prohibited in the Seymour Centre.
Quarter Finals Stage Il1: Recital 40 minutes One (1) sonala by Haydn,Clementi or Mozart. A work written the
by an Australian composer selected by
competitor from the Iwo works sent to competntors
three (3) months belore the Competition.
Unauthorised recordings and taking of photographs strictly forbidden throughout the Competition.
are
No one may enter or leave the York Theatre execept in the pauses between Competitors' performances.
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTINGG CORPORATION All concerts broadcast live on ABC Classic FM.
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