X Sydney International Piano Competition
The 10th Sydney International Piano Competition took place at Sydney's Seymour Centre and Opera House from 4 to 21 July 2012 and it was contested by 36 pianists from 14 countries. Avan Yu won the competition, while Nikolay Khozyainov and Dmitry Onishchenko were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes.[1]
Jury
Warren Thomson (chairman)- Michael Brimer
- Manana Doidjashvili
Aquiles Delle Vigne
Norma Fisher
Choong-Mo Kang
Heinz Medjimorec- Ian Munro
- Phillip Shovk
Arie Vardi
Prizes
| Winner | |
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| 1st Grand Prize |  Avan Yu
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| 2nd Prize |  Nikolay Khozyainov
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| 3rd Prize |  Dmitry Onishchenko
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| 4th Prize | Mikhail Berestnev
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| 5th Prize |  Hao Zhu
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| 6th Prize |  Tanya Gabrielian
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| Australian SQ engagement | Dmitry Onishchenko
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| Best Liszt performance | Nikolay Khozyainov
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| Best Australian competitor |  James Guan
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| Best performance of an Australian work | Dmitry Onishchenko
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| Best Mozart Concerto performance | Avan Yu
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| People's Choice Prize | Nikolay Khozyainov
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| Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance | Avan Yu
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| Best Beethoven performance | Avan Yu
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| Best Chopin performance | Hao Zhu
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| Best performance of a Liszt Study | Nikolay Khozyainov
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| Best overall Concerto performance | Nikolay Khozyainov
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| Best Ravel performance | Avan Yu
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| Best Rachmaninoff performance | Tanya Gabrielian
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| Best Chamber Music performance | Avan Yu
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| Best Mozart performance |  Tomoaki Yoshida
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| Best Schubert performance | Nikolay Khozyainov
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| Best performance of a Russian work | Mikhail Berestnev
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| Best performance of a Romantic work | Avan Yu
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| People's Choice Encouragement Prize | Avan Yu
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| Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award |  Maya Irgalina
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| Best Performance of a Haydn Sonata | Avan Yu
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| Best Performance of a Debussy Prélude | Dmitry Onishchenko
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| Best Performance of a Clementi Sonata | not awarded |
| Stage I-II Encouragement Award | Feng Bian
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| Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize | Nikolay Khozyainov
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| Semi-Finals Encouragement Award | not awarded |
| Youngest finalist | Nikolay Khozyainov
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| Youngest Australian competitor | Alex Raineri
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| Best Female competitor | Tanya Gabrielian
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Works commissioned for the competition
Competition results (by rounds)
First and Second Round
5–8 July 2012
Arta Arnicāne
Mikhail Berestnev
Feng Bian
Giulio Biddau- Stefan Cassomenos
- Wei Cao
Angelika Fuchs
Tanya Gabrielian- James Guan
- Stefano Guarascio
Atsushi Imada
Maya Irgalina- Elizaveta Ivanova
- Wenbin Jin
- Joanne Kang
- Nikolay Khozyainov
- Jin-Hong Li
- Brian Yuebing Lin
- Ke Lin
- Aaron Liu
- Ilaria Locatelli
- Konrad Olszewski
- Dmitry Onishchenko
- Olga Paliy
Marios Panteliadis
Poom Prommachart- Alex Raineri
- Lu Shen
- Yifan Sun
Benoît Tourette- Sean Yeh
- Jung-Yeon Yim
- Qian Yong
- Tomoaki Yoshida
Avan Yu- Hao Zhu
Quarterfinals
9-10 July 2012
- Arta Arnicāne
- Mikhail Berestnev
- Giulio Biddau
- Wei Cao
- Tanya Gabrielian
- James Guan
- Stefano Guarascio
- Atsushi Imada
- Maya Irgalina
- Elizaveta Ivanova
- Nikolay Khozyainov
- Jin-Hong Li
- Dmitry Onishchenko
- Olga Paliy
- Lu Shen
- Sean Yeh
- Qian Yong
- Tomoaki Yoshida
- Avan Yu
- Hao Zhu
Semifinals
11-13 July 2012
- Arta Arnicāne
- Mikhail Berestnev
- Giulio Biddau
- Tanya Gabrielian
- Stefano Guarascio
- Nikolay Khozyainov
- Jin-Hong Li
- Dmitry Onishchenko
- Lu Shen
- Tomoaki Yoshida
- Avan Yu
- Hao Zhu
Final
17-21 July 2012
- Concerti
- Mikhail Berestnev — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Tanya Gabrielian — Mozart: 21st, Tchaikovsky: 1st
- Nikolay Khozyainov — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: 3rd
- Dmitry Onishchenko — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: 3rd
- Avan Yu — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Hao Zhu — Mozart: 24th, Rachmaninoff: 2nd
References
- ^ Vancouver pianist Avan Yu triumphs at Sydney Competition. CBC, 23 November 2012