XV Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition

The fifteenth Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition took place in Salt Lake City, Utah from June 16 to July 1, 2010. Rounds one and two were held at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. The final round was held at Abravanel Hall with the Utah Symphony Orchestra.

Awards

Award	Winner	Details
First prize	Lukas Geniušas	The first prize of $30,000 US awarded by Kirk and Susan Boman Commemorative gold medal awarded by Stephanie Saint-Thomas Utah Symphony Orchestra and other concert engagements CD recording of selected solo repertory
Second prize	Serhiy Salov	Second prize of $15,000 US awarded by anonymous donor Commemorative silver medal awarded by Stephanie Saint-Thomas Utah Symphony Orchestra and other concert engagements CD recording of selected solo repertory
Third prize	Dmitri Levkovich	The Joanne Baker Memorial third prize of $10,000 US Commemorative bronze medal awarded by Stephanie Saint-Thomas Concert engagements CD recording of selected solo repertory
Fourth prize	Yunjie Chen	Cash award of $8,000 US awarded by Ned and Kimberly Warner and Brad and Karen Beagles CD recording of selected solo repertory
Fifth prize	Kotaro Fukuma	Cash award of $7,000 US CD recording of selected solo repertory
Sixth prize	Zhang Zuo	The Dr. Stanley B. Kimball Memorial Sixth Prize of $6,000 US awarded by Chase Kimball CD recording of selected solo repertory
Audience prize	Lukas Geniušas	Cash award of $500 US awarded by Russell A. Cannon and Marilyn J. Cannon

Jury

9 jurors:

Hui-Qiao Bao – could not attend due to visa issues Bernadene Blaha – withdrew due to personal emergency Gennady Dzubenko Douglas Humpherys Dae-Jin Kim Jie Lu – replacement juror

Yuko Ninomiya Walter Ponce Dmitry Rachmanov – replacement juror John Roos Einar Steen-Nøkleberg– withdrew due to personal emergency Nelita True (chairperson)

Competition results by round

Round One and Round Two (semifinals, 38 competitors)

Charlie Albright Yunjie Chen Stefan Ciric Sara Daneshpour Gregory DeTurck Sebastian Di Bin Nazareno Ferruggio Kotaro Fukuma Lukas Geniušas Pavel Gintov Dorel Golan Yoonjung Han Fazliddin Husanov Daria Kameneva Benjamin Kim Soyeon Kim Andrea Lam Viviana Pia Lasaracina Alexei Lebedev

Dmitri Levkovich Benjamin Moser Seejoon Park Mayumi Sakamoto Serhiy Salov Nima Sarkechik Anastasia Solomatina - withdrew before Round One Ardita Statovci Olga Stezhko Konstantin Soukhovetski Alexei Sychev Anastasya Terenkova Matei Varga David Violi Joshua Wright Pavel Yeletsky Dizhou Zhao Zhang Zuo Darrett Zusko

Final round (6 competitors)

Finalist	Final round concerto with Utah Symphony Orchestra directed by Lawrence Leighton Smith
Yunjie Chen	Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Kotaro Fukuma	Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Lukas Geniušas	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Dmitri Levkovich	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Serhiy Salov	Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Zhang Zuo	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

References

• Alink Argerich Foundation Alink-Argerich Foundation
• Official webpage