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

Prizes

Winner
1st Grand Prize Canada Avan Yu
2nd Prize Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
3rd Prize Ukraine Dmitry Onishchenko
4th Prize Russia Mikhail Berestnev
5th Prize China Hao Zhu
6th Prize United States Tanya Gabrielian
Australian SQ engagement Ukraine Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Liszt performance Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Australian competitor Australia James Guan
Best performance of an Australian work Ukraine Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Mozart Concerto performance Canada Avan Yu
People's Choice Prize Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance Canada Avan Yu
Best Beethoven performance Canada Avan Yu
Best Chopin performance China Hao Zhu
Best performance of a Liszt Study Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
Best overall Concerto performance Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Ravel performance Canada Avan Yu
Best Rachmaninoff performance United States Tanya Gabrielian
Best Chamber Music performance Canada Avan Yu
Best Mozart performance Japan Tomoaki Yoshida
Best Schubert performance Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
Best performance of a Russian work Russia Mikhail Berestnev
Best performance of a Romantic work Canada Avan Yu
People's Choice Encouragement Prize Canada Avan Yu
Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award Belarus Maya Irgalina
Best Performance of a Haydn Sonata Canada Avan Yu
Best Performance of a Debussy Prélude Ukraine Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Performance of a Clementi Sonata not awarded
Stage I-II Encouragement Award China Feng Bian
Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
Semi-Finals Encouragement Award not awarded
Youngest finalist Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
Youngest Australian competitor Australia Alex Raineri
Best Female competitor United States Tanya Gabrielian

Works commissioned for the competition

Competition results (by rounds)

First and Second Round

5–8 July 2012

  • Latvia Arta Articane
  • Russia Mikhail Berestnev
  • China Feng Bian
  • Italy Giulio Biddau
  • Australia Stefan Cassomenos
  • China Wei Cao
  • Ukraine Angelika Fuchs
  • United States Tanya Gabrielian
  • Australia James Guan
  • Italy Stefano Guarascio
  • Japan Atsushi Imada
  • Belarus Maya Irgalina
  • Russia Elizaveta Ivanova
  • China Wenbin Jin
  • Australia Joanne Kang
  • Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
  • China Jin-Hong Li
  • China Brian Yuebing Lin
  • China Ke Lin
  • Australia Aaron Liu
  • Italy Ilaria Loatelli
  • Australia Konrad Olszewski
  • Ukraine Dmitry Onishchenko
  • Ukraine Olga Paliy
  • Greece Marios Panteliadis
  • Thailand Poom Prommachart
  • Australia Alex Raineri
  • China Lu Shen
  • China Yifan Sun
  • France Benoît Tourette
  • United States Sean Yeh
  • South Korea Jung-Yeon Yim
  • China Qian Yong
  • Japan Tomoaki Yoshida
  • Canada Avan Yu
  • China Hao Zhu

Quarterfinals

9-10 July 2012

  • Latvia Arta Articane
  • Russia Mikhail Berestnev
  • Italy Giulio Biddau
  • China Wei Cao
  • United States Tanya Gabrielian
  • Australia James Guan
  • Italy Stefano Guarascio
  • Japan Atsushi Imada
  • Belarus Maya Irgalina
  • Russia Elizaveta Ivanova
  • Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
  • China Jin-Hong Li
  • Ukraine Dmitry Onishchenko
  • Ukraine Olga Paliy
  • China Lu Shen
  • United States Sean Yeh
  • China Qian Yong
  • Japan Tomoaki Yoshida
  • Canada Avan Yu
  • China Hao Zhu

Semifinals

11-13 July 2012

  • Latvia Arta Articane
  • Russia Mikhail Berestnev
  • Italy Giulio Biddau
  • United States Tanya Gabrielian
  • Italy Stefano Guarascio
  • Russia Nikolay Khozyainov
  • China Jin-Hong Li
  • Ukraine Dmitry Onishchenko
  • China Lu Shen
  • Japan Tomoaki Yoshida
  • Canada Avan Yu
  • China Hao Zhu

Final

17-21 July 2012

References

  1. ↑ Vancouver pianist Avan Yu triumphs at Sydney Competition. CBC, 23 November 2012
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