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 were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes.[1]
Jury[]
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Prizes[]
Winner | |
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1st Grand Prize | ![]() |
2nd Prize | ![]() |
3rd Prize | ![]() |
4th Prize | ![]() |
5th Prize | ![]() |
6th Prize | ![]() |
Australian SQ engagement | ![]() |
Best Liszt performance | ![]() |
Best Australian competitor | ![]() |
Best performance of an Australian work | ![]() |
Best Mozart Concerto performance | ![]() |
People's Choice Prize | ![]() |
Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance | ![]() |
Best Beethoven performance | ![]() |
Best Chopin performance | ![]() |
Best performance of a Liszt Study | ![]() |
Best overall Concerto performance | ![]() |
Best Ravel performance | ![]() |
Best Rachmaninoff performance | ![]() |
Best Chamber Music performance | ![]() |
Best Mozart performance | ![]() |
Best Schubert performance | ![]() |
Best performance of a Russian work | ![]() |
Best performance of a Romantic work | ![]() |
People's Choice Encouragement Prize | ![]() |
Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award | ![]() |
Best Performance of a Haydn Sonata | ![]() |
Best Performance of a Debussy Prélude | ![]() |
Best Performance of a Clementi Sonata | not awarded |
Stage I-II Encouragement Award | ![]() |
Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize | ![]() |
Semi-Finals Encouragement Award | not awarded |
Youngest finalist | ![]() |
Youngest Australian competitor | ![]() |
Best Female competitor | ![]() |
Works commissioned for the competition[]
Competition results (by rounds)[]
First and Second Round[]
5–8 July 2012
Quarterfinals[]
9-10 July 2012
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Semifinals[]
11-13 July 2012
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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
Categories:
- Sydney International Piano Competition
- July 2012 events in Australia
- 2012 in Australian music
- 2010s in Sydney