THE COMPETITORS ef the Ninth International Competition

NAME COUNTRY AGE Mark Anderson United States 29 Hiroshi Arimori 26 Andrew Armstrong United States 19 Armen Babakhanian Armenia 25 Fabio Bidini Italy 24 Frederic Chiu United States 28 Francesco Cipolletta Italy 23 Read Gainsford New Zealand 30 Alan Gampel United States 29 Kirill Gliadkovsky Russia 25 Jennifer Cecilia Hayghe United States 23 Ilya Itin Russia 26 Alexander Korsantiya Georgia 28 Valery Kuleshov Russia 30 Petronel Malan South Africa 20

Jura Margulis Germany 24 I Alexander Melnikov Russia 20 •

I Laura Mikkola Finland 19

Lorraine Min canada 23 ' Edoard Monteiro Brazil 26

I Enrico Pace Italy 25

HaeSun Paik Korea 27 j Shirley Hsiao-Ni Pan canada 26

I Simone Pedroni Italy 24

Richard Raymond canada 27 I Veronica Reznikovskaya Russia 26 '

I Johan Schmidt Belgium 28 '

Graham Scott United Kingdom 26 I Margarita Shevchenko Russia 25 Connie Shih canada 19 •

Sergei Tarasov Russia 22 • Christopher Taylor United States 23 I Fran~ois Weigel France 29 •I • Andreas Woyke Germany 27 ' •'

I Mikhail Yanovitsky Resident of the United States 28 ' ' ~ I J I •I ' j ' I' 92 , MARK ANDERSON United States, age 29

Address: 1957 Greenwood Road Pleasanton, cal ifornia 94566

Competitions and Awards: 1992 International Music Competition of Japan, Third Prize 1992 Busoni International Piano Competition, Third Prize 1988 GPA Dublin International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize I

• Professional Training: I 1987-89 Royal Northern College of Music, England • 1983-87 San Jose State University • Teachers: • 1987-89 Ryszard Bakst • 1988 Benjamin Kaplan • 1983 Aiko Onishi 1974-81 Trula Whelan Mark Anderson has performed • recitals in France, Germany, Holland, • Poland, Russia, England, Ireland,

I canada and the United States. His • • ~ > RELUi/; .. r-;ARIES performances have been broadcast

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FINALS •••••• •••• •••• •• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mozart No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Bral1ms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

93 I HIROSHI ARIMORI Ji Japan. age 26

Address: 12-23, 1-chome, Mihan1a-cl10 Okayama, Japan 702

Competitions and Awards: 1992 Sydney International Piano Competition of , Fourth Prize

Professional Training: 1985 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts .and Music

Teachers: 1973-85 Toshiko Nogami 1983 Hitoshi Kobayashi 1979 Yuzo Mizumoto •

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Hiroshi Arimori has performed with PRELIMINARIES the Polish Radio National Symphony •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••• ••••••••••••••••••••• Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 Orchestra, and tl1e Sydney Symphony Debussy Feux d'artifice,ftom Preludes, Book II Orchestra. He has toured in recital Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 throughout Japan-in Tokyo, Osaka, Liszt Mephisto Waltz, No. 1 Okayama and Iwaki-City-as well as in Poland and Australia. A five-time SEMIFINALS first prizewinner of the Sanyo student ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••• competition in Japan, M.r. Arimori also Chamber Music received special recognition in the Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in 1990. He gave his first Recital Program public performance when he was Poulenc Theme varie seven years old, and makes his North Liszt Sonata in B minor American debut in the Ninth Van Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Cliburn International Piano Faure Nocturne No. 2 in B major, Op. 33, No. 2 Competition. Balakirev Islamey

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94 ANDREW ARMSTRONG United States, age 19

Address: 545 West 111 th Street New York, New York 10025

competitions and Awards: 1992 New York Federation of Music Clubs, First Prize 1992 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, First Prize 1992 Kingsville International Performer's Competition,

I Grand Prize, First Prize I" I l ' Professional Training: I 1992-93 • 1.988-93 Hoff-Barthelson Music School, Scarsdale

• Teachers: 1988-93 • Miyoko Nakaya Lotto ... - _...... -· . 1981-88 Bebe Rhode • Andrew Armstrong has toured in • recital throughout the United States, • including appearances at Carnegie

• ~:">RELlf;\:. ~::;_,<\.RIES Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Steinway

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I (~hop in Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Conservatory. He has been soloist •I I with the Philhar1nonia Virtuosi •I I SEMIFINALS Chamber Orchestra at 's •I ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Alice Tully Hall. the New Haven t Chamber Music Symphony, the Richardson Symphony • Franck Piano Quintet in F minor in Texas, and the Shanghai Symphony in the People's Republic of . Mr. Recital Program Armstrong was born in Detroit and l Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op. 54 now makes his home in New York. Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B minor I• Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 I FINALS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

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95 ARMEN BABAKHANIAN Armenia, age 25

Address: Rostovian Street 19 • 1., .. • Apartment 15 375008 Yerevan, Ar111enia

Competitions and Awards: 1991 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1989 Pancho Vladigerov International Piano Competition, Sofia, Bulgaria, First Prize

Professional Training: 1985-92 Yerevan Conservatory of Music 1973-85 Tchaikovsky Special Music School

Teachers: 1982-92 - . J - Anal1it Bogdanian Armen Babakhanian has performed recitals in the United States, Russia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Gennany and PRELIMINARIES

Austria. He has toured Austria with ································································•·······•············•····•·•····•·•··•···•··•····••··········•·•··•······ · ·· · ····· · ·· · ······- ~ ······ the Armenian State Symphony Bach - Busoni Chaconne in D minorftom Partita No. 2 for ~~.::: 1. 0 Violi 1) , Orchestra, and has also appeared as BWV 1004 soloist with the Sofia Philharmonic Franck Prelude, Chorale et Fugue Orchestra in Bulgaria, the St. Berg Sonata, Op. 1 Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Babadganian Poem for Piano in C-sharp major (fonnerly tl1e Leningrad Philhar111onic), and the Utah SEMIFINALS

Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber ·······················································~···························································· · ··························· · ··~····· · ··········· musician, he has also appeared in the Chamber Music United States with the Lark String Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Quartet. His recently released recital ' recording is available on the Melodiya Recital Program label. Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27, No. 1 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano

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96 FABIO BIDINI Italy, age 24

Address: Via T. Torri 15 52100 Arezzo, Italy

Competitions and Awards: I i 1992 Busoni International Piano Competition, Second Prize ~ , 1991 National Power World Piano Competition London, Third Prize

Professional Training: , 1980-90 Conservatorio Santa Cecilia , 1975-80 Liceo Classico "F. Petrarca" , , Teachers: • 1991-92 Maria Tipo 1982-91 Orazio Frugoni 1980-82 • Adriano Corsi . ~ -...... ;. ....· .. 1974-80 carlo Alberto Neri 1972-75 Luigi Oliviero Fabio Bidini perfo11ned with the London Symphony Orchestra under .. Michael Tilson Thomas during the Tenth Anniversary of the Barbican 'PRELii\1.zNARIES Center in a celebration that included #•·•······················································ ••••••••••••••• •••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• James Galway, Barbara Hendricks, .. Scarlatt ~. Sonata in F minor. L. 118 and Sir Georg Solti. He has appeared with the American Symphony • Sonata in D major, L. 465 Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 Orchestra, the London Philharmonic .• and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta in a • Schun1a11n Carnaval, Op. 9 I tour of Great Britain. Mr. Bidini has ~ two recordings to his credit - I SEMIFINALS ~ Piano Concerto No. 2 :' •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Chopin's for • •! Classicord and works by Chopin and • Chamber Music r Schubert for Ricordi. I Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 • l Recital Program Clementi Sonata in D minor, Op. 40, No. 3 Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 1O1 Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth. Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 Busoni Ten Variations on a Prelude of Chopin Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano

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97 ' FREDERIC CHIU United States, age 28

• Address: 24 Rtte Jean Maridor 75015 Paris, France

Competitions and A wards: 1988 Willian1 Kapell lnternational Piano Competition, Semifinalist, Young Cha11g Prize 1986 Busoni International Piano Competition, Semifinalist 1986 Bosendorfer-Empire International Competition, Grand Prize, Young Artist Branch

Professional Training: 1985-87 The 1981-85

Teachers: 1988-90 Marian Rybicki Frederic Chiu has perfor1ned exten­ 1985-87 sively in Et1rope and North America. 1980-85 Karen Shaw In France, he has appeared in recital 1981-84 Aube Tzerko at the Musee Magnin in Dijon, the fes­ tival of La Roque d 'Antheron, and several venues in Paris including the PRELIMINARIES Louvre, the , the Salle •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Cortot, and in the Theatre des Bach - Busoni Two Chorale Preludes Champs-Elysees with violinist Joshua Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Bell. Other European engagements Nun Freut euch, lieben Christen include performances with the orches­ Liszt .from Annees de pelerinage: Italie tras of Lorraine and Rhin in France Sposalizio and the orchestra of cadaques, Spain. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca In the United States, he has appeared Prokofiev - Chiu .from "Lieutenant Kije" Symphonic Suite, Op. 60 in recital at the Ambassador II. Romance Auditorium in Pasadena and has been III. Kije's Wedding broadcast on National Public Radio, IV. Troika PBS, and New York's WQXR. An v. Kije's Burial exclusive artist for the Harmonia Schulz-Evler Concert Arabesques on Waltzes from J. Strauss' Mun di label, Mr. Chiu has three "The Blue Danube" recordings released worldwide, the most recent a three-disc set of the SEMIFINALS complete sonatas of Prokofiev. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .. •••. .•• ··································-········· Chamber Music Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 4 7

Recital Program Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Ravel Miroirs Prokofiev Waltz.from 'War and Peace," Op. 96, No. 1 Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

FINALS

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I FRANCESCO CIPOLLETTA Italy, age 23 l I Address: r Corso Brianza 34 [ 1O153 Torino, Italy I, I • Competitions and Awards: 1990 GPA Dublin International Piano Competition, Semifinalist "' • 1989 Tokyo International Music Competition, Semifinalist I 1989 Busoni International Piano Competition, Third Prize r l I Professional Training: ~ 1980-90 Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Turin

Teachers: 1992-93 Maria Tipo 1991 Lev Naumov r 1977-90 Maria Golia Francesco Cipolletta was born in Turin, Italy, where he began studying .PRELIMJNARIES piano at age seven and winning com­

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i 99 l READ GAINSFORD New Zealand, age 30

Address: 802 Redbt1d Hill Bloomington, Indiana 4 7 406

Competitions and Awards: 1992 International Piano Competition, Semifinalist 1991 Epinal International Piano Con1petition, Finalist 1989 Dt1dley National Pianoforte Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1992-93 Indiana University 1987 Guildl1all School of Music, London 1980-84 Auckland University

Teachers: 1992-93 Karen Shaw 1987-91 Joan Havill Read Gainsford made his London 1985 Ryszard Bakst recital debut in 1990 at Wigmore Hall 1985 Brigitte Wild and in the same year made his 1980-85 Bryan Sayer American debut tour in performances 1980-83 Janetta Mcstay with orchestra as well as in recital. In Europe, he has performed with Birmingham's Orchestra da Camera, London's Guildhall Symphony, and PRELIMINARIES

the Belgrade Philharmonic. Appearing ··········································~····· · ··········· · ································································· · ··········· ·········· · ··· · · ··· ···· ·· · · in recital at Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 101 Martin-in-the-Fields, and Messiae11 Le baiser de l'Enfant Jesus,fto1n Vingt regards sur Birmingham's Town Hall, he has also l'Enfant Jesus toured frequently throughout his Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 native New Zealand and throughout Australia. On national radio broad­ SEMIFINALS

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Alan Gampel made his professional PRELIMINARIES debut at age eight playing before ••••••••••••••• •••• ••• •••••••••••••• • ••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl. Mozar1" Rondo in D major, K. 485 In recital, he has toured in France, Cl1opin Variations on "Laci darem la mano", Op. 2 Germany, Italy, Switzerland, England, Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 lreland and the United States, per­ Balakirev lslamey forming at Washington, D.C. 's Kennedy Center, Paris' Theatre des •~ Champs-Elysees and London's •' SEMIFI NALS • •••••••••••••••••• ••• •• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Wigmore Hall. In the United States, he • has appeared with the orchestras of • Chamber Music I Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 4 7 Grand Rapids, Redlands, Westchester, I Ann Arbor and Long Beach, and in ( Recital Program Europe with the Orchestre de Paris Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano under Semyon Bychkov's direction. • Schubert Four Impromptus, Op. 90 Performances on radio and television • Chopi11 Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 include those on France's Radio • Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, Sonata Fantasy Classique, France Musique, England's - Stravinsky - Agosti Selectionsftom The Firebird BBC, and WQXR in New York. In - 1989, Mr. Gampel joined the roster of FINALS the Xerox Afftliate Anists ...... Program . Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Rachn1aninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

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101 KIRILL GLIADKOVSKY Russia, age 25

Address: 2710 Severance #204 Los A11geles, 90007

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Teachers: 1990-93 Daniel Pollack 1• I 1987-90 Lev Vlasenko I Kirill Gliadkovsky has toured Russia, Mikhail Pletnev 1 1 Italy, Poland, Mongolia and the United Nicolai Suk I • States performing both piano and 1983-87 Alexander Sobolev I organ recitals.He has appeared as Lev Petrov ' soloist with the Boris Bekhterev ' Orchestra led by Pierre Boulez, with the symphonies of caluga and ' Serpuhov and the City of Belgrade PRELIMINARIES Orchestra and with the American ······································································································ ~···············~···········~························· ······· ·· ' Youth Orchestra at UCLA's Royce Taneyev Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, Op. 29 Auditorium. In addition, for the past Schuman11 from Bu.nte Blatter, Op. 99 two seasons, he has participated in Three Little Pieces th.e Aspen Music Festival. Mr. Five Album Leaves Gliadkovsky is currently in the gradu­ Novellette ate program of the University of Prelude Southern cal ifomia. Shostakovich Preludes No. 1-12,from 24 Preludes, Op. 34 Liszt Apres une lecture de Dante,Jantasia quasi sonata

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Recital Program -Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Scriabin Satanic Poem, Op. 36

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102 JENNIFER CECILIA HAYGHE - United States, age 23

• Address: • 9400 Elk Drive - Springfield, Virginia 22153 • • Competitions and Awards: • 1992 Busoni International Piano Competition, Semifinalist • 1992 Naumburg Foundation International Competition, Finalist 1991 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Finalist I • 1991 The Melini Award I ,, • I Professional Training: I 1987 -93 The Juilliard School :/t

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103 ' ILYA ITIN Russiat age 26

Address: 2928 Owenwood Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76109

Competitions and Awards: 1992 International Piano Master Competition, Third Prize 1991 Robert casadesus International Piano Competition, First Prize,

-~; Chopin Special Prize 1991 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Third Prize, Prokofiev Prize, Mozart Prize 1990 William Kapell International Piano Competitiont Second Prize 1990 All-Union Rachmaninoff Piano Competitiont Moscow, Second Prize

- Professional Training: • 1985-90 Moscow State Conservatory 1974-85 Sverdlovsk Special Music School Ilya Itin has made debuts at Lincoln Centerts Alice Tully Hall in New York, Teachers: the Kennedy Center in Washington, 1991 Yin Cheng Zong D.C.t and the Salle Pleyel in Paris. He 1989 has performed with the Israel 1985-90 Lev Naumov Symphony Orchestra, the Lodz 1974-85 Natalia Litvinova Symphony, the Pasdeloup Orchestra in France and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Festival PRELIMINARIES appearances include Savannah ···························································· · ··············· · ······~·························································· ········ · · · ··· · ····· · ··· Onstage! in the United Statest and .the Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K. 475 Schleswig-Holstein Festival, with Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, Sonata-Fantasy additional performances in Germanyt Two Poems, Op. 32 France and Italy. Mr. Itin was born in Sonata No. 10,0p. 70 Sverdlovsk, Russia. He came to the Chopin Barcarolle in F-sharp majort Op. 60 United States to study with Vladimir Viardo and now makes his home in SEMIFINALS

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Recital Program Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 Chopin Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48t No. 1 Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2 Debussy Estampes Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36

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104 ALEXANDER KORSANTIYA Georgia, age 28

• - - 0 Address: ' • 325 North Shore Drive South Bend, Indiana 4661 7

competitions and Awards: • 1988 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, First Prize • J 1985 Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, Honorary Diploma • 1981 Trans-caucasian Music Competition, Yerevan, First Prize '

I Professional Training: • . I' 1992-93 Indiana University at South Bend , 1983-90 State Conservatory 1972-83 Special School of Music for Gifted Children, Tbilisi

' Teachers: 1992-93 1980-90 Tengiz Amiradjibi 1977-80 Natalia Chalatova Alexander Korsantiya has toured 1972-77 Vanca Shiwrashvili throughout Europe - Germany, Holland, Hungary, Finland, England, Scotland and Austria - performing in ' recital at such venues as Munich's

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• ; • r t ••' I VALERY KULESHOV I R11ssia, age 30 I •.• t ' I "' • • ~ "' Address: I ' ., ' c/o Edgley Ventures Pty. Ltd. "I ., I 21 O Riversdale Road 'l r~ j 3122 Hawthorn, Australia ' I •t '' ' I 1 Competitions and Awards: 1987 Busoni International Piano Competition, Second Prize, '. Special Jury Award, Gold Medal I 1 ... • • .: ' • • • Professional Training: ! f! ~ - • ...... , • 1970-81 • • Moscow Central Music School • ~ •• ' . . l ' '• • I \ Teachers: '• 1985-93 Dmitri Bashkirov l • • •. • 1984-85 Vladimir Troop ~' I' 1969-81 l Helena Hoven " I ~. Valery Kuleshov has performed in ' 'j Russia, japan, and Europe with the St. I ~ Petersburg Philharmonic PRELIMINARIES ! 4 Orchestra(formerly the Leningrad '! ······················· ~ ·····················································································~··········· ····························-·······. ········ ' Philharmonic) led by both Yuri •I Bach - Busoni Chaconne in D minor from Partita No. 2 for Solo ',/iolin, I' l Temirkanov and Mariss Jansons. In BWV 1004 I I • addition, he has performed witl1 the ~ Brahms Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117, No. 2 ! Melbourne Symphony in the Sydney l Liszt Six Grand Etudes of Paganini I' I Myer Music Bowl before an audience I • l of 25,000, the West Australian SEMIFINALS •' Symphony and the Classika Orchestra ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •l in St. Petersburg. As a recitalist, Mr. · Chamber Music j •! Kuleshov has toured Russia, Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 4 7 I' •.' Australia, Italy, Japan and New ' l Zealand. He has recorded works by Recital Program I •I Schumann for America's MCA label Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, L. 449 I • and Liszt for the JVC label in japan. Sonata in D major, L. 417 I 4 His participation in the Ninth Van Sonata in D minor, L. 423 ' •l Cliburn International Piano 391 l Sonata in A major, L. I Competition marks Mr. Kuleshov's 1 Schumann carnaval, Op. 9 I I North American debut. Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 j Scriabin Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 Black Mass i Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano 4 I Horowitz - Kuleshov Variations on Themes from Bizet's "carmen" •I •I ' FINALS I •• •' ••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I I Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 't •• Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 I 'I I I 1 l ,I l l

i• r' ! i I • I' ' 106 i I I j •' PETRONEL MALAN South Africa, age 20

Address: 124 Herbert Baker Street, Groenkloff Pretoria, South Africa O181

Competitions and Awards: 1992 Winner, Michigan State University Honors Concert 1990 South African Broadcasting Corporation's Music. Prize Competition, First Prize 1988 Young People's Piano Concerto Competition, Memphis, First Prize

Professional Training: 1991-93 Michigan State University 1986-90 Pro Arte School for Art, Ballet, and Music, Pretoria

Teachers: 1991-93 Ralph Votapek 1986-89 1985-86 Hennie Joubert PetroneI Malan has performed 1980-85 Adolph Hallis throughout her native South Africa 1978-80 Jeanette Malan both in recital and with the major orchestras, including the Symphony Orchestra, the cape Town Symphony, the PRELJfvill\JARIES Transvaal Chamber Orchestra, and the ••••••••••••• ••••• ••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Natal Philharmonic in Durban. She Mozart Sonata in D major, K. 576 has toured the United States, South Beetl1oven Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, Tempest America and Europe playing recitals Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 in Paris and London. Before beginning Prokofiev Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 her studies in the United States, Miss Malan took first prizes in several SEMIFINALS national music competitions of South •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Africa . Chamber Music Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26

Recital Program Bacl1 Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 Liszt Sonata in B minor Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Brahn1s Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Book I Ravel La Valse

FINALS ••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mozart Piano Co11certo No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 Racl1111aninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

107 1• j JURA MARGULIS ,I Germany, age 24 ~ I • l Address: Talstr. 1 ,;. i '. • ""· ·' \ . D-7830 Enlillendingen, Gern1any 'l

Competitions and Awards: 1989 Dublin International Piano Competition, Fifth Prize 1985 Viotti International Piano Competition, Vercelli, Italy, First Prize 1981 Concertino Praga International Piano Competition, Czechoslovakia, First Prize

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- ... ~...... --- ..... -~ Jura Margulis has been soloist with the Neues Orchester in Basel, the PRELIMINARIES Kammerorchester in Augsburg, and ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••• •••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••• the Freiburg Symphonie Orchester. In Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3 recital, he has performed in Japan, Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 Ireland and Germany. Son of Moszkowski Etude in A-flat major, Op. 72, No. 11 Lithuanian pianist and teacher Vitaly Margulis, Mr. Margulis was born in St. SEMIFINALS Petersburg, Russia, and moved to ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Germany at age eight. Sixteen years Chamber Music later, he returned to Russia to give a · Franck Piano Quintet in F minor series of concerts including a recital in St. Peterburg's Philharmonic Hall. Mr. Recital Program Margulis has recorded for the Sony Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano and Aurophon labels in Gern1any. Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Schubert Impromptu in B-flat major, Op. 142, No. 3 Scriabin Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca , Saint-Saens - Liszt Dance macabre

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108 ALEXANDER MELNIKOV Russia, age 20

Address: --·· . Gottwald-str 1 O 125047 Moscow, Russia

Competitions and Awards: 1991 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Fifth Prize 1991 UNESCO Piano Competition of Bratislava, First Prize 1990 Russian Culture Foundation Scholarship Award • 1989 International Competition, Third Prize

• Professional Training: • 1993 Moscow State Conservatory • 1980-91 Moscow Central Music School • • Teachers: • 1985-93 Lev Naumov • Alexander Melnikov, the youngest I prizewinner of the 1991 Queen I ••••• •••••••• ••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Elisabeth Competition, has recently Schubert Sonata in A major, Op. 120 appeared at the Festival des Arcs in - Liszt Gnomenreigen France, Les Jeunesses Musicales in !' • Belgium, and the Schleswig-Holstein, I ChopLri Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4 • ' Bashmet and Villa Musica Festivals in I Preludes 1-12,.from 24 Preludes, Op. 28 I • Scriab i11 Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 Germany. As soloist with orchestra, I he has perfortned with Spain's I SEMIFINALS Valencia Philharmonic, Belgium's ...... Liege Philharmonic, the Moscow State • Chamber Music Philharmonic and Russia's Bolshoi Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Theatre Orchestra in Frankfurt's Alte • Oper Hall. Mr. Melnikov has made two Recital Program recordings in Belgium. • Scht1mann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 • Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano

FINALS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Bral1ms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

109 LAURA MIKKOLA Finland, age 19

Address: Saynavane 1o B 6 Espoo, Finland 021 70

Competitions and Awards: 1992 Sa11tander International Piano Competition, Semifinalist

.. q 1992 Maj Lind Competition, Helsinki, First Prize ,, 2 SQ 1988 International Piano Competition, France, First Prize

Professional Training: 1991-93 C11rtis Institute of Music 1981-93 Sibelius Academy, Helsinski

Teachers: 1991-93 . 1990-91 • ..t.J Dmitri Bashkirov 1986 Laura Mikkola has performed in 1982-90 Tapani Valstra Vienna and Linz with the Wiener Kammerorchester, in Helsinki with the City Orchestra and Radio Symphony Orchestra and in Bayonne-Cote PRELIMINARIES

Basque with L'Orchestre Regional. ················· ····················· · ··· · ··································· · ····················· · ··· · ··················· ~ · ············· · ··· ·· · · ·········· · · ······· · . Festival appearances include perfor­ Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 • mances at the Internatio.nal Music Ginastera Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 ! '• l Festival of Colmar, France, the Liszt Spanish Rhapsody • Helsinki Festival in Finland, and the I I Irving s. Gilmore International • SEMIFINALS t • Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, ··············································· ~········ · ······ · ······························· · ······································ · ·····················~·· ·· ···· . I . Micl1igan. Miss Mikkola was born in Chamber Music • .I Helsinki and gave her first public per­ Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 • I ' formance at age five. •I I Recital Program I I Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 • l• Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 '• I ' Ravel jeux d'eau .I Liszt Apres une lecture de Dante,Jantas1a quasi so11ata l• • Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano ,' ,' I

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LORRAINE MIN canada, age 23

Address: 200 West 70th Street New York, New York 10023

Competitions and Awards: 1990 Harveys Leeds International Pian ofone Competition, Semifinalist 1990 canadian Womens Club Competition, New York, First Prize 1990 Washington International Piano Competition, D.C., Second Prize , . . ~ 1989 D' Angelo Young Artists International Piano Competition, Erie, Pennsylvania, Third Prize

Professional Training: 1991-93 The Juilliard School 198 7 -91 Peabody Conservatory 1985-87 Interlochen Arts Academy 1980-84 Royal Conservatory of Toronto / · ~ .. •• Teachers: Lorraine Min has performed at 1991 -93 Jerome Lowenthal Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center, 1987-91. Ellen Mack New York's Merkin Hall and at Town 1980-8.') Edward Parker Hall in Leeds, England. She has appeared at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall with the Juilliard Orchestra and in Toronto with the Korean­ PRELIMJ NARIES canadian Orchestra. Miss Min gradu­ ...... ·························--······································································-··············-························· ated from the Royal Conservatory of I Mozart Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281 Toronto at age 14 and began studies I Szymanowski Serenade de Don JuanJTom Masques, Op. 34 at the Interlochen Arts Academy, I Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 8 la, Les Adieux where she was twice the recipient of • Liszt Venezia e Napoli the Van Cliburn Scholarship. Miss Min • was born in Victoria, British Columbia SEMIFINALS and currently resides in New York. - ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Chamber Music Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493

Recital Program Gotild Ghost Waltzes for Piano Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 9, Ricordanza Bral11ns Variations on a Theme of Paganini , Op. 35, Book II Fa tire Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 63 Chopi11 Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35

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111 EDOARD MONTEIRO Brazil, age 26

Address: Rua Senador Vergueiro 219 Rio de Janeiro-R ), Brazil 22230

Competitions and Awards: 1992 Sa11tander I11ternational Piano Competition, Finalist 1991 GPA Dt1blin International Piano Competition, Third Prize 1989 International Pianoforte Competition Cologne, First Prize

Professional Training: 1984-93 School of Music of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Teachers: 1986-92 Myrian Davelsberg 1980-86 Esther Naiberg

Edoard Monteiro has toured South -as: America with the Moscow PRELIMINARIES - Philharmonic Orchestra, performed ···············································································································································-····················· with the National Symphony Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 11 O Orchestra in Ireland, and with the Franck Prelude, Chorale et Fugue Brazilian Symphony in Rio de Janeiro. i Liszt Apres une lecture de Dante,Jantasia quasi so11(1ta I 1 Recital engagements have taken him J \ to Israel, Portugal, Germany, Spain, SEMIFINALS • Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Russia and ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• l througl1out Brazil. He made his first Chamber Music l public appearance at age 13 and has ' Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 j won several scholarships for graduate i study. Recital Program I l Villa Lobos Minstrel Impressions .

• Brahms Variations and Fugtte on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 I • Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano I Wagner - Liszt Isolde's Liebestod j ! Ravel Gaspard de la nuit • ! FINALS , ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I I Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 I ' 26 1 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 1 •

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Address: V.S. Aquilina 37 4 703 7 Rimini, Italy

Competitions and Awards: . . 1991 GPA Dublin International Piano Competition, Second Prize . ;' 1989 International Piano Competition, Utrecht, First Prize 1987 International Music Competition of Stresa, First Prize

Professional Training: 1984-92 Gioacchino Rossini Conservatory of Pesaro

Teachers: 1991-92 Alexander Lonquich 1990-92 Lazar Berman 1990-92 Boris Petrushansky 1984-92 Franco Scala Enrico Pace has performed at Amsterdam's with the North Holland Philharmonic

PREL ll\.r~ 1~ NARIES Orchestra, with Dublin's National ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ..... • ································································································-································ Symphony Orchestra and, under the Beetho·Jen Sonata in E major, Op. 14, No. 1 baton of Sergiu Comissiona, in Schumann Allegro in B minor, Op. 8 Florence with the Tuscany Orchestra. Wagner - Liszt Isolde's Liebestod His recital engagements include a tour Liszt Etude No. 2 in E-flat major Jrom Six Paganini Erudes of the Netherlands, performances in Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Milan at both the Sala Verdi and the Society of Quartets, in Rome at the SEMIFINALS Teatro dei Servi, and in Ireland at the ...... ···-·······-···· .. ···-· ··-···· ...... National Concert Hall and with the Chamber Music Royal Dublin Society. Mr. Pace has Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 sn1died composition and conducting in addition to piano, and, for the past Recital Program three years, has been one of the few Schumann Davidsbiindlertanze, Op. 6 artists selected to study at the Scriabin Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 Accademia Pianistica in Imola, Italy. Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano

FINALS ••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

113 HAESUN PAIK Korea, age 2 7

Address: 1083 Beacon Street #4 Brookline, Massacl1usetts 02146

Competitions and Awards: 1991 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Fourth Prize - 1990 Harveys Leeds international Pianoforte Competition, Fifth Prize - 1989 William Kapell International Piano Competition, First Prize - - - Professional Training: ,__- •. • 1983-93 New England Conservatory of Music ' . "• Teachers: • 1983-93 Russell Sherman J j 1987 Jerome Lowenthal I 1979-83 Wha Kyung Byun • J' 1975-79 Jin Woo Chung '• Ha.eSun Paik has performed at Washington O.C. 's Kennedy Center, I Boston's Symphony Hall and at • I • Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. She ) PRELIMINARIES • I ...... •...... •...... •..•.....•..•...•...... •.....•...... ~ ...... •....••...... l has also appeared in recital in • • ) Belgium, Luxembourg, Russia, I Mozart Sonata in F major, K. 533 & K. 494 .j , Romania ·and Korea. Orchestral Scriabin Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 1 engagements include performances .• Liszt Venezia e Napoli l• .• with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, • ! the National Symphony Orchestra in SEMIFINALS ' '. Washington D.C., the Warsaw ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• l I • I Phill1armonic, the Korean National Chamber Music • 'I Symphony Orchestra, the Belgian Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 I r National Symphony Orchestra, and l ! the City of Birmingham Symphony Recital Program • l• Orchestra in England. Miss Paik has Messiaen La colombe,ftom Preludes I .• recorded for both the Nimbus and • Le loriot,ftom catalogue d'oiseaux I I Warner labels and is currently in the ! Schumann Humoresque in B-flat major, Op. 20 • • • Artist Diploma program at the New Bartok Sonata ( 1926) • .• • England Conservatory of Music. 'I Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano • i Ravel La Valse ••

FINALS I •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •.' I Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 I• • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. l in B-flat minor, Op. 23 I .. '• ' I J '• l I • • .I : • ! I • .I J ,\ i'

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'• 1 I 114 . .• .' I \ 1 SHIRLEY HSIAO-NI PAN canada, age 26 -

... '"'", • · - --- • r- • ... - ...... - ~---... . Address: • • -· • 168 Pinetrail Circle Nepean, Ontario, canada K.2G 5B9 !

• -J' Competitions and Awards: • 1992 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, Quarterfinalist , 1992 Winner of Yale School of Music Alumni Association Prize 1988 canadian Music Competition National Finals, Chamber Music, First Prize 1983 canadian Music Competition National Finals, Piano, Second Prize

Professional Training: 1992-93 Banff Centre for the Arts 1989-92 Yale University School of Music ' • 1985-89 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Teachers: 1989-92 Boris Berman Shirley Hsiao-Ni Pan was born in 1989-92 Peter Frankl Taipei, Taiwan, where she made her 1985-fj;J Ronald Turini orchestral debut with the Taipei Youth 1987 Gyorgy Sebok Orchestra. Now a citizen of canada, Miss Pan has concenized throughout her adopted country performing in recital, with orchestra, and in chamber PRELf f!,1INARIES concerts with the Auriga Trio. In the ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• United States, she has appeared with Bart6k Sonata ( 1926) the Yale Philharmonia and has given Chopin Nocturne in B-flat major, Op. 62, No. 1 recitals at the Yale School of Music's Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth. Sprague Hall. She received both a Haydn Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVl/52 Master of Music degree and Artist Ravel Une barque sur l'oceanftom Miroirs Diploma from Yale University, which Schubert - Liszt "Der Muller und der Bach" she attended on an Irving S. Gilmore Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 8 Fellowship. She has been Artist-in­ Residence at the Banff Centre for the SEMIFINALS Arts in canada. •••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Chan1ber Music Brahn1s Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Recital Program Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano

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SIMONE PEDRONI l Italy, age 24 '• .i • !<• •. ~ ,.. Address: J tt •• Via Curtato11e 28/A ! • 28100 Novara, Italy ! l

'4 I Competitions and Awards: i

1992 Arthur R.ubinstein International Piano Master Competition, lI

Second Prize, Chamber Music Prize f 1992 ! The Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo, ,. First Prize I . ~ Professional Training: ; :;'. • 1987-90 Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan I ~

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1991-93 Franco Scala 'I'• • • 1991-93 Lazar Berman ~ • 1991-92 Alexander Lonquich •I Simone Pedroni has toured Italy fre­ 1986-91 Piero Rattalino I

quently, performing with his country's l major orchestras - the RAI

Symphony Orchestra and I Pomeriggi •• • Musicali of Milan, the RAI Symphony PRELIMINARIES Orchestra of Naples, the Bologna •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••• Symphony Orchestra - and in recitals Bach English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 at Milan's La Societa dei Concerti, the Wagner - Liszt Isolde's Liebestod Teatro Comunale in Bologna, the Hindemith Suite "1922", Op. 26 Teatro Regio in Turin, and the Galleria Nazionale d 'Arte Moderna in Rome. SEMIFINALS

Additionally, he has appeared as ························································································································~············································ soloist With the Oslo Philharmonic. Chamber Music Mr. Pedroni has, for the past two Franck Piano Quintet in F minor • years, been one of the few artists selected to study at the Accademia Recital Program Pianistica in Imola, Italy. He makes Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI/SO his North American debut with his Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 • participation in the Ninth Van Cliburn Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano International Piano Competition. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

FINALS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

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116 RICHARD RAYMOND Canada, age 2 7

Address: 3155 Chemin Chambly #3 .~~ . • ·. - -.. . .. L­ Longuevil,Quebec,Canada)4LIN3 .. ~ ~ • •

Competitions and Awards: • 1992 International Montreal Music Competition, First Prize 1992 Canada Council Award 1991 Radio-Canada National Piano Competition, Grand Prize and

First Prize ~~. , . .~ . · 1990 Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1992 Peabody Conservatory 1990-92 Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto 1989-91 University of Montreal 1978-88 Montreal Conservatory

Teachers: Richard Raymond has appeared 1990-93 Leon Fleisher twice with the Montreal Symphony 1990-9/. John Perry Orchestra collaborating with conduc­ 1988-93 Marc Durand tors Richard Hoenich and Charles 1978 -8 ~~ Lise Boucher Dutoit. In addition to his Toronto 1978-84 Antoine Reboulot Symphony debut this season, Mr. 1974-78 Berangere Pasquier Raymond has performed with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa and in Montreal with the Ensemble Amati. He has toured PRELIMINARIES Canada, Italy and France making

...... ,...... appearances with Music Toronto, the Liszt Apres une lecture du Dante,Jantasia quasi sonata Caraquet Festival in New Brunswick, Prokofiev Suggestion diabolique.}Tom Op. 4 and in "A Celebration of Glenn Gould" Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He made a soon-to-be­ SEMIFINALS released CD recording with Radio­ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Canada in January . Chamber Music Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81

Recital Program Hetu Variations for Piano Mozart Sonata in B-flat major, K. 333 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano

FINALS ...... Sl1ostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 Brahn1s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

117 •t • VERONICA REZNIKOVSKAYA { Russia, age 26

• -:' • Address: ( ' Pod'ezdnoy pereulok #3-10 t i• 198013 St. Petersburg, Russia ''. ~ • • Competitions and Awards: , •• J 1992 Unisa Transnet International Music Competition, Pretoria, • • I Third Prize J. • • 1991 International Piano Competition of Senigallia, Italy, First Prize and , • • Chamber Music Award • ! 1991 Epinal International Piano Competition, France, Third Prize and • '• • Albert Roussel Award • • t- Professional Training: .- 1987-92 St. Petersburg Conservatory • •, 197 4-85 Special Music School of the St. Petersburg Conseivatory • • Teachers: Veronica Reznikovskaya was born 1989-92 Katherina Mourind in St Petersburg where she first per­ 1985-92 Valery Vasiljev formed in public at age eight. She has 1984-91 Bruno Lukk appeared with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the Leningrad Philharmonic), the • Camerata, and the St. Petersburg PRELIMINARIES •

Conservatory Orchestra. She has •.....•...... •....•...... •...... ~ •••...•.•.••.•••••••.•.•.••....•..•..•..•••••.••.•..••.•.•••.•••••..•....•.••..•••.•...... •...... toured extensively in Russia, and in Scarlatti Sonata in G minor, L. 98 Europe has performed at the Rimini Sonata in B-flat major, L. 498 Piano Festival in Italy, King's Hall in Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 8 ta, Les Adieux the United Kingdom, and the Debussy Suite pour le piano •' Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Liszt-Busoni Fantasy on Two Motives from Germany. Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"

SEMIFINALS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Chamber Music Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 •

Recital Program Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Mozart Sonata in D major, K. 311 Roussel Sonatine, Op. 16 Saint-Saens Etude en forme de valse,ftom Six Etudes, Op. 52 Schumann carnaval, Op. 9 ' FINALS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 •

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Address: Avenue de Ia Liberte 142 1080 Brussels, Belgium

Competitions and Awards: 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Third Prize 1989 International Music Competition of Japan, First Prize 1988 Maria callas International Music Competition, First Prize

1987 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, First Prize • - ~-...... ,.•

Professional Training: 1987-92 School for Music and Theater, Hannover : • 1982-85 Chapelle Musicale Queen Elisabeth, Brussels

Teachers: 1987-92 Karl-Heinz K.ammerling 1982-86 Edouardo del Pueyo 1968-82 Andre Schmidt Johan Schmidt has performed as soloist with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo's Suntory Hall, with the Liege Orchestra

PRELI ;~ :~ ~ !·J ARI ES and the RTL Orchestra in Belgium, ...... ························· -············································································-······································ with Berlin's Radio Symphony Beethov1;!1 Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata Orchestra and with the Athens State Scriabin Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 Orchestra in Greece. His recital Liszt Apres une lecture de Dante,Jantasia quasi sonata engagements throughout Europe and Japan include performances in casals SEMIFINALS Hall in Tokyo and Osaka's Symphony ···········································································-···················································...... Hall. Mr. Schmidt has recorded for the Chamber Music EMI label in Belgium, the Fontec label Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 in Japan, and the GAM label in France. He makes his North American debut Recital Program with his participation in the Ninth Van Haydn Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII Cliburn International Piano Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 Competition. Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Liszt Sonata in B minor

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119 GRAHAM SCOTT United Kingdom, age 26 i j j i Address:

41 Brook Lane • Chester, E11gland CH2 2EE

Competitions and Awards:

1991 Wi11ner in Young Concert Artists Auditions, New York I 1991 I11ternational Pia110 Competition of }aen, Spain, First Prize 1990 Stefania Niekrasz Chopin Competition, London, First Prize I 1989 Winner in You11g Concert Artists Auditions, London • 1988 Dudley National Pianoforte Competition Trust, England, First Prize

Professional Training: 1985-91 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester ,

1983-85 Chethams School of Music, Manchester •

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Address: Riasansky prospect 80, korpus 3 109542 Moscow, Russia

Competitions and Awards: 1990 Gottingen International Piano Competition, First Prize 1990 Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize

Professional Training: 1987-92 Moscow State Conservatory 1983-85 Moscow Central Music School

Teachers: 1987-93 Vera Gornostaeva 1983-85 Sergei Dizhur 1973-82 Margarita Antropova Margarita Shevchenko first per­ PRELIJViINARIES formed in public at age seven. She has •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• given recitals in Copenhagen's Scriabiri Sonata No. 9, Op 68, Black Mass Moltkes Pale, in Yamaha Hall in Schttb(;rt Impromptu in B-flat major, Op. 142, No. 3 Hamamatsu, Japan, the Old Opera Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 5, FeuxJollets House in Frankfurt, and the Chopi r1 Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Philharmonic Hall in Moscow. She has appeared as soloist with. the Polish SEMIFINALS Radio and Television Symphony ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Orchestra, the Marienbad Symphony, Chamber Music the Perm Orchestra and has performed Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 for the BBC. Miss Shevchenko has a CD recording of works by Chopin for Recital Program Japan's canion Pony label. Her perfor­ Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano mance in the Ninth Van Cliburn Mozart Twelve Variations in C major on "Ah, vous dirai-je, International Piano Competition is her Maman", K. 265 North American debut. Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Rachn1aninoff Prelude in D major, Op. 23, No. 4 Prelttde in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

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Address: • 1909 Marilyn Drive • J Bloomington, Indiana 47401 1

Professional Training: 1986-93 Indiana University

,· ~ .' 1978-86 Vancouver Academy of Music . ~ . ' Teachers: 1986-93 Gyorgy Sebok

1987-93 Reiko Neriki : 1978-86 • Lorraine Ambrose '•.

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SERGEI TARASOV Russia, age 22

Address: • Frunzenskaya nab. 54 Moscow, Russia 115270

Competitions and Awards: 1990 Tchaikovsky International Competition, Finalist 1989 Tokyo International Music Competition, Second Prize 1988 Prague Spring International Music Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1981 -90 Moscow Central Music School

Teachers: 1981-90 Lev Naumov 1978-81 M.N. Ershova

Sergei Tarasov has appeared in PRELI} ·'UNARIES recital in Germany at the festivals of ••••••••••• •• •• •• •••• ••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Bash met and Ruhr, in Japan at the Schuber:· Sonata in A major, Op. 120 Osaka Festival, in Italy at Verona's Chopin Etude in C major, Op. 10, No. t Villa dei Cedri, and throughout Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 5, Feuxfollets Russia. Mr. Tarasov's orchestral Rachn1an in off Etude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5 engagements include performances Scriabi11 Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Liszt Mephisto Waltz, No. t the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo's Suntory Hall, the Moscow SEMIFINALS State Symphony Orchestra, the Riga ...... ··-·· ...... ···-······ ·-················ ...... State Orchestra of Latvia, the Radio Chamber Music Orchestra of Slovakia, and in South Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 America with the Cordoba Symphony Orchestra and the Simon Bolivar Recital Program Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 7, Appassionata Mr. Tarasov makes his American Got1ld Ghost Waltzes for Piano debut in his performances at the Ninth Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Book I Van Cliburn International Competition. Rachn1aninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36

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CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR United States, age 23

Address: 3290 Heidelberg Drive Boulder, Colorado 80303

Competitions and Awards: 1991 Winner of Irving S. Gilmore Young Artist Award 1990 William Kapell I11ternational Piano Competition, First Prize 1988 Young Keyboard Artists International Competition, First Prize

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Teachers: 1988-93 Rt1ssell Sherman 1985-88 Francisco Aybar 1985-88 Charles Asche Christopher Taylor graduated in 1978-85 Julie Bees Amstutz 1992 from Harvard with a degree in mathematics, although he studied music privately in Boston during his undergraduate years. He has appeared PRELIMINARIES with the Buffalo Philharmonic at •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Artpark, at the Colorado Music Messiaen Regard de l'Esprit de Joie,ftom Vingt regards sur Festival in his hometown of Boulder, l'Enfant Jesus and in Washington, D.C., with the Bach Goldberg Variations, Aria with 30 Variations National Symphony Orchestra in the Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in D minor, Op. 39, No. 8 Kennedy Center. Mr. Taylor has been Etude Tableau in D major, Op. 39, No. 9 the recipient of several scholarship awards, including the Van Cliburn SEMIFINALS

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Recital Program Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Boulez Sonata No. 2 Liszt Funerailles,ftom Harmonies poetiques et religieuses Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111

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- FRAN<;OIS WEIGEL France, age 29 -

Address: • - • ..• .,. 1' 108 Rue General Leclerc J 78400 Chatou, France j

Competitions and Awards: 1981 Claude Kahn Piano Competition, Paris, First Prize 1980 Jugend Musiziert Competition, Germany, Second Prize

Professional Training: • 1982-85 Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique, Paris • 1980-82 Musikhochschule of Koln I '

• Teachers: I 1982-85 Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen • 1980-82 • Gunther Ludwig , - ' .: _ - Fran~ois Weigel has appeared in P !1~ELIM !~ ·J ARIES recital in Paris at the Salle Gaveau, the • ••••••• •••••••••••• •• •••••••••••••••••• • •••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Salle Pleyel, the Theatre du Chatelet, Llcbussy Suite pour le piano and the Louvre, as well as at the Abc­ Scarlatti Sonata in C major, L. 1 en-Provence Festival, the Festival de Sonata in C minor, L. 402 Radio-France in Montpellier, and the Sonata in G major, L. 349 Palais Festival Hall in Cannes. Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B minor Orchestral engagements include per­ Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 formances with the Beethovenhalle Orchestra in Bonn and with the Czech SEMIFINALS Bohemia Orchestra. Mr. Weigel has ...... ·····················-····················································· ······················-··· ..················ ...... also been heard in radio broadcasts Chamber Music throughout Germany, Italy, France Franck Piano Quintet in F minor and Austria, and appeared in the fea­ ture ftlm "Un Amour de Swann" with Recital Program Alain Delon and Ornella Muti. He Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata makes his North American debut at Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 the Ninth Van Cliburn International Go11ld Ghost Waltzes for Piano Piano Competition. Stravinsky Three Movements from Petroushka

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'• • Competitions and Awards: 1992 International Music Competition, Hamburg, . ' First Prize • 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Semifinalist • 1988 Carlo Zecchi International Piano Con1petition, Rome, Fifth Prize

Professional Training: . 1983-93 Musikhochschltle Vienna • · ~ ..• > 1969-83 Musikhochschule Koln

Teachers: • 1990-93 Rudolf Kehrer 1983-90 Pavel Gililov Andreas Woyke concertizes exten­ 1981-83 Julio Largacha sively in Germany and Austria. He 1977-81 Aldo Antognazzi has performed as soloist with the Wiener Hochschulorchester in Vienna, • the Schweriner Staatskapelle in Hamburg, the Sudwestfalen PRELIMINARIES Pl1ilharmonic in Haiger, and the •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• )ugendsinfonie Orchester in Cologne. Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor,ftom the Well-Tempered He has appeared in recital in Clavier, Book II Duisburg, Bonn, Stuhr and Bremen Brahms Klavierstiicke, Op. 76 where he recorded a CD for Radio Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Bremen. Mr. Woyke gave his frrst Ginastera Danzas Argentinas public performance at age seven and has been the recipient of a number of SEMIFINALS scholarship awards. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Chamber Music Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Recital Program Berg Sonata, Op. 1 Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 101 Scriabin Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30 Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

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Address: 84 Harbor Key Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

Competitions and Awards: 1992 Naumburg Foundation International Competition, Second Prize 1992 Miriam Klausner International Piano Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1991-93 The Juilliard School 1991 Temple University, Phildelphia - 1983-90 Moscow State Conservatory

Teachers: 1991-93 1991 Harvey Wedeen 1988-90 Mikhail Voskresensky 1983-88 EvgeniMogilevsky Mikhail Yanovitsky made his New 1972-83 Marina Wolf York recital debut at the 92nd Street Y, and has also appeared in recital in Florida's Ruth Eckerd Hall, Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center PRELif..~.: ~1 ARIES and the Gardner Museum in Boston. ••••••••••••••• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• His orchestral engagements include Schubcr-r Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90, No. 3 performances with the Moscow State Bach Italian Concerto, BWV 971 Symphony Orchestra, the Richmond Beethoven Sonata in D major, Op. 28, Pastorate Symphony and the East Texas Scriabin Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 Symphony in Tyler, Texa.s. For the past two years, he has been the win­ SEMIFINALS ner of the Gina Bachauer Scholarship ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Competition at The Juilliard School. Chamber Music Brahn1s Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Recital Program Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Books I and II Scriabin Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 Hindemith Sonata No. 3 Gould Ghost Waltzes for Piano

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