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• • Naida Cole (Canada) p.66 • Michail Dantchenko () p.67 • • • Alexandre Dossin () p.68 • Filippo Gamba () p.69 • I Joel Hastings (Canada) p. 70 • Stanislav loudenitch (Russia) p. 71 • • .' Jan Gottlieb Jiracek () p. 72 • • ~ Yakov Kasman (Russia) p. 73 Yong-Kyu Lee (Korea) p. 74

• • Aleksandar Madzar () p. 75 • •' I '• I • Anton Mordasov (Russia) p. 76 ' •' • Eugene Mursky (Uzbekistan) p. 77 I Jon Nakamatsu (USA) p. 78 L I Olga Pushechnikova (Russia) p. 79 Aviram Reichert (Israel) p.80 • Fernando Rossano (Italy) p.81 • I Per Rundberg (Sweden) p.82 Yuan Sheng () p.83 • • Margarita Shevchenko (Russia) p.84 Christopher Sl1ih (USA) p.85 .• Niklas Sivelov (Sweden) p.86 • Katia Skanavi (Russia) p.87 Alex Slobodyanik (Russia) p.88 • Ju-Ying Song (USA) p.89 Dmitri Teterin (Russia) - p.90 ' Albert Tiu () p.91 p.92 •• Dimitri Vassilakis () George Vatchnadze (Georgia) p.93 Lev Vinocour (Rt1ssia) p.94 Dmitri Vorobieff (Rt1ssia) p.95 Yi Wu (Argentina) p.96

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• 61 COMPETITORS~ SUSUMU AOYAGI

AnDRESS: do von der Becke Winterfeldtstrasse 25 10781 , Germany

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS: 1996 lbla International C.ompetition~ Sixth Prize 1996 CIEM International Piano Competition, Finalist 1994 Tchaikovsky International Competition, Diploma 1993 Casablanca International Piano Competition, First Prize 1992 -Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition, Sixth Prize 1990 Piano Competition, Third Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: 1989- Hochschule der Kunste Berlin 1985-89 Toho Gakuen School of Music SusuMu AovAGI • }APAN • AGE 27 TEACHERS: 1996- Pascal Devoyon Susumu Aoyagi was born in Nicaragua 1989-96 Klaus Hellwig and started piano lessons at the age of 1985-89 .Fujiko Yamada five with Lili Kraus and Jo Boatright in 1975-78 Jo Boatright and Lili Kraus Dallas, making his orchestral debut at the age of nine with the Fort Worth S)'IIlphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro John Giordano. He has per­ PRELIMINARY ROUND fonned in the Czech Republic, , , Germany, Ital)', Japan, Morocco, Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 101 and the . Recent orchestral Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 engagements have included the Berlin Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Symphony at the Hall and the Berlin Philharmonic SEMIFINAL ROUND Orchestra. In recital, Mr. Aoyagi has performed at Suntory Hall in , Chamber Music and a.t the Symphony Hall in Osaka, Schumann Piano Qyintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 both for Fuji-Television, at the Palais de Fontainbleau in France, and the Kawai Recital Program Saal Fichtenhain in Essen, Germany. He Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op.87, No. 24 has made radio recordings \vith Radio­ Janacek Sonata 1-X. 1905 France, S.F.B. Gern1any, and F.M. Japan. Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Ravel La Valse Moszkowski Etincelles

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Schumann in A minor, Op. 54 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

62 I • I I I ANDREW ARMSTRONG""' COMPETITORS i I • . . . .. i Address: I 545 West lllth Street #lOE New York, New York 10025 • ! ~ ~ Competitions and Awards: ·! .1 l 1995 International Chopin Piano Competition, Semifinalist !' . 1 • 1995 U. S. National Chopin Piano Competition, Second Prize, Concerto I ,j ' Prize • . •! 1994 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Semifinalist 1 I I 1993 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Semifinalist, Jury's --- ~ i 'I Discretionary Award

I Professional Training: 1992- Columbia University • 1988- Hoff-Barthelson Music School

• Teachers: 1988- i\1iyoko Nakaya Lotto ANDREW ARMSTRONG 1981-88 Bebe Rhode UNITED STATES • AGE 23

Andrew Armstrong has performed with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the PRELIMINARY ROUND Philharmonia Virtuosi, the New Haven Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique") the Richardson Symphony, and the Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 Hamptons Summer Music Orchestra Chopin Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2 conducted by ltzhak Perhnan. He was Variations Brillantes in B-flat major, Op. 12 presented at 's Alice Tully Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Hall in March 1996, and has performed recitals in major venues in China, Japan, SEMIFINAL ROUND Mexico, Poland, and Russia. Mr. Armstrong has collaborated with the Chamber Music American, Manhattan, and Alexander Dvorak Piano ~ntet in A major, Op. 81 String Qiartets. He has received numer­ ous prizes in national and international Recital Program competitions, including the 1993 Van Brahms Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1 Cliburn Competition, where he was the Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin youngest competitor as well as a semifi­ Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major nalist. He also received the 1995 Gilmore Transcendental Erode No. 10 in F minor Young Artist Award. A third year sru­ Bolcom Nine Bagatelles dent at Columbia University majoring in English, he pursues his piano srudies

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Address: ·. Belovejskaia Ut. 1 #101 121353 l\1oscow, Russia

Competitions and Awards: 1996 Esther Honens International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize 1996 International Piano Competition ofAustralia, Paul and Helena Haas Encouragement Award 1994 Felix Mendelssohn International Competition, Third Prize 1993 Franz Schubert International Competition, Second Prize 1992 International Competition, Third Prize

• Professional Training: 1990- Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1979-90 Central School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Teachers: YuR1BocnANov 1996- Mikhail Voskresensky Russ1A • AGE 25 1994-96 Alexei Nasedkin 1990-93 Tatiana Nikolaeva Yuri Bogdanov began taking lessons at 1976-82 Anna Artobolevskaia the age of four with noted teacher Anna Artobolevskaia. He continued his studies with legendary Tatiana Nikolaeva and Alexander Mndoyants, a laureate of PRELIMINARY RouND the 1977 Cliburn Competition. In 1989, he made his recital debut at the Scriabin Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor, from Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin, House-Museum in Moscow and later BWV1004 received its first scholarship awarded Debussy Images, Book I for extraordinary interpretation of the Schumann , Op. 9 piano works of Scriabin. He has toured throughout Germany and Russia, includ­ SEMIFINAL ROUND ing engagements with the Folhvang Kammerorchester in Essen and Chamber Music the Deutsche Kammerakademie in Franck Piano Qyintet in F minor Do1unund and recitals at Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow. Mr. Bogdanov,s recording Recital Program of Franz Schubert's solo works on the Schubert Drei Klavierstiicke, D. 946 Melodiya label earned him the first prize Gubaidulina Chaconne in an international recording competition. Bolcom Nine Bagatelles I He and his wife, Natasha, have a one year­ Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition old son, Sergei. FINAL ROUND

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

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Address: .,, ... -. , Kustaankatu 6 C #43 -~ - "> ~- ~1'!"'! 00500 , Finland •• ~ r -~~ . . - ...... ·-..;,._--"- Competitions and Awards: ...... - - ~ .••.... "'- 1'I 1995 Qyeen Elisabeth International Music Competition ofBelgium, Finalist • . Ji 1993 Citta di Cantu International Competition for Piano and Orchestra, - • - - ~ First prize . 1990 Carlo Soliva International Competition, First Prize (Category D) • Professional Training: 1995- Hochschule filr Musil< "Franz Liszt"Weimar .

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Teachers: 1992- Lazar Berman VICTOR CHESTOPAL 1992- Erik Tawaststjerna RUSSIA • AGE 21 1987-92 I\1ikhail Pletnev and Lev Vlasenko Victor Chestopal began piano lessons at the age of five under the guidance of •. his mother Victoria Yagling, a celebrat­ PRELIMINARY ROUND ed cellist, composer, and student of I . He performed I Transcendental Etude No. 4, Mazeppa Liszt his fust recital engagement at the age of I Etude No. 1, cinq I Debussy Pour /es doigts 13 at the Rachmaninoff Concert Hall ' Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition in Moscow. Since then, he has per­ formed with the Liege Philharmonic,

I the Janacek Philharmonic, the Finnish I SEMIFINAL RouND Radio Symphony, and the Mosco\v I Philharmonic, collaborating with such •I Chamber Music • conductors as , Dennis • Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 I Burkh, and Pierre Bartholomee. In I I I recital, he has appeared at the Royal Recital Program • Academy of Fine Arts in , the Bolcom Nine Bagatelles • Sibelius Academy Hall in Helsinki, and • Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op.110 at the Herkulessaal in . He • Liszt Sonata in B minor has recorded works by Mussorgsky, • Balakirev Islamey Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky on the Ricercar label in Belgium. FINAL ROUND • Bach Piano Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

• 65 COMPETITORS~ NAIDA COLE

Address: 414 Russell Hill Road Toronto, Ontario, M4V 2V2, Canada

Competitions and A\vards: . . . . 1994 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Third Prize 1992 Montreal International Piano Competition, Third Prize

Professional Training: 1996- International Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia, Italy 1992-96 Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University 1991-92 University of Montreal 1985-91 Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto

Teachers: 1992- 1991-92 Marc Durand NAIDA COLE 1985-89 Marina Geringas CANADA • AGE 22

Naida Cole has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under PRELIMINARY ROUND Jukka-Pekk.a Saraste and Gunter Herbig, the Warsaw Philharmonic Corigliano Etude Fantasy with Kazimierz Kord, the Montreal Ravel Gaspard de la nuit S)'mphony Orchestra, the National Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, and the CBC Vancouver Symphony. She has also appeared in recitals and in fes­ SEMIFINAL ROUND tivals throughout Canada and the United States, including the Vancouver Chamber Music Chamber Music Festival, where she Dvorak Piano Qtintet in A major, Op. 81 played both flute and piano on a broad­ cast for CBC's "Arts National," the Recital Program Gilmore Keyboard Festival, and the Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Montreal International Music Festival. Schubert Drei Klavierstilcke, D. 946 Born in Durham, North Carolina, Ms. Chopin Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 Cole has recently completed one year in the Artist Diploma program at the Peabody Institute with Leon Fleisher. FINAL ROUND She is currently attending master classes at the International Piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Foundation in Cadenabbia, which • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 selects only five young professionals to study each year.

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Address: Hamstergrund 13 30657 Hannover, Germany

Competitions and Awards: 1996 Busoni International Piano Competition, Third Prize 1994 Krainev Piano Competition, Ukraine, First Prize

Professional Training: 199 5- Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover 1984-95 Central Music School of the Kiev Conservatory

Teachers: 1995- Vladimir Krainev 1984-95 N. Gridneva

MICHAIL DANTCHENKO UKRAINE. AGE 19 PRELIMINARY ROUND Michail Dantchenko is both the Clementi Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 26, No. 2 youngest competitor and the sole Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, representative of the Ukraine. He has Books I and II appeared extensively in his native city, Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Kiev, where he has performed with the Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra and the Conservatory Orchestra. In SEMIFINAL RoUND recital, he has appeared in venues such

as the Scriabin House-Museum in I Chamber Music Moscow, the Great Hall of the Moscow I Brahms Piano Qyintet in F minor, Op. 34 Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and the ' . Musikverein in Austria. He has I Recital Program participated in international festivals, • I Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 including Virtuosos 2000 in St . Liszt Spanish Rhapsody I Petersburg and the Colmar Festival in ! Bolcom Nine Bagatelles j France, directed by Vladimir Spivakov. Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) •: Based in Hannover since 1995, he is • now studying with Vladimir Krainev at • FINAL RouND the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater. • • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 •-

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Address: Leningradsl7 Pr. D-33, Korpus 4, Kv. 325 125284 Moscow, Russia

Competitions and A\vards: 1996 Maria Callas Grand Prix for , Second Honorary Mention 1995 Mozart International Competition, Third Prize 1993 "Mazara-del-Vallo" International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize

Professional Training: 1991-96 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1989-91 Music College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1987-89 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Teachers: 1991- Sergei Dorensky ALEXANDRE Doss1N 1989-91 Boris Romanov BRAZIL • AGE 26 1980-88 Hubertus Hofmann 1976-80 Maria Francisca Heinrich Alexandre Dossin was born in Brazil and moved to l\1oscow in 1989 after receiving a scholarship from the Russian Ministry of Culture to pursue PRELIMINARY RouND studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He ga''e his debut recital Mozart Sonata in C major, K. 330 in his hometown of Alegre when Liszt Sonata in B minor he was 12 years old. During the last five Prokofiev Toccata, Op. 11 years he has performed in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia, where he appeared with the Moscow Semifinal Round Conservatory and Ministry of Defense Symphony orchestras, the Novosibirsk Chamber Music Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Brahms Piano Qyintet in F minor, Op. 34 Moscow Chamber Orchestra at Rachmaninoff Hall. His performance Recital Program at the Tenth Van Cliburn Competition Mozart Variations in D major on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573 will mark Mr. Dossin's North American Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 debut. Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 Villa-Lobos Choros No. 5 from Alma Brasileira Ginastera Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 Bolcom Nine Bagatelles

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• FILIPPO GAMBA,,.., COMPETITORS

Address: Piazza Umberto #10 37030 Montecchia di Crosara (Verona), Italy

Competitions and Awards: 1995 Bremen International Piano Competition, First Prize 1994 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Third Prize .. .- 1993 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, Fourth Prize • I . Ir: 1993 Beethoven International Piano Competition, Second Prize ' .~..

Professional Training: 1989-93 Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Florence 1981-89 Conservatory of Music, Verona

Teachers: ...... 1989-93 Maria Tipo • 1981-89 Renzo Bonizzato FILIPPO GAMBA ITALY. AGE 28

Filippo Gamba was born in Verona and PRELIMINARY RouNo has performed recitals throughout Italy and the United States. His orchestral Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 experience includes appearances with the Schumann Humoresque in B-flat major, Op. 20 0 RF Symphony in Vienna, the RAJ Symphony in Milan, the Orchestra SEMIFINAL RouND of Teatro La Fenice, the Staatskapelle, the City of Birmingham Chamber Music Symphony, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and the Sofia National Brahms Piano O!iintet in F minor, Op. 34 and Utah Symphony Orchestras. He has collaborated with several impor­ Recital Program tant conductors, including Simon Rattle, Vladimir Delman, Pinchas Brahms Fantasies, Op. 116 Steinberg, Piero Bellugi, and Jorge Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Mester. He has participated in festivals in Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 Bulgaria, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States. After graduating summa FINAL RouND cum laude from the Conservatory of Music in Verona, he completed his stud­ Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 ies with Maria Tipo at the Scuola di Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 M usica di Fiesole in Florence. Mr. Gamba lists cooking and art exhibitions among his hobbies.

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Address: 516 Riverpointe Court Milan, Michigan 48160

Con1petitions and Awards: 1993 Canada Council Grant, recipient 1993 Johann Sebastian Bach International Competitions, Washington, First Prize 1992 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, Chicago, Second Prize

Professional Training: 1989-1995 University of Michigan

Teachers: 1992- Dickran Atamian 1995-96 1989-92 Nina Lelchuk }OEL HASTINGS CANADA • AGE 27

Joel Hastings was born in Sault Ste. PRELIMINARY RouND Marie, Ontario, and has dedicated him­ self to a career in music since beginning Bach-Saint-Saens Overture to Cantata No. 29 piano studies at the age of 15. Whl!e Mendelssohn Variations Sirie11Jes in D minor, Op. 54 pursuing an undergraduate degree in Vine Piano Sonata (1990) organ at the University of Michigan, he Liszt Totentanz also improved his skills at the piano, which then became his major instru­ SEMIFINAL RouND ment in graduate school. He has per­ formed with the Racine, Windsor, and Chamber Music University of Michigan Symphony Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 orchestras. He has also made summer festi,,al appearances at Pianofest under Recital Program the direction of in the Bach Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 852, from East Hamptons, New York, and at the Well-Te1npered Clavier, Book I Sergei Babayan's International Piano Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3 Academy in , Ohio. Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Chopin Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6 Scriabin Etude in D-flat major, Op. 8, No. 10 Barber Sonata, Op. 26

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70 • - • • - STANIS LAV IOUDENITCH ~COMPETITORS • Address: •. Via Roma 13 • 22011 Griante/Cadenabbia (Como), Italy • _,,._ • • -• i Competitions and Awards:

• 1994 William Kapell International Piano Competition, Second Prize • l 1991 Busoni International Piano Competition, Third Prize • I 1990 Maria Callas Grand Prix for Pianists, Second Prize • •. I • Professional Training: I 1996- International Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia, Italy • 1991-95 State Conservatory ofTashkent , / 1991-95 Escuela Superiore de Musica Reina Sofia Madrid . . . / , I 1980-90 Uspensky Special Music School of the Tashkent Conservatory ·~ Ir . \ l _.~ Teachers: 1995- William Grant Nabore STANISLAV lounENITCH • 1991-95 Dmitri Bashkirov I Russ1A • AGE 25 1980-90 Natalia Wasinkina Stanislav loudenitch was born to a fam­ ily of musicians in Tashkent, where he made his recital debut at the Bolshoi Hall. He has collaborated with conduc­ tors including Justus Frantz and Randall Liszt Spanish Rhapsody Fleischer, and has appeared with the Sonata in D major, K. 284 Mozart Munich Philharmonic, the Czech Stravinsky Trois mouvements de Petrouchka Philharmonic, and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In recital, SEMIFINAL RouNo he has appeared in Finland, Ger111any, Greece, Italy, Russia, , and the Chamber Music United States. After moving to lVIadrid Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 in 1991, he settled in Italy, \vhere he is currently one of only five students Recital Program selected to attend master classes at the Prokofiev Sarcasms, Op. 17 International Piano Foundation in Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor Cadenabbia. Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1913)

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Competitions and A'vards: . . . . 1996 Busoni International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1996 Maria Canals of Barcelona International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1996 Casablanca International Piano Competition, First Prize

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Teachers: 1989-96 Hans Leygraf 1979-89 Heidi Kohle JAN GOTTLIEB ]IRACEK GERMANY • AGE 24

Jan Gottlieb Jiracek won First Prize at PRELIMINARY ROUND the Steinway Competition in at age ten and made his formal recital Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor, from Partita No. 2 for debut in his hometown of Hannover, Solo Violin, BWV 1004 Ger1nany at the age of 11. He has per­ Schubert Fantasy in C major, D. 760 ("Wanderer") forn1ed throughout , including Scriabin Sonata No~ 5, Op. 53 recent recitals at the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Salle Cortot in , and SEMIFINAL RouND the Tonhalle in Zurich, as well as orches­ tral engagements with the Berlin Chamber Music Philharmonic and the Munster Phil­ Schumann Piano Qyintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 harmonic. He has been featured on several European .radio and television Recital Program stations, including ZDF, SFB Berlin, Beethoven Sonata in G major, Op. 31; No. 1 Radio Hilversum, Radio Stockholm, Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 Radio France, and on NDR as a soloist Bolcom Nine Bagatelles with the ND R Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Jiracek's appearance at the Tenth Van FINAL ROUND Cliburn Competition marks his North American debut. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

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Address: ··------Krivorojskaya Ut. 3 #60 13638 Moscow, Russia

Competitions and Awards: ' 1995 International Prokofiev Competition, Second Prize 1992 International Piano Master Competitio.n, Fifth Prize 1991 Valentino Bucchi Competition, First Prize 1991 National Power World Piano Competition, Fourth Prize g ~•..

I Professional Training: 1986-96 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1982-86 Music College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Teachers: 1986- Mikhail Voskresensky YAKov KAsMAN RUSSIA • AGE 30

Yakov Kasman began his piano studies PRELIMINAR'l~R~o~u~N~D~------at the age of four in his home town of Orel. He has performed recitals in Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28 Paris, Tel Aviv, and Avignon, and has Medtner Fairy Tale, Op. 26, No. 3 appeared with the Orchestra of Radio Stravinsky Trois mouvements de Petrouchka France, the State Orchestra, and the Moscow State Orchestra at SEMIFINAL ROUND Tchaikovsky Hall. His recording of Prokofiev's complete piano sonatas, Chamber Music which received the Grand Prix de la Brahms Piano O!iffitet in F minor, Op. 34 Nouvelle Academie du Disque Franfais in 1996, is one of five discs he has made Recital Program for the Calliope label. Mr. Kasman is Schumann Allegro in B minor, Op. 8 currently on faculty at the Music Ravel La Valse College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Conservatory. Haydn Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI:40 Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84

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73 COMPETITORS""' YONG-KYU LEE

Address: Collinistrasse 5 #123 68161 Mannheim, Germany

Competitions and Awards: 1996 CIEM Geneva International Piano Competition, Third Prize 1994 International Competition of Baden-Baden, First Prize 1992 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize 1989 Busoni International Piano Competition, Finalist 1988 Viotti International Piano Competition, First Prize -

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Teachers: YoNG-Kvu LEE 1991- Robert Benz KOREA • AGE 24 1987-91 Naoyuki Taneda Yong-:K}'l.l Lee, a native of Seoul, has most recently performed with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at PRELIMINARY RouNn Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Tae­ Gu Phiharmonic; the Heilbronner Wagner-Liszt Isolde,s Liebestod Symphony, and the Orchestre National Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Book I de I.:ile de Franee. He has also performed Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2 recitals in France and Germany. Mr. Lee Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Book II speaks five languages and is currently one Ravel La Valse of only five srudents selected to attend master classes at the International Piano SEMIFINAL RouNn Foundation in Cadenabbia. Chamber Music Franck Piano Qyintet in F minor

Recital Program Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, K. 213 Sonata in E major, K. 381 Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Elgar-Lee Pomp and Circumstance Messiaen Le baiser de l'enfant Jesus from Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus Mozart-Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan

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• • ALEKSANDAR MADZAR ~COMPETITORS

Address: 16, Rue de la Cite 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Competitions and Awards: 1996 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, Third Prize , .. . / . 1989 Busoni International Piano Competition, Second Prize ...... )) : -.,,. ~ 1986 CIEM Geneva International Piano Competition, Third Prize •

• Professional Training: 1991- Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts • 1989-91 Conservatoire Nationale de Region, Strasbourg 1987-89 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1982-87 University of Arts- and University of Arts- J~ ,·--. ' Teachers: 1991- Daniel Blumenthal, Gyorgy Kurtag, and Valeria Szervansky ALEKSANDAR MAniAR 1987-89 Elisso Virssaladze YUGOSLAVIA • AGE 28 1982-87 Arbo Valdma Aleksandar Madzar was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and began his piano studies at the age of six. Following PRELIMINARY ROUND his 1990 debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bach Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 Ivan Fischer, he performed with many Ravel Miroirs leading orchestras, including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the SEMIFINAL ROUND Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the Gewandhaus Chamber Music Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammer­ Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 philharmonie at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the Czech Philharmonic Recital Program Orchestra. He has also performed in Schumann Fantasia in C major, Op. 17 recital in Austria, France, Germany, and Prokofiev Visions fagitives, Op. 22 . . . throughout Scandinavia, including a Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brtllante m special concert for the German E-flat major, Op. 22 President in Berlin, which was televised. Bolcom Nine Bagatelles • His collaboration with acclaimed violin­ ist Kyoko Takeza,va has resulted in a FINAL ROUND recording of Prokofiev's violin sonatas for BM G, the label for which Mr. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 Madzar has also recently recorded Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 Chopin's two piano concertos with the Radio Symphony Orchestra. Decca has released his performances of two concerti by Erwin Schuloff with the Deutsche Kammerphilharn1onie.

75 COMPETITORS~ ANTON MORDASOV

• Address: 1923 P,uk Hill Circle North Fort Worth, T~'Cls 76110

Competitions and A'vards: 1996 World Piano Competition, Cincinnati, First Prize 1996 Montreal International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Third Prize 1990 All-Union Piano Competition, First Prize 1989 All-Russian Piano Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1996- Texas Christian University 1990-96 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1986-90 Novosibirsk Music College

• Teachers: ANTON MoRDAsov 1996- Tamas Ungar Russ1A • AGE 25 1994-96 Sergei Dorensky 1990-94 Tatiana Nikolaeva Anton Mordasov was born in 1984-90 Mary Lebenzon Novosibirsk, Russia, and made his concerto debut at the age of 11 with the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arnold Katz. He has PRELIMINARY RouNn appeared in his native country with the Moscow State Symphony, the Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor, from Partita No. 2 for Bolshoi Theater Symphony, and the Solo Violin, BWV 1004 Moscow Philharmonic orchestras with Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 conductors Pavel Kogan, Alexander Rachmaninoff Moment musical in B minor, Op. 16, No. 3 Lazarev, and Vassily Sinaisky. He has Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) also toured Germany, Great Britain,

Italy, and Yugoslavia and, in 1993, per­ SEMIFINAL ROUND formed at New York's with the New Moscow Symphony Chamber Music Orchestra. Mr. Mordasov is currently Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 residing in Fort Worth, Texas, having . recently been accepted for the Artist Recital Program Diploma program at Texas Christian Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3 University. Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Liszt Funerailles, from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

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ADDRESS: 334 Spruce Street San Francisco, CA 94118

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS: 1995 U.S. National Chopin Piano Competition, Third Prize 1991 D,Angelo Young Artist Competition, Winner

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: 1994 - Yale University School of Music 1987-91 The Curtis Institute of Music

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Peter Miyamoto, a native of San PRELIMINARY ROUND Francisco, has performed with the Florida Philharmonic under the Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 direction of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Beethoven Sonata in £-flat major, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux") the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 the Chautauqua Symphony, the Banff Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F minor Centre Festival Orchestra, and the Yale Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent • recital engagements have taken him to SEMIFINAL RouND major cities throughout the United States including Boston, Miami, New CHAMBER Music Haven, New York, and Washington, Schumann Piano Quintet in £-flat major, Op. 44 D.C. In Europe, he has played in concert halls in Italy, Poland, and the RECITAL PROGRAM United Kingdom where he performed Berg Sonata Op. 1 in London under the auspices of the Beethoven Sonata in E major, Op. 109 . In 1991, Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Mr. Miyamoto was a recipient of the Liszt Sonata in B minor Gilmore Young Artist Award.

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Address: Ludwig Barnay Strasse 2 r 30175 Hannover, Germany t

Competitions and Awards: 1994 National Power World Piano Competition, First Prize and Chopin Prize 1993 Busoni International Piano Competition, Finalist 1990 Frunze International Piano Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1996- Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover 1993-96 Staatliche Hochschule fur Musil< Trossingen 1981-93 Uspensky Special Music School of the Tashkent Conservatory

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Address: 1665 Langport Drive Sunn}rvale, California 94087

Competitions and Awards: . . . . 1995 U.S. National Chopin Competttlon, First Prize 1991 Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1990 New York National Chopin Competition, First Prize . ;;... . . Professional Training: 1988-1992

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Address: Savvinskaja nab. D.3 #131 • 119121 Moscow, Russia

Competitions and Awards: ' 1996 Unisa Transnet.lnternational Piano Competition, Fourth Prize :/ . 1996 Viotti International Piano Competition, Second Prize • 1993 Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition, First Prize 1987 International Youth Competition "Prague Concertino,"Third Prize

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Olga Pushechnikova, born in Moscow PRELIMINARY RouNo to a family of musicians, began winning competitions at an early age. In addition Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:SO to performing extensively .in Russia, Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 she has performed in Bulgaria, Finland, Taneyev Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, Op. 29 France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Balakirev lslamey Spain, and the United States. She has also been a soloist with the Belgrade SEMIFINAL ROUND Philharmonic, as well as the State Symphony and the Tchaikovsky Great Chamber Music Symphony Orchestras of Moscow. She Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 is a regular soloist with the Moscow State Philharmonic Society, and a corre­ Recital Program spondent member of the International Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) Rachmaninoff Academy of Arts, and has recorded for Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 ("Black Mass") Scriabin Suddeutscher Rundfunk in Germany as Bolcom Nine Bagatelles well as for Moscow radio and television. Chopin Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 Mozart-Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan

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79 COMPETITORS~ AVIRAM REICHERT

Address: M.P. Efraim - P.O. Box 82 44810 Sharey-Til"Va, Israel

Competitions and Awards: 1997 Dong-A International Music Competition, First Prize 1995 International Music Competition ofJapan, Second Prize 1995 Epinal International Piano Competition, First Prize 1993 .International Piano Competition of Bremen, Third Prize 1991 Taipei International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize

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A\riram Reichert has been a frequent soloist with orchestras in his native country, including the Israel Symphony, PRELIMINARY RouND Israel Philharmonic, Haifa Symphony, and Israel Chamber Orchestras. Out­ Beethoven Sonata in E major, Op. 109 side of Israel, he has performed and Schubert Sonata in A minor, Op. 143, D. 784 recorded with the Tokyo Symphony and ' ' Dessau Symphony orchestras and has SEMIFINAL RouND . • toured in recital throughout France, • Germany, Japan, and Taiwan. He is cur­ Chamber Music rently enrolled in Tel Aviv,s Rubin Music • Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 • Academ)', where he studies with Arie

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Address: 38, Rue des Cevennes 75015 Paris, France ... --. Competitions and Awards: . . . . 1996 Unisa Transnet International Piano Competition, Fifth Prize 1994 International Music Competition of Porto, Third Prize

Professional Training: 1989-96 Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris 1988-89 Ecole Normale de Musique 1983-88 Accademia Nazionale di Santa Ceceilia

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Fernando Rossano was born in PRELIMINARY ROUND and moved to Paris in 1988 to continue his musical srudies. Recent orchestral Sonata in E Haydn minor, Hob. XVI:34 engagements include the Transvaal Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 Philharmonic in Pretoria, Orchestre Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. l Lyrique de Region Avignon, and the Orchestre Symphonique Frans:ais. He SEMIFINAL RouNo has performed recitals in Cannes, Montpellier, Paris, Rome, Salzburg Chamber Music and Trieste, and has collaborated Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 with pianists Brigitte Engerer, Pascal Devoyan, and Christian lvaldi at several Recital Program festivals in France. As a member of two Mozart Sonata in D major, K. 57 6 active chamber music ensembles, the Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Phigaro and Arensky Trios, he h_as Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 toured Austria, Ger111any, Italy, Russia, Verdi-Liszt Paraphrase of Rigoletto and Switzerland. I Ravel La Valse Bolcom Nine Bagatelles

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Address: Daggstigen 16 S-931 51 Skelleftea, Sweden

Competitions and A,vards: . . . . 1992 International Pianoforte Compennon , Semifinalist 1987 SPPF:s Pianoforte Competition, Stockholm, First Prize 1986 Kil Piano Competition, Second Prize

Professional Training: 1995-96 Royal University College of Music, Stockholm 1989-95 Hochschule Mozarteum 1983-88 Yehudi Menuhin School, Great Britain

Teachers: 1995-96 Staffan Scheja 1989-.93 Karl-Heinz Kammerling PER RuNDBERG 1987-89 Seta Tanyel SWEDEN • AGE 25 1985-87 Bjorn Ejdemo and Gunnar Hallhagen Per Rundberg was born in Skelleftea and started playing the piano at the age of six. A four-time recipient of a presti­ PRELIMINARY ROUND gious grant for study abroad from the

Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, I Lige ti Three Etudes from Book I •' Mr. Rundberg has performed with Arc-en-Ciel the Swedish Radio Symphony, the Fanfares f\1ozarteum Symphony Orchestra of Cordes vides • Salzburg, and the Austrian New Music Haydn Sonata in E major, Hob. XVI:31 Ensemble. He has also appeared in ,J Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 ' recital at the Concertgebouw in Debussy Nocturne in D-flat major , the Schles,vig-Holstein Scriabin Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 • Festival, the Wiener Saal-11ozarteum in .- Salzburg, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, SEMIFINAL ROUND and the Festival di Nuova Consonanza • .- in Rome. Mr. Rundberg has made Chamber Music numerous recordings for Swedish radio Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 • and television and the Austrian 0 RF. Recital Program Scarlatti Sonata in G major, K. 146 Sonata in D major, K. 145 Sonata in B minor, K. 27 Debussy Images, Book II . Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 - Scriabin Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 Bolcom Nine Bagatelles •

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Address: 1328 East 87th Street #lF Brooklyn, New York 11236

• Competitions and Awards: 1995 U.S. National Chopin Competition, Second Prize 1994 China International Piano Competition, Second Prize

Professional Training: • 1991- Manhattan School of Music 1985-91 Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Teachers: 1991- Solomon Mikowsky 1987-91 Guangren Zhou 1984-87 Huili Li 1981-84 Qlfang Li YuAN SHENG CHINA • AGE 25

Yuan Sheng, born to an accomplished PRELIMINARY RouNo musical family in China, has performed Liszt Concert Etude No. 2 in F minor, ("La Leggierezza") in Canada, China, Finland, France, Morocco, North America, Poland, Spain, Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 and the United States. He has appeared Albeniz El Albaicin from Iberia Debussy Three Preludes from Book I with the Central Philharmonic of China in Beijing, as well as with the Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest Manhattan School of Music Symphony La jille aztx cheveux de /in Orchestra under the direction of Sixten La serenade inte71ompue Ehrling, and was presented in recital at Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 ("Sonata-Fantasy") the Salle Cortot and Studio 106 of the French National Radio in Paris. Mr. SEMIFINAL ROUND Sheng is an annual guest of the Tenerife International Piano Festival in Spain and Chamber Music has also participated in the Music Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Academy of the West in California and the Ars Prima Piano Symposium in Recital Program London, Canada. At the age of 18, he Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin made the premiere recording of the Mozart Nine Variations in D major on a Minuet of Duport, K 573 piano concerto, The Spring, by Chinese Bolcom Nine Bagatelles composer Mingxin Du with Maestro Barcarolle, Op. 60 Chopin De-Lun Li, available on the Guangzhou Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Pacific label. Brillante in £-flat major, Op. 22

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

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J • - • 1- - ...... - r ...... ";'.'(' "' • ·-- - - Address: ,· .• 26151 Lakeshore Blvd. #1909 • • I l ' Euclid, Ohio 44132 I .. . •'' Competitions and A'vards: ! I 1995 Cleveland International Piano Competition, First Prize l 1994 Unisa Transnet International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize .• • 1993 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, Sixth Prize I ..• 1990 Chopin International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize • ,• • Training: .• Professional •' •• 1994-96 Cleveland Institute of Music I ~. 1987-92 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory • - . 1980-85 Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory •• ,•• • • Teachers: • 1994- Sergei Babayan I MARGARITA SHEVCHENKO 1985-92 Vera Gornostaeva RussIA • AGE 29 1983-85 Sergei Dizhur • • Margarita Shevchenko gave her first concerto performance at age 12 with the • Perm Opera Symphony in the Urals. In PRELIMINARY ROUND 1995, she made her New York recital debut at Lincoln ·center's Alice Tully Bach English Suite No. 3 in G minor • Hall. She has performed in Brazil, Schubert Impromptu in F minor, Op. 142, No. 1 , Japan, Lithuania, Morocco, Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 , Russia, , and Uzbekistan, Waltz in E-flat major, Op. 18 as well as throughout Europe and North Waltz in F major, Op. 34, No. 3 America. Chopin is the fearured com­ •• ' poser on two of her recordings, which SEMIFINAL ROUND '•

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I Pony label. Since 1994, Ms. Shevchenko Recital Program • • has been studying privately with Sergei Bolcom Nine Bagatelles I Babayan in Cleveland. • Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 .I Rachmaninoff Moments musicaux, Op. 16 • Vine Piano Sonata (1990) • FINAL ROUND - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

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I Address: 1 t One East University Parkway #901 I• • Baltimore, Maryland 21218 • I • • • t Competitions and Awards: . . . . . l 1993 National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists Competition, First Prize \· I 1992 Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Competition, First Prize i l 1989 National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists Competition, First Prize ~ 1988 Young Keyboard Artists Association International Competition, t I First Prize •' t I I • I Professional Training: • 1990-93 Harvard University I

Teachers: 1993- Robert McDonald 1991-93 Natalya Antonova CHRISTOPHER SHIH 1984-90 Suzanne Guy UNITED STATES • AGE 24

Christopher Shih graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1993 and is PRELIMINARY RouND currently on leave of absence from Johns Hopkins University School of Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880, and Bach Medicine in order to pursue music full Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881, from the time. His early success in competitions Well-Tempered Clavier, Book IT led to several performances with the Chopin Barcarolle, Op. 60 National Symphony Orchestra at the Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Other orchestra engagements have included the Georgetown Symphony, SEMIFINAL ROUND New England Conservatory Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, University of Chamber Music Michigan Symphony, and the Harvard­ Schumann Piano Qyintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Radcliffe orchestras. Mr. Shih has per­ formed at the Aspen Music Festival, was Recital Program a resident artist at the Ban.ff Chamber Mozart Sonata in D major, K. 311 Music Festival in Alberta, and has toured Ravel Gaspard de la nuit in Austria, Franee, Germany, and the Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Republic of China. He has been heard Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 on radio stations across the United States, including WQXR of New York FINAL ROUND and WGMS ofWashington, D.C. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

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Address: Satraangsvagen 134 . , .. 18237 Danderyd, Sweden ~ .. I 'r"'.. Competitions and Awards: . . . . . • 1994 World Piano Competition, Third Prize ~~ 1992 CIEM Geneva International Piano Competition, Third Prize I 1988 Young Keyboard Artists Association International Competition, First Prize

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Teachers: 1995- Maria Curcio Diamond and Luiz de Moura Castro 1992-94 Gabriel Amiras 1990-92 Liisa Dohjoia NIKLAS SIVELOV SWEDEN • AGE 29

Niklas Sivelov began his career as an PRELIMINARY ROUND organ prodigy, winning major prizes throt1ghout Scandina,ria. At age 14, he Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 switched to the piano and made his Schumann Sonata in G minor, Op. 22 professional debut in 1991 performing

Bart6k's Second Piano Concerto with SEMIFINAL ROUND the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, he has performed Chamber Music throughout Europe, Japan, Scandinavia, Brahms Piano Qµintet in F minor, Op. 34 and the United States, and has col­ laborated with conductors Paavo Recital Program Berglund, Okko Kamu, Esa-Pekka Bach Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Leif Schumann Kreisleriana,.Op. 16 Segerstam. A 1995 Artist in Residence of Bolcom Nine Bagatelles • Swedish Radio Stockholm, Mr. Sivelov Ginastera Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 is also a successful composer. The Swedish composer Anders Eliasson and • FINAL ROUND the Finnish composer Einar Englund have both dedicated concertos to him, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 the latter to be recorded by the Naxos Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 label He has previously recorded solo and chamber music repertoire for both the Simax and Naxos labels.

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Address: 26241 Lakeshore Boulevard #2155 Euclid, 0 hio 44132

Competitions and Awards: 1994 Maria Callas Grand Prix for Pianists, First Prize 1989 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition, Third Prize

Professional Training: 1994- Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory ' 1991-93 Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris . \. . .'\ \ , . ' 1978-90 Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory -'\. ._ ', , . . ' • . •

Teachers: 1996- Sergei Babayan KATIA SKANAVI 1994- Nikolai Petrov Russ1A • AGE 25 1989-93 Vladimir Krainev Katia Skanavi concertizes extensively in Japan and in Europe, where she has recently appeared with the Sinfonia PRELIMINARY RoUNo Varsovia under the baton of Sir Yehudi Menuhin and the lVlonte-Carlo Liszt Sonetto 123 def Petrarca Philharmonic conducted by Lawrence Schubert Sonata in A minor, Op. 143, D. 784 Foster. She has also toured with the Schumann Variations on the name Abegg, Op. 1 Moscow Soloists conducted by Yuri Vine Piano Sonata (1990) Bashmet. She has performed at many of the world's most celebrated concert SEMIFINAL RouNo venues, including the Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau, Theatre des Champs ' Chamber Music Elysees in Paris, La Scala in lVlilan, the Schumann Piano Qyintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Musikverein and the Konzerthaus

I in Vienna, and Amsterdam's Recital Program Concertgebouw, as well as Suntory Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Hall in Tokyo and Symphony Hall Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22 in Osaka. Her festival experience Bolcom Nine Bagatelles features appearances at Gidon Kremer's Ki11derszenen, Op. 15 I Schumann Lockenhaus, the 1996 Wiener Chopin Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 arn?t><>een, Schl~-Holstein, and the Handel Chaconne in G major Oslo Chamber tvlusic Festivals. Ms. I Skanavi has made four recordings for the FINAL ROUND Lyrinx label in France featuring works by

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Address: 26241 Lakeshore Boulevard #2155 Euclid, Ohio 44132

Competitions and Awards: 1991 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition, First Prize 1989 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Winner

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At age 15, Alex Slobodyanik was the PRELIMINARY ROUND youngest winner ever of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 During the 1993-1994 concert season, Schumann J

Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland. He F1NALROUND has also toured South Africa; performing with the Capetown Symphony and the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 National Symphony in Johannesburg. In Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18 1994, Mr. Slobodyanik made a nine-city tour of Japan, highlighted by recitals in Nagoya and Osaka, and at Tokyo's Suntory Hall. He started piano lessons with his mother at the age of six, and appears in duo recitals with his father, concert pianist .

• 88 JU-YING SONG fM, COMPETITORS

Address: 240 East 62nd Street New York, New York 10021 ,,w. ·1 ,!1 Competitions and Awards: • ,I \ . . 1996 Palm Beach International Invitational Competition, First Prize ~ - ·..,.... · ~ Professional Training: 1991- The 1987-91 Stanford University • 1980-85 Conservatoire de Musique, Geneva I I' . t . •. ' . • • • l Teachers: • • I 1991- Jerome Lowenthal 1987-91 Adolph Baller l 1985-87 Jean-Fran~ois Antonioli Ju-YING SoNG 1980-85 Alexei Golovine UNITED STATES • AGE 27 f I I Ju-Ying Song was born in Tai\van and I raised in Geneva, Switzerland, where she began piano lessons with her mother at the age of four. Since her professional I Mozart Nine Variations in C major on Lison dormait, K. 264 debut in 1994 under the auspices of Pro Debussy Six Etudes Piano, Ms. Song has become a favorite t Pour /es cinq doigts of New York concert audiences. In • Pour /es tierces 1995, she was selected as a fell ow of the I Pour Jes agriments American Pianists Association (former­ Pour /es sonoritis opposies ly the Beethoven Fellowship). As the Pour /es notes repities recipient of Juilliard's prestigious Pour Jes huit doigts William S. Petschek Award, she per­ Liszt Totentanz formed in recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in April 1996. She is SEMIFINAL ROUND an avid champion of 20th century music; her two compact discs on the Pro Chamber Music Piano label feature works by Bartok, Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Debussy, and Argentinian composer Ezequel Vinao. M·s. Song graduated Recital Program with distinction and honors from Schumann Waldszenen, Op. 82 Stanford University with a B.A. in Busoni Variations on the Prelude in C minor by Chopin Music and a B.S. in Microbiology and Chopin Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1 Immunology. Sessions Sonata No.1 Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Cowell Four Experimental Pieces

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• • 1996 Unisa Transnet International Piano Competition, Second Prize, and .' ... . ·\ ~.. .. two Special Prizes .~.-~: .:,, · - ~ 1995 Cleveland International Competition, Third Prize "··' i';·" '~ "'...... ' , • 1994 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Second Prize • '_;) ~· 1992 Est11er Honens International Piano Competition, "Special Promise J f Award" a(2!. ,~ . " Professional Training: 1993- Cleveland Institute of Music 1990-93 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory .• l • 1979-90 Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory '

'• 1 DMITRI TETERIN Teachers: Russ1A • AGE 25 1993- Sergei Babayan

1988-93 Eugene Malinin and Irina Osipova • I Dmitri Teterin appeared in his first •. 1979-88 Alexander Mndoyants I concert at the Grand Concert Hall in I Moscow at the age of nine. In October • 1996, he played his New York debut

recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital PRELIMINARY RouND • Hall. He has performed in recital, with chamber ensembles, and with orches­ Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869, frc>m the • tras in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Great We/I-Tempered Clavier, Book I Britain, Greece, Poland, Russia, South Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 Africa, and the United States. Recent Scarlatti Sonata in E major, K. 135 • orchestra engagements include the Sonata in G minor, K. 8 Athens State Symphony Orchestra and Sonata in F major, K. 17 • the Transvaal Philharmonic Orchestra, as

well as tl1e Pennsylvania Sinfonia, Utah SEMIFINAL ROUND Symphony, and the Ohio Chamber I• orchestras. Mr. Teterin traveled with Chamber Music - and played for Mikhail Gorbachev dur­ Brahms Piano Qyintet in F minor, Op. 34 ing his tour of Canada. - Recital Program Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Chopin Twenty-four Etudes, Op.10 and Op. 25

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

90 I ~ I ALBERT TIU Mirt COMPETITORS I

Address: 864 West End Avenue #lA New York, New York 10025

Competitions and Awards: 1996 Unisa Transnet International Piano Competition, First Prize 1996 Esther Honens International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1996 Alabama International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1995 St. Charles International Piano Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1994-96 The Juilliard School 1990-92 Hong Kong Academy for Perfor11ting Arts 1986-90 University of the Philippines

Teachers: 1994- Jerome Lowenthal ALBERT Tiu 1992-94 Michael Lewin PHILIPPINES • AGE 28 1990-92 John Winther 1986-90 Nita Abrogar-<21tlnto Albert Tiu was born in Cebu, the Philippines, and first performed in public at age nine. He has performed with the Philippine Philharmonic, the PRELIMINARY R ouNo Manila Chamber Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, and Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 the J uilliard Symphony Orchestra led by Bartok Sonata (1926) Maestro Otto-Werner Miiller. Mr. Tiu Liszt Venezia e Napoli has performed recitals in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, SEMIFINAL RouND Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States. He was recently fea­ Chamber Music rured as soloist with the New Juilliard Brahms Piano <21Untet in F minor, Op. 34 Ensemble led by Joel Sachs at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, in a perfor­ Recital Program mance of Lou Harrison's Piano Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1 Concerto. As a chamber musician, he has Stockhausen Klaviersti.icke Nos. 5 and 9 collaborated with clarinetist Charles Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Neidich and tenor Robert White. His Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28 hobbies include stamp and coin collect­ ing and big jigsaw puzzles.

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 Rachmani11off Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

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- . : Address: Pare de la Noue BT Dl 93420 Villepinte, France

Professional Training: 1985-92 Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris

f Teachers: I 1988-91 Jean Koerner 1985-90 Gerard Fremy •

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Scarlatti Sonata in F major, K. 183 Sonata in F major, K. 17 DIMITRI VASSILAKIS Sonata in G major, K. 454 GREECE • AGE 29 Sonata in G major, K. 432 Shostakovich Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 34 Dimitri Vassilakis began piano studies at Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 ("Sonata-Fantasy") age seven in his native Athens. He later Albeniz Navarra graduated from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris. SEMIFINAL ROUND • Both as a soloist and as a member of the • Ensemble Intercontemporain (EIC), Chamber Music directed by Pierre Boulez, he has per­ Brahms Piano 01ilntet in F minor, Op. 34 formed in major halls throughout • Europe, North Africa, North and South Recital Program America, and the Far East. He is a regu­ Bolcom Nine Bagatelles ' lar guest artist with the Orchestre de Schumann Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Paris and, in 1995, gave the world pre­ Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 • miere of Pierre Boulez's lnvises for piano. Schubert Sonata in G major, Op. 78, D. 894 Mr. Vassilakis has made two recordings '· ­ in France, one featuring works by 20th FINAL ROUND century composers including Aubain, .. Lantier, and Hubeau, for the Qyantum Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 label. Ravel Piano Concerto in G major ... - • - . •. - • - - - 92 •- • '- •

GEORGE VATCHNADZE ~COMPETITORS

Address: 18200 F Stoneridge South Bend, Indiana 46637 • Competitions and Awards: 1996 Alabama International Piano Competition, First Prize 1994 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize 1993 Lima Symphony Young Artists Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1992-94 Indiana University South Bend 1990-92 Mannes College of Music 1985-90 Thilisi State Conservatory 1973-85 Special Music School of the Thilisi Conservatory

Teachers: 1992-95 Alexander Toradze GEORGEVATCHNADZE 1990-92 Arkady Aronov GEORGIA • AGE 29 1981-90 Wanda Shiukashvili 1973-81 Larissa Bakhtadze Born in , George Vatchnadze has appeared in recital and with • orchestras throughout the United States and the former USSR. Recent PRELIMINARY ROUND orchestra engagements include the Kirov Orchestra under at Haydn Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49 the Rotterdam Festival, and the Elkhart Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and the Lima SEMIFINAL RoUND Symphony orchestras. He has appeared at the Hollywood Bowl Festival and Chamber Music has been a frequent guest of the St. Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Petersburg's Stars of the White Nights and Finland's Mikkeli Festivals directed Recital Program by Maestro Gergiev. He has recorded Scarlatti Sonata in F minor, K. 466 Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto Sonata in E major, K. 135 with the Georgian National Symphony Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Orchestra for Sony Classical. Mr. Stravinsky Sonata (1924) Vatchnadze is currently on the faculty Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 at the University of Indiana South Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Bend, where he received his master's degree while studying with Alexander F1NAL RouND Toradze, Silver Medalist of the 1977 Van Cliburn Competition. • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

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Address: Bilkerstrasse 4-6 40213 Diisseldorf, Germany

Competitions and Alvards: . . . . . ,. • 1994 International P1ano Compet1t1on, Second Prize 1993 "Mavi Marcoz" International Piano Competition, First Prize 1993 Epinal International Piano Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1996 International Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia, Italy 1993 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester 1988-93 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1977-88 Special Music School of the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

Teachers: LEV VINOCOUR 1993-96 Arnaldo Cohen Russ1A •AGE 26 1988-93 Lev Vlasenko 1977-88 Valentino Counde Lev Vinocour began studying the piano at the age of six with his mother) a former professor at the St.

Petersburg Conservatory. He made his • PRELIMINARY ROUND • orchestral debut at 13 with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic performing Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op. 54 Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2. Chopin Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 In recital, he has appeared in France, Prokofiev Ten Pieces from the ballet Romeo and]uliet, Op. 75 Ge1111any, South Africa, and Switzerland, and has recently performed as guest SEMIFINAL RouNn • soloist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Philharmonic of Chamber Music the Nations under Justus Frantz at the Schumann Piano °'1tintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Schleswig-Holstein Festival. Currently a resident of Diisseldorf, Ger111any, Mr. Recital Program Vinocour was feanired recently on NDR Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux") in Hannover arid on Munich's Klassic Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Radio in a presentation of Beethoven's Berio Three Pastorales piano sonatas. Wasserklavier (1965) Erdenklavier (1971 ) Feuerklavier (1989) Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Strauss-Godowsky Paraphrase of Die Fledermaus

FINAL ROUND

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

94 l I l DMITRI VOROBIEFF ~COMPETITORS I

Address: 322West104 Street #lR New York, New York 10025

Competitions and Awards: 1994 Casagrande International Piano Competition, First Prize 1994 A.M.A. Calabria International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1992 lbla International Piano Competition, First Prize

Professional Training: 1996- Manhattan School of Music 1992-96 North Carolina School of the Arts 1988-92 Music College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1982-88 Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Teachers: 1996- Marc Silverman DMITRI VoROBIEFF 1992-96 Eric Larsen RUSSIA • AGE 23 1986-92 Victor Bunin 1982-86 Nina Levitzkaya Dmitri Vorobieff was born into a family of musicians in Moscow and moved to the United States when he was 18 to study with Eric Larsen at the North PRELIMINARY ROUND Carolina School of the Arts. After win­ ning a pair of first prizes in competitions Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 in Italy, Mr. Vorobieff was invited to Scriabin Etude in D-flat major, Op. 8, No. 10 tour that country on several occasions Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5 highlighted by recitals in Messina, Mazurka Op. 3, No. 1 Perugia, Rome, and Spoleto's Festival of Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 Two Worlds. He has also played recitals Balakirev Islamey in Ireland, Russia, and the United States. Orchestral engagements include the SEMIFINAL ROUND Winston-Salem Symphony, the Terni Philharmonic, and the Louisiana Chamber Music Philharmonic. Among his preferred Brahms Piano <2.!llntet in F minor, Op. 34 hobbies he lists collecting French and Italian wines, watching basketball, and Recital Program traveling by car with a cellular phone. Bach-Feinberg Largo from the Organ Sonata in C major Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Bolcom Nine Bagatelles Rachmaninoff Erudes-Tableaux Op. 39, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5 Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931)

FINAL ROUND

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

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Address: 6171 East North,vest Highway #2311 • Dallas, Texas 75231

Competitions and A'vards: . . . . 1992 Esther Honens International Piano Competition, F_irst Pnze 1991 Taipei International Piano Competition, Second Prize

Professional Training: 1990-93 Southern Methodist University 1988-90 University of Southern California 1979-85 Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Teachers: 1992-95 Alfred Mouledons 1990-93 Joaquin Achucarro Y1Wu 1988-90 John Perry 1985-88 Aldo Antognazzi ARGENTINA • AGE 29

Yi Wu moved from his native Shanghai to Argentina, where he toured exten­ PRELIMINARY ROUND si,rel}' following his official debut at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Recently, Granados El amor y la muerte from Goyescas ~1r. Wu performed in major cities in Scarlatti Sonata in F major, K. 151 Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Sonata in D minor, K. 141 and Spain. In South America he has Chopin Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 performed in Argentina, Brazil, and Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Chile. He has also been the featured soloist with the Pan Asia S)rmphony SEMIFINAL ROUND Orchestra, and the Taipei City Symphony Orchestra. The Hong Kong Chamber Music Government has invited ~1.r. Wu to play Brahms Piano Q1iintet in F minor, Op. 34 a recital in its Cultural Center Theater. Among his United States engage­ Recital Program ments are appearances in Chicago, Liszt Sonata in B minor New York, , Houston, Debussy Phoenix, and Dallas, where he has Images, Book I Beethoven performed Liszt's Piano Concerto No. Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 Bolcom 1 with the Dallas S)Tffiphony Orchestra Nine Bagatelles under the baton of Kate Tamarkin. FINAL ROUND

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 450 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

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• .• Dates of Competition: September 24 through October 7, 1962 !• , #Winner Country Amount Given by 1 Ralph Votapek USA Sl0,000 Dr. and Mrs. Irl Allison and • . . - National Guild of Piano Teachers ~;-: : t"" . 2 Nikolai Petrov USSR 3,000 Laura Jane Musser •• 3 Mikhail Voskresenski USSR 2,000 The Amon Carter Foundation ~ 4 Cecile Gusset France 1,000 Fort Worth Piano Teachers Forum . 5 Marilyn Neeley USA 750 F. . •.r ' Mr. and Mrs. Howard "} Walsh &Family " .

6 Sergio Varella-Cid 500 Mrs. Carl Beutel • I ~ 'I 7 Arthur C. Fennimore USA 8 Takashi Hironaka Japan ' \ Finalist: Hiroko Nakamura• Japan • \ Best Performance of Commissioned Work: Arthur Fennimore J

Best Chamber Music Performance: Ralph Votapek and Hiroko Nakamura 1962WINNER RALPH VOTAPEK • USA SECOND STAGE

De Groote, Andre (Belgium) Kono, Hajime (Japan) Conductor: Milton Katims Feder, Donn-Alexa nder (USA) Lelchuk, Nina (USSR) Graubin, llze (USSR) Perry, John (USA) Commissioned Work: Lee Hoiby, Sosa, Raul Ernesto (Argentina) "Capriccio on Five Notes"

FIRST Su \GE String Quartet: String Oliartet-in-residence, Adler, Vicky (Brazil) Lipovetsky, Leonidas E. (Uruguay) Southern Methodist University Alexanian, Anahid Lydia (Canada) Mastroianni, Thomas (USA) Alvarez, Carmen (Uruguay) Motekaitis, Manigirdas (USA) Chairman ofthe Board· Lorin 'Boswell Bethel, Edward Clement (USA) Noguera, Marta Hebe (Argentina) Boatright, Jo Garner (USA) Paik, Yun Hee (Korea) General Chairn1an ofthe Competition: Borges, Rafael (ivlexico) Payne, Dorothy Katherine (USA) Grace Ward Lankford Cho, Sung-Mi (Korea) Pinto, David (UK) Cooper, William D. (USA) Saarinen, Gloria (Ne\v Zealand) Garcia Salas Zoila Luz (Guatemala) Sandoval, Jr., Jose (Mexico) Hallinan, Milton Hastings (USA) Thomas, Charles Ed,vard (USA) Jolly, James (USA) Watson, Margaret C. (USA) Keillor, Elaine (Canada) Wells, Leslie Marie (USA) Kim,Jung Kyou (Korea) Wilkinson, Grace (UK) Lima, Arthur Moreira (Brazil) Wolfe, Walter (USA) Linzmeyer, Marlene M. (USA) Yaggy, Sandra (USA)

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Leopold Mannes (USA) Chairman Motonari Iguchi (Japan) Yara Bernette (Brazil) Milton Katims (USA) Jorge Bolet (USA) Lili Kraus (UK) Angelo Eagon (USA) (USSR) Rudolph Ganz (USA) Leonard Pennario (USA) Don Luis Herrera de la Fuente (Mexico) Serge Saxe (USA) Local Chaimzan

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• I Teachers: I 1992-95 Alfred Mouledons I • } 1990-93 Joaquin Achucarro I • I

1988-90 John Perry I I Y1Wu ' 1985-88 Aldo Antognazzi I' ARGENTINA • AGE 29 I •. '' j

• Yi Wu moved from his native Shanghai I, to Argentina, where he toured exten­ . I PRELIMINARY ROUND i sively follo,ving his official debut at the I Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Recently, • Granados El amor y la muerte from Goyescas • ~1r. Wu performed in major cities in • Scarlatti Sonata in F major, K. 151 • Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Sonata in D minor, K. 141

and Spain. In South America he has I Cl1opin Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 I performed in Argentina, Brazil, and Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 \ Chile. He has also been the featured j • soloist with the Pan Asia S)'mphony J SEMIFINAL RouND Orchestra and the Taipei City . . ' I. Symphony O.rchestra. The Hong Kong • Chamber Music Go,rernment has invited Mr. Wu to play Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 ' a recital in its Cultural Center Theater. • Among his United States engage­ Recital Program ments are appearances in Chicago, Liszt Sonata in B minor New York, Los Angeles, Houston, I Debussy I111ages, Book I I Phoenix, and Dallas, where he has Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 T performed Liszt's Piano Concerto No. Bolcom Nine Bagatelles I 1 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kate Tamarkin. FINAL ROUND

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major, I(. 450 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

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