COMPETITORS • LILIAN AKOPOVA

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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2003 Steinway Forderpreis Munich, First Prize 2002 Jaen International Competition, Second Prize 1996 Vladimir Krainev International Young Con1petition, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2001- Hochschule fur Musik und Tl1eater, Munich 1989-2000 Lisenko Music School

TEACHERS 2001- Elisso Virsaladze 1993-2000 Valerij Kozlov 1989-93 Konstantin Kvartirmeister LILIAN AKOPOVA • AGE 21 PRELIMINARY RECITAL Born in Yerevan, Ar1nenia, Lilian Akopova took her first piano lesson at Bach-Busoni Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 age five and was accepted at the Nun Jreut euch, lieben Christe11 gmei11, BWV 734 Lisenko Central Music School for gift­ Mendelssohn Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Op. 28 ed children in Kiev a year later. Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 9: Rico1·danza Currently a scholarship student at the Spanish Rhapsody Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Munich, she won first prize at the SEMIFINAL RECITAL 2003 Stein\vay Competition in that Brahms Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1 city. Ms. Akopova has appeared in Ru th Schon thal Sonata quasi un'improvvisazione recital at international music festivals Shamo Trojha, Op. 2 in Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Chopin Four Mazurkas, Op. 30 • , Spain, and Ukraine, and has I Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) • perforrned with several orchestras in I Russia. Ms. Akopova enjoys playing SEMIFINAL CHAMBER backgammon, table tennis, and bad­ minton in her leisure time. Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81

FINAL RECITAL

Mozart Sonata in C major, K. 545 Schumann Novelette No. 1 in F major, Op. 21 Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 Schubert-Liszt Frahlingsglaube Gretchen am Spin11rade • Die Forelle Prokofiev -I Romeo a.nd]uliet Before Parting, Op. 75, No. 10 p Etude in C minor, Op. 2, No. 3

FINAL CONCERTI

Chopin No. 2 in F 1ninor, Op. 21 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat tninor, Op. 23

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I- ! 78 I- •- -• ' 'I • I I' NING AN • COMPETITORS l !

EMAIL: [email protected] MANAGEMENT: Hunstein Artist Services

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2003 International Piano Competition, First Prize 2002 Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Third Prize 2000 U.S. National Cl1opin Piano Competition, First Prize 1999 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Third Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1995-2004 New England Conservatory of Music 1987-95 Cleveland Institute of Music

TEACHERS NING AN 1995-2004 Russell Sher1nan • AGE 28 1987-95 Olga Radosalvjevich 1985-86 Gladys Gladstone First-prize winner of the 2003 William Kapell Piano Competition, Ning An made his concerto debut at the age of PRELIMINARY RECITAL sixteen, perfon1tlng the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XV1:50 Cleveland Orchestra. He has since per­ Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 4 2 for111ed with the Baltimore Symphony, Debussy Preludes, Book II: Belgian National Symphony, London La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Ondine Taipei Symphony, and was soloist with Verdi-Liszt Paraphrase on Rigoletto the Warsaw Philhat 111onic during their 2001 centennial world tour. Mr. An SEMIFINAL RECITAL has also presented recitals at the Sala I Verdi (Milan), Salle Cortot (), I Berg Sonata, Op. 1 Palais de Beaux Arts (Antwerp), and Mendelssohn Variatio11s seriet4Ses, Op. 54 has toured Spain and the United Sebastian Currier Sca1·latti Cadences + Brainstonn States. Festival appearances include Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland; the Gina Bachauer 1 SEMIFINAL CHAl\1BER Piano Festival in ; New Hampshire's Monadnock Music Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Festival; the Bourglinster Festival in Luxembourg; and the Interlaken FINAL RECITAL ! Music Festival in Switzerland. In I March 2006, he and his wife, I Beethoven Rondo in G major, Op. 51, No. 2 I Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 Gloria Chen, have been invited to tour • Taiwan in recital and orchestra per­ I Liszt Sonata in B minor •I ' formances. Born in Beijing, Ning An is FINAL CONCERTI an artist-in-residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

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~ I '• ! • EMAIL: [email protected] >• I { MANAGEMENT: Studiomus.ica s.r.l. ' t 1. • • • • COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS I 2002 London International Piano Competition, First Prize 2001 Alfredo Casella International Piano Competition, First Prize 2001 Sendai International Music Competition, First Prize • J. 2000 Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, ~ Second Prize (First Prize not awarded) ' I - . 2000 Porto International Piano Competition, First Prize \ I PROFESSIONAL TRAINING • 2000- Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan :; J .. •r . • -- .' ·-- -- TEACHERS GIUSEPPE ANDALORO 2000- Vincenzo Balzani ITALY • AGE 23 1994-98 Sergio Fiorentino

First-prize winner of the 2002 London PRELIMINARY RECITAL International Piano Competition, Giuseppe Andalora has been a fre­ Haydn Sonata in A-flat major, I-lob. XVI:46 quent guest artist with the London Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 11: Ha1mo11ies du soir Philharmonic and London Mozart Berg Sonata, Op. 1 Players. He has toured exteQSively in Lige ti Etude, Book I, No. 1: Desordre recital and with orchestra throughout Etude, Bool< I, No.2: Co1·des a vide his native Italy, and has also performed Etude, Book 1, No. 5: Arc-en-ciel in Hong Kong, London, Marrakech, Montevideo, Paris, Prague, Pretoria, SEMIFINAL RECITAL Salzburg, Tel Aviv, and . Among Handel Suite No. 2 in F major prestigious concert halls he has played Franck Prelude, Cl1orale, and Fugue are the Sala Verdi in Milan, Liszt Grosses Konzertsolo Auditorium Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Ruth Schonthal So1tata quasi u11'i1nprovvisazione Wiener Saal of Salzburg's Mozarteum, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and SEMIFINAL CHAMBER the Casals Hall in Tokyo. A disc of works by Liszt featuring Mr. Andalora Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 was recently recorded by Naxos. He also enjoys success as a conductor and FINAL RECITAL composer. Mozart Sonata in C major, K. 330 Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G 1najor, Op. 58 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C mi11or, Op. 18

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80 STEPHEN BEUS • COMPETITORS

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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2004 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, Second Prize (First Prize not awarded) 2003 MTNA Collegiate Artist Piano Competition, First Prize 1996 Gina Bachauer junior Artists Competition, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2004- The 2002-04 Whitman College

TEACHERS 2004- Robert McDonald I 1989-2000 ~ Leonard Richter 2002-04 1986-89 Paulette Richards STEPHEN BEUS UNITED STATES • AGE 23 PRELIMINARY RECITAL Born in Othello, Washington, as the Bach-Busoni Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 fourth of eight children, Stephen Beus Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 began piano lessons at age five and Barber Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 made his orchestral debut four years later. Beginning in September 2000, he SEMIFINAL RECITAL served a two-year mission in Finland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Liszt Paganini Etude No. 3: La Campanella latter-day Saints, which allowed him Jennifer Higdon Secret & Glass Gardens to perforr11 extensively through the Mozart Nine Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573 country while fulfilling his missionary Rachmaninoff Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 responsibilities. Mr. Beus was the Scriabin Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Black Mass" national winner of the Music Teachers Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1913) National Association (MTNA) high­ school level competition and, in 2003, SEMIFINAL CHAMBER won the MTNA's collegiate level com­ petition, garnering a Steinway grand Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 piano. Also the top prizewinner at the 2004 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin FINAL RECITAL Competition, Mr. Beus was presented Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 in recital at Weill Recital Hall in New Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XV1:50 York. He is one of five pianists recent­ Schumann Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 ly selected as a finalist of the American Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Pianists Association's Classical Liszt Spanish Rhapsody Fellowship Awards program.

FINAL CONCERTI

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D nlinor, Op. 30

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COMPETITORS • SODI BRAIDE • j I

\• f . • EMAIL: sodibraide@,vanadoo.fr '• 1 • I COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS ' 2003 Leeds International Piano Competition, Sixth Prize { 2001 Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, • l' Third Prize 1996 Unisa Transnet International Piano Co1npetition, l I Sixth Prize • 1i.. I' ..• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 4 I' 2000-01 lnternational Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia (Lake Como) .•• 1999-2000 Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, Madrid 1991-99 Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris 1996-97 Ecole Nor111ale de Musique de Paris .. i l TEACHERS

SODI BRAIDE 1999-2000 Ditl:'litri Bashkirov • NIGERIA/UNITED KINGDOM • AGE 29 1997-99 Cerard Fremy 1996-97 J=ran~oise Thinat

Born of Nigerian parents in Newcastle 1991-96 Jacques Rouvier . (United Kingdom), Sodi Braide started I .' playing the piano at the age of three. l I He continued his musical studies in • PRELIMINARY RECITAL I Nigeria, and as a )1oung teenager was Haydn Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6 invited to take pan in a televised con­ ' • cert-Classic Aid II at UNESCO in Janacek Sonata I. X.1905 "From the Street" ' Paris along with such artists as Liszt Sonetto 123 del Petra1·ca. ! • Drage i Placido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, • Vallee d'Obernta,111 and Lorin Maazel. The French govern­ • ment granted him a scholarship to continue his musical studies in SEMIFINAL RECITAL . . Currently li\ring in Paris, he J Jennifer Higdon Secret & Glass Garde11s • has perforrned in recital and with • Schumann Kreisle1·ia11a, Op. 16 orchestra throughout France, and has Debussy Etude pour les sot101·itts opposees also played in Belgium, Ger1nany, Italy, Etude pour les notes repetees Romania, Spain, South Africa, and in Chopin Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op.38 several Latin American countries. Recent engagements include a recital SEMIFINAL CHAMBER tour of Colombia and Venezuela and engagements at the Salle Cortot in Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 i Paris and the Harrogate Festival in the : United Kingdom. He is an avid cham­ FINAL RECITAL ber musician and also enjoys the visu­

:I al arts. Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:SO I' jolivet Cinq da11ses 1ituelles: Da11se nuptiale Da11se dit He1·os Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue ! Franck

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'. Beethoven Piano Co11certo No. 2 in B-flat 111ajor, Op. 19 I Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 !' I I I

,1' I• I 82 j • DAVIDE CABASSI • COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected] MANAGEMENT: ARTE s.r.l.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS I. 2000 G. B. Viotti International Music Competition, Second Prize I,/ 1999 Sanremo Classico International Piano Competition, I

First Prize ' ... - PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1995-2000 International Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia (Lake Como) .. 1986-95 Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan

TEACHERS - 1995-2000 William Grant Nabore ~· .

1986-95 Edda Ponti • • • DAVIDE CABASSI • PRELIMINARY RECITAL ITALY • AGE 28

• Bach Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother, Davide Cabassi made his orchestral • BWV 992 debut at the age of thirteen with the I Debussy Estanipes RAl Symphony Orchestra in Milan. He I Stravinsky Trois mouveme11ts de Petroucltlla has also collaborated with the Munich : Philhar 111onic, the Neue Philhar111onie I SEMIFINAL RECITAL Westfalen, and the Russian Chamber • Philhar1r1onic, as well as with several Soler Sonata in F-sharp major • Italian orchestras. In recital, he has • Sonata in D-fiat major I • been engaged by most of the promi­ Sonata in C-sharp minor nent musical associations of his native Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" country, including Serate Musicali in Sebastian Currier Scarlatti Cade11ces + Brainstorm Milan and Festival Pianistico in Ravel La Valse Brescia and Bergamo. Abroad, Mr. Cabassi has played concerts in Austria, SEMIFINAL CHAMBER , France, Germany, japan, Portugal, Scandinavia, and Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Switzerland. After graduating from Milan's Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, FINAL RECITAL he spent five years as one of lhe few Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 select students at the International Bart6k Out of Doors Piano Foundation in Cadenabbia, Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Italy, \vhere he studied with Karl Op. 24 Ulrich Schnabel, Dmitri Bashkirov, , Rosalyn Tureck, and FINAL CONCERTI William Grant Nabore, among others. In December 2004, Mr. Cabassi Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 recorded a solo disc for BMG records Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D n1inor, Op. 15 called Da11ci11g \vitl1 tl1e Orchestra, and featuring \vorks by Bart6k, De Falla, Ravel, and Stravinsky. He is on the fac­ ulty of the Istituto Musicale "G. Puccini'' in Gallarate, Ital}'·

83 COMPETITORS • JIE CHEN

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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2005 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master ' J Competition, Fourth Prize ' 2005 Washington International Competition for Pianists, • .•. First Prize ' 2004 International piano-e-competition, First Prize 2004 Missouri Soutl1ern International Piano Competition, First. Prize 2003 Sanremo Classico International Piano Competition, Third Prize • •• ' PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1998- The Curtis Institute of Music 1994-97 Elementary School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music JIE CHEN CJ-IINA • AGE 19 TEACHERS 2004- Claude Frank Grand-prize winner of the Second 1998-2004 Seymour Lipkin International piano-e-competition 1994-97 Er-Yao 'Lin; Zi-jie Wu (2004), ]ie Chen has perfo11ned with the Philadelphia, Richardson, and Minnesota Symphony Orchestras. She PRELIMINARY RECITAL has perfor111ed recitals in Berkeley, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, and San Mozart Twelve Variations on a Minuet of J .C. Fischer, Francisco. This year, jie Chen made K. 179 recital debuts both at Carnegie's Weill Babadjanian Poem Recital Hall and Lincoln Centers Alice Schumann Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Tully Hall. She also took first prize at Balakirev lslamey the Washington International Piano Competition, and next year will SEMIFINAL RECITAL perform a recital at the Kennedy Scl1ubert Sonata in A major, D. 959 Center. Born in Guangdong, China, Sebastian Currier Sca1·latti Cadences + B1·ainstonn she is currently a scholarship student Strauss-Schulz-Evler Concert Arabesques: By t11e Beautiful Blue at the Curtis Institute of Music in Danube Philadelphia.

SEMIFINAL CHAMBER

Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

FINAL RECITAL

Bach-Petri Sl1eep May Safely Graze Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Books I and II Mendelssohn Variations serieuses, Op. 54 Albeniz Iberia: Evocatio11 Triana

FINAL CONCERTI

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 i11 C minor, Op. 18

84 SA CHEN • COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected] MANAGEMENT: Chanson Culture Communication Company Limited

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2000 Chopin International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize 1996 Leeds International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize 1994 China International Piano Competition, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2001-04 Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hannover 1997-2001 Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London 1995-97 Shenzhen Arts School 1992-95 Sichuan Conservatory of Music ) . TEACHERS 2001-05 Arie Vardi SA CHEN 1997-2001 Joan Havill CHINA • AGE 25 1988-97 Dan Zhaoyi Born into a musical family in Henan, China, Sa Chen shares with Lang Lang PRELIMINARY RECITAL and Yundi Li the distinction of being Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 named one of the top three Chinese Chopin Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6 virtuoso pianists today by the leg­ Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 5: Feux f ollets endary artist and teacher Fou Ts'Ong: Stravinsky Etude, Op. 7, No. 4 "I will be happy if they do better than Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit me." She has collaborated with the Berne, City of Bir111ingham, Shanghai, SEMIFINAL RECITAL and Latvian Symphony Orchestras, as well as the China, Israel, Strasbourg, Schumann Cantaval, Op. 9 and Warsaw Philharrnonic Orchestras. Sebastian Currier Scarlatti Cadences + Brainstorm A frequent guest artist in China and Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 japan, she has also appeared in recital and fes ti val engagements in Basel, SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Berlin, Copenhagen, London, Milan, Minneapolis, Sydney, and Vancouver. Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 She was invited to perform with Gidon Kremer and Nicolaj Znaider at the FINAL RECITAL Kronberg and Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festi\1als, and \Vas soloist with Schubert Sonata in A major, D. 664 the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Barber Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 at the re-opening concert of the Liszt Spanish Rhapsody legendary Shanghai Concert Hall this • season. Sa Chen's debut disc Chopin FINAL CONCERTI Impressio,t was released in 2003 under Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 the JV C label. Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

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• COMPETITORS •YING FENG ' ! ' . I EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2003 William Kapell International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1998 Margueritte Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Co1npetition, Fourth Prize 1992 Cl1ina International Piano Competition, First Prize 1992 Hong Kong International Piano Competition, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2003- Mannes College of Music 1996-99 Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris 1989-95 Shanghai Conservatory of Music

TEACHERS YING FENG 2003- Paulina Dokovska CHINA • AGE 28 2002-03 Nina Svetlanova 2001-02 Claude Frank By age thirteen, Ying Feng was known 1999-2001 Jacques Rouvier throughout her native country, due to 1996-2001 George Pluderrnacher successful concert tours and an 1989-95 Daniel Cheng; Yanru Yang appearance on Shanghai National tele­ vision. In 1996, she enrolled at the National Conservatory of Music and PRELIMINARY RECITAL Dance in Paris, graduating with a gold medal three years later. While in Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 France, Ms. Feng performed many Debussy Preludes, Book I: Des pas sur la 11eige recitals and appeared as soloist with Rachmaninoff- Sonata No. 2 in B-flat 1ninor, Op. 36 the Orchestre National de France and Horowitz the Conservatory's Nouvel Ensemble, among others. Her first-prize win at SEMIFINAL RECITAL the Mannes College Concerto compe­ Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 4: Mazeppa tition in the fall of 2003 led to her Brahms Klavierstacke in A major, Op. 118, No. 2 recent orchestral debut at Alice Tully Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Hall, under the baton of JoAnn Books I and II Falletta, and to her recital debut at Ruth Schonthal So11ata quasi un'i1np1~ovvisazione Merkin Concert Hall, which was Liszt Mepl1isto Waltz No. 1 broadcast on New York's WQXR. Among the master pianists who have SEMIFINAL CHAMBER guided Ying Feng's artistic growth are Aldo Ciccolini, Claude Frank, Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Ann Schein. FINAL RECITAL

Brahms Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2 Debussy lmages, Book II Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 33, No. 6 Polka de W.R.

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

86 - - - GRACE FONG • COMPETITORS -

EMAIL: [email protected]

• COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS - 2003 Wideman Piano Competition, First Prize II 2002 Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition, • First Prize • . ' • 2000 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, First Prize "I • - -= •- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING -• ! • 2003- Cleveland Institute of Music '- 1997-2001 University of Southern California • 1995-97 Colburn School of Performing Arts -• -• TEACHERS .• .-• 2001- Sergei Babayan ! 1997-2001 jol1n Perry GRACE FONG -I 1994-97 Louise Lepley UNITED STATES • AGE 26 • 1983-94 Norberto Cappone; Paulina Drake

Grace Fong was a\varded a PRELIMINARY RECITAL Renaissance Scholar Prize upon gradu­ ating from the University of Southern Rachmaninoff Montent mtLSical in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4 California with a bachelor of science Prelude in A-flat major, Op. 23, No. 8 in health care administration, a bache­ Etude-tableau in D minor, Op. 39, No. 8 lor of music in piano perforcnance, and Moment musical in E-flat minor, Op. 16, No. 2 a minor in business administration. As Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5 a teenager, she was named a Prelude in B-flat major, Op. 23, No. 2 "Presidential Scholar in the Arts," and Handel Suite No. 3 in D minor was presented with a medallion by Leighton Six Studies, Op. 56 forrner President Clinton at the . She has perforn1ed with SEMIFINAL RECITAL orchestras in California, , New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia, Debussy In1ages, Book II: and has given recitals in Cleveland, Clocl1es a travers les f etlilles Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Poisso11s d,or (Phillips Collection). An artist-in­ • !• Bach English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 residence for the Ne\v Hampshire I Ruth Scho11thal So11ata qttasi itrt'improvvisazione Music Festival, she enjoys teaching Weber Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 24 and lecturing, and is an active chamber musician. Ms. Fong began SEMIFINAL CHAMBER her piano studies at age three and also played the cello for ten years. Scl1u1nann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

FINAL RECITAL

Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 C. P. E. Bacl1 So11ata in G nlinor, H. 4 7 Scl1umann Fa11tasiesti1clie, Op. 12

FINAL CONCERTI

Mozart Pia110 Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Rachmani11off Piano Co11certo No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

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• • • • • , . COMPETITORS • DAVIDE FRANCESCHETTI ..,, 1 I ./' . l•, EMAIL: [email protected] F ·r-• MANAGEMENT: Owen White Management 1 •, •

' y COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS I I 2000 Leeds International Piano Competition, Second Prize )' 1994 Dublin International Piano Competition, First Prize I

f• 1993 International Piano Competition, • 1 • Fourth Prize .,.. • 1991 International Piano Competition "Yamaha" of Stresa, •' • '1 I Second Prize I . . .. ' . ' ..,.• . PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1990-2001 Accademia Pianistica Irtcontri col Maestro, Imola

? ' 1993-96 Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan • 1988-92 Conservatorio Statale di Musica , Pesaro r• DAVIDE FRANCESCHETTI TEACHERS , ITALY • AGE 28 2003-04 Stefano Fiuzzi ... 2001-04 Piemarciso Masi • Davide Franceschetti won first place at 2000-01 Lazar Ber111an ' the 1994 Dublin International Piano 1990-2001 Piero Rattalino; Franco Scala i Competition at the age of eighteen, 1991-95 Alexander Lonquich r I resulting in concert tours world\vide. ( • I He is an active perfon11er throughout '• Italy, and recent engagements also I PRELIMINARY RECITAL .r include recitals at the Brighton • Schoenberg Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 r I Festival, the Palais des Beaux Arts in I I Brussels, and chamber music engage­ Schumann Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 r I. Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" • I ments in Zurich, as well as at the c Oxford Chamber Music Festival. He ' I r made his Berlin debut with the SEMIFINAL RECITAL Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin Ruth Schonthal So11ata quasi u11'improvvisazio11e perforrning Brahms Piano Concerto Scriabin Fantasy, Op. 28 No. 2, and has recently toured Ireland Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition with both the San Francisco Youth Scriabin Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 Orchestra and the National Symphony of Ireland. Also a frequent guest artist SEMIFINAL CHAMBER in the United Kingdom, Mr. 1 i Franceschetti was the second-prize l Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 I 1 winner of the 2000 Leeds 1 ! i Competition. He received the Steven FINAL RECITAL \ I

, li De Groote Memorial Award for Best I Perforrnance of Chamber Music and a Debussy Preludes, Book I: Jury Discretionary Award at the Les colli11es d'A11aca1'ri Eleventh Cliburn Competition in Des pas su1· la. neige Ce qu'a vu le ve11t d'Ouest , I 2001. ' I I ! Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 I • Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat mi11or, Op. 31 , I' I ' Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39 I j : ~ ' I Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 ; .j I l l I FINAL CONCERTI

I I' I , Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G 1ninor, Op. 25 r I ' Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 \ I !'

' ' I [. I l I I ALEXEI GRYNYUK •COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2001 Shanghai International Youth Piano Competition,

First Prize • • •• 1999 International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory .. •J •

of , First Prize • • •. • • • 1991 All-Soviet-Union Music Competition, First Prize ~ . ..,. . .. ' . • • PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1994-2003 Kiev State Conservatory 1996-2002 Royal Academy of Music, London 1984-94 Kiev Special Music School

TEACHERS 1994-2003 Valerij Kozlov ALEXEI GRYNYUK 1996-2002 Hamish Milne UKRAINE • AGE 2 7 1984-94 Natalia Gridneva

After graduating from the Kiev State Conservatory, Alexei Grynyuk won a PRELIMINARY REC ITAL scholarship to attend London's Royal Clementi Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 5 Academy of Music, where he studied Schubert Impromptu in B-flat major, D. 935, No. 3 for six years and graduated with hon­ Impromptu in F minor, D. 935, No. 4 ors. He was the first-prize winner of Rachmaninoff Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 the 1999 Horowitz International Piano Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 Competition and the inaugural Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 Shanghai International Youth Piano Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Competition in 2001. Mr. Grynyuk has perfor1ned at Wigmore Hall and SEMIFINAL RECITAL the South Bank Center in London, the Salle Cortot and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Ruth Schonthal So11ata quasi u11'i1?1provvisazio11e and the Great Hall at the Beethoven Sonata in G major, Op. 14, No. 2 Conservatory. He has also participated Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B-fiat major, Op. 84 in several prominent international music festivals, including the Chopin SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Festival in Duszniki (Poland), Festival Cervantino (Mexico), Music and More Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 (Malta), Musical Kremlin (Moscow) and the Ne\vport Music Festival in the FINAL RECITAL United States. In April 2005, he made his Ne\v York recital debut at the • Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, K. 87 Sonata in E major, K. 135 Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sonata in D minor, K. 141 Sonata in F minor, K. 466 Sonata in E rnajor, K. 20 Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 i11 B-fiat 1ninor, Op. 36 (1931) Liszt-Horowitz Ht1ngarian Rhapsody No. 2

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-fiat major, Op. 73 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2004- Thejuilliard School 1999-2004 The Curtis Institute of Music 1998-99 ldyllwild Arts Academy 1988-97 Shenyang Conservatory of Music

CHU-FANG HUANG TEACHERS CHINA • AGE 22 2004- Robert McDonald

1999-2004 Claude Frank l At the age of twelve, Chu-Fang Huang 1998-99 Laura Melton was accepted on full scholarship as the 1988-97 Qu-Ming Zhang youngest student in the Shenyang Music Conservatory's pre-college divi­ I sion. Two months after moving to the PRELIMINARY RECITAL United States in 1998 at the age of fif­ • teen, she made her U.S. recital debut Haydn Sonata in E major, Hob. XVI:3 l on the Prodigy Series of the La Jolla Ravel La Valse Music Society. A top prizewinner at Scarlatti Sonata in C minor, K. 11 several recent national and interna­ Sonata in E major, K. 135 tional competitions, she has per­ Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-fiat minor, Op. . 36 (1931) formed throughout China, , and the United States, including SEMIFINAL RECITAL recitals at Ger111any's Klavier Festival Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 Ruhr, the Concertg_ebouw in Chopin Sonat~ No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 Amsterdam, the Kravis Arts Center in Daniel Kellogg scarlet tl1read West Palm Beach, and 's Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Huang has also collaborated with the Charleston, Fort SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Collins, Fort Worth, Pacific, and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, as well Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 a·s with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Illinois and FINAL RECITAL Shenzhen Philharmonic Orchestras.

, She is a passionate reader who enjoys Debussy Preludes, Book II: • novels, comic books, CD inserts, and Bruyeres the dictionary. Ge11eral Lavine -Ecce11tric Preludes, Book I: Voiles • Ce q«'a vu le vent d'Ouest Liszt Sonata in B minor

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-fiat major, Op. 19 • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C 1ninor, Op. 18

• 90 • MARIYA KIM• COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2005 Scriabin International Piano Competition, First Prize 2004 Piano Campus Festival Competition, First Prize 2004 Jaen International Piano Competition, Third Prize 2004 International Paderewski Piano Competition, First Prize 2003 Taiwan International Piano Competition, Third Prize 2002 Patras International Piano Competition, First Prize 2001 International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, First Prize 1996 Vladimir Krainev International Young Pianists Competition, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1998- Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hannover 1987-98 Sevastopol Music School MARIYA KIM UKRAINE • AGE 23 TEACHERS 1998- Vladirnir Krainev In the last four years, Mariya Kim has 1987-98 Tatiana Kim been named a top prizewinner at seven international competitions, most recently finishing in first place at the PRELIMINARY RECITAL 2004 Paderewski International Piano

• Competition in Poland and the 2005 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 Premio Intemazionale Pianistico "A. Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau in G minor, Op. 33, No. 8 Scriabin" in Italy. She has perfor111ed I Etude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5 with the Orchestra "Haydn" of • • Etude-tableau in F-sharp minor, Op. 39, No. 3 Bolzano and Trento (Italy), Poland's Ett,de-tableau in C minor, Op. 39, No. 1 Philharmonia Baltica, the Moscow I Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) Philhar1r1onic Orchestra, Ukraine State

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' SEMIFINAL RECITAL Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, among others. Concert engage­ Liszt Apres tt11e lectttre de Da11te ments have taken Ms. Kim throughout Ruth Schonthal So11ata qitasi u11'i1nprovvisazio11e '. Ukraine and Russia and to Austria, • Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 France, Gern1any, , Italy, Korea, • Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, SEMIFINAL CHAMBER and the United States. Ms. Kim began her piano studies \vtth her mother, Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Tatiana Kim, and currently studies with Vladimir Krainev in Hannover, FINAL RECITAL Germany. She was recently the recipi­ Clen1enti Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 24, No. 2 ent of a Yamaha Foundation a\vard in Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 recognition of her accomplishments. Rach1naninoff Mome11ts n111sicata, Op. 16

FINAL CONCERTI

Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Racl1maninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

91 . ·. . ' COMPETITORS • ALEXANDER KOBRIN • I. ~ ; .I ~ I I I I I EMAIL: [email protected] i ! ~ i I I MANAGEMENT: Walter Beloch Artists Management s.r.l. I I... 1 I COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS l I I I 2003 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Second Prize "I 2000 Chopin International Piano Competition, Third Prize 1999 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Co1npetition, .." . I, • f.' ~ First Prize I I 1998 Scottish International Piano Competition, First Prize ••' I .•' • ' I.. ••• • ...• I PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ... 1998- Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory " •I• ' 1985-98 Gnessins School of Music, Moscow

I I • I I TEACHERS ' ' l I J 1998- Lev Naumov ' I ...I t: ALEXANDER KOBRIN 1985-98 Tatiana Zelikman I'. RUSSIA • AGE 25 "I' , ' I First-prize winner of the 1999 Busoni PRELIMINARY RECITAL I Competition and second-prize winner l Haydn Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 52 I of the 2003 Hamamatsu Competition • (with no first prize awarded), Chopin Nocturne in B major, Op. 9, No. 3 rI Alexander Kobrin has toured exten­ Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, sively throughout Europe, South Books I and II America, and Asia. He has perfor1t1ed with the Moscow Virtuosi, the SEMIFINAL RECITAL

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the 1 Ruth Schonthal Sonata quasi un improvvisazione Virtuosi of Salzburg Chamber Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Orchestra, and the Moscow State Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableau.x, Op. 33 Symphony Orchestra. Recent engage­ ments include collaborations with the SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Rio de Janeiro Symphonic Orchestra, the English Chamber, the Osaka, and Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, in addi­ Il tion to a recital at the 2004 Chopin FINAL RECITAL l Festival in Duszniki. This spring, Mr. Kobrin toured Italy and Japan while Brahms Inter111ezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2 :• Ravel N I completing his graduate studies at the Gaspard de la uit I Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) I under the direction of Lev Naumov. ! FINAL CONCERTI l Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 ! I l I r I •

I ! l I• l l ) I I I 92 '. : MARINA KOLOMIYTSEVA • COMPETITORS

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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2000 Sydney International Piano Competition, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1997-2004 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1991-97 Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

TEACHERS 1997-2004 Elisso Virsaladze 1991-97 Alexandr Bakulov

PRELIMINARY RECITAL MARINA KOLOMIYTSEVA Mozart Sonata in G major, K. 283 RUSSIA • AGE 25 Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Schubert-Liszt Ihr Bild Marina Kolomiytseva was born in Schubert Fantasy in C major, D. 760 "Wand·erer" N izhny Novgorod; Russia, and began playing the piano at the age of four. SEMIFINAL RECITAL She attended Moscow's prestigious Central Music School as a student of Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 Alexandr Bakulov and is currently Ruth Schonthal Sonata quasi un'improvvisazione pursuing post-graduate studies with Chopin Variations brillantes in B-flat major, Op. 12 Elisso Virsaladze at the Moscow Liszt Six Paganini Etudes Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2000, she won first prize at the Sydney SEMIFINAL CHAMBER International Piano Competition and recorded a disc with the Australian Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Schumann Broad·casting Corporation Classic label. She has since performed in FINAL RECITAL recital and with orchestra in Australia, Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 Germany, Russia, and the United Beetl1oven A11dante f av on in F major, WoO 57 States. Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1

FINAL CONCERTI

Beetl1oven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

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• Second Prize 1 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Finalist 1996 Vladimir Krainev International Young Pianists l Competition, First Prize 't 1995 International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of

• Vladimir Horowitz, Second Prize i I' PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ~ 1998- Australian Institute of Music, Sydney

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TEACHERS ALEXEY KOLTAKOV 1992- Victor Makarov AUSTRALIA • AGE 26

As a finalist of the Ele\1enth Van PRELIMINARY RECITAL Cliburn International Piano Competition (2001), Alexey Koltakov Beethoven Sonata in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 has perfo1111ed in recital and orchestra Liszt Paganini Etude No. 3: La Ca111pa11ella throughout the United States. Recent Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 engagements include performances with the Alban}' Symphony (Georgia), SEMIFINAL RECITAL California Philharmonic, and the Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, as Ruth Schonthal So11ata quasi un 'i1np1·ovvisazione well as recicals in Fort Worth, Los Saint-Saens/ Danse Macabre Angeles, and Tulsa. Born in Ukraine, Liszt-Horowitz Mr. Koltakov moved to Australia to Liszt Re1ni11iscences de Dort Juan continue scudies with his teacher, Viccor Makarov, and he is now a reach­ SEMIFINAL CHAMBER ing assistant at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. Mr. Koltakov is Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 also a laureate of the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition FINAL RECITAL and enjoys performing duo recitals with his wife, Katerina Makarova. Liszt Sonata in B minor Bach-Silo ti Prelude in B minor Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83

FINAL CONCERTI

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in. A inajor, K. 488 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

94 SOYEON LEE • COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected] MANAGEMENT: Concert Artists Guild

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2004 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, Winner 2004 juilliard William Petschek Piano Debut Recital Award 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Second Prize 2002 Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Third Prize 2001; 2002 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition at juilliard, First Prize 1999 juilliard Concerto Competition, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1997- The juilliard School 1994-97 lnterlochen Arts Academy SOYEON LEE SOUTH KOREA • AGE 25 TEACHERS 2001- Robert McDonald Soyeon Lee began studying the piano 1997-2001 Jerome Lowenthal at the age of five in Korea and moved 1994-97 Victoria Mushkatkol to the United States when she was 1990-94 Marina Schmidt nine. A top prizewinner at both the 2002 Santander and 2003 Cleveland PRELIMINARY RECITAL Competitions, she has worked with Haydn Sonata in G major, Hob. XV1:40 conductors such as jahja Ling, Otto­ Franck Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue Werner Mueller, and Rafael Fruhbeck Bolcom Nine Bagatelles de Burgos, and recently toured Spain Ravel La Valse in recital. In 2004, Ms. Lee was named both a winner of the Concert Artists SEMIFINAL RECITAL Guild International Competition and recipient of juilliard's prestigious Mozart Sonata in E-flat major, K. 282 William Petschek Piano Debut Recital Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D-flat major, Op. 34, Award, resulting in recital debuts at No. 15 Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall J e11nifer Higdon Secret & Glass Garde11s in Ne\v York in the same year. Schumann Ca111aval, Op. 9 Additional performances this season included recitals at Severance Hall in SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Cleveland and Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Musica, as \Vell as her Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Schumann orchestral debut with the San Diego Symphony. A docu­ FINAL RECITAL mentary fea tu ring Soyeon Lee airs on the Japanese television network NHK Granados Goyescas: El Ar1101· y la Mttertc this season, and in August she Brahms Sonata No. 2 in F-sl1arp n1inor, Op. 2 2005, records her first CD, Sonatas of Debussy tisle joyettse Scarlatti, for the Naxos label. FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C n1inor, Op. 18

• 95 "• ,,.. !. ''" ,l I ' I COMPETITORS •ANG LI ' . ' • . ' '• • I . .• . l' ' • • • EMAIL: [email protected] .' '• • 1' ' t I I ! • l COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS I •• I ' 2003 Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition, First Prize ,I I' I 2002 Thousand Islands Interna.tional Piano Competition, . I .. ' ' ' Second Prize I I :.I l' Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition, . ' 1997 '• .• I I First Prize ' •. ti ' I ' I . • ' . PROFESSIONAL TRAINING I' '. :' ' I' ,' 2004- The juilliard School ' . ' 1999-2004 The Curtis Institute of Music I' : 1995-99 Manhattan School of Music I : 'I I' 1997-98 Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto I TEACHERS ANG LI 2004- Yoheved Kaplinsky CANADA • AGE 20 1999-2004 Eleanor Sokoloff

China-born Ang Li made her recital debut at the Beijing Concert Hall at the PRELIMINARY RECITAL age of six. She has perfor1ned with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and Haydn Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:SO has also appeared in recital at New Debussy Preludes, Book II: York's Alice Tully Hall; the Kennedy Brouillards Center in Washington, D.C.; and Ge11eral Lavine - Ecce11tric Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Feux d'artifice Perfor1ning Arts, where she played Granados Spanish Dances, Op. 5: pre-concen recitals for legendary artist Oriental Martha Argerich. First-prize winner of A11daluza the 2003 Montreal Symphony A1·abesca l Orchestra Comp.etition, Ms. Li gar­ Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 I nered six additional awards, which I I featured concert appearances under SEMIFINAL RECITAL the auspices of the Jeunesses Daniel Kellogg scarlet th1·ead I Musicales du Canada. Ms. Li has also l Schumann Fantasia in C major, Op. 17 I participated in several distinguished I Ravel Miroirs: summer music festivals, including Oiseaux t1·istes !I I Aspen, Bowdoin, the Music Academy • Alborada del gracioso of the West (Santa Barbara), and the Bowen Toccata, Op. 155 I International Holland Music Festivals. She is now working towards her I SEMIFINAL CHAMBER l I master's degree at the Juilliard School I I ' .• t of Music. Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 I

FINAL RECITAL I I Clementi Sonata i11 F-sl1arp minor, Op. 26, No. 2 I j • Brahms Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

FINAL CONCERTI

l Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 I I Brah.ms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 !

I. I I 96 ALBERT MAMRIEV •COMPETITORS

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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2004 .. China International Piano Competition, Second Prize - 2004 r ... Unisa Transnet International Piano Competition, Fifth Prize t • 2002 Gina Bachauer International Piano Artists Competition, r I· • Sixth Prize t 2001 Scottish International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize t 1998 Nueva Acropolis International Piano Competition, l l First Prize t l I •. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1 2002- Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hannover " 1995-2002 Rt1bin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University 1992-94 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1984-91 Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky ALBERT MAMRIEV Conservatory ISRAEL • AGE 30 TEACHERS Considered one of Israel's preeminent 1995- Arie Vardi young pianists, Albert Mamriev has 1992-94 Sergei Dorensky received top prizes in seven interna­ 1984-91 Alexandr Bakulov tional piano competitions in the last four years, including second prize at the 2004 China Competition. As a PRELIMINARY RECITAL soloist, he has recently perfor111ed with Chopin Etude in C major, Op. 10, No. 1 the Israel Chamber and Jerusalem Liszt Polonaise No. 2 in E major Symphony Orchestras, China's Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 Zhengen Symphony in Beijing, the Liszt Apres une lecture de Da11te Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Liszt-Horo\vi tz Variations on Mendelssohn's Wedding March the Mexico Symphony Orchestra. In recital, he has toured the major cities SEMIFINAL RECITAL of Spain and played in the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Kongresszentrum in Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) Hannover, and Temple Square in Salt Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob. XV1:20 Lake City. These performances and ' Daniel Kellogg scarlet tl1read others have taken him to Austria, Ravel La Valse China, Gerrnany, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United States. SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Mr. Mamriev was born in the Dagestan Republic. He studied at the Mosco\v 34 Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. Tchaikovsky Conservatory before con­ tinuing his studies with Arie Vardi in FINAL RECITAL Israel and Ger111any, where he current­ Liszt Ar111ees de pele1i11age, pre1niere annee: 5Ltisse ly resides.

FINAL CONCERTI

Me11delssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2001- Thejuilliard School 1998-2000 The Perlman Music Program • • 1996-2000 juilliard Pre-College •

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Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Gabriela • Martinez comes from a family with PRELIMINARY RECITAL rich music-making traditions. She made her orchestral debut playing Rachmaninoff Mo1ne1it musical in B-flat mi11or, Op. 16, No. 1 •

Beetl1oven's Piano Concerto No. 2 at Mof11e11t musical in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4 I the age of seven. B}' the time she was Beethoven Sonata in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 tv.renty, she had perfor1ned at impor­ Liszt So11etto 104 del Petrarca tant concert venues in Berlin, Bogota, Barber Ballade; Op. 46 Brussels, Hannover, London, Szymanowski Variations in B-flat minor, Op. 3 Montpellier, Rome, Tel-Aviv, and Tok)'O, as well as in New York's Avery SEMIFINAL RECITAL Fisher and Alice Tully Halls. Recent Daniel Kellogg sca1·let t11read orchestral engagements include the Mozart Sonata in D major, K. 311 Orquesta Simon Bolivar (Caracas), the Ravel Valses nobles et se11ti1nentales Fort Worth and New jersey Symphony Schumann Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Orchestras, and the Venezuela Philhar111onic. She has also been a fea­ SEMIFINAL CHAMBER tured artist on radio and television broadcasts in Brussels (CNN), France Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (Radio France), Ger1nany (Deutsche Welle), Italy (RAI), Japan (NHK), and FINAL RECITAL on several programs in the United States, including PBS, Sixty Minutes, Szymanowski Mazurka, Op. 50, No. 1 and NPR's From the Top. Chopin Mazurka in B-flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4 Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Liszt Sonata in B minor

FINAL CONCERTI

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E 111inor, Op. 11 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

98 MARIA MAZO • COMPETITORS

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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2005 Hastings Musical Festival Piano Concerto Competition, First Prize 2004 lnternational Beethoven Piano Competition, First Prize 2004 City of Cantu International Competition for Piano and Orchestra, Third Prize 2003 City of Cantu International Competition for Piano and Orchestra, Second Prize .... - 1996 Arthur Rubinstein International Competition for Young Pianists, Fourth Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2002- Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hannover 2000-02 Gnessins Academy of Music, Moscow MARIA MAZO 1989-2000 Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conser,ratory RussIAIGER~lANY • AGE 22 At the age of thirteen, Maria Mazo was TEACHERS the youngest competitor and prizewin­ 2002- Arie Vardi ner of the 1996 Arthur Rubinstein 2000-02 Vladi1nir Tropp International Competition for Young 1997-2000 Andrei Pisarev Pianists (Poland). Also a recent \vinner of competitions in Ger111any, Ital}', and the United Kingdom, she has per­ PRELIMINARY RECITAL formed throughout Europe and I Beethoven Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" Russia. Upcoming engagements will • be highlighted by recitals for the • '• SEMIFINAL RECITAL Chopin Society and Gesellschaft fur ' I Neue Musik in Hannover, as well as a I • I Jennifer Higdon Secret & Glass Garde1tS festival devoted to Beethoven sonatas • I Bart6k Sonata (1926) in Tel Aviv. Ms. Mazo has worked with Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Concert Suite from Tl1e Ntltcracller noted musicians Andrei Gavrilov, .• Beethoven So11ata in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" Abbey Simon, and Ian Hobson, and is currently studying with Arie Vardi at • SEMIFINAL CHAfvtBER Hannover's Hochschule fur Musik und . • Theater.

• Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

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Brahms Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 • Ravel Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes

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FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

99 -- 1 i' ' l. COMPETITORS • ALEXANDRE MOUTOUZKINE t l t t f EMAIL: [email protected] i J MANAGEMENT: Sandra Elm Management f \ I COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS l 2004 Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition, First Prize '! '• 2004 New Orleans International Piano Competition, First Prize I.• 2003 Guerrero Foundation International Piano Co1npetition, ! First Prize l 2002 Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition, 1 t• First Prize . .• 2002 Maria Canals International Competition for Musical 'r Perfor111ance, Second Prize I ~ ! • .• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING • I • 2001- Manhattan School of Music i

1996-2001 Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, H.annover •I • ALEXANDRE MOUTOUZKINE 1994-96 Nizhny Novgorod School of Music .I ! RUSSIA • AGE 24 ;' • • ' TEACHERS • At the Eleventh Van Cliburn 2001- Solomon Mikowsky International Piano Competition in 1996-2001 Vladimir Krainev 2001, Alexandre Moutouzkine 1994-96 Natalia Fish •' received a jury Discretionary Award 1991-92 Irina Larionycheva I for his artistic potential. Since that 1988-95 Ludmila Philippova ' ' time, he has been awa·rded top prizes ! at five international competitions and has perfor111ed concerts in New York PRELIMINARY RECITAL (Weill Recital Hall), Barcelona, Hannover, Madrid, Paris, Tenerife, and Corigliano Etude Fantasy Vienna. During the 2005-2006 season, Mozart Nine Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573 he has been invited to appear with the Dallapiccola Sonatina Canonica on Caprices of Niccolo Baton Rouge Symphony, Louisiana Paganini Philharmonic, National Symphonic Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 Orchestra of Panama, Radiotelevision Orchestra of Spain, Richardson SEMIFINAL RECITAL Symphony, and the Valencia Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27, No. 1 Symphony. In addition, he will tour Granados Goyescas: Ger1nany and Spain, make his London Quejas 6 la Maja y el Ruisenor (Wigmore Hall) and Rome debut El Pelele recitals, and will record a disc of works Sebastian Currier Scarlatti Cadences + B1·ainston>1 by Beethoven, Corigliano, and Liszt. Ravel · La Valse Born in Russia to a family of profes­ sional musicians, Mr. Moutouzkine SEMIFINAL CHAMBER began piano lessons with his mother, Ludmila Philippova, and is also an Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 avid chamber musician. FINAL RECITAL

Bach Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp mi11or, BWV 873 Scriabin Etude in G major, Op. 65, No. 3 Etude in 0-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 Chopin Nocturne in C minor, 01). 48, No. 1 Liszt Sonata in B minor

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C 111ajor, Op. 15 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C n1ii1or, Op. 18 100 ESTHER PARK• COMPETITORS

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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS -- 2005 National Chopin Piano Competition, Fourth Prize ...,..., . . .• 2004 International Paderewski Piano Competition, Second Prize 2004 Gina Bacl1auer International Piano Competition at Juilliard, First Prize 2004 New Jersey Symphony's Young Artist Auditions, First Prize 2003 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Third Prize 2003 juilliard Concerto Competition, First Prize 2003 Wideman Piano Competition, First Prize 2002 New Orleans International Piano Competition, Third Prize • 2001 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, First Prize • , 2002 Corpus Christi International Piano Competition, -' " ._ , '"~:.---- First Prize - .... . >- . - ., a I G'-a 7 a · - - b ESTHER PARK PROFESSIONAL TRAINING UNITED STATES • AGE 20 2001- The Juilliard School 1995-2001 Juilliard Pre-College Esther Park moved from Korea to the United States in 1995 to enter the pre­ TEACHERS college division at the juilliard School 1998- Yol1eved Kaplinsky of Music at the age of eleven. The first­ 1997-98 Seymour Bernstein prize winner at several recent U.S.­ 1995-97 Kathrine Parker based competitions, she has perfor1ned • I at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, the I PRELIMINARY RECITAL Aspen Music Festival, and several con­

• • Verdi-Liszt Paraphrase on Rigoletto cert venues in Korea. She has appeared Cle1nenti Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 5 as soloist with the Corpus Christi and Chopin Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 Shreveport Symphony Orchestras, and Barber Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 perfor111ed Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto witl1 the New Jersey SEMIFINAL RECITAL Symphony Orchestra, under the direc­ tion of Neeme Jarvi, in February 2005. Jan Krzywicki Noct1t111als: In 2001, Ms. Park attended the II. Inca11tatio11 Eleventh Cliburn Competition as a III. Spirits participant of the TCU-Clibum Piano Mozart Rondo in A minor, K. 511 Institute, \vhere she was a winner of Del Tredici Virtuoso Al ice that year's Young Artist Competition. Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 She is now pursuing her master's degree in music at juilliard. SEMIFINAL CHAMBER

Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

FINAL RECITf\L

Ravel Valses 11obles et se11ti1l1er1tales Chopin Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) Bowen Toccata, Op. 155

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

101 COMPETITORS • ROBERTO PLANO

EMAIL: [email protected] MANAGEMENT: Altman Artists

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2003 Esther Honens Calgary International Piano Competition, Third Prize 2001 Cleveland International Piano Competition, First Prize . 2001 Sendai International Music Competition, Fifth Prize . ' ' 2000 Jose lturbi International Piano Competition, Fifth Prize I '

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING . • l j • .. 2005- International Piano Foundation, Cadenabbia (Lake Como) • I ' .' ' 2003-04 Ron1anini Foundation, Brescia I ' I I ' " . I; .... ~ 2000-04 Ecole Nor1r1ale de Musique de Paris •~', !: . 1998-2001 Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan 1998-2000 Marziali Academ.y, Italy

'i ROBERTO PLANO ' '\ ITALY • AGE 26 TEACHERS \ 2005- William Grant Nabore Winner of the 2001 Cleveland 2003-04 Sergio Marengoni l. International Piano Competition, 2000-04 Nelson Delle Vigne

• .I Roberto Plano has perfor1ned engage­ 1998-2001 Riccardo Risaliti I' ments througl1out the United States, ' 1998-2000 Bntno Canino . l • including his New York recit~l debut at 1994-98 Chiaralberta Pastorelli; Eli Perrotta ' I Alice Tull}' Hall. He has also perfor1ned • I ' ' I' at the Sala Verdi in Milan, the I 1 Herkulessaal and Gasteig in Munich, PRELIMINARY RECITAL

II • and the Salle Cortot in Paris. Among I 'I orchestras with which he has collabo­ Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, K. 197 rated are the Sendai Philharmonic Sonata in G minor, K. 8 Oapan), the Rheinland-Pfalz Sonata in F minor, K. 239 Staatsphilharmonie (Germany), the· Brahms Klavierstuc1ie, Op. 118 Valencia Symphony (Spain), and the Villa-Lobos Ciclo Brasileiro: Impressoes Seresteiras Akron and Spokane Symphony Ginastera Danzas Arge11ti11as, Op. 2 Orhestras in the United States. Recent festival appearances include the SEMIFINAL RECITAL Chopin in Duszniki, Poland; Stresa Schubert Sonata in A minor, D. 784 I Festival, Italy; and the Williamstown • Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 .I International Piano Festival. Mr. Plano I. Ruth Schonthal So11ata quasi u11·im1.>1·ovvisazione ! has recorded two discs, the most Liszt Venezia e Napoli recent devoted to solo works by Franz Dohnanyi Concert Etude in F minor, Op. 28, No. 6 . Liszt for the Azica Label. ·He has been ' • • ! ' the guest artist on a number of noted I SEMIFINAL CHAMBER •'• l ' . radio stations, which include NPR, as I • r . I a guest on WNYC . Peifonnar1ce Today; Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 r ' New York; WGBH Boston; and . ' • ! I • RadioR.ai 3 in Italy. Also an organist at FINAL RECITAL .'

his hometown church (Varese), he has • • composed several hymns for the choir. Respighi Nottu1110 Brahms Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 Ravel La Valse •

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 3 7 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

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• DARIA RABOTKINA • COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2004 Montreal International Music Competition, Third Prize 2003 Jacksonville International Piano Competition, First Prize • 2002 World Piano Competition, Second Prize 2001 Sendai International Music Competition, Fourth Prize 1998 Jacob Flier International Piano Competition, First Prize 1997 Tbilisi International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1999-2004 Kazan State Conservatory; Mannes College of Music 1986-99 Kazan Special Music School

TEACHERS 1999-2004 Guzel Abdoullina; Vladimir Feltsman; Sergei Rabotkin 1986-99 Nora Kazachkova DARIA RABOTKINA RUSSIA • AGE 24

PRELIMINARY RECITAL Daria Rabotkina was born in Kazan, Russia, to a family of musicians. She Haydn Sonata in E-fiat major, Hob. XV1:52 gave her first solo recital at the a.ge of Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-fiat major, Op. 61 ten. She studied at the Conservatory in Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Kazan and is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music in Manhattan, where SEMIFINAL RECITAL she worked with Vladimir Feltsman. Ms. Rabotkina has perforrned \vi th the Sebastian Currier Scarlatti Cade11ces + Brai11storm Sendai Philharmonic Qapan) and Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 Moscow State Symphony, as \vell as the Rachmaninoff Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 Jacksonville, New World, and San Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) Francisco Symphonies. She has collab­ orated on several occasions with con­ SEMIFINAL CHAMBER ductors Fabio Mechetti, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Umeda Toshiyaka. Schumann Piano Quintet in £-flat major, Op. 44 This spring she was the featured soloist with the Kirov Orchestra, FINAL RECITAL under the baton of Valery Gergiev. Prokofiev Four Etudes, Op. 2 Also a frequent guest artist at interna­ Bach-Busoni Nt«rt llo1nm' der Heide11 Heila11d, BWV 659 tional festivals, she has perforrned in Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Russia's White Night's Festival, the Kuhmo Festival in Finland, and the FINAL CONCERTI Chopin Festival in France. Ms. Rabotkina recently moved to Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Philadelphia, where she teaches at the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 Nelly Berman School of Music.

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2005 Jaen International Piano Competition, First Prize • I 2004 Valsesia-Musica International Piano Competition, I• First Prize I

2001 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano • Competition, Second Prize • ! 1998 Vladimir Krainev International Young Pianists • ~ t Competition, First Prize •• • , '• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING . 2000- Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hannover '• 1993-2000 Novosibirsk Special Music School '

TEACHERS ILYA RASHKOVSKIY 2000- Vladimir Krainev RUSSIA • AGE 20 1993-2000 Mary Lebenzon •• • '• At age six, ll)1a Rashkovskiy began to perfor111 his own compositions PRELIMINARY RECITAL for piano. He won second prize at the 2001 Marguerite Long-Jacques Bach Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 Thibaud Competition and has since Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" performed in several important Prokofiev Ro1neo a11d]uliet Before Parti11g, Op. 75, No. 10 concert venues in Europe, Japan, Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 and Russia, including the Bolshoi Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky SEMIFINAL RECITAL Conservatory, the Theatre du Schubert Impromptu in B-fiat major, D. 935, No. 3 Chatelet and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 Osaka's Symphony Hall, and the Jennifer Higdon Secret & Glass Garde11s Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. As Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 soloist with orchestra, he has collabo­ rated with the Czech National SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Symphony, the New Japan Symphony, and the Orchestre National de Lille. Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 This season he took part in the La Roque d'Antheron Piano Festival in FINAL RECITAL France and toured Holland with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Rashkovskiy currently studies with Mendelssohn­ Scherzo from A Midsun1mer NigJ1ts D1·ea1n Vladimir Krainev at the Hochsch ule Rachmaninoff fur M usik und Theate.r in Hannover, Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat n1inor, Op. 36 (1931) Ger111any. FINAL CONCERTI •

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-fiat n1inor, Op. 23

104 ELIZABETH JOY ROE • COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2002 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Second Prize 2000 Grace Welsh Piano Prize International Competition, Second Prize 2000 Eastman Young Artist International Piano Competition, Second Prize 1995 IBLA International Piano Competition, Grand Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2000- The juilliard School 1995-98 DePaul University 1993-95 University of Illinois at Chicago 1990-93; 1998-2000 Music Institute of Chicago ELIZABETH JOY ROE UNITED STATES • AGE 23 TEACHERS 2000- Yol1 eved Kaplinsky Chicago native Elizabeth Joy Roe has 1995-98 Vladi1nir Leyetchkiss appeared as recitalist and as concerto • soloist throughout North America, ' 1993-95 Theodore Edel • 1990-93; Europe, and Asia. In 2003, she 1998-2000 Emilio Del Rosario replaced the renowned john Browning on short notice, perfor111ing the Barber Concerto with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra to high acclaim. PRELIMINARY RECITAL Since winning the Grand Prize in the Corigliano Etude Fantasy IBLA International Piano Competition Haydn Sonata in F major, Hob. XV1:23 in Italy at the age of thirteen, she has Schubert-Liszt Gretchen at>1 Spi1111rade performed at such venues as the 92nd Wagner-Liszt TJ·istan u11d Isolde: lsolde11s Liebestod Street Y and Lincoln Center in New Ravel La Valse York; the Seoul Arts Center in Korea; Salle Cortot in Paris; the Kennedy SEMIFINAL RECITAL Center in Washington, D.C.; and Symphony Center in Chicago. Ms. Brahms Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2 Roe's varied career includes premieres Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, K. 87 of new music, features in television Sebastian Ct1rrier Scarlatti Cade11ces + Brai11storm documentaries and programs, radio Liszt Vallee d'Obe11>1a11n broadcasts, and frequent chamber Bowen Toccata, Op. 155 music collaborations. Interested in a wide array of pursuits, she is a five­ SEMIFINAL CHAMBER time laureate of the National French Contest and \vrote a 125-page thesis Dvorak Piano Qt1intet in A major, Op. 81 exploring music in the fiction of Mann, Proust, and Forster, for \vhich FINAL RECITAL she \Vas honored \Vith Scholastic Distinction upon her Juilliard gradt1a­ Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K. 4 75 tion. Recentl)1, Elizabeth Joy Roe \Vas Miroirs: U11e barqite sttr l'ocea11 Ravel named one of thirty gradttate students, Gersl1win-Wild-Roe Tlie Ma11 l Love nation\vide, to receive a Soros Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Cl1opin Fellowship for New Americans.

FINAL CONCERTI

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F n1ioor, Op. 21 18 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C J111oor, Op.

105 COMPETITORS • RUI SHI

- . - - "' I • EMAIL: [email protected] l ! COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS i1 2003 Mieczyslaw Munz Piano Competition, First Prize l 1998 juilliard Concerto Competition, First Prize I 1996 Stravinsky International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize I '

I•• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING I' 1 \• 1998-2004 Thejuilliard School I' . \ • \ 1996-98 Trevor Day School; juilliarcl Pre-(:ollege I ' ; I ~ ' ! .I . t - . t ' .'' ' .J ! TEACHERS I 1 • Yoheved Kaplinsky I 1998-2004 • ' I 1996-98 Susan Starr j •. ! 1985-96 Ziliang Wang l I RUISHI .' I CHINA • AGE 21 PRELIMINARY RECITAL I I t I Born in China, Rui Shi won her first Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau in A minor, Op. 39, No. 6 '• ' Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 .I' competition at age five and went on to : ' Moment musical in E minor, Op. 16, No. 4 I take first prize at eight national com­ ' ' petitions in her nati,re country. At the Chopin Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2 age of fifteen, she became one of the Brahms Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1 youngest artists ever to be accepted on full scholarship into the college divi­ SEMIFINAL RECITAL sion of the juilliard School of Music. Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931) She is a frequent guest artist with the Mozart Sonata in F major, K. 332 Reading Symphony Orchestra and has Sebastian Currier Scarlatti Cade11ces + B1·ai11sto1m appeared in concert in Beijing; New Faure Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 63 York (Alice Tully Hall); Verbier, Liszt Re1nini.scences de Do1i Juan S\vitzerland; and throughout China and the United States. Most recently, SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Ms. Shi perfor111ed as part of a special memorial service for Christopher Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 I : I , ' f . Reeve, which also featured Senator '• .• ' ' ,' .: Hillary Clinton, , and ' FINAL RECITAL l I : Robin Williams. A champion at math­ . ' ~ . :' .' ematics, she has won six Chinese Schumann Fantasia in C major, Op. 17 t : . .( National Mathematics Confederation Scriabin Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 2 ' ; I Etude irt B minor, Op. 8, No. 3 • ' titles. Etude in B major, Op. 8, No. 4 Etude in A major, Op. 8, No. 6 Etude in B-fiat minor, Op. 8, No. 7 Etude in A-flat major, Op. 8, No. 8 Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 9 Etude in D-flat 1najor, Op. 8, No. 10 Etude in B-flat ininor, Op. 8, No. 11 ' Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

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REM URASIN • COMPETITORS I • EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, Second Prize 2001 Monte Carlo Piano Masters Competition, First Prize 1995 Chopin International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize i I PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1994-2001 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory 1982-94 Kazan Special Music School

TEACHERS 1994-2001 Lev Naumov 1982-94 Marina Soukharenko

PRELIMINARY RECITAL REM URASIN RUSSIA • AGE 29 Bach Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 Chopin Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6 Rem Urasin began his musical studies Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10 at age five and made his debut with Schubert-Liszt Der Muller und der Bacl1 orchestra when he was eight. In 2001, Erlkonig he graduated from the Mosco\v Sta11dchen Tchaikovsky Conservatory, \vhere he Auf de1n Wasser zu Singen had studied with Lev Naumov. That Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 same year, he was named grand-prize winner of the Monte Carlo Piano SEMIFINAL RECITAL Masters competition. Mr. Urasin has performed in Austria, France, Mozart Sonata in D major, K. 576 Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, and Liszt Sonata in B minor S\vitzerland, and throughout Russia. Ruth Schonthal So11ata quasi itn'improvvisazione He has collaborated \vith the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra SEMIFINAL CHAMBER (Katowice), led by Antoni Wit in Tokyo; the Russian National Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Symphony Orchestra, led by Vladimir • Spivakov; and the Phlharmonique de FINAL RECITAL Monte Carlo, with Gunter Herbig. In Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Concert Suite from TJ1e Nutcracller July 2004, Mr. Urasin was awarded Chopin Four Mazurkas, Op. 24 second prize at the Eighth Sydney Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 International Piano Competition, along with five additional prizes, FINAL CONCERTI including a solo and orchestral record­ ing for the Australian Broadcasting Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Corporation. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

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107 COMPETITORS •WANG XIAOHAN

EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Finalist 1997 International Music Competition of the ARD, Third Prize 1996 China National Piano Concerto Co1npetition, First Prize 1996 National Young Pianists Piano Competition, Third Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1998- Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hannover 1990-98 Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

TEACHERS 1998- Arie Vardi 1996-98 Zhou Guangren 1995-96 Li Qifang WANG XIAOHAN 1984-95 Jin Aiping CHINA • AGE 24

A finalist of the Eleventh Cliburn PRELIMINARY RECITAL Competition (2001), Xiaohan Wang has perfor111ed extensively in China, Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op. 90 Ger1nany, and the United States. In the Schubert-Liszt Soiree de Vienne No. 6 last t\VO concert seasons, he has made Liszt Sonata in B minor recital debuts at the Gilmore Festival in Kalamazoo, Ra\rinia's Rising Stars SEMIFINAL RECITAL series in Chicago, and the Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Prizewinners series in Hannover, Jennifer Higdon Secret & Glass Gardens Gerrnany. He has also perfor1ned con­ Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 certi by Beethoven, Liszt, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky in Germany, Israel, SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Poland, and the United States. Born in Beijing, Mr. Wang no\v resides in Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Hannover, where he studies with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule fur Musik und FINAL RECITAL Theater. His recital programs often include his own compositions. Schumann Kreisle1ia11a, Op. 16 Bach-Kempff Siciliano, BWV 1031 Bart6k Sonata (1926)

FINAL CONCERTI

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

108 DI WU • COMPETITORS

EMAIL: [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2005 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, First Prize 2000 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition Junior Division, First Prize

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2000- The Curtis Institute of Music 1999-2000 Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music 1996-99 Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

TEACHERS 2000- Gary Graffman 1999-2000 Zenon Fishbein 1997-99 jun Yang 1996-97 Yuan Ling DIWU CHINA • AGE 20

PRELIMINARY RECITAL Born in Nanjing, China, Di Wu won her first competition at age six. She Debussy Estampes was featured on NHK television in Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" Japan and was a frequent prizewinner Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 in her native country before moving to the United States in 1999. Ms. Wu has SEMIFINAL RECITAL extensive perfor1ning experience in France, Germany, and throughout Brahn1s Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, China and the United States. As a Books I and II guest artist, she has appeared with the Bart6k Sonata (1926) Beijing Philhar111onic, as well as the Jennifer Higdon Secret & Glass Gardens Guangzhou and Singapore Symphony Ravel Gaspard de la Nttit Orc·hestras. In the United States, .she has debuted with the National SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Symphony at the Kennedy Center, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 8.1 the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, led by Kristjan Jarvi. Her recent per­ FINAL RECITAL for111ance with the Ne\V York Pops at Bach Toccata in F-sharp minor, BWV 910 Carnegie Hall resulted in an immedi­ Scriabin Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 "White Mass" ate reengagement by the orchestra. Liszt Sonata in B minor Currently studying \virh Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of FINAL CONCERTI Music, she was the first-place winner of the 2005 Hilton Head lnternational Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Piano Competition. Rach1naninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

109 COMPETITORS • CHENXIN XU

EMAIL: c.xx [email protected]

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2005 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Second Prize 2004 China International Piano Competition, First Prize 2002 juilliard Concerto Competition, First Prize 2000 Aspen Music Festival Concerto Competition, First Prize •

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2000- The Juilliard School 1996-99 Juilliard Pre-College 1992-96 Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

TEACHERS 2002- Jerome Lowenthal CHENXIN XU 2001- Yoheved Kaplinsky CHINA • AGE 23 2001- Robert McDonald 2002-04 Joseph Kalichstein First-prize \vinner of the 2004 China 1996-99 Herbert Stessin International Piano Competition, 1992-96 Yuan Wu ChenXin Xu has performed through­ out her nati,,e country and the United States. She has collaborated with the PRELIMINARY RECITAL Aspen Concert Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and in 2002, ~he Scarlatti Sonata in F minor, K. 481 was the first pianist-in-residence at the Sonata in D major, K. 29 juilliard Sc'hool of Music to be a\vard­ Lieberrnann Gargoyles, Op. 29 ed a debut concert at Carnegie Hall Schumann Ca111aval, Op. 9 with Roger Norrington conducting the school orchestra. This past season, Ms. SEMIFINAL RECITAL Xu performed a five-city tour in Sebastian Currier Scarlatti Cade11ces + B1·ai11stonn China, including the opening recital of Schubert Sonata in C minor, D. 958 the new internationally acclaimed Liszt Spanish Rhapsody Shanghai Concert Hall. In the United States, she has been featured frequent­ SEMIFINAL CHAMBER ly on WQXR's (New York) McGraw­ Hill Young Artist Showcase and has Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 participated in a number of music fes­ tivals, including the Aspen Music FINAL RECITAL Festival; Pianofest in the Hamptons, New York; and the Taos School of Corigliano Etude Fantasy Music. Currently pursuing a master's Liszt Sonata in B minor degree atjuilliard, Ms. Xu enjoys exot­ ic cuisine and is a big fan of Broadway FINAL CONCERTI musicals. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

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I• • I EMAIL: [email protected] I • MANAGEMENT: ICM I I COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2004 Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition, First Prize 1998 Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition, First Prize

I PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 2004- The Juilliard School 1997-2004 Juilliard Pre-College

TEACHERS 1997- Yoheved Kaplinsky 1997-2000 Lisa Kim 1995-97 Choong-Mo Kang 1990-95 Jin-Young Kwok JOYCE YANG SOUTH KOREA • AGE 19 PRELIMINARY ROUND The youngest of the Twelfth Cliburn Bach French Overture, BWV 831 Competition participants, Joyce Yang Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise received her first piano as a birthday Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 'f-2 present from her aunt \vhen she was Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan four and immediately took to the instrument. After winning several SEMIFINAL RECITAL national competitions in Korea, she moved to the United States to begin Scarlatti Sonata in D major, K. 492 studies at Juilliard's pre-college divi­ Sonata in D minor, K. 141 sion. Her victory at the Philadelphia Sebastian Currier Scarlatti Cade11ces + Brainstorm Orchestra's Greenfield Competition for Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 students led to her debut with that Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 orchestra at the Academy of Music Vine Piano Sonata No. 1 when she was thirteen. She has since perfor111ed with the Baltimore, Corpus SEMIFINAL CHAMBER Christi, Knoxville, and National Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Long Island and Reno Philhar1nonic Orchestras and the Ravinia Festival FINAL RECITAL Orchestra. In recital, Ms. Yang has Corigliano Etude Fantasy been presented by the La Jolla Music Schubert-Liszt GretcJ1en a111 Spi11nrade Society, the Gilmore Keyboard Atif dem Wasser zi1 Si11ge11 Festival, and Ravinia's Rising Stars Brahms Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1 series, among others. An avid chamber musician, she is a regular guest artist FINAL CONCERTI of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Prol

111 I• I • 1 I COMPETITORS • ANDRIUS ZLABYS

I I ' EMAIL: [email protected] •' • • . • • .. MANAGEMENT: William Reinert Associates, Inc. • I• I I I I COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize

'I I l. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING • 2000-04 Cleveland Institute of Music 1995-2000 The Curtis Institute of Music • l 1994-95 Interlachen Arts Academy 1983-94 Ciurlionis Art School

I I ' TEACHERS 2000- Sergei Babayan 1995-2000 Seymour Lipkin 1994-95 Victoria Musl1katkol I • I ANDRIUS ZLABYS 1983-94 Laimute Jakniuniene ! I LITIIUANIA • AGE 28 ..., I Andrius Zlabys began his piano stud- PRELIMINARY RECITAL I ies at age six and appeared as soloist Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 I. with the major ensembles of Lithuania while still a teenager. He made his Brahms Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118, No. 1 II Carnegie Hall debut in 2001 with the Inter1nezzo in A 1najor, Op. 118, No. 2 I New York Youth S)rmphony Orchestra, Ballade in G minor, Op. 118, No. 3 I I and returned to perfor111 at Carnegie Intermezzo in F nlinor, Op. 118, No. 4 • the next year with Gidon Kremer's Intermezzo in E-fiat minor, Op. 118, No. 6 • chamber orchestra, Kremerata Baltica. Beetl1oven Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "Tempest" He has perfor1ned at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Carnegie's Zankel SEMIFINAL RECITAL Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Ruth Schonthal So11ata quasi un'improvvisazione and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Bach Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 and \Vas also a guest artist at the 2004 Schumann Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 Menuhin and Salzburg Festivals. A f re­ Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-fiat major, Op. 83 quent collaborator with Mr. Kremer, he participated at the Lockenhaus I SEMIFINAL CHAMBER ' Music Festival in Austria during sever­ al summers, and has toured Europe, Franck Piano Quintet in F minor I. China, Japan, and South America with I I the noted violinist and Kremerata FINAL RECITAL I Baltica. His recording of the Enescu Quintet with Mr. Kremer was nomi­ Debussy ·suite Berga1nasque nated for a 2003 Grammy Award. A Franck Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue top prizewinner of the 2003 Cleveland Shostakovich Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 ..... Competition, Mr. Zlabys attended the Curtis Institute of Music and has an FINAL CONCERTI artist diploma from the Cleveland Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Institute of Music. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

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