LIPC logo white LIPC logo dark grey R-255 G-255 B-255 R-46 G-45 B-44 THE LEEDS THE LEEDS INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION PIANO COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL FIRST ROUND 3 - 12 APRIL 2018 WELCOME FROM THE 2018 COMPETITION THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS First Round 3, 4, 5 April – Berlin University of the Arts / Universität der Künste Berlin 8 April – Singapore Yong Siew Toh Conservatory 11 & 12 April – New York The DiMenna Center for Classical Music Second Round 6, 7, 8 September Great Hall, University of Leeds Semi-Finals Welcome to the First Round of the Leeds Several of the world’s most illustrious pianists started 9, 10, 11 September International Piano Competition, being their careers at Leeds, including Radu Lupu, Murray Great Hall, University of Leeds held for the first time in Berlin, Singapore Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, András Schiff, Lars Vogt, and New York. and more recently Denis Kozhukhin, Sunwook Kim Finals and Federico Colli. We are delighted that you are 14 & 15 September The Leeds has been at the forefront of the world’s joining us in our quest to discover the next generation Leeds Town Hall piano competitions since its creation in 1963 by of pianists who we hope will join this distinguished the legendary Dame Fanny Waterman, and we are pantheon of world ranking musicians. And we hope thrilled to be taking this wonderful Competition to its that some of you may come to Leeds in September next stage. In bringing our First Round to these three 2018 for the next rounds of this great Competition. Our extensive prize package includes major centres of world music making, we are taking 1st prize the illustrious name of The Leeds out to the world, Paul Lewis and Adam Gatehouse – Artist management with Askonas Holt, one of the world’s most £25,000 Dame Fanny Waterman Joint Artistic Directors renowned music management agencies spreading the word about its reputation and many Gold Medal different activities, and inviting those of you who – Concerts and engagements with some of the world’s premier venues share our passion for the piano to join us on this and orchestras, including London’s Wigmore Hall and Southbank 2nd prize £15,000 exciting journey. Centre, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 3rd prize – Concert and recording engagements with our broadcast partners £10,000 BBC Radio 3 Terence Judd Hallé – Major recital tours in Europe and Korea organised by our partners CONTENTS Orchestra Prize Steinway & Sons 1. Welcome 13. Competitors and Repertoire £5,000 – A solo CD with a leading label 2. The 2018 Competition 25. History – An extensive programme of recital engagements in Yorkshire Yaltah Menuhin Award First Round Jury for Chamber Music 5. 26. Past winners and at other major UK venues Berlin Round £3,000 7. 27. Partners and Supporters – Mentoring from Paul Lewis, Murray Perahia and other members 9. Singapore Round 29. Follow The Leeds 2018 of the international, performer-led jury. 11. New York Round 30. Thank You 1 Leeds International Piano Competition 2 PATRON GLOBAL AMBASSADOR “The Leeds is entering a new phase of its history and redefining what a music competition can offer young performers. It shares my passion for nurturing extraordinary young talent and reaching out to encourage kids to engage in music. I am delighted to be its Global Ambassador and am excited about the new partnership with the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. I sincerely hope that together we can create wonderful opportunities for a new generation of pianists and music lovers.” Lang Lang “ I am delighted to be the next Patron of the Global Ambassador, Leeds International Piano Competition Leeds International Piano Competition. The Leeds has a special place in my heart as it gave me undreamt of opportunities that I am forever grateful for; not only important concerts but also the chance to meet leading musicians and people I very much admired. I wish the same for the competitors today. Music is a difficult vocation and at a certain point, pianists need a platform from which they can perform and a chance to meet other musicians. The Leeds is constantly developing in different ways to meet the needs of young artists and I am very happy to be part of that.” Murray Perahia KBE Patron, Leeds International Piano Competition Winner, 1972 Competition 3 Leeds International Piano Competition 4 FIRST ROUND JURY Adam Gatehouse Noriko Ogawa Ilana Vered (Israel) Thomas Hübsch (UK - Chair) is (Japan) has achieved has been heard with (Germany) is Concert Co-Artistic Director of considerable renown many of the world’s Technician at the Berlin the Leeds International throughout the world leading orchestras, Philharmonie. Piano Competition since appearing as including the New He started his career and jury member for a finalist at the 1987 York Philharmonic with an apprenticeship all rounds. Leeds International Orchestra, London as a piano maker in Piano Competition. Symphony Orchestra, Adam was born in Bayreuth. Since 1986 Concertgebouw London and studied Noriko’s “ravishingly he has been employed Orchestra Amsterdam, and Israel Philharmonic conducting at the Guildhall School of Music in poetic playing” (Telegraph) sets her apart from by Steinway & Sons in Berlin. For 25 years, Thomas Orchestra, and has performed as soloist under the London, where his teachers included Sir Adrian Boult her contemporaries and acclaim for her complete carried out duties in the concert service, he batons of most of the world’s finest conductors, and Andre Previn. From 1974 to 1991 he enjoyed Debussy series with BIS Records, confirms her as supported around 200 CD recordings and including Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Colin Davis, an international career as a conductor, working as a fine Debussy specialist. Noriko appears with all travelled with many leading pianists. He has and Mariss Jansons. Ilana is a chamber musician Music Director with Ballet Rambert, Dutch National the major European, Japanese and US orchestras also participated in many international of distinction and has appeared with important Ballet and the Dutch National Youth Orchestra, and including recent and forthcoming performances piano competitions. chamber ensembles throughout the world. guest conducting at the Royal Opera House, Covent with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Since 2010 he has been responsible for Garden, and across the world. Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow She is noted particularly for her frequent the supervision of all concerts and Radio, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech National performances with the Tokyo String Quartet. A From 1991 to 2013, Adam was a producer and later keyboard instruments in the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Nagoya Philharmonic highlight of this collaboration was her world premiere Editor Live Music with BBC Radio 3, where he worked Philharmonie. Alongside this, he Orchestra, as well as the BBC Symphony Orchestra performance with the ensemble of Ezra Laderman’s with many of the leading artists of the time such accompanies pianists on concert for the world premiere of Richard Dubugnon’s Piano Quintet at the Metropolitan Museum in New as Mitsuko Uchida, Itzhak Perlman, Ian Bostridge, tours, and is involved in many Piano Concerto. York City. She has been a frequent guest on television Felicity Lott and Pierre Boulez. In 1998 he launched piano and chamber music and radio, including appearances on The Today Show, the BBC Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concert series, Good Morning America, and the Merv Griffin Show, as Radio 3’s flagship Chamber Music Series. In 1999 he well as guest performances on Public Broadcasting created and for 14 years was Editor of BBC Radio 3’s Service (PBS), public television stations in the USA prestigious New Generation Artists scheme, which and the BBC in the UK. Ilana has founded three helped launch the careers of over 100 international festivals, the Summerfest Series of Rutgers University, artists and ensembles, including Paul Lewis, Steven the Hamptons Summerfest, and Music Fest Perugia Osborne, the Belcea Quartet, Alison Balsom, Alice in Perugia, Italy, which is today the largest festival for Coote, Janine Jansen and more recently Benjamin classical young musicians in Italy. Grosvenor and Igor Levit. 5 Leeds International Piano Competition 6 ROUND BERLIN COMPETITORS Jean-Selim Abdelmoula Dinara Klinton Oleg Akkuratov Jakub Kuszlik Eunhee Baek Franck Laurent-Grandpré Evelyne Berezovsky Florian Mitrea Aris Alexander Blettenberg Alexia Mouza Jun Bouterey-Ishido Riyad Nicolas Florian Caroubi Yeon-Min Park Anna Dmytrenko Kausikan Rajeshkumar Alberto Ferro Anton Rosputko Yui Fushiki Tamila Salimdjanova Jean-Paul Gasparian Marin Kan Selvik Anna Geniushene Lorenzo Soulès 1 Salih Can Gevrek Alexey Sychev University of the Arts / Universität der Künste Berlin Kyuho Han Hin-Yat Tsang Mario Häring Samson Tsoy Joseph Joachim Concert Hall So Hyang In Xinyuan Wang Tuesday 3 April Wednesday 4 April Thursday 5 April Fuko Ishii Andrzej Wierciński 11am | 2pm | 8pm 10am | 2pm | 6.15pm 10am | 2pm Haruka Izawa Yuanfan Yang Yoonji Kim Pavel Zemen Su Yeon Kim Yurika Kimura niversity of the Arts (UdK) Berlin is one of the The College of Music follows in the tradition of its Ulargest and most diversified universities of the highly-respected predecessor institutions, which have arts in the world. The teaching offered is mostly in provided musical training of the highest standard traditional formats in the four colleges of Fine Arts, in Berlin for the past 200 years. It represents a Architecture, Media and Design, Music and Performing diverse range of music, offering opportunities for Arts as well as at the Central Institute for Continued specialization as well as encounters with music of Education/ Berlin Career College encompassing all kinds. The range extends from artistic training the full spectrum of the arts and related academic in orchestral and chamber music, music and studies in more than 70 courses.