I ' ' COMPETITORS I Susumu Aoyagi (Japan} p.62 ' Andrew Armstrong (USA) p.63 Yuri Bogdanov (Russia} p.64 • Victor Chestopal (Russia} p.65 • • Naida Cole (Canada) p.66 • Michail Dantchenko (Ukraine) p.67 • • • Alexandre Dossin (Brazil) p.68 • Filippo Gamba (Italy) p.69 • I Joel Hastings (Canada) p. 70 • Stanislav loudenitch (Russia) p. 71 • • .' Jan Gottlieb Jiracek (Germany) p. 72 • • ~ Yakov Kasman (Russia) p. 73 Yong-Kyu Lee (Korea) p. 74 • • Aleksandar Madzar (Yugoslavia) 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 (China) 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 (Philippines) p.91 p.92 •• Dimitri Vassilakis (Greece) George Vatchnadze (Georgia) p.93 Lev Vinocour (Rt1ssia) p.94 Dmitri Vorobieff (Rt1ssia) p.95 Yi Wu (Argentina) p.96 • • 61 COMPETITORS~ SUSUMU AOYAGI AnDRESS: do von der Becke Winterfeldtstrasse 25 10781 Berlin, Germany COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS: 1996 lbla International Piano C.ompetition~ Sixth Prize 1996 CIEM Geneva International Piano Competition, Finalist 1994 Tchaikovsky International Competition, Diploma 1993 Casablanca International Piano Competition, First Prize 1992 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition, Sixth Prize 1990 Artur Schnabel 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, Finland, France, Germany, Ital)', Japan, Morocco, Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op. 101 and the United States. Recent orchestral Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 engagements have included the Berlin Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Symphony at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall and the Berlin Philharmonic SEMIFINAL ROUND Orchestra. In recital, Mr. Aoyagi has performed at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, 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 FINAL ROUND Schumann Piano Concerto 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 Lincoln Center'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 FINAL RouND with Miyoko Nakaya Lotto. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 i11 F-sharp minor, Op. 1 63 • I • COMPETITORS~ YURI BOGDANOV Address: ·. Belovejskaia Ut. 1 #101 121353 l\1oscow, Russia Competitions and Awards: 1996 Esther Honens International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize 1996 Sydney 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 Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition, Third Prize • Professional Training: 1990- Moscow 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 pianist 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 Carnaval, 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 • 64 • • ; 1 I VICTOR CHESTOPAL ~COMPETITORS Address: .,, ... -. , Kustaankatu 6 C #43 -~ - "> ~- ~1'!"'! 00500 Helsinki, 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 . ,. ... ~ 1992- Sibelius Academy -. .... ""- ... ····- 1... 1992- Accademia Pianistica "Incontri col Maestro" in lmola, Italy I 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 Mstislav Rostropovich. 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 Mikhail Pletnev, 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 Brussels, the Bolcom Nine Bagatelles • Sibelius Academy Hall in Helsinki, and • Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op.110 at the Herkulessaal in Munich. 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,