International Youth Piano Competition Jury Members Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Thomas Hecht Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2 pm Head of Piano Studies at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore Igal Kesselman Artistic Director, Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition Director, Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center; Music Director, Special Music School Orli Shaham Kaufman Music Center Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Artistic Director, Pacific Symphony’s chamber music series International Youth Piano Competition Artistic Director and Founder, Baby Got Bach, Inc.; Pre-College Faculty, The Juilliard School 2019 Prize Winners Boaz Sharon Professor of Piano at Boston University Steinway Artist and Artistic Director of the Sichuan International Piano Festival, China Jay Pengjie Sun Cobie Buckmire Faculty, Xinghai Conservatory Co-chair, Piano Department of the Xinghai Conservatory Middle School in Guangzhou Eddison Chen Preliminary Round Judges Giulianna Chen Ernest Barretta, Irina Morozova and Baruch Meir Raymond Feng Special thanks to Alicia Andrews, Producer, International Youth Piano Competition 2019. Alyssa Gabrilovich Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible, in part, with institutional support from: The Amphion Foundation, BMI Foundation Inc., The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Gladys Krieble Jeston Lu Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, New Music USA, The Newburgh Institute for the Arts and Ideas, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Leo Shull Foundation Norman Lu for the Arts, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, and TD Charitable Foundation. Presentations in Merkin Hall are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Emily Qi in partnership with the City Council, and from the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts Benjamin Rossen with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. Karina Tseng Lucy Moses School programs are made possible, in part, with lead support from The Henry and Lucy Moses Fund. Additional support is provided by the Assurant Foundation, Con Edison, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Haozhou Wang Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Libby Holman Foundation, Leo Shull Foundation for the Arts, and Michael Tuch Foundation. Pasit Wattanalekhawong This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Lucy Moses School programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Philina Zhang New York State Legislature. Kelly Yao Zhou Steinway is the official piano of Merkin Concert Hall The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following donors who have generously supported the “Music Front and Center” Kaufman Music Center Campaign, helping to sustain the Center’s recent growth and expanded programming. International Youth Piano Competition 2019 Prizes $1,000,000 and over $50,000 to $99,999 $10,000 to $24,999 Marty and Jill Handelsman Elaine and Henry Kaufman Andrea Brown and Lydia and John Kontos Erin and Brian Pastuszenski Senior Division: Ages 15 - 18 Robert M. Levande Wendy and Bruce Mosler Arthur and Susan Rebell $250,000 to $999,999 Phyllis and Samuel Feder Judith Rom Benjamin Rossen USA 16 years old First Prize $5000 Bethany and Robert B. Millard Cathy White O’Rourke $5,000 to $9,999 Kathy and Jonathan Sulds Kara Unterberg Judith and Robert Hall Steinway & Sons Award for Best Performance $100,000 to $249,999 Patricia and Lawrence Weinbach Christina Mason $999 and Under of Romantic Piece $500 Carnegie Corporation of New York Shahriar and Noa Rafimayeri Helene Blue Rosalind Devon $25,000 to $49,999 Betsy Cohn Raymond Feng USA 17 years old Second Prize $2500 Charles Dimston Sanford L. Batkin $1,000 to $4,999 Lois Feigen Special Award for Best Performance of Leonard and Constance Goodman Sam Selim Beyda Debra Albert Annabel Samimy and Gabrielle and Michael Palitz David and Devorah Rose Krieger Jason Krantz Contemporary Piece $250 Joanne and James Cohen Janet and William Schwartz Joy and Graham Wyatt Greg Fierce Haozhou Wang USA 17 years old Third Prize (Shared) $1000 Special Award for Best Performance of The Virtuosi Society recognizes generous individuals who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans. These Virtuoso Étude $250 wonderful friends play a key role in helping the Center bring music to thousands of people – today and in the years to come. Karina Tseng USA 17 years old Third Prize (Shared) $1000 Johanna Roman Barish Ilse Blumenfeld Estelle Greco Cathy and John O’Rourke Miriam Birnbaum Phyllis and Samuel Feder Anna Gold Evelyn Ronell Anne Blatt Rebecca Fox Adele D. Kapp Dorothy Silverstein Junior 2 Division: Ages 11 - 14 Helene Blue Ellen and Emanuel Genauer Carole A. Kemack Alyssa Gabrilovich USA 13 years old Second Prize (Shared) $1000 Special Award for Best Performance of Contemporary Piece $250 Jeston Lu USA 14 years old Second Prize (Shared) $1000 Steinway & Sons Award for Best Performance of Virtuoso Étude $250 Kelly Yao Zhou China 12 years old Third Prize $500 Philina Zhang USA 12 years old Faust Harrison Pianos Award for Best Performance of Romantic Piece $300 Junior 1 Division: Up to Age 10 Pasit Wattanalekhawong Thailand 10 years old First Prize $500 Cobie Buckmire USA 10 years old Second Prize $350 Emily Qi USA 9 years old Third Prize $250 Giulianna Chen Canada 9 years old Steinway & Sons Award for Best Performance of Romantic Piece $250 Norman Lu USA 10 years old Special Award for Best Performance of a Virtuoso Étude $250 Eddison Chen USA 9 years old Special Jury Discretionary Award $250 Special thanks to Charles Dimston for providing generous leadership support to make this competition possible. Many thanks to the Zhou/Chen family for their generous support of competition prizes. K aufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 Isabella and Richard Dziadzio Agnieszka and Penry Jackson Joan and Henry Michelman Jan Rothschild Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Peggy and Adrian Ellis Joanne L. Shrontz Pamela Mitchell and RSD Engineering, PC Elroy and Terry Krumholz Family Foundation Andrea Israel Michelle Ryang and David Frost Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 2 pm Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation Jeffrey Mitzak S&P Global Foundation Lydia M. Emil Shawn Kahle John C. Nangle Lisa and Nicholas Samstag Natalie Cohen and Pavel Fadeev Michaela and Igal Kesselman Jill and Michael Neiberg Janet Schlatter Deborah Farrington Albert Knaus Olga Nekrasova and Donna and Steven Schragis Kaufman Music Center Feldstein Family Charitable Rina Kofman and Andy Arluk Schwab Charitable Foundation Polat Novruzov The New York Community Trust Melisande Schwartzfarb International Youth Piano Competition Audrey and Harvey Feuerstein Juliet and Michael Kontaxis New York Life Foundation Cheryl and Robert Seltzer Fiduciary Trust Company Jennifer Laing and Robyn A. Newhouse Leo Shull Foundation for International Tom Schopflocher Carrie and Barney Newman the Arts 2019 Winners’ Concert First Manhattan Co. Alexander Lamis Elizabeth Newman Dorothy Silverstein Judi Sorensen Flom Corina Larkin Hope and Joshua Newman Bradley D. Simon Terrance McKnight, host Forty-Second Street Peggy Lau and Paul Wong Sonja and Lowell J. Noteboom Robert H. Sinclair Special thanks to Charles Dimston for providing generous leadership support to make this Development Corporation Yvonne Lau and Derek Tsui Nancy and Morris W. Offit Irving Sitnick Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Marcia Lavipour and David Jisoo Ok and Hector Del Curto Barbara A. Sloan and competition possible. Arlene Friedlander Lavipour Sarah Paley and Robert Kerrey Randy Harris Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway Doreen Lee and Clifford R. Palmer Nately and Dimitri Sogoloff Ana Paula Gambogi Carvalho and Richard Young Elizabeth Paw and Tyley Ross Marcy and David Tannenbaum Opening Remarks Christian Gloger Jenny Liao Leslie Perkins Nicki and Harold Tanner Kate Sheeran, Ellen and Emanuel Genauer Euching Lin and Wayne Yang Barbara and Louis Perlmutter Davia Temin Ellen and Bud Gibbs Ling Lin and Xiaolong Mou Leonard Peters Lynn and Glen A. Tobias Executive Director, Kaufman Music Center Roslyn Goldstein Fern and Steven Loeb Philip Devon Family Foundation Randi and Jay Vodofsky Gordon H. Smith Corporation M&T Bank Pittman Family Foundation Ellen and Don Walker Igal Kesselman, Judy and Sheldon S. Gordon The M&T Charitable Foundation Marguerite O. Pitts Alan G. Weiler Gottsegen Family Foundation Man Made Music Timothy L. Porter Hadassah R. Weiner Artistic Director, Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition Michelle and Mark Graham Lila and Ron March Raymond James Global Account Robert Werbel Marti Grayson and Allan P. Kessler Mary Lu Bilek and Aaron Marcu Susan and Arthur L. Rebell Whitehead Company LLC Estelle Greco Dova Marder and Rella NYC Inc. Vera Wilson Awards Ceremony Nina and Daniel Gross Stephen Z. Friedgood Rembrandt Club Elaine and James Wolfensohn Patty and Christopher Heim Maverick Capital Foundation Renaissance Charitable A. Ross Wollen Shari Hellman and Evan Steen Camilla and Hugh McFadden Foundation Carol Yilmaz Kathy A. Hubbard Terence S. Meehan Rochelle and David Hirsch YourCause, LLC Program Jane Huber and Lee C.