X Sydney International Piano Competition

The 10th Sydney International Piano Competition took place at Sydney's Seymour Centre and Opera House from 4 to 21 July 2012 and it was contested by 36 pianists from 14 countries. Avan Yu won the competition, while Nikolay Khozyainov and Dmitry Onishchenko were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes.[1]

Jury

Prizes

Winner
1st Grand Prize Avan Yu
2nd Prize Nikolay Khozyainov
3rd Prize Dmitry Onishchenko
4th Prize Mikhail Berestnev
5th Prize Hao Zhu
6th Prize Tanya Gabrielian
Australian SQ engagement Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Liszt performance Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Australian competitor James Guan
Best performance of an Australian work Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Mozart Concerto performance Avan Yu
People's Choice Prize Nikolay Khozyainov
Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance Avan Yu
Best Beethoven performance Avan Yu
Best Chopin performance Hao Zhu
Best performance of a Liszt Study Nikolay Khozyainov
Best overall Concerto performance Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Ravel performance Avan Yu
Best Rachmaninoff performance Tanya Gabrielian
Best Chamber Music performance Avan Yu
Best Mozart performance Tomoaki Yoshida
Best Schubert performance Nikolay Khozyainov
Best performance of a Russian work Mikhail Berestnev
Best performance of a Romantic work Avan Yu
People's Choice Encouragement Prize Avan Yu
Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award Maya Irgalina
Best Performance of a Haydn Sonata Avan Yu
Best Performance of a Debussy Prélude Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Performance of a Clementi Sonata not awarded
Stage I-II Encouragement Award Feng Bian
Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize Nikolay Khozyainov
Semi-Finals Encouragement Award not awarded
Youngest finalist Nikolay Khozyainov
Youngest Australian competitor Alex Raineri
Best Female competitor Tanya Gabrielian

Works commissioned for the competition

Competition results (by rounds)

First and Second Round

5–8 July 2012

Quarterfinals

9-10 July 2012

Semifinals

11-13 July 2012

Final

17-21 July 2012

References

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