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11th Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competitions

January 6-12, 2025

2023 Competitions

Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Competitions are open to pianists of any nationality.

The age-qualifying date for all categories is Jan. 1, 2023.

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2023 BÖSENDORFER USasu INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION RESULTS

1st prize: $15,000 David Katzin Award and gold medal:
Rachel Breen, 26, USA

2nd prize: $10,000 Phyllis Chiat Award and silver medal
Young Sun Choi, 29, South Korea

3rd prize: $5,000 Amar Master Award and bronze medal:
Dohyun Lee, 21, South Korea

SPECIAL AWARDS:
One $250 award for the best performance of a piece by a BIPOC or female composer:
Dohyun Lee, 21, South Korea

One $1,000 award will be given for the best performance of a work composed by a French composer:
Jiyoung Kim, 26, South Korea

Sangyoung Kim Award of $1,000 will be awarded for the most outstanding performance of a virtuoso work:
Dohyun Lee, 21, South Korea

Sarra and Emmanuil Senderov Award of $500 will be awarded to the two most outstanding performances of a composition by a Russian composer:
Rachel Breen, 26, USA

Yehuda Meir memorial awards of $250 will be awarded to the two most outstanding artistic performances of an etude by Chopin:
Jiyoung Kim, 26, South Korea

One $1,000 award will be given for the most outstanding Arizona pianist, sponsored by National Society of Arts and Letters Arizona Chapter:
Shiyu Liu, 28, China

2023 YAMAHA SENIOR AND JUNIOR USasu INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION RESULTS

YAMAHA SENIOR FINALISTS

Alyssa Gabrilovich, USA, 17
Roman Fediurko, Ukraine, 18
Haruki Takeuchi, USA, 16
Seungmin Shin, South Korea, 18
Yinghan Wang, USA, 16

YAMAHA JUNIOR FINALISTS

Andrew Sijie Li, Hong Kong/Canada, 15
Yufei Chen USA, 15
Xinran Shi, USA, 13
Seokyoung Hong, South Korea, 15

 

2019 BÖSENDORFER USasu INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION RESULTS

1st prize: Dmytro Choni, 25, Ukraine (the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz)
$15,000 David Katzin Award and gold medal. A number of concerto performances with The Phoenix Symphony. Bösendorfer Prize: paid recital appearances. A recital in Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, New York. A recital for the Oracle Piano Society, Arizona.

2nd Prize: Hyo-Eun Park, 23, Republic of Korea (Seoul National University College of Music)
$10,000 Phyllis Chiat Award and Silver Medal

3rd Prize: Peter Klimo, 28, USA (Eastman School of Music)
$5,000 and Bronze Medal

SPECIAL AWARDS:
$1500 Mary Jane Trunzo Audience Favorite Award of $1,500 selected by the audience from among the Bösendorfer Stage II Semi-Final Round participants: Anastasia Rizikov, Canada, and Angie Zhang, USA

Sangyoung Kim Award of $1,000 for the most outstanding performance of a virtuoso work: Aushuang Li, China

$1,000 award for the most outstanding Arizona pianist, sponsored by National Society of Arts and Letters Arizona Chapter: Aushaung Li, China.

$1,000 award for the best performance of a work composed by a French composer: Xinran Wang, China

Sarra and Emmanuil Senderov Award of $500 for the most outstanding performance of a composition by a Russian composer: Anastasia Rizikov, Canada

Yehuda Meir memorial awards of $250 to the most artistic performance of an etude by Chopin: Polina Kulikova, Russia.

2019 YAMAHA USASU INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION RESULTS

YAMAHA SENIOR ARTISTS:
1st prize: $5,000 Burns-Addona Award and gold medal: Catherine Huang, USA

2nd prize: $2,000 and silver medal: Yongqiu Liu, China

3rd prize: $1,000 and bronze medal: Yangrui Cai, China

YAMAHA JUNIOR ARTISTS:
1st prize: $4,000 Addona-Burns Award and gold medal: Ruisi Lao, China

2nd prize: $2,000 and silver medal: Kevin Cho, USA

3rd prize: $1,000 Linda and Sherman Saperstein Award and bronze medal: Katherine E. Liu, USA

SPECIAL AWARDS:
Sarra and Emmanuil Senderov Award of $500 awarded to the most outstanding performance of a composition by a Russian composer: Catherine Huang, USA

Yehuda Meir memorial award of $250 awarded to the most outstanding artistic performance of an etude by Chopin: Ruisi Lao, China
Menahem Zohar memorial award of $250 awarded to the most outstanding artistic performance of a classical work: Ruisi Lao, China