9th Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competitions
Application Deadline Extended to November 5, 2018 | emailed applications and recording links accepted | Competition Dates: January 6–13, 2019
8th Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competitions
Bösendorfer Competition
1st Prize David Katzin Award and Gold Medal: Xuesha Hu, People’s Republic of China
2nd Prize Phyllis Chiat Award and Silver Medal: Yutong Sun, People’s Republic of China
3rd Prize and Bronze Medal: Yuchong Wu, People’s Republic of China
Finalists:
Xuesha Hu, People's Republic of China
Yutong Sun, People's Republic of China
Yuchong Wu, People's Republic of China
Special Awards:
Yevgeny Yontov, Israel - Award for the best performance of a work composed by a French composer
Yutong Sun, People’s Republic of China-Sarra and Emmanuil Senderov Award for the two most outstanding performances of a composition by a Russian composer
Yuchong Wu, People’s Republic of China-Sangyoung Kim Award for the most outstanding performance of a virtuoso work in the Bösendorfer competition
Peter Kimo, USA-Gelfand-Messenter Award for the best performance of a solo piano work composed by a Living Composer (as of November 7, 2016)
Yutong Sun, People’s Republic of China-Yehuda Meir Memorial Award for the two most outstanding artistic performances of an etude of Chopin in the Bösendorfer competition
Joey Chang, USA-Award for the most outstanding Arizona Pianist, sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters Arizona Chapter
Semi-Finalists:
Gun Chaikittiwatana, Thailand
Xuesha Hu, People's Republic of China
Peter Klimo, USA
Yutong Sun, People's Republic of China
Tristan Teo, Canada
Daniil Tsvetkov, Russia
Yuchong Wu, People's Republic of China
Yevgeny Yontov, Israel
Yamaha Senior Competition
1st Prize Burns-Addona Award and Gold Medal: Andrew Zhao, USA
2nd Prize and Silver Medal: Lingfei (Stephen) Xie, People’s Republic of China
3rd Prize and Bronze Medal: Arthur Wang, Canada
Special Awards
Jeong Min Kim, Republic of China-Yehuda Meir Memorial Award for the most outstanding artistic performance of an etude by Chopin in the Junior and Senior competition
Finalists
Jeong Min Kim, Republic of Korea
Noah Simon, Israel/USA
Arthur Wang, Canada
Lingfei (Stephen) Xie, People's Republic of China
Andrew Zhao, USA
Yamaha Junior Competition
1st Prize Addona-Burns Award and Gold Medal: William Chen, USA
2nd Prize and Silver Medal: Edward Zhang, USA
3rd Prize Linda and Sherman Saperstein Award and Bronze Medal: Anne Liu, USA
Special Awards
William Chen, USA-Menahem Zohar Memorial Award for the most outstanding performance of a classical work in the Bösendorfer and Yamaha Competition
Anne Liu, USA-Sarra and Emmanuil Senderov Special Award for the most outstanding performance of a composition by a Russian composer
Finalists
William Chen, USA
Anne Liu, USA
Jason Tam, USA
Edward Zhang, USA
Competition Dates
January 2–8, 2017
Jury
Robert Hamilton USA | Stanislav Ioudenitch USA |
Baruch Meir (Chairman) Israel/USA | Zhe Tang China |
Oxana Yablonskaya USA | Asaf Zohar Israel |