IX Sydney International Piano Competition
The IX Sydney International Piano Competition took place at the Seymour Centre in Sydney from 16 July to 2 August 2008.
It was won by Konstantin Shamray.
Jury
- Warren Thomson (chairman)
- Michael Brimer
- Manana Doidjashvili
- Aquiles Delle Vigne
- Norma Fisher
- Choong-Mo Kang
- Ian Munro
- Arie Vardi
- Zhou Guangren
Prizes
| Winner | |
|---|---|
| 1st Grand Prize | Konstantin Shamray |
| 2nd Prize | Tatyana Kolesova |
| 3rd Prize | Ran Dank |
| 4th Prize | Takashi Sato |
| 5th Prize | Tomoki Kitamura |
| 6th Prize | Eric Zuber |
| Australian SQ engagement | Konstantin Shamray |
| People's Choice Prize | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Female competitor | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Australian competitor | Hoang Pham |
| Best Australian Music performance | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Best Mozart Concerto performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best overall Concerto performance | Ran Dank |
| Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Beethoven performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Chopin performance | Takashi Sato |
| Best Liszt performance | Eric Zuber |
| Best Liszt Study performance | Charlie Albright |
| Best Rachmaninoff performance | Ran Dank |
| Best Chamber Music performance | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Mozart performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Schubert performance | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Best Debussy Prélude performance | Ran Dank |
| Best Russian Music performance | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Romantic Music overall performance | Yoonsoo Rhee |
| Best Haydn Sonata performance | Yoonsoo Rhee |
| Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize | Daniil Tsvetkov |
| I Round Encouragement Award | Feng Zhang |
| Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award | Alexei Yemtsov |
| Semi-finals Encouragement Award | Shizuka Susanna Salvemini |
| Youngest finalist | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Youngest Australian competitor | Hoang Pham |
Works commissioned for the competition
- Andrew Ford - Thin air
- Roger Smalley - Morceau de Concours
Competition results (by rounds)
First round
16–17 July 2008
- Charlie Albright
- Fernando Altamura
- Manuel Araujo
- Marco Ciampi
- Sean Chen
- Ran Dank
- Christopher Devine
- John Fisher
- Balázs Fülei
- David Fung
- Adam Herd
- Elizaveta Ivanova
- Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
- Miya Kazauka
- Tomoki Kitamura
- Tatyana Kolesova
- Eduard Kunz
- Ka-Ling Colleen Lee
- Miyeon Lee
- Ryan McEvoy McCullough
- José Menor Martín
- Hoang Pham
- Yoonsoo Rhee
- Sergey Saratovsky
- Takashi Sato
- Konstantin Shamray
- Yekwon Sunwoo
- Daniil Tsvetkov
- Mariangela Vacatello
- Xun Wang
- Wojciech Wisniewski
- Alexei Yemtsov
- Chun-Chieh Yen
- Feng Zhang
- Xi-Xi Zhou
- Hao Zhu
- Eric Zuber
Quarterfinals
21–22 July 2008
- Charlie Albright
- Fernando Altamura
- Sean Chen
- Ran Dank
- Christopher Devine
- David Fung
- Tomoki Kitamura
- Tatyana Kolesova
- Miyeon Lee
- José Menor Martín
- Hoang Pham
- Yoonsoo Rhee
- Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
- Sergey Saratovsky
- Takashi Sato
- Konstantin Shamray
- Daniil Tsvetkov
- Mariangela Vacatello
- Alexei Yemtsov
- Hao Zhu
- Eric Zuber
Semifinals
23–25 July 2008
Final
29 July – 2 August 2008
- Concertos