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.Vancouver pianist Avan Yu triumphs at Sydney Competition. CBC, 23 November 2012
Jury
Warren Thomson (chairman) Michael Brimer Manana Doidjashvili Aquiles Delle Vigne Norma Fisher Choong-Mo Kang Heinz Medjimorec Ian Munro Phillip Shovk Arie Vardi
Prizes Winner 1st Grand Prize Avan Yu 2nd Prize Nikolay Khozyainov 3rd Prize Dmitry Onishchenko 4th Prize Mikhail Berestnev 5th Prize Hao Zhu6th 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 Anne Boyd - Kabarli Meditation (Dawn) Carl Vine - Toccatissimo
Competition results (by rounds) First and Second Round 5–8 July 2012
Arta Arnicāne Mikhail Berestnev Feng Bian Giulio Biddau Stefan Cassomenos Wei Cao Angelika Fuchs Tanya Gabrielian James Guan Stefano Guarascio Atsushi Imada Maya Irgalina Elizaveta Ivanova Wenbin Jin Joanne Kang Nikolay Khozyainov Jin-Hong Li Brian Yuebing Lin Ke Lin Aaron Liu Ilaria Locatelli Konrad Olszewski Dmitry Onishchenko Olga Paliy Marios Panteliadis Poom Prommachart Alex Raineri Lu Shen Yifan Sun Benoît Tourette Sean Yeh Jung-Yeon Yim Qian Yong Tomoaki Yoshida Avan Yu Hao Zhu
Quarterfinals 9-10 July 2012
Arta Arnicāne Mikhail Berestnev Giulio Biddau Wei Cao Tanya Gabrielian James Guan Stefano Guarascio Atsushi Imada Maya Irgalina Elizaveta Ivanova Nikolay Khozyainov Jin-Hong Li Dmitry Onishchenko Olga Paliy Lu Shen Sean Yeh Qian Yong Tomoaki Yoshida Avan Yu Hao Zhu
Semifinals 11-13 July 2012
Arta Arnicāne Mikhail Berestnev Giulio Biddau Tanya Gabrielian Stefano Guarascio Nikolay Khozyainov Jin-Hong Li Dmitry Onishchenko Lu Shen Tomoaki Yoshida Avan Yu Hao Zhu
Final 17-21 July 2012
Concerti Mikhail Berestnev — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Tanya Gabrielian — Mozart: 21st, Tchaikovsky: 1st Nikolay Khozyainov — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: 3rd Dmitry Onishchenko — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: 3rd Avan Yu — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Hao Zhu — Mozart: 24th, Rachmaninoff: 2nd
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